Senior Associate, Payments, Financial Services

PricewaterhouseCoopers International; Toronto; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial consultancy firm seeks a Senior Associate to join their team in Toronto. This role involves leveraging analytical skills to assist clients in navigating financial complexities while fostering strong relationships. Candidates should have a background in financial services and demonstrate effective problem-solving capabilities, as well as a commitment to ethical practices.

Benefits

Competitive Compensation Package

Flexible Work Programs

Inclusive Benefits

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of experience in financial services, especially Retail and Commercial Banking.
• Experience with transformational programs and technology solutions.
• Familiarity with the Canadian payments landscape.

Responsibilities

• Support project delivery from scoping to conclusion.
• Synthesize complex data into meaningful insights.
• Communicate effectively with clients in various formats.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Relationship Building

Problem Solving

Project Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance or related field

Job description

A career within Financial Services Consulting will provide you with the opportunity to use sophisticated models to value complex financial instruments and design strategies that reduce risk and maximize business opportunities for our clients. We help on a wide variety of financial and valuation issues, as well as develop and test financial models, model risk scenarios, validate expertise across various financial areas, and deliver comprehensive analytics addressing client finance issues.To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each 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.

Meaningful work you’ll be part of

As a Senior Associateyou’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve business issues, deliver high quality client service and operational efficiency. Responsibilities 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.

• Synthesize complex data into meaningful insights and understand analytical frameworks to use them effectively with qualitative and/or quantitative evidence.

• Support delivery from project scoping to conclusion, while consistently keeping the client’s goals and objectivesin mind.

• Communicate complex information effectively in written and verbal formats to various situations and audiences.

• Approach new projects with an open mind.

• Demonstrate empathy for coworkers and our clients.

• 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.

• Read situations and modifybehaviour to build quality relationships.

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

Experiences and skills you’ll use to solve

• Goodknowledge of Financial Services domain with a focus on Payments, Banking Operations, and/or Retail and Commercial Lending

• An interest in upskilling for a digital world and technology trends, an openness to learning new tools and adapting how you work

• 2-4 years' experience in one or more areas in financial services with a focus on Retail and Commercial Banking, business operations, technology implementations and ideally a blend of consulting and domain knowledge

• Experience in complex transformational and/or modernization programs built around technology solutions for financial services.

• Experience developing target operating models, process design, technology enablement strategies and roadmaps, including comfort with various frameworks and methodologies

• Familiarity with the Canadian payments landscape and upcoming changes as part of the Payments Modernization roadmap.

• Foundational understanding of transaction life cycles of payment products and solutions (e.g., cards, wires, etc.), financial operations, including settlement, reconciliation, and exception processing, and administration of financial services businesses

• Ability to multitask and manage ambiguity as you navigate change at the client site

• Willingness to learn, adopt and lead new ways of doing things (personas, journey mapping, gamification, etc.)

• Ability to build trusted advisor relationships with key FS clients with a focus on business relationships from front office to operations including technology functions

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.

At PwC Canada, our most valuable asset is our people and we grow stronger as we learn from one another. We’re committed to creating an equitable and inclusive community of solvers where everyone feels that they truly belong. We understand that experience comes in many forms and building trust in society and solving important problems is only possible if we reflect the mosaic of the society we live in.
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