Advisory P&SI Capital Projects & Infrastructure Senior A

Company: PwC 
Location: San Francisco, California

• Salary: Not Specified
• Category: Education / Teaching
• Date Posted: 01/19/2012
• Region: California-San Francisco
• Travel Required: Not Specified
• Security Clearance: No
• Work Type: Any

Job Description

Line of ServiceLine of Service" > Advisory
Industry" > IndustryIndustry" > Products & Services Industries
State & City" > State & CityCA-San Francisco
CA-San Jose
DC-Washington
GA-Atlanta
MA-Boston
NJ-Florham Park
PA-Philadelphia
TX-Houston
VA-McLean
Travel Requirements" > Travel RequirementsTravel Requirements" > 81-100%
Auto req ID" > Auto req IDAuto req ID" > 27124BR

PwC/LoS Overview
Are you interested in the opportunity to work for an industry-leading firm that services Fortune 500 companies, and will give you the experience and exposure you need to build your career? If you are, then PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (www. pwc. com/us) is the firm for you. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC US) is well placed to help clients meet the challenges and opportunities of the US marketplace in the areas of assurance, tax, and advisory. We offer the perspective of being part of a global network of firms combined with detailed knowledge of local, state and US national issues. More than 169, 000 people in over 158 countries across the PwC network are committed to deliver quality in assurance, tax and advisory services. People across the PwC network share knowledge, experience and solutions to develop fresh perspectives and deliver practical advice.
At PwC US, you will be part of a learning culture, where teamwork and collaboration are encouraged, excellence is rewarded, and diversity is respected and valued. We offer a flexible career progression model that allows for a variety of challenging opportunities throughout your career. We provide unparalleled coaching, mentoring, and career development programs; global opportunities; and state of the art technology-driven methodologies to help you provide quality service to our clients.
At PwC US, you will find Advisory professionals with unparalleled financial and accounting expertise, knowledge of business processes, industry insight and technology, and customer relationship skills. Our Advisory professionals help companies anticipate, create and manage change. In short, we help companies to: (1) respond to crises, (2) improve business processes, and (3) transform their business. Note that across all of these solutions, we embed sustainability into our approach. This also includes helping clients to sustain prior changes that may have been undertaken to address a crisis.

Members of our PwC US Advisory practice provide a valuable service to our clients and strive to differentiate PwC by executing the following:

We put our clients first: Each client situation is unique, and we tailor our approach to every relationship and engagement;

We view the world from a client's perspective: From the initial client meeting onward, we listen first, and then assemble a hand-picked team from across the firm;

We create lasting value for our clients: We bring together the precision, structure, and deep analytical capabilities of audit and tax and the creative mindset and problem-solving skills of consulting; and

We focus on action, impact, and value: We don't just assess and recommend; we also help our clients implement with agility and flexibility.

Job Description

The largest business unit within PwC's Advisory Services, Products & Services Industries (P&SI) provides specialized business and technology consulting services to clients across several sectors by combining functional expertise with deep industry knowledge. P&SI serves public and private companies in the Automotive, Energy, Entertainment, Media, and Communications, Industrial Products, Private Equity, Retail and Consumer, Technology, and Utilities sectors. P&SI professionals also work with our clients' economic buyers (CEO, CFO, CIO, M&A Buyer, and VP of Human Resources) in any industry sector to frame and address emerging issues. In so doing, P&SI serves as Advisory's incubator for complex problem-solving and new services, addressing changing business models that require the intricate integration of processes, technology and people across the clients' entire enterprise.

Organizations are seeking new planning and performance management solutions to aid decision making. Successfully implementing a new performance management program requires an approach that flows from a strategic plan, measures progress against carefully defined goals and rewards employees for behavior and actions that meet those goals and support the strategy.

At PricewaterhouseCoopers, our approach enables organizations to integrate their financial and non-financial systems and processes to achieve sustainable improvements in performance. As a valued member of the team, you will help clients:

â € ¢ Create effective corporate performance management tools
â € ¢ Design and build robust business intelligence systems
â € ¢ Identify the most appropriate measures of your financial, operational and regulatory performance
â € ¢ Increase the efficiency and frequency of client reporting processes
â € ¢ Improve the reliability of prospective information, including budgets and rolling forecasts
â € ¢ Develop corporate scorecards to evaluate client performance and drive improvements; and
â € ¢ Link client organizational targets with their employee evaluation and remuneration policies to ensure lasting change.

Position/Program Requirements

Knowledge Preferred:

Considerable knowledge and understanding of common forms of construction contracts, procurement processes, project management tools and procedures, performance metrics and project reporting. Considerable experience on large capital projects or programs for major project owners, contractors and/or Architecture and Engineering firms. Considerable experience developing and managing project schedules, budgets and change management processes.

Considerable level of knowledge and understanding regarding the elements for one or more types of industrial projects (i. e. . power plants, oil refineries,