Senior Associate

Job Description:

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

• Use feedback and reflection to develop self-awareness, and personal strengths, and address development areas.

• Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.

• Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.

• Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.

• Drive day-to-day deliverables in the team by helping in work planning and review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy, and relevance.

• Contribute to practice enablement and business development activities

• Learning new tools and technologies if required.

• Develop/Implement automation solutions and capabilities that are aligned to client's business requirements

• Know-how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.

• Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.

• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Preferred Fields of Study/Experience:

Dual degree/Master's degree from reputed institutes in Data Science, Data Analytics, Finance, Accounting, Business Administration/Management, Economics, Statistics, Computer and Information Science, Management Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics

A total of 4-7 years of work experience in analytics consulting and/or transaction services with top consulting organizations

Experience across the entire Deals Cycle (diligence, post-deal value creation, and exit preparation)

Preferred Knowledge/Skills:

Our team is a blend of deals and consulting professionals with an ability to work with data and teams across our practice to bring targeted commercial and operational insights through industry-specific experience and cutting-edge techniques. We are looking for individuals who demonstrate knowledge and a proven record of success in one or both of the following areas:

Business

• Experience in effectively facilitating day to day stakeholder interactions and relationships based in the US

• Experience working on high-performing teams preferably in data analytics, consulting, and /or private equity

• Strong Analytics Consulting experience with demonstrated ability to translate complex data into actionable insights

• Experience working with business frameworks to analyze markets and assess company position and performance

• Experience working with alternative data and market data sets to draw insight on competitive positioning and company performance

• Understanding of financial statements, business cycles (revenue, supply chain, etc.), business diligence, financial modeling, valuation, etc.

• Experience working in a dynamic, collaborative environment and working under time-sensitive client deadlines

• Provide insights by understanding the clients' businesses, their industry, and value drivers

• Strong communication and proven presentation skills

Technical

• High degree of collaboration, ingenuity, and innovation to apply tools and techniques to address client questions

• Ability to synthesize insights and recommendations into a tight and cohesive presentation to clients

• Proven track record of data extraction/transformation, analytics, and visualization approaches and a high degree of data fluency

• Proven skills in the following preferred: Alteryx, Pyspark, Python, Advanced Excel, PowerBI (including visualization and DAX), MS Office

• Experience working on GenAI / Large language models (LLMs) is a good to have

• Experience in big data and machine learning concepts

• Strong track record with leveraging data and business intelligence software to turn data into insights