Contracting Specialist Senior Manager - PwC Canada

at  PwC

JOB DESCRIPTION & SUMMARY

The Contracting Centre of Excellence (CCOE) – Contracting in the Office of the General Counsel (OGC) consults and aligns on risk management positions, provides input and information on fully executed and in-negotiation contracts, coordinates with other risk management teams on responses to engagement team inquiries and connects risk management teams with relevant in-house counsel colleagues and subject matter experts.
To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our
careers, now and in the future.

As a Senior Manager, you will work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter

members of the team.

• Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.
• Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.
• Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.
• Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before

the stakeholder realizes they are required.

• Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.
• Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to

accomplish more than they could apart.

• Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.
• Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust.
• Uphold the firm´s code of ethics and business conduct.

A SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION FOR THIS POSITION WILL DEMONSTRATE INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE AND/OR A PROVEN RECORD OF SUCCESS IN THE FOLLOWING TECHNICAL AREAS:

Leading the substantive negotiation of complex commercial contracts;

• Reviewing and redlining detailed contract terms - based on guidelines provided by OGC

legal counsel;

• Developing a deep understanding of professional service offerings, performance details, and related business strategy (experience with large-scale technology companies, technology-driven consulting projects or other cloud and transformation projects, including, without limitation, system implementation, cloud migration, and/or digital transformation, is desired but not required);
• Exercising an entrepreneurial and problem-solving mentality;
• Explaining contract terms and positions in a collaborative manner to both internal

stakeholders and external contract parties;

• Driving process improvement by analyzing current contracting approaches and

processes and improving contracting efficiency and overall experience;

• Respecting and maintaining confidentiality of client, staff, and firm information; and
• Navigating basic independence and other regulatory issues related to audit firms.

A SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT WILL ALSO DEMONSTRATE INTIMATE ABILITIES AND/OR A PROVEN RECORD OF SUCCESS

in the following areas of business acumen:

• Identifying and addressing stakeholder needs;
• Building, maintaining, and utilizing networks of relationships;
• Creating an atmosphere of trust and seeking diverse views to encourage improvement

and innovation;

• Anticipating and proactively facilitating quick resolution of issues;

ALL QUALIFIED APPLICANTS WILL RECEIVE CONSIDERATION FOR EMPLOYMENT AT PWC WITHOUT REGARD TO ETHNICITY; CREED; COLOR; RELIGION;NATIONAL ORIGIN; AGE; DISABILITY; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION OR CARRIER STATUS; MARITAL; OR ANY OTHER STATUS PROTECTED BY LAW. PWC IS PROUD TO BE AN INCLUSIVE ORGANIZATION AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)
Degrees/Field of Study required:
Degrees/Field of Study preferred:
Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

OPTIONAL SKILLS

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Algorithm Development, Alteryx (Automation Platform), Analytic Research, Big Data, Business Data Analytics, Communication, Complex Data Analysis, Conducting Research, Customer Analysis, Customer Needs Analysis, Dashboard Creation, Data Analysis, Data Analysis Software, Data Collection, Data-Driven Insights, Data Integration, Data Integrity, Data Mining, Data Modeling, Data Pipeline, Data Preprocessing, Data Quality {+ 33 more}
Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

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