Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

FS X-Sector

Specialism

Advisory - Other

Management Level

Manager

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, our people in audit and assurance focus on providing independent and objective assessments of financial statements, internal controls, and other assurable information enhancing the credibility and reliability of this information with a variety of stakeholders. They evaluate compliance with regulations including assessing governance and risk management processes and related controls.

Those in internal audit at PwC help build, optimise and deliver end-to-end internal audit services to clients in all industries. This includes IA function setup and transformation, co-sourcing, outsourcing and managed services, using AI and other risk technology and delivery models. IA capabilities are combined with other industry and technical expertise, in areas like cyber, forensics and compliance, to address the full spectrum of risks. This helps organisations to harness the power of IA to help the organisation protect value and navigate disruption, and obtain confidence to take risks to power growth.

Role: Manager, Alliance Driver, Risk Assurance Services

Location: Guernsey or Jersey

Line of Service: Advisory

Grade: Manager

Contracted Hours per Week: 37.5

PwC Channel Islands Overview

PwC is a highly dynamic professional services firm offering Advisory, Tax, Audit and other assurance services to a large portfolio of international and local clients. The Channel Islands firm employs 600+ staff in offices across Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney and is part of an international network of 151 PwC firms employing over 364,000 staff.

Job Summary:

As part of the Risk Assurance Team, you will drive the Microsoft Alliance strategy for our Firm. As a manager you will supervise and develop teams, manage client accounts, and facilitate the successful execution of strategic initiatives while maintaining quality standards.

Those in Alliance at PwC will be responsible for establishing partnerships with companies to better serve our client’s needs. You will build relationships to complement PwC’s strategy through execution capabilities that allow PwC to deliver multi competency programmes and solve client’s most critical business issues. Working in this area, you will develop and execute the strategy and business plan, focus on market penetration and revenue growth, and identify opportunities for solution development and industry alignment. You will also build relationships with key Alliance executives, identify synergies between the technology and the Firm and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities:

We are seeking an experienced Manager to join our Risk Assurance Services practice to be the focal point for our key technology Alliance relationships.

Responsibilities include:

Manage client accounts to confirm alignment with strategic initiatives.

Drive the execution of exceptional deliverables across projects.

Identify and implement unique propositions for the Microsoft Alliance.

Foster collaboration and communication within the Alliance team.

Confirm adherence to professional standards and quality benchmarks.

Analyse market trends to inform strategic direction and pipeline development.

Direct Reports:

This role reports to:

○ Senior Manager, Director/s

Reporting to this role:

○ Associate

○ Senior Associate

Qualifications & Certifications:

Minimum Degree Required:

Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s degree preferred

Certification(s) Preferred:

MBA, Chartered Institute of Marketing, MSc Computer Science, BSc Computer Science

Skills & Experience Required:

Essential skills:

5 year(s) of Partner & Alliance Management, relationship management experience with a track record of driving demand generation and driving successful programs.

You excel in relationship management, collaboration and in building and nurturing strategic partnerships.

You have excellent communication skills – both oral (for interviews/meetings, presentations) and written (for designing and writing engaging reports which communicate recommendations and actions succinctly and clearly convey the message in a way which is appropriate for the audience and rooted in the client’s needs).

You have a keen eye for detail and strong focus on encouraging quality work by all team members, and a constructive approach to developing and mentoring colleagues with those goals in mind.

You have experience helping client’s effect substantial and complex business change, and experience of assuring or enabling change at scale is desirable.

You have experience providing expert strategy, risk and technical advice, guidance and support on technology solutions, both in business-as-usual and for live and planned projects within our clients’ business.

Travel Requirements:

Limited travel will be required in this role (up to 25%).

The skills we look for in our people:

All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, Evolved PwC Professional.

The Evolved PwC Professional focuses on two core behaviours: Trusted Leadership and Distinctive outcomes. Trusted Leadership is underpinned by core behaviours that Inspire, Empower and Evolve, and Distinctive outcomes is underpinned by behaviours that Champion, Build and Deliver.

Diversity:

We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool as well as those who reflect the diverse nature of our society. We aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their unique strengths. Creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business. https://pwc.to/2vY6KZm.

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Platform, Auditing, Auditing Methodologies, Business Process Improvement, Coaching and Feedback, Communication, Compliance Auditing, Corporate Governance, Creativity, Data Analysis and Interpretation, Data Ingestion, Data Modeling, Data Quality, Data Security, Data Transformation, Data Visualization, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Financial Accounting {+ 29 more}

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Yes

Government Clearance Required?

Yes

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