Vacancies at PwC UK

About the role

Join our dynamic team as a Senior Manager specializing in Financial Services cybersecurity and security architecture. You will play a crucial role in enhancing client relationships, leading cybersecurity initiatives, and developing innovative security architecture solutions tailored for the Financial Services sector.

Roles & responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain strong client relationships within the Financial Services Industry, showcasing expertise in cybersecurity practices and identifying opportunities for value-added services.
• Collaborate with senior members of the Financial Services Industry Group to define and execute go-to-market strategies, enhancing commercial results and client satisfaction.
• Act as a subject matter expert within the Industry Team, providing guidance on sector-specific cybersecurity challenges, risks, and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee, manage, and deliver cyber security projects, ensuring documentation and reports are reviewed and quality assured.
• Lead teams to respond to Request for Proposals (RFPs), developing and presenting proposals targeting client cybersecurity challenges.
• Develop information security architecture within the cloud frameworks, ensuring security initiatives align with strategic goals.
• Propose, design, plan, and execute operational security objectives, focusing on innovation and cloud-based security offerings.
• Perform security reviews and analyze threats, communicating threat intelligence and vulnerability management options effectively.
• Conduct workshops and meetings with clients to understand their needs and deliver tailored solutions.

This role is for you if:

• Deep experience in Financial Services cybersecurity, with knowledge of security best practices and regulatory requirements specific to the industry.
• Proven ability to build relationships with clients and senior stakeholders, supported by excellent communication skills.
• Demonstrated experience leading teams and mentoring junior team members to encourage high-quality output.
• Familiarity with security frameworks such as ISO/IEC 27001, NIST 800-53 or OWASP, and knowledge of cybersecurity technologies like SEIM deployments, security analytics, and threat detection.

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About the role: 

Over the last few years, we have been very successful in disrupting the competition and we are now rapidly expanding our team to cement our position as the leading partner for SAP S/4HANA and Business Transformation Programmes. We are proud of our track record of delivering large, complex and brand defining SAP S/4HANA & Business transformations and have a long list of great in-flight programmes and an exciting pipeline of opportunities for our people to work with leading global and local brands. We encourage a startup culture with a flat hierarchy where we nurture bottom up feedback and value diversity and inclusion. We are looking for driven, entrepreneurial, high achieving and high potential individuals to take our SAP and Finance Consulting practice to the next level. Currently, we are looking for a SAP S4/HANA Solution Architect at a Senior Manager Level to join the team. 

What your days will look like:

• Designing, configuring, and deploying S/4HANA solutions to meet business requirements, ensuring alignment with best practices and architectural standards.
• Leading solution architecture assessments with key client stakeholders
• Developing project strategies to solve complex technical challenges for our clients
• Translating client’s requirements into the technical design and implementation plan of complex, scalable and robust solutions
• Resolving key design decisions focusing on best practice, ‘adopt not adapt’ solutions
• Helping to mobilize the team and set-up the right delivery and architectural artifacts for delivery team to succeed
• Being actively involved in business development activities to identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients

This role is for you if:

• You have deep technical expertise in one or more core SAP modules e.g. Finance, Procurement, Manufacturing, Supply chain, Sales, Service, and Asset management (EAM)
• You have led the solution strategy and design for multiple end to end S/4 HANA implementations
• You have demonstrable ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly in a fast-moving SAP technology landscape
• You are passionate about understanding client’s strategy and requirements, takes pride in building complex, scalable and robust solutions, can explain this in simple language to a senior client stakeholder and willing to constantly push the boundaries of what’s possible
• You have knowledge of best practice design and architecture principles with an advisory focus
• You have excellent stakeholder management and relationship building both internally and with the client
• Pre-sales experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, capable of articulating technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.