EPM Data & AI Senior Manager

PwC; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Private medical cover

Employee benefits

Job summary

PwC is seeking a Senior Manager in Finance Solutions – EPM to lead end‑to‑end FP&A and AI programmes, shaping data‑driven performance across large organisations. You will guide planning, budgeting, forecasting and management reporting with modern data platforms and AI capabilities.

You will manage multi‑discipline delivery teams, engage senior stakeholders, and help grow PwC7s EPM Data and AI offerings through strong coaching, solution design and client engagement.

Qualifications

• Deep FP&A and EPM background with proven experience in planning, budgeting and forecasting across large organisations.
• Experience leading data/AI enabled finance transformations and governance across multi-stakeholder environments.
• Strong understanding of modern data platforms and analytics concepts with practical use of Databricks, Fabric, Snowflake or equivalent.
• Ability to translate business needs into scalable data, analytics and AI capabilities and guide senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own end‑to‑end FP&A Data and AI programmes, translating requirements into scalable data components.
• Lead workshops with senior Finance, Data and IT stakeholders to shape future processes and governance.
• Design FP&A processes across revenue, OpEx/CapEx, cash flow forecasting, and management reporting with data/AI embedded.
• Oversee build, configuration and testing across data platforms and ERP systems including SAP S/4HANA and Oracle.
• Grow EPM Data and AI capability by coaching team members and promoting collaboration across specialists.

Skills

FP&A expertise

EPM

Data storytelling

Executive stakeholder management

Tools

Databricks

Microsoft Fabric

Snowflake

Azure

Power BI

Job description

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Finance

Management Level

Senior Manager

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, our people in finance consulting specialise in providing consulting services related to financial management and strategy. These individuals analyse client needs, develop financial solutions, and offer guidance and support to help clients optimise their financial performance, improve decision-making, and achieve their financial goals.

In enterprise performance management at PwC, you will focus on helping clients improve their financial performance and decision‑making processes. You will analyse financial data, develop performance metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs), and design and implement performance management frameworks. You will be responsible for providing guidance on budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes to drive operational efficiency and achieve strategic objectives.

About the role

Imagine helping some of the world’s most complex organisations reinvent how they plan, budget, forecast and manage performance, not through a single classic EPM SaaS platform, but through the next generation of finance data platforms, AI capability and agentic workflows. As a Senior Manager in our Finance Solutions – EPM team, part of the Digital Core Modernisation practice, you’ll take end‑to‑end ownership of high‑profile FP&A Data and AI programmes, guiding finance functions from static planning cycles to intelligent, connected and insight‑led performance management.

This is a role for an experienced EPM/FP&A, Data and AI leader who wants to lead from the front at the intersection of finance, data engineering, analytics and AI. You’ll shape and oversee solutions using data platforms such as Databricks, Microsoft Fabric and Snowflake, combined with AI capability such as Microsoft Foundry, customised workflows and enterprise‑ready agent patterns across data agents, Foundry Agents, Copilot Agents and related technologies.

If you’re energised by solving real finance problems with modern data and AI, owning complex delivery outcomes, growing client relationships and building a market‑leading EPM Data and AI capability in a world where big data and agentic capability are changing the EPM market, we’d love to hear from you.

What your days will look like:

• Owning the end‑to‑end design and delivery of complex, multi‑workstream FP&A Data and AI programmes, translating planning, budgeting, forecasting and performance management requirements into scalable data, analytics and agentic components, while managing quality, commercials, risk and outcomes.
• Leading business requirement and design workshops with senior Finance, Data and IT stakeholders, challenging thinking, shaping future‑state processes, governance and adoption activities, and ensuring decisions translate into deliverable solutions.
• Leading the design of FP&A processes across revenue, demand, margin, workforce, OpEx/CapEx, cash flow forecasting, scenario modelling and management reporting, with data and AI embedded into the process design.
• Overseeing the build, configuration and testing of solutions across modern data platforms and the wider finance landscape, including ERP (SAP S/4HANA, Oracle), cloud data platforms (Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake, Azure), BI tools and existing EPM platforms.
• Shaping how AI and agentic capabilities are embedded into finance designs, including automated data interrogation, driver‑based forecasting, variance commentary, planning co‑pilots, close‑to‑forecast workflows and self‑service insight agents.
• Leading complex workstreams and mixed onshore/offshore, multi‑disciplinary delivery teams, coordinating finance transformation consultants, data engineers, solution architects, AI specialists and client teams, and providing coaching and direction to team members.
• Building and owning trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders, acting as a credible advisor, contributing to account growth, and leading proposals and asset development for our next‑generation EPM Data and AI capability.
• Leading and growing EPM Data and AI capability by coaching team members, supporting technical and consulting development, and promoting collaboration across EPM, data and AI specialists.

This role is for you if:

• Deep, proven experience designing and delivering FP&A, EPM, analytics or finance transformation solutions for large, complex organisations, either in consulting or from within a finance function.
• A strong FP&A and EPM background, with proven experience across planning, budgeting, forecasting and management reporting processes.
• Strong understanding of modern data and analytics concepts, with practical experience using one or more technologies such as Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake, Azure or Power BI, or comparable cloud data and analytics services.
• A track record of leading business requirement definition with senior Finance, Data and IT stakeholders, translating business needs into data, analytics, AI and workflow capabilities, and challenging thinking where it matters.
• A business and finance process‑oriented mindset that brings technology, data governance, controls and adoption together with confidence, alongside outstanding communication skills and the ability to influence and build trust in complex, multi‑stakeholder environments.

What you’ll receive from us:

No matter where you may be in your career or personal life, our benefits are designed to add value and support, recognising and rewarding you fairly for your contributions. We offer a range of benefits including empowered flexibility and a working week split between office, home and client site; private medical cover and 24/7 access to a qualified virtual GP; six volunteering days a year and much more.

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Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, AI Fluency, AI-Human Collaboration, Analytical Thinking, Budgetary Management, Business Decisions, Coaching and Feedback, Communication, Complex Data Analysis, Cost Reduction, Creating Budgets, Creativity, Data-Driven Insights, Data Visualization, Data Visualization Software, Digital Tooling, Due Diligence Research, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Financial Data Mining, Financial Forecasting, Financial Management {+ 27 more}

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Travel Requirements

Up to 60%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Yes

Government Clearance Required?

No

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