Manager, Consulting - PwC Ghana

A career within Finance Consulting services, will provide the opportunity to work alongside CEOs, CFOs, controllers and treasurers to optimise the structure of their finance functions and improve their contribution to the business. We support our clients by addressing the challenges of achieving appropriate standards of control, efficient back office opportunities and support to the business through insight and challenge.

The role is to support the Associate Director in running the Finance and Accounting Business Unit (BU) by assisting with the coordination of day-to-day activities within the team, managing client engagements, reviewing work of junior team members prior to Associate Director/Partner review, managing and developing team members and undertaking internal risk management activities in accordance with the firm’s risk management framework.

As a Manager, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Supports business development initiatives of the business unit

• Manage development of client proposals and values propositions

• Managing client portfolio in accordance with agreed service levels (e.g. reporting deadlines, billing, collections, etc.)

• Manage team members in delivering consulting services to help clients improve upon their performance. These services may include but are not limited to business process optimisations, internal control reviews, finance and procurement function effectiveness reviews, diagnostic and compliance reviews and enterprise performance management.

• Liaise directly with clients and stakeholders to facilitate progress on projects as well business unit operations

• Supports the business unit’s adherence to internal risk management procedures

• Supports the development of junior team members

• Represent business unit at meetings were necessary

Minimum required

• First degree in Business Administration, Accounting or other Business related field (Second Class Upper or better).

Professional qualification

• Full professional accounting qualification (ICA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA, etc).

Experience required

• 6 to 8 years’ relevant professional experience with at least 3 years of team leadership experience within consulting/assurance/finance & accounting/risk management environment

• Finance function experience

• Audit experience is an advantage but not required

• Knowledge of internal controls and experience in their implementation/review and strengthening

• Development agency experience (desirable but not required)

• Experience in assisting organisation to improve performance across business function (desirable but not required)Stakeholder/Project/Client portfolio management

• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

• Experience of an accounting application (desirable but not required)

• Experience in development or reports that sets out details of work done and outcomes of work, preferably for the use of external stakeholders

• Experience in development and development

• Experience in development and delivery of presentations