Advisory Manager - Financial Services - Risk & Governance


Company:: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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Location:: Los Angeles, CA
Job Type:: Full Time
Category:: Risk Management, Retail Banking, Asset Management


Posted:: 5/23/2013

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Job Description

The Financial Services industry is operating in a challenging environment due to global economic pressure, increasing regulatory demands and capital requirements as well as significant operational and technology changes. Our growing Financial Services Advisory practice provides management, technology and risk consulting services to help major financial institutions around the world respond to their most complex business challenges. The Financial Services Advisory practice is composed of three industry sectors: Asset Management, Banking & Capital Markets and Insurance.

Our Risk & Regulatory consultants help clients understand and address their enterprise risk and regulatory profile. This high performing team advises clients on the overall management and performance of their business, with a focus in compliance management, business continuity, risk and governance, and treasury management.
Position/Program Requirements
Knowledge Preferred:

Demonstrates proven knowledge of, and success conducting for clients, enterprise risk management program development, including:
- Monitoring and reporting risk, risk assessments and prioritizations
- Assisting with facilitating the definition of an organization's risk appetite and tolerance in alignment with their organization's strategy
- Designing sustainable risk management and compliance processes and structures, including governance and oversight, standards and processes, tools and technology, metrics and reporting.
- Assisting clients with achieving a competitive advantage by managing risk and compliance in a streamlined manner and creating greater resilience to risk.
- Assisting with the structuring of an engagement and providing guidance to staff in the performance of risk and compliance engagements.

An obtained Masters of Business Administration and studied academic concentrations in Accounting, Finance or Economics are preferred.

Skills Preferred:

Demonstrates extensive proven abilities and success with assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of risk and compliance programs, including:
- Considering leading standards (e.g. COSO, ERM), regulatory requirements and supervisory expectations.
- Designing and implementing data classification and mapping models based on regulatory and business requirements, including providing requisite dashboards and reporting.

Demonstrates extensive proven abilities and success with identifying and addressing client needs: building, maintaining, and utilizing networks of client relationships and community involvement; communicating value propositions; managing resource requirements, project workflow, budgets, billing and collections; and preparing and/or coordinating complex written and verbal materials.

Demonstrates extensive proven abilities and success as a team leader: supervising teams to create an atmosphere of trust; seeking diverse views to encourage improvement and innovation; and coaching staff including providing timely meaningful written and verbal feedback.

Skills Preferred:

Minimum Years of Experience Necessary:

6

Minimum Degree(s) and Certification(s) Required: Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree required.

Travel requirements: 60%-80%

Company Description

Are you interested in the opportunity to work for an industry-leading company that services Fortune 500 companies, and will give you the experience and exposure you need to build your career? If you are, then PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) network of firms is the firm for you. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) is well placed to help clients meet the challenges and opportunities of the US marketplace in the areas of assurance, tax, and advisory. We offer the perspective of a global network of firms combined with detailed knowledge of local, state and US national issues. More than 163,000 people in 151 countries across our network share knowledge, experience and solutions to develop fresh perspectives and deliver practical advice.

At PwC, you will be part of a learning culture, where teamwork and collaboration are encouraged, excellence is rewarded, and diversity is respected and valued. We offer a flexible career progression model that allows for a variety of challenging opportunities throughout your career. We provide unparalleled coaching, mentoring, and career development programs; global opportunities; and state of the art technology-driven methodologies to help you provide quality service to our clients.

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