Job Description

Insights: Deliver world class strategic insights and recommendations

Analysis: Conduct clear, consistent, fact-based analysis to inform key business decisions

Prioritization: Drive the allocation of scarce resources to the highest value issues across PSS

Communication: Develop high impact presentations for key audiences, including the c-suite, Board, analyst community, and regulators

Partnership: Cultivate strong relationships with business partners across the company to inform and align strategy work, and to actively support the transition from recommendation to execution

 

 

More about this job:

 

• Plan and execute work streams for large, complex projects, as well as take full ownership end-to-end for smaller projects
• Author and deliver high-impact presentations
• Synthesize large quantities of information to generate insights through both quantitative and qualitative analysis
• Develop and maintain perspective on strategic implications of key developments in the external environment, industry trends, and competitor actions
• Develop strong relationships across the firm and cultivate the team’s linkages with corporate development, financial planning, investor relations, and the broader strategy community at PSS
• What you’ll gain:
• Opportunity to influence the key strategic decisions that are shaping the direction of the company
• Meaningful exposure to a wide range of business leaders and executives, including strong support for further career development at PSS
• Further develop your “consulting toolkit” to drive structured problem solving, develop storyboards, and conduct robust analysis
• Learn how to balance “theory” and “practice” in adapting analysis and recommendations for the complexities of real world conditions, industry trends, competitor actions, and client behavior
• Develop credibility and rapport with key business partners as you learn about PSS’s clients and businesses and develop a deeper understanding of the key business drivers

 

 

Skills and experience:

 

4-6 years of work experience in strategy required, preferably with a top-tier consulting firm or strategy group within a financial services firm

Bachelor’s degree; MBA (if applicable) – we are seeking both pre-MBA and post-MBA candidates

Superior analytical skills, creativity in problem solving, and attention to detail

Superior communication skills, both written and verbal, with demonstrated ability developing materials and effectively presenting to executive audiences

Comfort dealing with ambiguity in a dynamic and fast-moving work environment

Strong financial modeling skills and knowledge of financial/valuation concepts

Expert user of PowerPoint and Excel

Personally and professionally aligned with PSS’s vision and values, and a strong interest in financial services