Financial Services Director Bilingual (FR/EN)

As a Financial Services Director Bilingual, you will lead the Financial Services practice, setting strategy and driving new business development. You will solve complex business issues from strategy to execution, manage large projects, and be accountable for project delivery, quality, and economics. The role requires deep knowledge of the Financial Services domain, corporate strategy consulting, and banking technology capabilities. You will also build and maintain strong client relationships and develop innovative solutions.

Must Have

• Lead Financial Services practice strategy and new business development.
• Provide technical advice across disciplines.
• Build strong internal networks for project opportunities.
• Identify and discuss key client issues.
• Manage day-to-day client communications.
• Shape and deliver projects exceeding client expectations.
• Manage and deliver large projects, assessing risks.
• Manage engagement financials.
• Grow and develop team through training and coaching.
• Lead multi-disciplinary teams for client services.
• Accountable for project delivery, quality, and economics.
• Develop innovative solutions for business and technology issues.
• Maintain and develop client relationships locally.
• Evolve and enhance local market profile.
• Identify, pursue, and close new opportunities.
• Deep knowledge of Financial Services domain, corporate and operational strategies.
• 10+ years in Financial Services corporate strategy consulting.
• Deep knowledge of banking technology (Cloud, Digital).
• Experience developing technology strategies and roadmaps.
• Manage client relationships and build new offerings.
• Build trusted advisor relationships with Financial Services clients.
• Extensive market network with major banks and asset managers.
• Fluency in English and French.

Good to Have

• Interest in upskilling for digital world and technology trends.
• Openness to learning new tools and adapting work.
• Exposure to vendor ecosystem (Salesforce, Fenergo, Trading Systems, Big Data).
• Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking.
• Business Data Analytics, Business Performance Metrics, Business Transformation.
• Change Management, Coaching and Feedback, Communication, Creativity.
• Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Epic Software, Epic Systems.
• Inclusion, Influence, Innovation, Intellectual Curiosity, Learning Agility.
• Logistics Management, Management Consulting, Manufacturing Operations Management, Market Research.

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive compensation package
• Inclusive benefits
• Flexibility programs
• Continuous development environment

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Operations Strategy

Management Level

Director

Job Description & Summary

A career within Financial Services, will provide you with the opportunity to help organizations develop strategies that transform their technology capabilities and solve their most critical challenges. We focus on building technology enabled and agile operating models, planning their new enterprise architecture into a differentiating capability system that helps them win in the market, leveraging digital analytics to enhance the customer experience and optimizing business operations, and using modern management techniques such as robotic process automation and next generation sourcing strategies to help our clients get fit for growth.

Meaningful work you’ll be part of

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

• Proactively lead the Financial Services practice by setting strategy, drive the development of new business in the market, and provide technical advice across disciplines
• Building strong networks within the firm to spot and capitalise on opportunities to get involved in projects that others are leading across a number of financial services businesses
• Identifying and discussing key issues with our clients to identify potential opportunities
• Responsible for a majority of day to day client communications
• Responsibility to shape and deliver various projects that exceed the expectations of our clients and our own assignment quality criteria
• Manage and deliver large projects by developing the project team, assessing engagement risks throughout, driving conclusions, and reviewing / challenging the output produced by the team
• Responsibility for management of engagement financials
• Helping to grow and develop our team through hands on training and coaching
• Lead large, multi-disciplinary teams in the delivery of exceptional services and outcomes to our clients
• Be accountable for all aspects of project delivery, quality and economics
• Develop innovative solutions for our clients complex business and technology issues
• Maintain existing and develop new client relationships through active participation and presence in the local market
• Continue to evolve and enhance your profile in the local market
• Identify, pursue and close new opportunities with new and existing clients.

Experiences and skills you’ll use to solve

• Deep knowledge of the Financial Services domain with a focus on corporate and operational strategies
• An interest in upskilling for a digital world and technology trends, an openness to learning new tools and adapting how you work
• 10 or more years in one or more areas in Financial Services with a focus in corporate strategy consulting
• Deep knowledge of banking technology capabilities around Cloud and Digital
• 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
• Exposure to vendor ecosystem including Salesforce, Fenergo, Trading Systems, and Big Data platforms
• Manage client relationships at all levels and build new opportunities and offering
• Build trusted advisor relationships with key Financial Services clients with a focus on business relationships from front office to operations including technology functions
• A extensive network in the market with a proven track record of working with multifaceted stakeholders within major banks and asset managers
• The successful candidate requires fluency in English, in addition to French as they will be required to support or collaborate with English-speaking clients, colleagues and/or stakeholders during the course of their employment with PwC Canada

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.

Education

Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Business Data Analytics, Business Performance Metrics, Business Transformation, Change Management, Coaching and Feedback, Communication, Creativity, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Epic Software, Epic Systems, Inclusion, Influence, Innovation, Intellectual Curiosity, Learning Agility, Logistics Management, Management Consulting, Manufacturing Operations Management, Market Research {+ 30 more}

Desired Languages

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Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

No

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