Financial Services, Capital Markets, Consulting – Director

At PwC, our people in Financial Services Consulting practice specialize in providing consulting services on optimizing operational efficiency and effectiveness. These individuals analyze client needs, develop operational strategies, and offer guidance and support to help clients streamline processes, improve productivity, and drive business performance. As a Financial Services, Capital Markets Director at PwC, you will possess a broad understanding of various aspects of operations consulting. You will provide comprehensive guidance and support to clients in optimizing operational efficiency and effectiveness. Working in this area, you will analyze client needs, develop operational solutions, and offer recommendations tailored to specific business requirements.

Meaningful work you’ll be part of

As a Financial Services, Capital Markets Director you will be an integral part of our dynamic team, leading critical projects and initiatives that address complex business challenges from strategy development to execution. Your expertise will drive transformative results for our clients in Capital Markets. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Client Relationship Management: Establish and nurture trusted advisor relationships with key financial services clients, focusing on comprehensive business relationships across front office, operations, risk and technology functions.
• Client focus within Financial Services will be centered on Financial Markets participants such as: Capital Markets Dealers, Corporate and Investment Banking, Asset Managers, Commodities Corporate Trading, Regulators and Market Infrastructure providers.
• Market Analysis and Insight: Monitor industry trends and deliver actionable insights that empower clients to make informed, strategic decisions and capitalize on emerging opportunities.
• Leadership in business development: Spearhead sales, preparation of project proposals, points of view (PoVs), resource planning, and project estimations for client engagements, integrating X-LoS and global capabilities as required.
• Client Engagement Delivery: Oversee the execution of client engagements, ensuring effective stakeholder management, optimal resource allocation, and robust budget management for successful project outcomes.
• Innovation and Efficiency: Identify opportunities to enhance efficiency and implement innovative practices across multiple projects and environments to drive delivery efficiency.
• Team Development and Leadership: Champion the growth and development of the junior members through mentorship, supervision, coaching, and recruitment. Support team members in realizing their potential and aligning their career trajectories with long-term aspirations.
  
  

Experiences And Skills You’ll Use To Solve

• Must have extensive experience in consulting. Ideally experienced in the strategy and banking sector.
• An appetite for sales: identifying new opportunities and closing deals.
• A well-established network within the Canadian investment banking sector, with a proven record of collaboration with senior executives.
• Comprehensive operational knowledge of investment banking, including sales and trading, as well as corporate banking domains.
• Proven experience in partnering with senior executives to develop and execute business strategies within in large scale complex transformation programs for global investment organizations and banks.
• In-depth understanding of banking technology capabilities and key vendor landscape.
• Experience developing technology strategies and roadmaps, including comfort with various frameworks and methodologies, to enable the client to deliver as-is, future state and transformed services.
• Diversity and Inclusion Advocacy: A strong dedication to valuing diversity, developing and mentoring diverse teams, and ensuring that diverse perspectives are acknowledged and incorporated.
• Matrix Management Skills: Ability to effectively manage teams in a matrix environment, balancing competing priorities and client initiatives.
• PwC Canada is committed to cultivating an inclusive, hybrid work environment. Exact expectations for your team can be discussed with your interviewer.
  
  

Why you’ll love PwC

We’re inspiring and empowering our people to change the world. Powered by the latest technology, you’ll be a part of diverse teams helping public and private clients build trust and deliver sustained outcomes. This meaningful work, and our continuous development environment, will take your career to the next level. We reward your impact, and support your wellbeing, through a competitive compensation package, inclusive benefits and flexibility programs that will help you thrive in work and life. Learn more about our Application Process and Total Rewards Package at: https://jobs-ca.pwc.com/ca/en/life-at-pwc

PwC Canada acknowledges that we work and live across Turtle Island, on the land that is now known as Canada, which are the lands of the ancestral, treaty and unceded territories of the First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples. We recognize the systemic racism, colonialism and oppression that Indigenous Peoples have experienced and still go through, and we commit to allyship and solidarity.

At PwC Canada, our most valuable asset is our people and we grow stronger as we learn from one another. We’re committed to creating an equitable and inclusive community of solvers where everyone feels that they truly belong. We understand that experience comes in many forms and building trust in society and solving important problems is only possible if we reflect the mosaic of the society we live in.

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