PeopleSoft Financials Director

PeopleSoft Financials Director

Line of Service Advisory
Industry Products & Services Industries
State & City CA-Los Angeles
CA-San Francisco
CA-San Jose
DC-Washington
GA-Atlanta
IL-Chicago
MA-Boston
NY-New York
Travel Requirements 81-100%
Auto req ID 18088BR

PwC/LoS Overview
Are you interested in the opportunity to work for an industry-leading company 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 ( 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 163,000 people in 151 countries across our 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, 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 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

As a member of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory team, you will join professionals with unparalleled financial and accounting expertise, industry insight, knowledge of business processes and technology, and customer relationship skills. Through our capabilities in these areas, we assist our clients in translating strategy into action.

PwC offers advice and support for key client issues, using technology, data services and change management effectiveness skills to provide you with the best solution. Enterprise application services we provide include the following:

• Architecture: Rationalizing a portfolio of applications from integrated systems, best-of-breed solutions, and other software implemented over the years or inherited with mergers and acquisitions
• Selection: Facilitating an objective, fact-based process to weigh the most viable options for integrated systems (e.g. ERP) and/or best-of-breed, point solutions
• Implementation: Assessing, designing, developing, testing, deploying, and supporting Oracle and SAP system components to meet business requirements
• Optimization: Assessing and redesigning processes in Oracle, SAP, or other leading ERP systems

Position/Program Requirements

Knowledge Preferred:

Extensive knowledge and understanding of PeopleSoft financials based solutions. Extensive experience selling, executing and leading all aspects of complex engagements within the PeopleSoft financials product suite achieving on-time and on-budget delivery. Strong ability to work independently, develop new market-differentiated PeopleSoft solutions and lead proposal development efforts.

Extensive PeopleSoft consulting knowledge with deep experience assisting clients in the implementation and support of PeopleSoft packaged solutions and improving financial business processes.

Extensive knowledge and exposure to common issues facing clients who provide products and services within one or more of the following sectors aerospace and defense, automotive, consumer and retail, energy, industrial products, technology or utilities.

Skills Preferred:

Extensive experience and broad subject matter expertise with PeopleSoft functional configuration and development with emphasis on core financial business processes including: procure to pay, record to report, and contract to cash. Extensive experience designing, implementing and supporting complex financial business processes in a PeopleSoft environment. Extensive experience in designing, building, testing and deploying PeopleSoft financials solutions.

Thorough experience identifying and addressing client needs: developing and sustaining deep client relationships using networking, negotiation and persuasion skills to identify and sell potential new service opportunities; preparing and presenting complex written and verbal materials; and defining resource requirements, project workflow, budgets, billing and collection.

Thorough experience as a team leader: leading teams to generate a vision, establish direction and motivate members, create an atmosphere of trust, leverage diverse views, coach staff, and encourage improvement and innovation.

Minimum Years of Experience Necessary:

10

Minimum Degree(s) and Certification(s) Required:

Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree required.

Travel requirements: 80%