Senior Associate - Strategy -Enterprise And Functional Strategy Hyderabad

At PwC, our people in finance consulting specialise in providing consulting services related to financial management and strategy. These individuals analyse client needs, develop financial solutions, and offer guidance and support to help clients optimise their financial performance, improve decision-making, and achieve their financial goals. In operating model and organisation design at PwC, you will focus on helping clients optimise their finance function and organisational structure. You will analyse current finance operating models, identify gaps and inefficiencies, and design and implement solutions to enhance finance processes, roles, and responsibilities. Working in this area, you will provide guidance on finance transformation initiatives, change management, and talent development to align the finance function with strategic objectives.

Competency Overview: Strategy – Finance Function Strategy (FFS)

Core service offerings commonly supported by the Finance Function Strategy team include:

• Digital Strategy & Value Transformation (including AI-first Finance use cases and value realization)
• CFO Visioning and shaping CFO Agenda (helping CFOs reimagine and position Finance as a driver of growth, resilience, and enterprise value)
• Operating Model & Service Delivery Strategy (Finance operating model design, service delivery/GBS alignment, scalable delivery)
• Business Partnering & Cost Management (analytics-led business partnering, performance management, cost optimization)
• Capital Markets & Deals (supporting Finance to safeguard deal value through operating model, performance, and controls alignment across M&A planning and execution)
  
  

Key Responsibilities

Job responsibilities include activities centered around client business challenges and opportunities, e.g., conduct analyses and develop insights, analyze large sets of data, work directly with project teams, facilitate meetings to enable decision making, lead analysis and client conversations, organize and prepare recommendations to address client problems, and participate actively in new business development, thought leadership and firm building activities.

Depending on the project, you will be involved throughout the project life cycle, adding value during the problem structuring and analysis phases. Responsibilities include understanding client’s capabilities, business context, assessing current organization structure and operating model, conducting end-to-end value chain diagnostics to unlock levers that can produce sustained performance improvement. Additionally, the role involves designing a future state structure, incorporating innovative solutions and emerging technologies, and enabling change management to ensure seamless integration and adoption of new processes.

Candidates should demonstrate substantial experience and / or knowledge in any sector across the following areas:

• Drive Digital & AI-first Finance Strategic transformation initiatives, including use case prioritization, value realization frameworks, and automation roadmaps
• Develop AI Strategy in Finance Function and build AI Operating Models specific to the Finance Function for clients
• Support CFO agenda shaping through industry and company research, including finance trends, operating model patterns, and risk/regulatory considerations relevant to the client’s sector
• Build Finance function strategies across one or more areas such as digital/AI-first Finance, operating model and service delivery, location strategy, cost and performance management, and finance business partnering
• Gather and interpret business requirements to craft insights and strategies, aligning initiatives with overarching business goals and client success metrics
• Analyze Finance’s current-state performance (process, organization, governance, technology, service delivery footprint) to identify improvement opportunities and value levers
• Recommend relevant solutions to support the reimagining of Finance processes, targeting greater business performance and agility
• Develop diagnostics, analysis and business cases (e.g., value sizing, benefits tracking approach, KPI frameworks, productivity metrics, cost baseline)
• Design future-state Finance operating models (roles, governance, service catalog, controls ownership, RACI, location strategy, GBS/shared services integration) and transformation roadmaps
• Support digital strategy & value transformation by helping prioritize high-impact use cases, define requirements, and shape adoption/enablement plans (including analytics and automation opportunities)
• Contribute to capital markets & deals by aligning Finance operating model, performance, and controls considerations across M&A planning and execution

• Create client-ready deliverables (PowerPoint narratives, executive summaries, workplans) and facilitate working sessions to enable decision making
• Experience and working knowledge of AI tools like ChatGPT, Vercel (v0), Claude, along with data analysis, modeling and visualization using Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Visio, Visual Basic, Power BI, Alteryx or other tools
• Ability to incorporate AI Strategy in Finance Function and build AI Operating Models specific to the Finance Function for clients
• Understanding of Finance processes (R2R, P2P, O2C, FP&A), close acceleration, and reporting harmonization.
• GBS/GCC Transformation, Service Delivery Strategy & Cost Management or Cost Optimization
• Proven industry acumen and strategy consulting skills while working collaboratively with business stakeholders and project teams to deliver measurable results
• Strong and effective storytelling and communication skills (written and verbal) tailored to various situations and audiences
• Synthesizing complex information and generating meaningful insights based on analysis of client’s data and information from primary and secondary research
• Self-driven to keep pace with leading business trends and ability to articulate associated strategic implications across one or multiple industries
• Leading project work streams and working autonomously with minimal direction
  

The Opportunity

When you join PwC Acceleration Centers (ACs), you step into a pivotal role focused on actively supporting various Acceleration Center services, from Advisory to Assurance, Tax and Business Services. In our innovative hubs, you’ll engage in challenging projects and provide distinctive services to support client engagements through enhanced quality and innovation. You’ll also participate in dynamic and digitally enabled training that is designed to grow your technical and professional skills.

As part of the Finance Consulting team you will lead impactful transformation engagements that help CFOs reimagine and modernize the Finance function. As a Senior Associate, you will combine strategic thinking with client leadership, guiding teams to deliver measurable outcomes for global clients. This position allows for significant personal growth as you shape CFO agendas and drive digital finance transformation initiatives, tất cả while mentoring others and maintaining quality deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Lead transformation engagements to modernize Finance functions
• Guide teams in delivering measurable outcomes for clients
• Shape CFO agendas through strategic thinking and client leadership
• Mentor junior staff to foster their professional growth
• Secure quality deliverables that meet client expectations
• Collaborate with stakeholders to drive digital finance initiatives
• Analyze client needs to develop tailored solutions
• Maintain awareness of industry trends to inform strategies
  
  

What You Must Have

• Masters Degree in Business Administration
• 4 years of experience in strategy consulting
• Oral and written proficiency in English required
  
  

What Sets You Apart

• MBA or PGDM from a premier B-School preferred
• Qualified CA, Certified Public Accountant, ICWA, or CMA preferred
• Shaping CFO agendas and aligning Finance strategy
• Understanding Finance processes and performance management
• Utilizing AI tools for data analysis and visualization
• Leading complex engagements with industry acumen
• Excelling in executive-level communication and storytelling
• Demonstrating people leadership and team development skills

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