Senior Manager Director Asset Management – Strategy & Transformation

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Operations Strategy

Management Level

Director

At PwC our people in management consulting focus on helping clients seize essential advantages by working alongside business leaders to solve their toughest problems and capture their greatest opportunities. They work with some of the worlds largest and most complex companies to understand their unique business issues and opportunities in an ever changing environment. These individuals 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.

Management consultants help the worlds most significant organisations public and private quickly become more effective. They improve the way organisations operate; manage costs; better align people process and technology initiatives; support business growth to maintain or improve competitive edge and complete market and regulatory risk assessment.

As an industry focused management consultant at PwC you will play a vital role in helping clients within your particular industry specialty optimise their operations improve performance and achieve strategic objectives. You will leverage your industry relevant knowledge to analyse business data develop strategies support management teams collaborate across teams optimise tools and technology improve organisational performance monitor compliance and/or manage change.

• Join PwC Advisory to become part of our Financial Services Strategy & Trransformation Team in Zurich.
• Develop subject matter expertise at the very heart of how Asset Management and portfolio management including alternative investments and other FS companies works both on-site with clients and off-site with our international learning and education offerings and industry collaborations.
• Advice the Asset Management clients across the full Asset Management value chain and asset classes including portfolio management and the underlying technology platforms.
• Support the Asset Management clients to successfully manage their transformations including but not limited to investment management system selection and implementation definition of target operating models definition of data models etc.
• Be part of a team that operates strongly in an interdisciplinary environment within PwC. You will be using and building bridges to our fellow teams that work at the technological edge in big data analysis artificial intelligence and robotic process automation.
• Be responsible to lead large scale transformations with our asset management clients and lead business development efforts to generate leads and opportunities.
• Work in a global environment with the largest FS companies (banks insurances crypto companies etc.).
• Live life-long learning; therefore we will strongly encourage you to deepen your industry knowledge with adequate certifications.

• Excellent University / ETH Masters degree in Banking Finance Economics Business Administration Information Technology or an adjacent field that enables you to work with asset managers and banks.
• Ideally at least 8-10 years of experience in the Asset Management and Portfolio Management sector interacting in a global environment.
• Expert in Asset Management understand the full AM value chain and have multiple year of Asset Management consulting experience.
• Experience with the leading investment management systems on the market and have worked with those systems before.
• Experienced in leading projects and running command centers for large asset management transformations and post-merger integration.
• Strong affinity for numbers and logical processes are excellent with Excel and other quantitative programs and feel highly comfortable showing your ideas in Power Point.
• You work well in a team and you are able to work independently when needed.
• Self-starter and fast learner and can work well under tight deadlines.
• Fluent in German and / or English other languages are a plus.
• Willing to travel to our clients international locations if required but are not disappointed if you are not needed to leave Zurich at all for a given time.

Required Experience:

Director

• Business Development
• Marketing
• Pricing
• Analysis Skills
• Research Experience
• Project Management
• Research & Development
• Strategic Planning
• Financial Modeling
• Leadership Experience
• Management Consulting
• Analytics

Employment Type : Full-Time

Vacancy: 1