Associate – Markets – Clients and Markets Development - FCS - Hong Kong

Summary

PwC is seeking a highly motivated Associate to join the Clients and Markets Development (CMD) team in Hong Kong. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the CMD team in the planning and execution of key firmwide initiatives. The primary focus is on project management support, assisting leadership in driving growth in the Hong Kong Government & Public Services (G&PS) sector. The role also involves providing on-the-ground support for client and market events/activities and providing administrative and reporting support for the firm's Industry Program. The candidate should have a thorough understanding of the South China market and business priorities to contribute effectively to the firm’s overall growth and success. 

The candidate will primarily assume the following key roles:

1) HK Government & Public Services (G&PS) Sector PMO – support the leadership in driving growth in the Hong Kong Government and Public Services sector (G&PS).

• Assist in planning major internal and external events, such as government/client visits, events and conferences.
• Participate in external events to build brand and network with key stakeholders.
• Prepare presentation decks, talking points, and Q&As for Partners’ external meetings and public engagements.
• Identify and track relevant business opportunities and assist in preparing revenue, wins and pipelines reporting for leadership meetings.
• Compile Hong Kong G&PS credential deck for iconic projects, develop and update relationship mappings for officials of key HKSAR bureaus and authorities.
• Research specific topics and summarize findings related to government policies, economic and statistical studies.

2) Clients and Markets Events/Activities

• Support the South China Markets leaders in executing market strategy and implementation plans, including providing on-the-ground support for various clients and markets events/activities.
• Support the planning and coordination of internal staff activities, such as team-building exercises.
• Work with Branding and Communications (B&C) team and other LOS to issue thought leaderships, WeChat posts, marketing brochures and other publications.
• Participate in other ad-hoc projects and firm initiatives as requested by LOS or firm management.

3) Industry Program – supports the Industry Program Director on the management of Industry Program focusing on: Industry Program, Technology, Media and Telecommunications industry, Consumer Markets industry.

• Support the overall program such as industry meetings, webpages check (as required), newsletters, and industry planning budgeting support.
• Be familiar with Excel, revenue dashboard and Salesforce dashboard, and able to extract data and prepare reports on ad-hoc basis.
• Coordinate monthly reports for the Management Board for key industries including key events, wins and client meetings, and provide support on special presentations using PowerPoint as required.

• Good command of spoken and written English and Chinese (Cantonese and Putonghua)
• Excellent communication skills, esp. English writing
• University degree preferably in business, marketing, public policy or relevant field
• Understanding of China & Hong Kong market
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Strong analytical skills (quantitative and qualitative)
• Preferably good background knowledge about business and government environment, regional development trends and public policies in Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area
• Good time management and problem-solving skills under both normal and urgent occasions, with the ability to multi-task in a dynamic working environment
• A strong team player with good interpersonal skills, self-initiated and results-oriented
• Proficiency in MS office including Excel (especially PivotTable), PowerPoint and MS Word 

In addition, the candidate should illustrate the following personal attributes: 

• Mature, positive and attention to details
• Outgoing personality with well-developed social skills
• Independent and self-motivated
• Committed to self-development for growth
• Actively shares innovative ideas and knowledge
• Act with integrity and professionalism to build relationships with stakeholders and deliver value