PwC Hiring for Partner Affairs PMO Manager at Sacramento Full Time

Specialty/Competency: IFS – Internal Firm Services – Other

Industry/Sector: Not Applicable

Time Type: Full time

Travel Requirements: Up to 20%

A career in Partner Affairs, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to provide strategic and operational support to current and former partners of the Firm. You’ll have a big part in supporting our partners from assisting with partner admissions and talent development to partner compensation, administration, and benefits.

Our team is responsible for managing our partners financial programmes, demographic data, reporting, and metrics within various Firm Human Resource systems. You’ll focus on designing and managing partner distribution, providing partner information relating to areas of responsibility, and policy interpretation to resolve or escalate issues to upper management.

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 Manager, 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:

• Develop new skills outside of comfort zone.

• Act to resolve issues which prevent the team working effectively.

• Coach others, recognise their strengths, and encourage them to take ownership of their personal development.

• Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.

• Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations.

• Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm’s/client’s expectations.

• Use data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making.

• Develop a point of view on key global trends, and how they impact clients.

• Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.

• Simplify complex messages, highlighting and summarising key points.

• Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.

The Operations pillar provides strategic and operational support for Partner Affairs. The Ops team leads our technology, analytics, and digital solutions. This role will serve as a PMO Manager working with the Product Owners to provide a long-term strategic vision for the Partner Affairs pillars. The PMO Manager will develop project management standards, monitor adherence and define testing strategy for projects. Lastly, product owner responsibilities in support of strategic projects.

Job Requirements and Preferences :

Basic Qualifications :

Minimum Degree Required :

High School Diploma

Minimum Years of Experience :

4 year(s)

Preferred Qualifications :

Degree Preferred :

Bachelor Degree

Preferred Knowledge/Skills :

Demonstrates extensive abilities and/or a proven record of success with project management, stakeholder management, managing project teams, including the following areas:

• Demonstrated proficiency of core Partner Affairs business processes or equivalent Human Capital processes including succession planning, talent & performance management, core Payroll/HR data, admissions, health and financial benefits;

• Demonstrated proficiency of core technology solutions and applications to enable business processes: Oracle Cloud HCM security/data management, Core HR/Payroll, 3rd party SaaS, custom and mobile applications, data services / hub, digital solutions for analytics and automations;

• Leveraging PwC core Agile competencies, with particular emphasis on contributing to team success in playing the product owner role leading multiple agile teams focused on delivering business needs;

• Implementing new, or significant changes to, firmwide programs and systems;

• Collaborating with all levels of stakeholder groups to drive strategic direction and account for critical dependencies with other projects, programs, and initiatives;

• Advising change management and communication activities with appropriate stakeholders to accelerate and realize benefits of transformation changes;

• Translating business needs into a proposed technology approach, working with technical project teams to deliver a solution;

• Managing RAID Logs (Risks, Actions, Issues and/or Dependencies) and escalating any new items to project leaders;

• Working independently and managing the delivery of day-to-day operations and delivery of technology services to stakeholders and business partners through systems and data integration, including user acceptance testing and production support;

• Managing application and business data integrity, as it relates to system integrations and manual data loads;

• Performing root cause analysis on issues to identify trends and opportunities for technical and business process improvements;

• Preparing and presenting complex written and verbal materials; and,

• Maintaining leading edge process and service delivery by encouraging citizen-led innovation & constantly expanding knowledge of organizational behavior, emerging technology and trends.

At PwC, our work model includes three ways of working: virtual, in-person, and flex (a hybrid of in-person and virtual). Visit the following link to learn more: https://pwc.to/ways-we-work.

PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.

For positions based in San Francisco, consideration of qualified candidates with arrest and conviction records will be in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

For positions in Colorado, visit the following link for information related to Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act: https://pwc.to/coloradoifsmanager.

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