About the job

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Insurance

Specialism

Functional & Industry Technologies

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

A career in our Advisory Acceleration Centre is the natural extension of PwC’s leading class global delivery capabilities. We provide premium, cost effective, high quality services that support process quality and delivery capability in support for client engagements.

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.

Responsibilities

PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to

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.

• 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.

Experience range: 5+Yrs

Skills

• Insurance domain knowledge with Property & Casualty background
• Hands on experience in at least one of the Guidewire products (Claim/Policy/Billing, Rating, Thunderhead Forms, Legacy Conversion) Version 8.x / above
• Well versed in one of streams - configuration / integration / conversion / Rating
• Strong knowledge in Guidewire platform (Gosu scripting / UI / Data Model)
• Good knowledge in Web services, XML
• Experience on any database Oracle / SQL Server and well versed in SQL
• Experience in SCRUM Agile, prefer Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
• Good knowledge of any sever such as Tomcat / JBoss
• Good written and oral communication
• Excellent analytical skill
• Additional skills for Tech Lead and Senior Tech Leads
• Sound knowledge in software architecture and design patterns
• Must have estimation, team leading, code review and mentoring skills
• Worked on at least two Guidewire implementations
• Good to have skills: Thunderhead/ MuleSoft Integration experience

Roles And Responsibilities

• Review estimates and suggest updates for your module
• Complete design and develop accordingly in a timely fashion
• Support testing and client queries
• Interface and communicate with the onsite team
• Participate in scrum calls and provide status reports
• Take part in Center of Excellence activities, training as required and aligning to your interest
• Support sprint planning and collaborate with other teams from different locations and client
• Analyze client requirements
• Review estimates and suggest updates
• Complete design and develop accordingly in a timely fashion
• Guide the team on tasks
• Perform design and code review
• Support testing and client queries
• Interface and communicate with the onsite team
• Participate in scrum calls and provide status reports