Director - Financial Services - Advisory

PwC; Dublin; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC Ireland is seeking an accomplished Director in Advisory to lead high-impact client engagements within Financial Services. You will shape strategy, steer multi-disciplinary teams, and drive value by balancing risk, data insights, and transformation initiatives.

In this role you will mentor leaders, uphold PwC's standards of integrity and quality, and collaborate across the PwC network to unlock opportunities, optimise costs, and sustain competitive advantage for major organisations.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Lead high-impact advisory engagements across FS clients, driving strategic outcomes.
• Analyse data, shape strategies, and coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver value.
• Uphold PwC standards and mentor next generation of leaders.

Job description

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

FS X-Sector

Specialism

Risk

Management Level

Director

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, our people in management consulting focus on helping clients seize essential advantages by working alongside business leaders to solve their toughest problems and capture their greatest opportunities. They work with some of the world’s largest and most complex companies to understand their unique business issues and opportunities in an ever changing environment. These individuals help create sustainable change by stimulating innovation, unlocking data possibilities, navigating risk and regulatory complexity, optimising deals, and aligning costs with business strategy to create a competitive advantage. Management consultants help the world’s most significant organisations, public and private, quickly become more effective. They improve the way organisations operate; manage costs; better align people, process and technology initiatives; support business growth to maintain or improve competitive edge and complete market and regulatory risk assessment.

As an industry focused management consultant at PwC, you will play a vital role in helping clients within your particular industry specialty optimise their operations, improve performance, and achieve strategic objectives. You will leverage your industry relevant knowledge to analyse business data, develop strategies, support management teams, collaborate across teams, optimise tools and technology, improve organisational performance, monitor compliance, and/or manage change.

Translating the vision, you set the tone, and inspire others to follow. Your role is crucial in driving business growth, shaping the direction of client engagements, and mentoring the next generation of leaders. You are expected to be a guardian of PwC’s reputation, understanding that quality, integrity, inclusion and a commercial mindset are all foundational to our success. You create a healthy working environment while maximising client satisfaction. You cultivate the potential in others and actively team across the PwC Network, understanding tradeoffs, and leveraging our collective strength.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

• Lead in line with our values and brand.
• Develop new ideas, solutions, and structures; drive thought leadership.
• Solve problems by exploring multiple angles and using creativity, encouraging others to do the same.
• Balance long-term, short-term, detail-oriented, and big picture thinking.
• Make strategic choices and drive change by addressing system-level enablers.
• Promote technological advances, creating an environment where people and technology thrive together.
• Identify gaps in the market and convert opportunities to success for the Firm.
• Adhere to and enforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance) the Firm’s code of conduct, and independence requirements.

Education

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Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications

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Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, AI Fluency, AI-Human Collaboration, Analytical Thinking, Budgetary Management, Business Analysis, Business Development, Business Process Improvement, Business Transformation, Change Management, Coaching and Feedback, Communication, Creativity, Customer Relationship Management, Customer Strategy, Digital Tooling, Embracing Change, Emerging Technologies, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Financial Management, Inclusion, Industry Trend Analysis {+ 27 more}

Desired Languages

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Travel Requirements

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Government Clearance Required?

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