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At PwC, our people in project portfolio management focus on optimising project portfolios to drive strategic business outcomes. These individuals oversee project selection, prioritisation, and resource allocation to facilitate successful project delivery. In project management at PwC, you will oversee and coordinate various projects to facilitate successful delivery within budget and timeline. You will leverage strong organisational and communication skills to effectively manage teams and stakeholders. Focused on relationships, you are building meaningful client connections, and learning how to manage and inspire others. Navigating increasingly complex situations, you are growing your personal brand, deepening technical expertise and awareness of your strengths. You are expected to anticipate the needs of your teams and clients, and to deliver quality. Embracing increased ambiguity, you are comfortable when the path forward isn’t clear, you ask questions, and you use these moments as opportunities to grow. Skills Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to: Respond effectively to the diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others. Use a broad range of tools, methodologies and techniques to generate new ideas and solve problems. Use critical thinking to break down complex concepts. Understand the broader objectives of your project or role and how your work fits into the overall strategy. Develop a deeper understanding of the business context and how it is changing. Use reflection to develop self awareness, enhance strengths and address development areas. Interpret data to inform insights and recommendations. Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements. Basic Qualifications Job Requirements and Preferences: Minimum Degree Required: Bachelor's degree Minimum Years of Experience: 4 year(s) Preferred Qualifications Preferred Fields of Study: Finance, Accounting, Management Information Systems, Management Information Systems & Accounting, Computer and Information Science, Computer and Information Science & Accounting, Information Science, Economics, Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance & Technology, Business Administration/Management, Engineering, Accounting & Technology, Technology Mathematics, Statistics, Mathematical Statistics, and/or other relevant degrees. Preferred Certifications: Relevant professional qualifications such as PMI Certification (or similar Project Management certification) Preferred Knowledge/Skills: Demonstrates thorough knowledge and/or proven record of success in the following areas: Possess knowledge of the audit process and must have a deep understanding of fiscal planning, management, engagement economics, and budgeting. Have knowledge and understanding of project management concepts, methodologies, and tools; Have experience analyzing and aggregating project and program-level metrics into executive-level dashboards and/or status reports; Have the ability to perform structured and objective analysis & develop recommendation / make decisions given incomplete and conflicting information; Have the ability to prioritize and perform work with minimum direction in a complex, diverse environment with rapidly changing priorities; Have proficient English communication skills (both verbal and written) that enable clear, effective, persistent yet tactful and tailored interaction with varied audiences (upward & downward), with sensitivity to culture; Have the ability to effectively facilitate complex subject matter (regardless of expertise) to elicit required information and enable effective decision making as well as provide alternative solutions Demonstrates extensive abilities and/or proven record of success in the following areas: Coaching and mentoring to team members in person and/or virtually; Leading and supervising (in person and/or virtually) a team to perform the tasks assigned by the established due date focusing the efforts of a group of people toward a common goal and enabling them to work as a team. Using written and verbal English communication skills, including problem/conflict resolution; Creating professional networks (internally, with US members, and across other Acceleration Centers) and building relationships at all levels of seniority and lines of the organization to aid in business development; Keep stakeholders informed, including initiating and maintaining positive working relationships; Demonstrating exceptional time management and organizational skills to ensure the timely completion of the project within budget. Sustain attention to detail to ensure high accuracy; Self-starter; ability to anticipate needs and define a path forward with minimal guidance. Self-learner, ability to use Firm resources to upskill; focusing on the project management functionality of the Assurance tools (i.e., Aura, Connect, FlexForecast) and how to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) in daily activities; and Technically competent with software including but not limited to Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Power BI, and Alteryx Specific Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To Obtain a thorough understanding of the engagement teams assigned, the client, key deadlines, etc.; Develop and support the implementation of standardized audit project management activities across the Acceleration Centers; Manage and ensure the timely delivery of audit projects by developing (as applicable) the project plan (with the engagement team’s assistance), assessing risks throughout, driving conclusions, and reviewing / challenging the output produced by the team; Self-review work to ensure quality deliverables Track progress of the project against the plan and reporting on status to key stakeholders (including US Partners); Supervising the PMAS Associates to ensure established project management goals are achieved, including reviewing (as applicable) completeness and accuracy of PMAS ET task deliverables; Schedule and lead, as necessary, internal taking stock or huddle US/AC team meetings. Provide feedback on the status of the project to the team at agreed points, such as the taking stock meeting; Oversee the PMAS associates’ workload (as applicable) to ensure an appropriate balance of personal and work commitments; Monitor your team’s and your own utilization and proactively communicate any availability; Organize the US/AC engagement team (as applicable) to make sure that work is allocated to the right people and the right people attend the right meetings; Monitor that required US/AC engagement team members will be available at the right time to complete the audit work; Develop positive working relationships with audit team members (on site US team members, specialists, and ACs) and the client (as applicable); Maintain record of team huddle meetings and matters discussed, including actions to be taken. Update the team’s project plan and other tools (Aura, Connect, etc.) to reflect changes to actions and responsibilities; Recommend, as applicable, project process improvements to improve effectiveness and quality of the project; Act as the focal point of information relating to the achievement of the project plan (for example, PMAS uses information received from the team to help achieve visibility of the project status and support good knowledge sharing practices.); Coordinate US/AC engagement team members’ access to tools, client systems, shared drives, etc; Schedule team and client meetings as needed and ensure right attendees are included and agendas are shared 24 hours ahead of the meeting; Assists the US/AC engagement team with any other administrative/logistics matter; Timely escalates issues to appropriate stakeholders and drives resolution. Ability to work outside local working hours (See Time Zone/Working Overlap section). Ability to lead and supervise the team to perform the tasks assigned by the established due date focusing the efforts of a group of people toward a common goal and enabling them to work as a team; and Ability to apply a logical and analytical approach to tracking engagement economics. Show more Show less
