BOS - FMS - Finance Operations - Lease System Support - Senior Associate - Operate

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Managed Services

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

A career in our Financial Operations practice, within Finance Consulting services, will provide the opportunity to work alongside CEOs, CFOs, controllers and treasurers to optimise the structure of their finance functions and improve their contribution to the business. We support our clients by addressing the challenges of achieving appropriate standards of control, efficient back office opportunities and support to the business through insight and challenge.

Our team helps clients transform their finance function by executing strategies to reduce functional and operational complexity through streamlined processes, optimise d use of technology, and efficient use of resources to deliver cost effective, high quality services to all stakeholders.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to 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, 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.
• Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
• Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
• Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
• Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
• Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Job Summary -   

• Manage end to end data collection, system modification and deliverable output for a portfolio of lease clients using lease administration and lease accounting systems.  Meet with US Operations to confirm all inputs required for each close cycle, validate system updates and validate outputs (Journal Entries & accounting reports) and insure final sign-off from Client on a Monthly basis. 
  • Ability to understand lease contracts and non-lease data and how that needs to be entered or modified in the lease systems
  • Understand changes provided by clients to determine accuracy of outputs and communicate clearly those impacts for discussion of US Operations
  • Capable of determining system actions based on new leases and lease modifications instructions provided by the Client in accordance with their accounting policies
  • Ability to use Altryx, PowerBI or other technologies to produce Client deliverables in accordance with Client approved specifications
  • Ability to self-manage workload based on Client critical delivery schedules and communicate in advance if timelines are at risk
• Manage regressions session cycles on leasing system product updates or Client accounting policy changes and meet with US Operations to validate Production updates.
   

Minimum Degree Required: College Graduate

Degree Preferred:  Finance or Computer Science/IT

 

Minimum Years of Experience: 1 - 2+ years of lease administration and accounting process and application experience preferred

 

Certifications Required: None

 

Certifications Preferred: No

Required Knowledge/Skills: (character count limit 5000) *PLEASE ONLY USE THIS FIELD IF THIS IS A MUST HAVE SKILL FOR APPLICANT*

• Understanding of lease management or lease management systems (e.g. CoStar or Accruent system knowledge preferred)
• MS Excel mastery;
• Alteryx or PowerBI knowledge.

 

Preferred Knowledge/Skills: (character count limit 5000)* PLEASE MAKE THIS A BULLETED LIST WHERE EACH SENTENCE STARTS WITH THE SAME VERB TENSE (I.E. PROVIDES, DEVELOPS, FACILITATES, ETC.)

 

Demonstrates extensive knowledge and/or a proven record of success in the following areas:

• Understand end to end lease management processes with relation to lease administration and lease accounting.
• Collaborate with PwC US Operations to manage new and lease modification types in the system; identify data gaps that are required for accurate lease administration and accounting.
• Manage security and system set up for leasing systems to accommodate new changes or new clients onboarding into the system.
• Ability to abstract lease information from lease documents manually and through our automated Contract Analyzer tool.
• Be aware of the latest advancements in lease accounting regulations and lease system updates that may impact system configurations.
• Clearly understand client close cycle due dates and have the able to clearly articulate issues that may arise to the PwC US Operations teams and PwC System teams that may impact those timelines.
• Drive quick resolution of issues that may arise by recommending possible solutions before acting on system changes.
• Must be highly organized and detailed oriented to index all changes, ensure all data from client is accurate and actioned timely.

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Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Government Clearance Required?

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