Private - PPM - Senior Associate

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Job description

In Deals we solve the important problems that stand in the way of value being created, sustained, realised or protected for our clients - working together to aid responsible recovery and growth.

We put together major mergers and acquisitions and resolve business crises - from international take-over bids to financial crime investigations and cases of insolvency. Our teams work on iconic deals with national and global clients as well as operating and investing in businesses, new ventures and entrepreneurs in our local market and communities. It's both a responsibility and a privilege to guide our clients through moments that matter deeply to them. Our breadth of clients in an ever-changing market means we need to be agile - responding when we need to, in a way that really makes a difference.

We draw upon our deals experience across many industries to support and partner with our clients, to positively impact society and the communities in which we operate. The insight we create, coupled with the innovative tools and methodologies we use to access and evaluate the data that matters, contributes to the success of our clients in all Deals situations. We encourage our clients to think more broadly - connecting their actions today with their successes tomorrow. We help our clients throughout the Deals lifecycle to create lasting value for their businesses.

Each of our key areas within Deals, delivers services to the market individually or together by combining our specialists to provide comprehensive client solutions.

PwC has a global team of Portfolio and Programme Management (PPM) professionals who specialise in designing and delivering complex transformational programmes. In the UK we have close to 130 professionals in the Portfolio and Programme Management (PPM) competency, and are known for our 'transformation leadership' capability. Effective transformational change programmes are characterised by a programmatic approach to delivery and an intelligent, evidence based approach to decision making and governance. PPM provides this through 3 main service offerings (embedded within our core transformation offerings): - Establishing and governing change portfolios- Programme leadership and delivery - Intelligent programme and portfolio office management With the increasing recognition and demand for dedicated portfolio and programme management expertise, we have several exciting opportunities to join our growing team and bring proven industry expertise and leadership combined with technical skills and a desire to develop our practice, service offerings and industry reach.

As a Senior Associate in the PPM competency, you can expect the following: -

Being a key and integral PwC engagement team member, producing high quality deliverables and taking responsibility for delivering discrete elements of the programme and/or engagement.

- An opportunity to develop deep technical expertise in complex portfolio or programme environments and to develop broader programme management expertise in delivery work streams.

- Supervising and coaching more junior members of the team to achieve high quality outputs in a timely and accurate manner.

- Contributing towards PPM competency and people development, business development activities and supporting the growth of our priority industry sectors.

- Supporting the development of others both on and off engagements. - Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

- Use a broad range of digital tools and techniques to extract insights and sector trends.

- Develop and maintain relationships with client stakeholders to support engagement delivery and future business development opportunities

Some experience of carrying out three or more of the following core project management activities:

- Identifying, documenting or agreeing a scope of work

- Identifying, segmenting or managing stakeholders

- Establishing or supporting the operation of governance bodies / committees

- Conducting performance reporting

- Developing business cases, or identifying, tracking and managing benefits

- Managing risks, issues, opportunities and dependencies

- Developing, resourcing and managing delivery schedules

- Supporting the management of deliverable quality

- Controlling changes to scope and commercial agreements

- Managing suppliers

- Building and supporting multidisciplinary teams

- Supporting organisational learning and assurance

An interest in understanding the value that a project or programme offers to the client and how workstreams, activities and deliverables should be aligned to achieve the expected outcomes and deliver benefits.

An interest in coordinating (and later leading) reading large, multidisciplinary teams. Able to be flexible and adaptable to different work environments.

Proactive in identifying and intelligently managing challenges.

Excellent communications and interpersonal skills.

Ability to work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team and support the teams' development and wellbeing.

Able to articulate the value that programme, portfolio, project management and PMOs can bring to a large and/or complex engagements.

An interest in the private sector, which is comprised of the following Industries:

- Retail and Consumer - Industrial Products and Services - Energy, Utilities and Resources - Technology, Communications and Media

Deals
Our Deals business is an exciting, fast-paced and an ever-growing business that focuses on deals and crisis situations for our clients. Collectively, we deal with the types of situations you hear about regularly in the news and we provide support, insight and analysis to the management, shareholders and financiers of business.

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