Advisory Solutions - Benchmarking- Senior Associate

At PwC, our people in management consulting focus on helping clients seize essential advantages by working alongside business leaders to solve their toughest problems and capture their greatest opportunities. They work with some of the world’s largest and most complex companies to understand their unique business issues and opportunities in an ever changing environment. These individuals help create sustainable change by stimulating innovation, unlocking data possibilities, navigating risk and regulatory complexity, optimising deals, and aligning costs with business strategy to create a competitive advantage. Management consultants help the world’s most significant organisations, public and private, quickly become more effective. They improve the way organisations operate; manage costs; better align people, process and technology initiatives; support business growth to maintain or improve competitive edge and complete market and regulatory risk assessment. As an industry focused management consultant at PwC, you will play a vital role in helping clients within your particular industry specialty optimise their operations, improve performance, and achieve strategic objectives. You will leverage your industry relevant knowledge to analyse business data, develop strategies, support management teams, collaborate across teams, optimise tools and technology, improve organisational performance, monitor compliance, and/or manage change.

Focused on relationships, you are building meaningful client connections, and learning how to manage and inspire others. Navigating increasingly complex situations, you are growing your personal brand, deepening technical expertise and awareness of your strengths. You are expected to anticipate the needs of your teams and clients, and to deliver quality. Embracing increased ambiguity, you are comfortable when the path forward isn’t clear, you ask questions, and you use these moments as opportunities to grow.

Skills

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

• Respond effectively to the diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others.
• Use a broad range of tools, methodologies and techniques to generate new ideas and solve problems.
• Use critical thinking to break down complex concepts.
• Understand the broader objectives of your project or role and how your work fits into the overall strategy.
• Develop a deeper understanding of the business context and how it is changing.
• Use reflection to develop self awareness, enhance strengths and address development areas.
• Interpret data to inform insights and recommendations.
• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.
  
  

Role Qualification 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration/ Business Analytics, Data Science, Information Systems, Economics, or related field 
• 6–8 years of relevant experience in data analytics, data management, consulting, or technology-enabled environments 
• Proven hands-on experience with Alteryx (workflow development, macros, automation) 
• Proficient in Power BI (data modeling, DAX, dashboard creation, interactivity) 
• Strong command of data structures, ETL processes, and data normalization techniques 
• Demonstrated experience in automating and optimizing data pipelines and reporting workflows 
• Familiarity with SQL, APIs, and cloud-based data sources (Azure, AWS) 
• Experience working in agile, cross-functional teams and managing stakeholder expectations 
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical work into business impact 
• Experience in benchmarking, market intelligence, or strategic insights (preferred but not required) 
  
  

Role Description 

• Design, build, and maintain automated data loading frameworks that support seamless integration of benchmarking datasets 
• Develop and maintain Alteryx workflows to process, clean, and structure large volumes of internal and external data 
• Create visually compelling and interactive Power BI dashboards that communicate key benchmarking metrics to internal stakeholders and clients 
• Collaborate with data stewards and product owners to optimize data pipelines, improve data quality, and ensure data integrity across sources 
• Act as a technical liaison between analytics, IT, and business teams to implement scalable data solutions 
• Manage regular updates to benchmarking tools, including app configuration, error handling, and version control 
• Lead initiatives to automate manual processes involved in data collection, transformation, and report generation 
• Contribute to the development of new benchmarking methodologies and KPIs aligned with evolving client needs 
• Support data governance practices, including metadata documentation and compliance with data privacy standards 
• Train and mentor junior team members on best practices in analytics, automation, and data storytelling 
• Monitor performance and continuously improve benchmarking app infrastructure for efficiency and reliability