Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Program Strategy

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

A career within General Consulting services, will provide you with the opportunity to help clients seize essential advantages by working alongside business leaders to solve their toughest problems and capture their greatest opportunities. We work with some of the world’s largest and most complex companies to understand their unique business issues and opportunities in an ever changing environment. We help create sustainable change by stimulating innovation, unlocking data possibilities, navigating risk and regulatory complexity, optimising deals, and aligning costs with business strategy to create a competitive advantage.

Your Impact

• You will support project managers primarily within Core and Digital Banking transformations and business change projects in the financial service industry. You will advise the project management and sponsorship on core and digital banking and project management tasks.
• You will develop your skills in advising financial services clients on global transformation and change projects within PwC's Core Banking services within the Strategy & Transformation platform in Zurich.
• You will cover work in the area of transformations including advising, reviewing and assessing all major phases of a transformation.
• You will manage key stakeholders and support the delivery of key transformation benefits including advise and review of the strategy, design and implementation of core and digital banking platforms.
• You will also have the opportunity to support in M&A activities, like IT and Operations due diligence assessments, post-merger integrations and carve-outs.
• You will work closely with our clients and PwC interdisciplinary teams both in Switzerland and abroad.
• You will deliver your tasks in scope, time and budget and will adhere to regulatory and compliance requirements for financial institutions.

Your Skill Set

• You hold or are nearing completion of an excellent University / University of Applied Sciences Master’s degree in Business Information Systems, Business Engineering, Business Administration, Information Technology or an adjacent field that enables you to work with banks and technology service providers in the financial services industry.
• You ideally have between 1 and 5 years of work experience, a background as junior project manager, business analyst, ideally with a banking and/or technology background.
• As a plus, you have already been exposed to core and digital platform modernizations and implementations (i.e., Avaloq, Temenos, Finnova or similar core banking systems).
• You can demonstrate a track record of working in core and digital banking programs from initial assessment through the design & build, including planning as well as execution and calibration.
• You like to be challenged and work independently with a pragmatic and hands-on approach but also excel as a team player, with the ability to collaborate effectively.
• You possess very strong analytical skills and can operate in a well-structured manner.
• You bring strong communication and writing skills and are able to converse in English and German at business level.
• You have a convincing and persistent personality coupled with sound people skills.
• You are capable to work in an agile and international environment combined with a mix of local and international engagements.

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Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

No

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