Audit & Assurance Specialist Lead - Pricing & Profitability CoE

The Pricing & Profitability CoE sits within Deloitte's Audit & Assurance Leadership organization and reports to the Audit & Assurance CFO and COO.

The Pricing & Profitability CoE provides the opportunity to work closely with various leaders across the Audit & Assurance business to deliver strategic thought leadership, pricing expertise and analysis, analytical tools, ownership of pricing & forecasting technologies (CP3 & Beacon), and data analysis to drive improvement in overall Audit & Assurance profitability and promote excellence in account-level pricing, profitability and operational practices.

Work You'll Do

This role will be focused on strategic analysis and reporting of account, offering, industry and overall A&A pricing and operational metrics and results leveraging our pricing and forecasting systems (CP3 & Beacon), as well as working directly with engagement teams to help support them in their preparation and strategy for client fee conversations with resources, insights, and analysis.

Responsibilities include the following:


* Utilize available tools to analyze proxy data and develop benchmarking analyses to support engagement teams in client fee negotiations.


* Develop resources and collateral to support engagement teams in implementing pricing strategy (e.g., playbooks, templates, FAQs, talking points).


* Incorporate change management practices to drive adoption of new reporting, tools, and pricing approaches.


* Provide direct client/engagement team support by translating pricing and forecasting outputs into actionable recommendations, facilitating working sessions, and supporting decision-making and follow-through.


* Analyze client engagement financial data, including pricing and forecasting results, external pricing and marketplace trends, and other regular and ad-hoc reporting.


* Develop and execute analytics solutions that deliver meaningful insights to Audit & Assurance leadership.


* Apply strategic thinking and skills to identify opportunities to automate, design, and implement reporting solutions.


* Lead the creation of executive-level reports in various platforms (e.g., PPT, Tableau, Power BI, etc.) and other deliverables, which are typically high-profile and in support of financial and operational performance improvement and initiatives.


* Develop a comprehensive understanding of system inputs/outputs and leverage that knowledge to support complex financial models; synthesize and present results to leadership.


* Support stakeholder communications by drafting and coordinating updates, aligning messaging across audiences, and ensuring clear, concise, high-quality content for senior leaders across the firm.


* Manage and coordinate USI resources by defining work packages, setting priorities, overseeing quality assurance, and ensuring timely delivery of analytics, reporting, and collateral.

Qualifications

Required:


* Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Data A...