Senior Associate - Operations (COT - Tax)

PwC Acceleration Center India; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services firm in Bengaluru seeks a Senior Associate - Operations (COT - Tax) to optimize project delivery and manage stakeholder relationships. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree and 6-7 years of project management experience. This role involves strategic goals alignment, comprehensive event planning, and continuous improvement initiatives within a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 6-7 years of experience in project management and execution.
• Ability to resolve challenges with agility and professionalism.

Responsibilities

• Support AC India Tax strategic goals by translating them into actionable roadmaps.
• Drive timely coordination and logistics with internal teams and vendors.
• Ensure on-ground execution is delivered to plan.

Skills

Effective communication

Critical thinking

Data interpretation

Project management

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

MS Office

Zoom/MS Teams

Job description

Senior Associate - Operations (COT - Tax)

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At PwC, our people in project portfolio management focus on optimising project portfolios to drive strategic business outcomes. They oversee project selection, prioritisation, and resource allocation to facilitate successful delivery. In this role you will coordinate projects to ensure success within budget and timeline, leveraging organisational and communication skills to manage teams and stakeholders. You will build meaningful client connections, navigate complex situations, develop your personal brand and technical expertise, and deliver quality under ambiguity.

Skills

• Respond effectively to the diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others.
• Use a broad range of tools, methodologies and techniques to generate new ideas and solve problems.
• Use critical thinking to break down complex concepts.
• Understand the broader objectives of your project or role and how your work fits into the overall strategy.
• Develop a deeper understanding of the business context and how it is changing.
• Use reflection to develop self‑awareness, enhance strengths and address development areas.
• Interpret data to inform insights and recommendations.
• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy alignment and ownership

• Support AC India Tax strategic goals by translating them into actionable roadmaps and deliverables.
• Ensure all initiatives clearly contribute to broader organisational impact and talent engagement objectives.

End-to-end planning and governance

• Own and maintain the AC India Tax events calendar, actively tracking milestones, interdependencies, and deadlines.
• Develop and maintain event briefs, comprehensive project plans, and checklists for each initiative.
• Lead pre‑event readiness across logistics, venue booking, communications, collateral, and technology setup, ensuring all workstreams align to plan.

Stakeholder and vendor leadership

• Own relationships with internal teams (People Experience, Facilities, Procurement, Communications, Finance – Accounts Payable) to drive timely coordination, logistics, PR/PO creation, and SRN/GRN processes.
• Act as the primary point of contact for vendors and third‑party agencies, ensuring scope, quality, and timelines are met.
• Lead attendee communications end‑to‑end, including invites, RSVPs, reminders, and feedback collection.

On‑ground execution and issue resolution

• Drive on‑ground execution, ensuring set‑up, live coordination, and post‑event wrap‑up are delivered to plan.
• Ensure all materials, technology, and support services are ready and in place.
• Resolve real‑time challenges with agility and professionalism, escalating promptly when required.

Documentation, metrics, and reporting

• Own the capture and circulation of meeting notes, action trackers, and follow‑ups to drive accountability.
• Curate and maintain a central repository of event assets, feedback reports, attendance records, and learnings.
• Deliver post‑event reporting with metrics and insights to demonstrate outcomes and inform future decisions.

Continuous improvement and innovation

• Champion continuous improvement—compile participant feedback and lessons learned to enable enhancements.
• Stay current on industry trends and bring forward innovative ideas to elevate future projects and refine planning processes.
• Strong organisational and communication skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office and virtual meeting tools (Zoom/MS Teams).
• Data analysis capability.
• A calm, proactive, and resourceful approach; strong work ethic and professional demeanour.
• Creative problem‑solving; demonstrated ability to work independently and in highly collaborative team environments.
• Be able to create an environment to help optimise energy and team spirit to sustain high performance and drive change.

Education And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 6‑7 years of experience in project management and execution.

Seniority level

• Mid‑Senior level.

Employment type

• Full‑time.

Job function

• Accounting/Auditing and Finance.

Industries

• Professional Services.

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