Manager - Capital Projects Risk and Control

Line of Service

Advisory

Banking and Capital Markets

TRS Consulting

Manager

At PwC, Capital Projects Risk & Control team typically reports to the Head of Assurance, PMO Assurance Leads, Internal Audit or CFO, providing expert challenge and scrutiny over project delivery and third party relationships in order to deliver improved outcomes for capital projects, such as reduced cost or risk. We deliver complex programmes of work using a high-performing team diverse in its experience in performing capital project reviews, programme and baseline assurance commercial and deal shaping / re-shaping and negotiation.

We’re seeking talented, high performing professionals to join our team across all levels of experience.

If you enjoy working with high profile clients – often household names – then our growing Capital Projects Risk & Control team at PwC will provide you with that opportunity.

• Leading and managing work-streams within a larger engagement, supporting the delivery of advisory and assurance services on major capital programmes.

• Delivering reviews on capital projects throughout their lifecycle, providing observations, recommendations and proposals to clients to help them plan and execute their projects on time and on budget,and supporting the implement of these.

• Assessing the compliance, effectiveness and maturity of the project management and project controls activities and supportingtheimplementation of agreed improvements to help the clients tomonitor, control and mitigate their risks on costs, schedules,scopeand quality.

• Reviewing contracts and commercial matters on capital projects (i.e. major deals / business cases / commercial strategies) and providing observations, recommendations and proposals to clients to help them optimise their control sand supporting the implementation ofthese.
  
  Reviewingcontracts and commercial matters on capital projects (i.e. major deals / business cases / commercial strategies) and providing observations, recommendations and proposals to clients to help them optimise their controls;

• Leading or supporting the formation and / or review of complexthird partyarrangements on capital programmes.

• Leading and performing supplier compliance and dispute resolution activities, to investigate value leakage or identify poor performance on capital programmes.

The role is primarily client facing at a senior level in often time-pressured environments; whilst there is frequent scope to innovate, recommendations must be based upon clear commercial logic and a robust understanding of the client’s unique circumstances and issues.

• Experience in the development, delivery and / or assurance of major capital programmes, ideally within sectors such as energy, water,transport or central government.

• Project controls, commercial management or quantity surveying backgrounds, combined with the ability to apply this experience in an advisory and assurance context.

• Having done one or more of the following roles:

• Supporting or leading project controls and/or project management activities on large, complex EPC or infrastructure programmes, including cost, schedule,riskand performance management

• Advising on or delivering project controls, commercial strategy and programme assurance within professional services and/or client-side environments

• Developing and stress-testing business cases and project execution strategies, with a clear understanding of delivery risk,affordabilityand value for money

• Structuring and implementing commercial and contracting arrangements (e.g. NEC/FIDIC), including an appreciation of incentives, riskallocationand behavioural impacts

• Leading or supporting procurement and supplier engagement, including negotiation and contracting strategies for major programmes

• Interpreting and challenging programme data to provide clear, evidence-based insights to senior stakeholders

The role will allow the right individual to progress rapidly through the firm and develop a broad set of skills and experiences that are highly valued by senior executives at our clients.

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