BRS Operational Restructuring - Manager (government sector) job with PWC |

<p>In Deals we solve the important problems that stand in the way of value being created, sustained, realised or protected for our clients - working together to aid responsible recovery and growth.</p><p>We put together major mergers and acquisitions and resolve business crises - from international take-over bids to financial crime investigations and cases of insolvency. Our teams work on iconic deals with national and global clients as well as operating and investing in businesses, new ventures and entrepreneurs in our local market and communities. It&rsquo;s both a responsibility and a privilege to guide our clients through moments that matter deeply to them. Our breadth of clients in an ever-changing market means we need to be agile - responding when we need to, in a way that really makes a difference.</p><p>We draw upon our deals experience across many industries to support and partner with our clients, to positively impact society and the communities in which we operate. The insight we create, coupled with the innovative tools and methodologies we use to access and evaluate the data that matters, contributes to the success of our clients in all Deals situations. We encourage our clients to think more broadly - connecting their actions today with their successes tomorrow. We help our clients throughout the Deals lifecycle to create lasting value for their businesses.</p><p>Each of our key areas within Deals, delivers services to the market individually or together by combining our specialists to provide comprehensive client solutions.</p><br /><p><b><b>About The Team</b></b></p><p>​Our Business Restructuring Services (BRS) practice is the largest restructuring practice in the UK operating from 23 offices. We offer restructuring situational skills with functional expertise (business planning, cost reduction, cash and change management) and industry experience to our clients, helping them develop sustainable solutions.We are the UK market leader in respect of the work we do across the public sector - as a firm and a Government &amp; Health Industries (G&amp;HI) Operational Restructuring practice. We sit within PwC’s BRS practice and have a particular focus on health, particularly the UK NHS. We also work with private and non-UK health organisations, and our work continues to grow in sectors including the MoD, central government, education, and not-for-profit.</p><p></p><p>We are looking for highly motivated people to join our team. Our work blends hands-on situational and stakeholder management skills, with functional expertise (such as business planning, cost reduction and change management) as well as industry expertise. Our aim is to support our clients to deliver financial and operational improvements with pragmatic, hands-on solutions to ensure sustained future success. We anticipate in the short-medium term that our work will also continue to support our clients to respond to, and recover from, the pandemic.</p><p>This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly successful and growing team, with excellent career progression opportunities.</p><p>This post can be based in Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff or Reading.</p><p></p><p><b><b>About the role</b></b></p><p>You would work with high profile public sector clients in a fast paced and highly rewarding environment. You need to have excellent analytical capabilities supported by strong interpersonal skills and tenacity to support the delivery of operational change and financial turnaround.</p><p>Your role will involve analysis and report writing and working with client staff in hands-on roles to develop and deliver cost improvement projects. This may involve working operationally and in clinical environments in order to identify savings, implement cost controls and project manage complex programmes of work.</p><p></p><p>You will work with our team to support a range of assignments including;</p><ul><li><p>Establishing programme management offices and supporting operations;</p></li><li><p>Developing, planning and supporting the delivery of operational improvement projects;</p></li><li><p>Developing and implementing cost control programmes;</p></li><li><p>Assessing and testing of financial positions and forecasts; </p></li><li><p>Strategic planning with business case and scenario testing.</p></li></ul><p></p><p>As a manager in our team, you will be responsible for coaching and overseeing the work of junior staff and being the primary day to day contact with client teams. You will also report to more senior staff and take the lead on managing risk and compliance issues on client engagements as well as costing proposals and managing budget oversight.</p><p></p><p>Our hybrid ways of working offer flexibility to our working arrangements. As changes have been made to the firm and national policies with the lifting of restrictions, it is anticipated that our working practices will continue to evolve and we will return to closer working with our clients. You will therefore need to be willing to travel and be flexible around your working location. This could require working away from your base office location on a regular basis and regular overnight stays may be required. Where possible, we will take your preferences into account and strike a balance between meeting your career development/personal needs and those of the business and our clients.</p><p></p><p><b><b>Essential skills and experience</b></b></p><ul><li><p>Experience of operating on cost reduction or transformation programmes in the public sector;</p></li><li><p>A formal financial qualification is highly desirable but not essential (ACA, ACCA, CIPFA, CIMA or equivalent);</p></li><li><p>Strong financial analytical skills (financial and non-financial), including use of Microsoft Excel;</p></li><li><p>Report writing skills including use of Microsoft PowerPoint;</p></li><li><p>Excellent verbal and written English;</p></li><li><p>Previous experience in, or exposure to, complex stakeholder environments;</p></li><li><p>Strong commercial awareness and a willingness to participate in marketing and business development;</p></li><li><p>Strong interpersonal skills and comfortable communicating with all levels;</p></li><li><p>A commitment to continued personal development;</p></li><li><p>Proven project and time management skills;</p></li><li><p>Ability to work to tight deadlines in rapidly moving working environments; and</p></li><li><p>Flexibility to work on diverse projects.</p></li></ul><p>You will be joining a team which will welcome your outlook and knowledge, whilst providing you with the opportunity to develop your skill set further within one of the world’s leading professional organisations.</p><p>Our team comes from a variety of backgrounds, many with hands-on experience of working in the public sector including the MoD, so we recognise that this type of work is quite new for some. We support our joiners as best we can to transition successfully to working in one of the world’s leading professional services organisations.</p><p></p><br /><p><strong>Deals</strong><br />Our Deals business is an exciting, fast-paced and an ever-growing business that focuses on deals and crisis situations for our clients. Collectively, we deal with the types of situations you hear about regularly in the news and we provide support, insight and analysis to the management, shareholders and financiers of business.<br /><br /><strong>Not the role for you?</strong><br />Did you know PwC offer <a href="http://pwctrk.co.uk/tp/rj6_YRe1p-J.K" rel="no-follow">flexible contract</a> arrangements as well as <a href="http://pwctrk.co.uk/tp/rj6_uo6An.J.K" rel="no-follow">contingent work</a> (ie temporary or day rate contracting)?<br /><br /><strong>The skills we look for in future employees</strong><br />All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, &lsquo;The PwC Professional&rsquo; and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships.</p><p>Learn more here: <a href="https://www.pwc.com/uk/careers/experienced/apply" rel="no-follow">www.pwc.com/uk/careers/experienced/apply</a><br /><br /><strong>The Deal</strong><br />We want all of our people to feel empowered to be the best that they can be, which is why we have &lsquo;The Deal&rsquo;.</p><p>Find out more about our firmwide Employee Value Proposition: <a href="https://www.pwc.co.uk/careers/about-us/the-new-deal.html" rel="no-follow">https://www.pwc.co.uk/careers/about-us/the-new-deal.html</a><br /><br /><strong>Diversity</strong><br />Valuing Difference. Driving Inclusion.</p><p>We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool because creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business, enabling us to solve important problems and deliver value to our clients. We encourage an inclusive culture where people can be themselves, are valued for their strengths and are empowered to be the best they can be. As an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we also support different ways of working offering flexible working arrangements. Learn more here about our work to support an inclusive culture.</p><p><a href="https://www.pwc.com/uk/diversity" rel="no-follow">www.pwc.com/uk/diversity</a></p><img src="https://www.applytracking.com/tp/rj6.VykjB-J-K" rel="no-follow" />