I&AWM Finance Solutions Director

At PwC, our people in finance consulting specialise in providing consulting services related to financial management and strategy. These individuals analyse client needs, develop financial solutions, and offer guidance and support to help clients optimise their financial performance, improve decision-making, and achieve their financial goals. As a finance consulting generalist at PwC, you will possess a broad understanding of various aspects of finance consulting. Your work will involve providing comprehensive guidance and support to clients in optimising their financial performance, improving decision-making, and achieving their financial goals. You will be responsible for analysing client needs, developing financial solutions, and offering recommendations tailored to specific business requirements.

Background

The Insurance, Asset & Wealth Management (I&AWM) sector is being reshaped by regulation, margin pressure, changing business models and rapid advances in data and AI. Clients increasingly need connected enterprise transformation that aligns Finance with technology, data, operations and the wider business agenda.

Finance Solutions, within Digital Core Modernisation, brings together deep Finance expertise and Business Architecture across process, controls, technology, data and AI, organisation and workforce, plus service delivery. We help clients modernise Finance while connecting transformation to the underlying business model and broader enterprise change.

Data and AI are increasingly central to this agenda. The evolution of hyperscalers, data platforms and frontier AI is changing Finance architecture, while agentic process re-engineering creates the opportunity to fundamentally redesign how Finance work is performed, controlled and governed.

PwC has an established transformation portfolio and a significant opportunity to grow its share of this market working with our clients to shape and execute on their strategy

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Director to help grow our I&AWM Finance Solutions business. The role spans the full client lifecycle - origination, solution shaping, architecture, mobilisation, delivery and value realisation - with accountability for developing senior client relationships and converting opportunities into significant, multi-phase and multi-year programmes.

The Director will act as a Senior Finance Business Architect, connecting client strategy and business models to an integrated Finance transformation across functional domains, controls, technology, data and AI, organisation and service delivery. A particular focus will be shaping how Data, AI and agentic capabilities transform Finance processes, controls, roles and decision-making.

The role will also help build the next generation of PwC Finance Solutions through people leadership, capability development, IP and assets and proposition development through our Communities of Practices.

This role requires a combination of commercial leadership, Finance Business Architecture, I&AWM sector and functional depth, Data and AI fluency, plus a strong track record of developing people and teams.

What your days will look like

• Originate, shape, sell and deliver complex Finance transformation opportunities across I&AWM, leading senior client interactions from the initial problem statement through solution architecture, mobilisation, delivery and value realisation.
• Act as a Finance Business Architect, translating enterprise strategy and the client business model into an integrated Finance target operating model spanning process, controls, technology, data and AI, organisation and workforce, and service delivery.
• Lead agentic process re-engineering across Finance: identify where AI agents, automation and human judgement should reshape end-to-end processes; define the required controls, data, roles and governance; and connect these changes into the wider enterprise architecture.
• Own the Finance Solutions demand into the Data and AI ecosystem, working with other areas of our business, hyperscalers, data platforms and frontier AI providers to develop Finance-specific propositions, reference architectures, use cases, assets and delivery patterns.
• Lead multi-tower Finance Transformation programmes across Insurance and Asset & Wealth Management, connecting R2R, P2P, O2C, Performance Management, Treasury and Tax with the wider enterprise transformation agenda.
• Bring deep understanding of insurer and asset / wealth management business models and value drivers, ensuring Finance transformation aligns to product, investments, actuarial, capital, risk, operations and technology change rather than being designed in isolation.
• Originate and expand C-suite relationships with CFOs, Finance Directors, Group Financial Controllers and transformation leaders, converting initial conversations into multi-phase, high-value programmes and new Finance Solutions revenue pools.
• Orchestrate the wider PwC ecosystem - including ERP practices, Cloud, Data & AI practices, specialist Finance technology, Workforce, Risk & Modelling and Tax - while retaining coherence of the Finance solution and accountability for the client outcome.
• Build and develop a high-performing team through coaching, sponsorship, feedback, capability development and active career support; develop future leaders and strengthen the I&AWM Finance Solutions community.
• Develop and industrialise Finance Solutions IP, including points of view, reference architectures, methods, assets and accelerators, and use these to strengthen propositions, client conversations and delivery quality.

This role is for you if

• An established Director-calibre Finance transformation leader from the external market, with the presence and credibility to lead senior client relationships from origination through delivery and a track record of creating and converting opportunities.
• A strong Finance Business Architect who can connect strategy, business model and enterprise transformation to the detailed Finance operating model, with depth across process, controls, technology, data and AI, organisation and workforce, and service delivery.
• Demonstrable understanding and experience of Data and AI-enabled Finance transformation, including an understanding of the hyperscaler / data-platform / frontier-model ecosystem and how agentic process re-engineering changes Finance process, controls, data, roles and governance.
• Deep knowledge of Finance functional areas and the ability to work across R2R, P2P, O2C, Performance Management, Treasury and Tax, while integrating them into one coherent architecture.
• Strong sector depth across Insurance and Asset & Wealth Management, ideally with particular understanding of insurer economics, operating models and the interaction between Finance, investments, actuarial, capital, risk and operations.
• A consistent track record of shaping and leading complex, multi-tower Finance transformation programmes and delivering measurable client outcomes, with strong commercial discipline around scope, economics, risk and value.
• A proven people leader who has built teams, developed future leaders, coached and sponsored talent, and created a culture of high standards, collaboration, knowledge sharing and continuous capability development.
• A proactive growth leader with the drive to build new relationships, develop propositions, open new areas of demand and help scale Finance Solutions across I&AWM.
• Ideally combines Big Four / leading consulting experience with substantive industry experience, bringing both advisory discipline and practical understanding of how Finance operates inside a complex financial services organisation.
• Ideally a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent), providing strong grounding in Finance alongside broader transformation, technology and operating model expertise.

What you'll receive from us

No matter where you may be in your career or personal life, our benefits are designed to add value and support, recognising and rewarding you fairly for your contributions.

We offer a range of benefits including empowered flexibility and a working week split between office, home and client site; private medical cover and 24/7 access to a qualified virtual GP; six volunteering days a year and much more.