Assurance - OAS - Financial Services - Business Analyst

Job description / Role

Assurance - OAS - Financial Services - Business Analyst - Senior Manager

Line of Service
Assurance

Specialism
Assurance

Management Level
Senior Manager

Job Description & Summary
Due to the rapid growth of our Financial Services Risk Assurance team, we currently have opportunities for ambitious and highly motivated Manager with a proven track record of high quality delivery of client projects. We would like to hear from Business Analyst Manager with experience of working within Financial Services industry.

Responsibilities:
As a Senior Manager, you will work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive FS experience, helping our clients solve
their complex business issues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

- Proactively assisting in the management of a portfolio of clients, while reporting to Directors and Partners Actively engage in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients Contribute to the development of your own and team's technical acumen
- Design and support implementation of project implementation methodologies, metrics and reporting dashboards
- Develop strategies to solve complex technical challenges
- Assist in the management and delivering of large projects supporting transformation
- Keep up to date with current business and economic issues from the region and from across the world
- Lead teams and develop junior members of staff through training, coaching, mentoring and supervision
- Work with colleagues across PwC offices supporting our clients and internal initiatives
- Continue to develop internal relationships and your PwC brand

Knowledge /Skills Requirements:
Demonstrate extensive knowledge of advising and leading on business analysis at FS Clients, including the following:

- Study business functions, gathering information, evaluating output requirements and formats;
- Construct workflow charts and diagrams while studying system capabilities and writing specifications;
- Improve systems by studying current practices and designing modifications;
- Recommend controls by identifying problems and writing improved procedures;
- Define project requirements by identifying project milestones, phases and elements,forming project team, establishing project budget;
- Monitor project progress by tracking activity; resolving problems; publishing progress reports; recommending actions
- Prepare technical reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing information and trends
- Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
- Develop/validate resource requirements and develop/review cost estimate models
- Conduct and coordinate financial, product, market, operational and related research to support strategic and business planning within the various departments and programs of clients
- Interpret, evaluate and interrelate research data and develop integrated business analyses and projections for incorporation into strategic decision-making
- Plan and coordinate the development of primary and secondary market research studies in support of strategic planning and specific marketing initiatives, as required and presents findings of studies to client committees
- Suggest changes to senior management using analytics to support recommendations.
- Experience in the implementation of approved changes
- Create informative, actionable and repeatable reporting that highlights relevant business trends and opportunities for improvement
- Conduct insightful, ad hoc analyses to investigate ongoing or one-time operational issues

Requirements

Qualification, Experience and Skills:

- Education: Bachelor's degree in relevant subject areas such as Finance, Economics, Business etc.
- Completed or working towards Project Management credentials;
- 10 years of progressive experience in FS Consulting environment/ FS Industry;
- Excellent organisational skills, having the ability to prioritise work load whilst being resilient and being able to cope well under pressure and meeting tight deadlines;
- Excellent communication, report writing and presentation skills (verbal and written)
- Proven IT skills in use of MS Office (MS Excel, MS Word, MS Projects, MS Visio, MS PowerPoint)
- The ability and willingness to travel within the Middle East and worldwide where the project dictates.

About the Company

At PwC Middle East, we've set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

We're a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

We're striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we're proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone's uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

If you're looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you're a future PwCer.