About the team

Resource Management (RM) at PWC provides the right people for the right jobs, at the right time, in the right places - building client teams with a commercial mindsets to deliver quality solutions. We work collaboratively with the Business to deliver deployment solutions as well as play a key role in the delivery of our people priorities including Fair Work Access, Diversity & Inclusion, Talent Development, Engagement and providing Career Enhancing Experiences for our people.

This is an exciting time for Resource Management as we build on the professionalism of our people and work closely with the business to develop and implement PwC business and people strategy.

You’ll work directly with senior stakeholders in Forensics to deliver on our strategy and meet the resourcing needs of the national UK team. Our team work collaboratively alongside the Resourcing Team in Deals to ensure best practices are shared and and processes are standardised and as such will have exposure to wider business issues and opportunities.

About the role

We’re looking for a Resource Manager to work within our Forensic team based in the Deals Line of Service. As a Manager within our team you will have both strategic oversight of the deployment of Forensics consultants within a specific Business Unit, as well as accountability for the talent supply/ demand within a specific area.

This role is ideal for a candidate who can work in a fast paced environment, highly reactive with complex and challenging situations. It will require someone who is ready to take ownership of a varied workload and drive forward improvements to fully benefit the team as a whole.

You will have the ability to deal with a wide range of stakeholders whilst dealing with complex issues and changing situations.

This role will report into the Cluster Resourcing Leader for Forensics and will have 1 direct report.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the team by optimising headcount, manage/oversee joiners, leavers and secondments, increasing utilisation and being aware of the impact on employee engagement

• Delivering the manpower and resourcing plan by having a deep understanding of portfolio growth plans and headcount required to support these; balancing these with the needs of the individual

• Conducting regular portfolio reviews to ensure maximum utilisation, development and fair allocation of work for each individual

• Interpret and Analyse Management Information (MI) to provide trends, make connections and spot opportunities to improve profitability

• Share knowledge, best practice and network with your colleagues across the business and Resource Management Function

• Support the Senior Resource Manager with recruitment interviews and inducting new staff

• Engage and promote the use of key resourcing systems including demand management, optimisation and forecasting tool

Essential skills and experience

To enable us to deliver our strategy, we want to attract Resource Managers from varying backgrounds and industries who have experience in:

• Delivering business outcomes in a fast paced and changing environment

• Developing and sustaining long term relationships with key stakeholders in the business, Resource Management and other operational areas

• Negotiating with senior stakeholders to deliver resourcing and strategic requirements

• Using a commercial mind-set and business acumen, including the use of analytics to inform decision making

• Developing and driving solutions to improve profitability of clients and the wider organisation

• Using data and Management Information (MI) to advise the business on options and solutions to drive growth and profitability

• Be a trusted advisor who provides balanced and pragmatic advice around manpower planning and resource management

• Liaising, influencing and challenging effectively to build relationships at all levels and with multiple stakeholders

• Developing yourself and the team by seeking opportunities that stretch and challenge

• Input to the Resourcing objectives and vision for the business unit/line of service

• Influencing and creating a vision for change by championing the delivery of change

• Involvement in recruiting and retaining team members

About the team

Resource Management (RM) at PWC provides the right people for the right jobs, at the right time, in the right places - building client teams with a commercial mindsets to deliver quality solutions. We work collaboratively with the Business to deliver deployment solutions as well as play a key role in the delivery of our people priorities including Fair Work Access, Diversity & Inclusion, Talent Development, Engagement and providing Career Enhancing Experiences for our people.

This is an exciting time for Resource Management as we build on the professionalism of our people and work closely with the business to develop and implement PwC business and people strategy.

You’ll work directly with senior stakeholders in Forensics to deliver on our strategy and meet the resourcing needs of the national UK team. Our team work collaboratively alongside the Resourcing Team in Deals to ensure best practices are shared and and processes are standardised and as such will have exposure to wider business issues and opportunities.

About the role

We’re looking for a Resource Manager to work within our Forensic team based in the Deals Line of Service. As a Manager within our team you will have both strategic oversight of the deployment of Forensics consultants within a specific Business Unit, as well as accountability for the talent supply/ demand within a specific area.

This role is ideal for a candidate who can work in a fast paced environment, highly reactive with complex and challenging situations. It will require someone who is ready to take ownership of a varied workload and drive forward improvements to fully benefit the team as a whole.

You will have the ability to deal with a wide range of stakeholders whilst dealing with complex issues and changing situations.

This role will report into the Cluster Resourcing Leader for Forensics and will have 1 direct report.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the team by optimising headcount, manage/oversee joiners, leavers and secondments, increasing utilisation and being aware of the impact on employee engagement

• Delivering the manpower and resourcing plan by having a deep understanding of portfolio growth plans and headcount required to support these; balancing these with the needs of the individual

• Conducting regular portfolio reviews to ensure maximum utilisation, development and fair allocation of work for each individual

• Interpret and Analyse Management Information (MI) to provide trends, make connections and spot opportunities to improve profitability

• Share knowledge, best practice and network with your colleagues across the business and Resource Management Function

• Support the Senior Resource Manager with recruitment interviews and inducting new staff

• Engage and promote the use of key resourcing systems including demand management, optimisation and forecasting tool

Essential skills and experience

To enable us to deliver our strategy, we want to attract Resource Managers from varying backgrounds and industries who have experience in:

• Delivering business outcomes in a fast paced and changing environment

• Developing and sustaining long term relationships with key stakeholders in the business, Resource Management and other operational areas

• Negotiating with senior stakeholders to deliver resourcing and strategic requirements

• Using a commercial mind-set and business acumen, including the use of analytics to inform decision making

• Developing and driving solutions to improve profitability of clients and the wider organisation

• Using data and Management Information (MI) to advise the business on options and solutions to drive growth and profitability

• Be a trusted advisor who provides balanced and pragmatic advice around manpower planning and resource management

• Liaising, influencing and challenging effectively to build relationships at all levels and with multiple stakeholders

• Developing yourself and the team by seeking opportunities that stretch and challenge

• Input to the Resourcing objectives and vision for the business unit/line of service

• Influencing and creating a vision for change by championing the delivery of change

• Involvement in recruiting and retaining team members

A career in our Corporate Finance Infrastructure & Government (I&G) team will provide you with the opportunity to work with a wide range of government bodies, corporates and investors on the structuring, financing and delivery of major infrastructure projects across the UK and internationally. We provide strategic, financial and commercial advice to clients on projects which span a range of sectors including health, real estate, transport, education, central government, energy and utilities.

As a result of the team’s current activity levels and future anticipated levels of deal flow, I&G is now seeking to further expand its Belfast team through the recruitment of a number of new Associates.

This role represents an exceptional opportunity for you to move into I&G, to gain immediate exposure to transactional activity on major infrastructure projects within a strong team of experienced advisors and support the wider I&G business nationally. You will benefit from a comprehensive initial training package delivered by experienced members of our team, alongside the opportunity for you to access the wider I&G Learning and Development curriculum.

Responsibilities

As an Associate within the team you will have the opportunity to work and gain experience across a number of different sectors and geographies. Specific responsibilities will include but will not be limited to:

• Financial modelling and analysis

• Project work on live projects and transactions, supporting senior staff

• Business case development, investment and options appraisal analysis

• Establish effective working relationships with team members and clients

• Proactive business development activities including identification and targeting of opportunities

• Preparation of presentations and pitch documents

• Managing project risk and quality tasks and engagement administration
  

The Individual

The ideal individuals will be able to demonstrate a sustained level of high performance within the firm to date, a strong academic track record, as well as a clearly articulated reason for wanting to join I&G at this stage in their career. The individual will also be expected to have strong communication, interpersonal and numerical skills. We are looking for individuals who can demonstrate the following:

• MS Excel and Powerpoint proficiency

• Financial modelling / data modelling experience (preferred, but not essential)

• Ability to apply new technologies to meet client requirements

• Strong analytical skills and an ability to think laterally

• Ability to grasp complex commercial issues quickly

• Demonstrable interest in infrastructure finance and public sector transactions

• High ambition coupled with the ability to deliver and to work effectively both individually and in teams

• Agility in terms of supporting multiple projects across a range of sectors and geographies

Please note that this role will require occasional travel away from Belfast.

A career in our Corporate Finance Infrastructure & Government (I&G) team will provide you with the opportunity to work with a wide range of government bodies, corporates and investors on the structuring, financing and delivery of major infrastructure projects across the UK and internationally. We provide strategic, financial and commercial advice to clients on projects which span a range of sectors including health, real estate, transport, education, central government, energy and utilities.

As a result of the team’s current activity levels and future anticipated levels of deal flow, I&G is now seeking to further expand its Belfast team through the recruitment of a number of new Associates.

This role represents an exceptional opportunity for you to move into I&G, to gain immediate exposure to transactional activity on major infrastructure projects within a strong team of experienced advisors and support the wider I&G business nationally. You will benefit from a comprehensive initial training package delivered by experienced members of our team, alongside the opportunity for you to access the wider I&G Learning and Development curriculum.

Responsibilities

As an Associate within the team you will have the opportunity to work and gain experience across a number of different sectors and geographies. Specific responsibilities will include but will not be limited to:

• Financial modelling and analysis

• Project work on live projects and transactions, supporting senior staff

• Business case development, investment and options appraisal analysis

• Establish effective working relationships with team members and clients

• Proactive business development activities including identification and targeting of opportunities

• Preparation of presentations and pitch documents

• Managing project risk and quality tasks and engagement administration
  

The Individual

The ideal individuals will be able to demonstrate a sustained level of high performance within the firm to date, a strong academic track record, as well as a clearly articulated reason for wanting to join I&G at this stage in their career. The individual will also be expected to have strong communication, interpersonal and numerical skills. We are looking for individuals who can demonstrate the following:

• MS Excel and Powerpoint proficiency

• Financial modelling / data modelling experience (preferred, but not essential)

• Ability to apply new technologies to meet client requirements

• Strong analytical skills and an ability to think laterally

• Ability to grasp complex commercial issues quickly

• Demonstrable interest in infrastructure finance and public sector transactions

• High ambition coupled with the ability to deliver and to work effectively both individually and in teams

• Agility in terms of supporting multiple projects across a range of sectors and geographies

Please note that this role will require occasional travel away from Belfast.

Audit Senior Associates - Insurance - London

The passion of our people, combined with access to the latest technology, helps us deliver the highest quality audits and build trust in society. We pride ourselves on our global reputation as a trusted place to do business, whilst giving our people access to the best opportunities and lots of variety through your home team, internal secondments and international assignments.

Our market leading Insurance practice is looking for Senior Associates to work in our Audit team. We work with a significant number of listed insurance companies, across all areas of insurance - Life, Non-Life, Lloyd’s and Broking. We value a strong collaborative atmosphere and have a great calendar of social activities which you can join, so you’ll feel at home with your new team. We have a number of initiatives in place to support the local community

A career in our Financial Services Audit practice, within External Audit services, will provide you with the opportunity to provide a range of Audit services and business advice to a variety of clients from small, fast growing clients to large entities. Our clients are often well known brands and many have broad international reach. We focus on using the latest technology to reduce the level of manual testing ensuring you’ll focus on the most valuable areas of client service and on enhancing corporate governance and the reliability of our clients’ information.

Our team helps financial organisations navigate regulatory complexity while strengthening trust and transparency in their business. Our clients cover industries within banking and capital markets, private equity, insurance, and consumer finance. While many of the rules of business have changed, the fundamentals haven’t. You’ll work alongside senior members of the client’s management team in planning the audit process from beginning to end, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and fair presentation of our client’s information.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Associate, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Proactively assist in the management of several clients, while reporting to Managers and above

• Train and lead staff

• Establish effective working relationships directly with clients

• Contribute to the development of your own and team's technical acumen

• Keep up to date with local and national business and economic issues

• Be actively involved in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients

• Continue to develop internal relationships and your PwC brand

You will deliver a range of audit services and business advice to a variety of clients of all sizes, providing an excellent opportunity to embed both your project management and leadership skills. You will be responsible for ensuring we deliver the highest standards of service to our clients from engagement planning, day-to-day supervision of the audit team, client liaison through to audit completion.

The way we work is changing and individuals are expected to be agile and able to transfer skills used in the delivering external audits to our other propositions.

Essential skills

• ACA or equivalent

• Focussed and initiative driven (required to maximise growth potential)

• Experience of working with clients in the UK Financial Services industry and more specifically Insurance industry

• A passion for delivering an exceptional client service

• Proven ability in leading audit engagements, including planning, controlling and completing a diverse range of assignments

• Strong analytical and organisational abilities

• Experience in supervising and developing staff

• Proven track record of establishing and maintaining strong client relationships

• Experience of supervising and developing staff through coaching

• Strong project management

• Knowledge of International Accounting Standards and/or US GAAP

Desirable skills

• Strong team-working skills

• Desire for continuous improvement

• Highly developed listening and questioning techniques

Location: London
Salary: Competitive
Role closing date: April the 6th, 2020

Audit

The passion of our people, combined with access to the latest technology, helps us deliver the highest quality audits and build trust in society. We pride ourselves on our global reputation as a trusted place to do business, we are inclusive and work together to put the team first. We role model and empower challenge and are open challenge ourselves. We take pride in audit as a deep specialism and give our people access to the best opportunities and lots of variety through secondments and international assignments. 

Not the role for you?

Did you know PwC offer flexible contract arrangements as well as contingent work ( ie temporary or day rate contracting)?

The skills we look for in future employees

All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, ‘The PwC Professional’ and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships.

Learn more here www.pwc.com/uk/careers/experienced/apply

Diversity

We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool, as well as those who reflect the diverse nature of our society. And we aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths. Creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business and as an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we're open to flexible working arrangements where appropriate.

Learn more here www.pwc.com/uk/diversity

Audit Senior Associates - Insurance - London

The passion of our people, combined with access to the latest technology, helps us deliver the highest quality audits and build trust in society. We pride ourselves on our global reputation as a trusted place to do business, whilst giving our people access to the best opportunities and lots of variety through your home team, internal secondments and international assignments.

Our market leading Insurance practice is looking for Senior Associates to work in our Audit team. We work with a significant number of listed insurance companies, across all areas of insurance - Life, Non-Life, Lloyd’s and Broking. We value a strong collaborative atmosphere and have a great calendar of social activities which you can join, so you’ll feel at home with your new team. We have a number of initiatives in place to support the local community

A career in our Financial Services Audit practice, within External Audit services, will provide you with the opportunity to provide a range of Audit services and business advice to a variety of clients from small, fast growing clients to large entities. Our clients are often well known brands and many have broad international reach. We focus on using the latest technology to reduce the level of manual testing ensuring you’ll focus on the most valuable areas of client service and on enhancing corporate governance and the reliability of our clients’ information.

Our team helps financial organisations navigate regulatory complexity while strengthening trust and transparency in their business. Our clients cover industries within banking and capital markets, private equity, insurance, and consumer finance. While many of the rules of business have changed, the fundamentals haven’t. You’ll work alongside senior members of the client’s management team in planning the audit process from beginning to end, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and fair presentation of our client’s information.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Associate, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Proactively assist in the management of several clients, while reporting to Managers and above

• Train and lead staff

• Establish effective working relationships directly with clients

• Contribute to the development of your own and team's technical acumen

• Keep up to date with local and national business and economic issues

• Be actively involved in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients

• Continue to develop internal relationships and your PwC brand

You will deliver a range of audit services and business advice to a variety of clients of all sizes, providing an excellent opportunity to embed both your project management and leadership skills. You will be responsible for ensuring we deliver the highest standards of service to our clients from engagement planning, day-to-day supervision of the audit team, client liaison through to audit completion.

The way we work is changing and individuals are expected to be agile and able to transfer skills used in the delivering external audits to our other propositions.

Essential skills

• ACA or equivalent

• Focussed and initiative driven (required to maximise growth potential)

• Experience of working with clients in the UK Financial Services industry and more specifically Insurance industry

• A passion for delivering an exceptional client service

• Proven ability in leading audit engagements, including planning, controlling and completing a diverse range of assignments

• Strong analytical and organisational abilities

• Experience in supervising and developing staff

• Proven track record of establishing and maintaining strong client relationships

• Experience of supervising and developing staff through coaching

• Strong project management

• Knowledge of International Accounting Standards and/or US GAAP

Desirable skills

• Strong team-working skills

• Desire for continuous improvement

• Highly developed listening and questioning techniques

Location: London
Salary: Competitive
Role closing date: April the 6th, 2020

Audit

The passion of our people, combined with access to the latest technology, helps us deliver the highest quality audits and build trust in society. We pride ourselves on our global reputation as a trusted place to do business, we are inclusive and work together to put the team first. We role model and empower challenge and are open challenge ourselves. We take pride in audit as a deep specialism and give our people access to the best opportunities and lots of variety through secondments and international assignments. 

Not the role for you?

Did you know PwC offer flexible contract arrangements as well as contingent work ( ie temporary or day rate contracting)?

The skills we look for in future employees

All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, ‘The PwC Professional’ and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships.

Learn more here www.pwc.com/uk/careers/experienced/apply

Diversity

We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool, as well as those who reflect the diverse nature of our society. And we aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths. Creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business and as an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we're open to flexible working arrangements where appropriate.

Learn more here www.pwc.com/uk/diversity

Audit - Senior Associates - Asset Wealth Management

A career in our Financial Services Audit practice, within External Audit services, will provide you with the opportunity to provide a range of Assurance services and business advice to a variety of clients from small, fast growing clients to large entities. Our clients are often well known brands and many have broad international reach. We focus on using the latest technology to reduce the level of manual testing ensuring you’ll focus on the most valuable areas of client service and on enhancing corporate governance and the reliability of our clients’ information.

Our team helps financial organisations navigate regulatory complexity while strengthening trust and transparency in their business. Our clients cover industries within banking and capital markets, private equity, insurance, and consumer finance. While many of the rules of business have changed, the fundamentals haven’t. You’ll work alongside senior members of the client’s management team in planning the audit process from beginning to end, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and fair presentation of our client’s information.

The passion of our people, combined with access to the latest technology, helps us deliver the highest quality audits and build trust in society. We pride ourselves on our global reputation as a trusted place to do business, whilst giving our people access to the best opportunities and lots of variety through your home team, internal secondments and international assignments.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Associate, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Proactively assist in the management of several clients, while reporting to Managers and above

• Train and lead staff

• Establish effective working relationships directly with clients

• Contribute to the development of your own and team’s technical acumen

• Keep up to date with local and national business and economic issues

• Be actively involved in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients

• Continue to develop internal relationships and your PwC brand

Essential skills

• ACA or equivalent

• Focussed and initiative driven (required to maximise growth potential)

• Experience of working with clients in the UK Financial Services industry and more specifically Asset & Wealth Management industries

• A passion for delivering an exceptional client service

• Proven ability in leading audit engagements, including planning, controlling and completing a diverse range of assignments

• Strong analytical and organisational abilities

• Experience in supervising and developing staff

• Proven track record of establishing and maintaining strong client relationships

• Experience of supervising and developing staff through coaching

• Strong project management

• Knowledge of International Accounting Standards and/or US GAAP

Desirable skills

• Strong team-working skills

• Desire for continuous improvement

• Highly developed listening and questioning techniques

Location: London
Salary: Competitive
Role closing date: April the 6th, 2020

Audit - Senior Associates - Asset Wealth Management

A career in our Financial Services Audit practice, within External Audit services, will provide you with the opportunity to provide a range of Assurance services and business advice to a variety of clients from small, fast growing clients to large entities. Our clients are often well known brands and many have broad international reach. We focus on using the latest technology to reduce the level of manual testing ensuring you’ll focus on the most valuable areas of client service and on enhancing corporate governance and the reliability of our clients’ information.

Our team helps financial organisations navigate regulatory complexity while strengthening trust and transparency in their business. Our clients cover industries within banking and capital markets, private equity, insurance, and consumer finance. While many of the rules of business have changed, the fundamentals haven’t. You’ll work alongside senior members of the client’s management team in planning the audit process from beginning to end, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and fair presentation of our client’s information.

The passion of our people, combined with access to the latest technology, helps us deliver the highest quality audits and build trust in society. We pride ourselves on our global reputation as a trusted place to do business, whilst giving our people access to the best opportunities and lots of variety through your home team, internal secondments and international assignments.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Associate, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Proactively assist in the management of several clients, while reporting to Managers and above

• Train and lead staff

• Establish effective working relationships directly with clients

• Contribute to the development of your own and team’s technical acumen

• Keep up to date with local and national business and economic issues

• Be actively involved in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients

• Continue to develop internal relationships and your PwC brand

Essential skills

• ACA or equivalent

• Focussed and initiative driven (required to maximise growth potential)

• Experience of working with clients in the UK Financial Services industry and more specifically Asset & Wealth Management industries

• A passion for delivering an exceptional client service

• Proven ability in leading audit engagements, including planning, controlling and completing a diverse range of assignments

• Strong analytical and organisational abilities

• Experience in supervising and developing staff

• Proven track record of establishing and maintaining strong client relationships

• Experience of supervising and developing staff through coaching

• Strong project management

• Knowledge of International Accounting Standards and/or US GAAP

Desirable skills

• Strong team-working skills

• Desire for continuous improvement

• Highly developed listening and questioning techniques

Location: London
Salary: Competitive
Role closing date: April the 6th, 2020