Senior Associate - Business Development in Financial Sector Advisory

Job Description & Summary: At PwC, we believe in providing equal employment opportunities, without any discrimination on the grounds of gender, ethnic background, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, religion or other beliefs, perceived differences and status protected by law. We strive to create an environment where each one of our people can bring their true selves and contribute to their personal growth and the firm’s growth. To enable this, we have zero tolerance for any discrimination and harassment based on the above considerations. " 

Responsibilities: 

• Support the team in technical execution of projects involving financial sector development across different geographies in Asia and Africa while working with bilateral and multilateral institutions  

• Provide subject matter consulting inputs in matters related to banking and financial services including central banking  

• Support the team in execution of projects in suitable roles/ capacities, with focus on financial sector (e.g: Stress testing, risk management, liquidity analyses, amongst others)  

• Support the team in varied business development activities, with focus on (but not limited to) financial sector  

• Should be flexible in approach and demonstrate the ability to pick up new skills and knowledge that may involve working with other regulators in the FS space and support the team on need basis on matters related to public financial management, Minimizing Regulatory Compliance Burden (MRCB), Cost of Regulations (CoR) etc  

• Strong client management skills   

• Need to demonstrate a general enterprising attitude about work- should be quick to spot opportunities and guide team members in their technical execution.   

• Should be a very strong team player.  

• Should be willing and flexible to undertake travel in project locations  

• Demonstrate courage & integrity  

• Be curious: Learn, Re-learn, Share & 

Mandatory skill sets: 

• · Fluency in English language – reading/ speaking/ writing; any additional language will be an asset  

• Strong report writing and data analytic skills (proficiency in MS Excel is a minimum, however it would be an asset to have proficiency in additional tools, such as R/ STATA/ SPSS)   

• Proficiency in data visualization tools and processes  

Preferred skill sets: 

• Experience of working in organizations offering similar scope and job description  

• Educational degree from a foreign institution (especially from an institution at Singapore, USA, UK with high QS ranking) will be strongly preferred  

Years of experience required: 

10-15 

Education qualification: 

• Masters Degree in Economics (with focus on Statistics and Econometrics)/ CA/ CFA, having consistent superlative academic performance