D&A UX Designer - Senior Associate

D&A UX Designer - Senior Associate         

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A career in Finance will provide you with the opportunity to help PwC in all aspects of our Finance internal function including financial planning and reporting, data analysis, and assisting leadership with overall strategy. You’ll focus on recording and analysing financial transactions, paying and receiving invoices, maintaining financial statement ledger accounts, and preparing analysis and reconciliations of bills to detect fraud. PwC’s Data and Analytics Center of Excellence is a dynamic and agile organization that is focused on combining experts and technologies to bring out the highest value in PwC internal data through Analytics and Innovation. We provide a wide variety of services that include enterprise analytics with persona driven insights, Individual and management performance, operational enablement, ad hoc analysis and research & development.

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 Associate, you'll 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:

• Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
• Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
• Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
• Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
• Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
• Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
• Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
• Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
• Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Job Requirements and Preferences:

Basic Qualifications:

Minimum Degree Required:
High School Diploma

Minimum Years of Experience:
2 year(s)

Preferred Qualifications:

Degree Preferred:
Bachelor Degree

Preferred Fields of Study:
Visual Communication

Additional Educational Preferences:

• Human Computer Interaction
• Product Design
• Agile/Scrum/Project Management methodologies
• Data visualization, product design, or creative strategy skills
• Design Thinking and user research strategies

Preferred Knowledge/Skills:

Demonstrates thorough abilities and/or a proven record of success in innovative roles that improve the user experience of new and existing tools using the following areas:

• Exhibiting an open, collaborative and team-centered spirit;
• Being involved and leading all parts of the design process including user research, concept development, prototyping (low/medium/high) and working with developers;
• Creating design impactful and innovative experiences for users that align to defined UX strategies and are consistent with best practices in information architecture, interaction design, and established usability heuristics;
• Driving experience with industry standard tools and frameworks such as: Figma, Sketch or Adobe XD; Zeplin or InVision; Mural, Miro or InVision Freehan; Asana, Azure DevOps or Jira; Agile or Scrum Software Development Methodology;
• Ensuring well versed in design thinking, user centric, Agile, and user research methods;
• Working within a design system;
• Exhibiting analytical and problem-solving skills with keen attention to detail;
• Taking abstract ideas and molding them into tangible ideas articulating the "why";
• Remaining self-motivated with the ability to build and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders while successfully working well under pressure;
• Working alongside product managers, designers, developers, and business stakeholders to develop and design digital products and solutions;
• Exhibiting confidence to effectively present design ideas and key deliverables (eg., prototypes, demos, etc) to relevant stakeholders (eg., peers, developers, executive level stakeholders, etc. );
• Using both written/verbal skills with emphasis on demonstrated ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences;
• Bringing sense of urgency, and decisiveness while managing multiple overlapping tasks;
• Adapting to change in rapidly changing business environment, while leading with an agile mindset;
• Working with distributed product and development teams;
• Designing for enterprise business applications;
• Translating complex ideas into user journeys, wireframes, prototypes and interface design for various stages and products within our portfolio;
• Leading Journey Mapping, persona, user flow, and experience design sessions;
• Supporting usability testing sessions, design workshops and varying UX initiatives led by the Senior or Lead Experience designers;
• Gathering user research data through interviews, usability testing, diary studies, card sorting and other standardized methods;
• Documenting and refining research findings into user personas, journey maps, service blueprints, affinity maps and user stories;
• Planning, executing, analyzing, and reporting on usability tests of your wireframes and designs, and refining accordingly, iterating with increased levels of fidelity until the solution has reached or exceeded its success targets;
• Understanding of accessibility and inclusion practices;
• Establishing and promoting UX/UI guidelines, industry leading practices and standards;
• Staying up-to-date with and sharing the latest industry trends, best practices/techniques, and tools/technologies;
• Having a perspective to bring to the team on how to improve the process, work we do and our workflows; and,
• Helping build an inclusive and trusted team culture founded in research, design, innovation, education, and mentorship.

At PwC, our work model includes three ways of working: virtual, in-person, and flex (a hybrid of in-person and virtual). Visit the following link to learn more: https://pwc.to/ways-we-work.

PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.

For positions based in San Francisco, consideration of qualified candidates with arrest and conviction records will be in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

For positions in Colorado, visit the following link for information related to Colorado's Equal Pay for Equal Work Act: https://pwc.to/coloradoifsseniorassociate.

For positions in New York City, visit the following link for pay range information: https://pwc.to/payrange-a-ifsseniorassociate