The Innovation Team is at the core of innovation and emerging technology development, discovery, deployment and support activity. Our team is leading the effort to digitally enable our business. Our mission is to develop disruptive & innovative technologies and products that drive the evolution of how we deliver our services now and in the future. The key technology domains we are currently focused on include business process automation, data curation, industrialized analytics, machine learning & AI and scalable delivery platform.

A career in our Tax Technology Innovation practice, within Innovation services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients’ tax departments redesign, redefine, and redeploy tax to be a strategic asset across the enterprise. You’ll focus on assisting clients incorporate increased automation in the tax reporting process, increase analytic capabilities through data integration, and create solid internal controls that will enable the Tax function to deliver better quality output and contribute more strategically to organisational decision making.

Our team develops complex software capabilities leveraging the latest in technology to meet today’s hard business problems. You’ll focus on providing highly customisable platforms across the tax practice through research, development, and integration to build adaptable enterprise capabilities. It’s our mission to identify, apply and drive innovation through the application of ground-breaking and unique technologies to set PwC apart from the competition.

Who We Are

PwC is the leading professional services firm and the forefront of an exciting transformational journey. In the UK, our legal practice is fully integrated into the PwC partnership and our vision is to harness the expertise of the firm to provide end-to-end, technology-enabled services to meet our clients’ needs.

Our team is a multi-disciplinary technology unit in the Tax and Legal space. We are comprised of Architects, Developers, DevOps, Business Analysts, Project Managers, Product Owners, Testers, Machine Learning mathematicians, D&A software programmers & Tax / Legal SMEs.

Responsibilities

As a Software Architect you will be:

• Responsible for technical aspect of the products

  • Defining technology direction

  • Designing overall architecture of the system

  • Designing or reviewing vendor’s designs of critical part of the system

  • Defining coding standards, and reviewing code of critical part of the system

  • Ensuring that all non-functional requirements are met

• Improving DevOps based environment

• Co-operate with Product Owner, Developers, Testers

• Researching and coding prototypes
  

Requirements

• Extensive experience in software development in .NET technology stack

• Proficiency in programming languages: C#, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, T-SQL

• Knowledge of distributed enterprise systems concepts and design ( scalability, reliability, security, disaster recovery)

• Knowledge of design patterns (messaging patterns, DDD, REST, CQRS, microservices)

• Experience with Azure cloud

• Experience in projects managed by Agile methodologies

• Knowledge of Node.js and its ecosystem

• Knowledge of one of web application framework: Angular, React, Vue

• Basic understanding of mobile technology

• Basic understanding of Machine Learning methods and how to apply them

The Innovation Team is at the core of innovation and emerging technology development, discovery, deployment and support activity. Our team is leading the effort to digitally enable our business. Our mission is to develop disruptive & innovative technologies and products that drive the evolution of how we deliver our services now and in the future. The key technology domains we are currently focused on include business process automation, data curation, industrialized analytics, machine learning & AI and scalable delivery platform.

A career in our Tax Technology Innovation practice, within Innovation services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients’ tax departments redesign, redefine, and redeploy tax to be a strategic asset across the enterprise. You’ll focus on assisting clients incorporate increased automation in the tax reporting process, increase analytic capabilities through data integration, and create solid internal controls that will enable the Tax function to deliver better quality output and contribute more strategically to organisational decision making.

Our team develops complex software capabilities leveraging the latest in technology to meet today’s hard business problems. You’ll focus on providing highly customisable platforms across the tax practice through research, development, and integration to build adaptable enterprise capabilities. It’s our mission to identify, apply and drive innovation through the application of ground-breaking and unique technologies to set PwC apart from the competition.

Who We Are

PwC is the leading professional services firm and the forefront of an exciting transformational journey. In the UK, our legal practice is fully integrated into the PwC partnership and our vision is to harness the expertise of the firm to provide end-to-end, technology-enabled services to meet our clients’ needs.

Our team is a multi-disciplinary technology unit in the Tax and Legal space. We are comprised of Architects, Developers, DevOps, Business Analysts, Project Managers, Product Owners, Testers, Machine Learning mathematicians, D&A software programmers & Tax / Legal SMEs.

Responsibilities

As a Software Architect you will be:

• Responsible for technical aspect of the products

  • Defining technology direction

  • Designing overall architecture of the system

  • Designing or reviewing vendor’s designs of critical part of the system

  • Defining coding standards, and reviewing code of critical part of the system

  • Ensuring that all non-functional requirements are met

• Improving DevOps based environment

• Co-operate with Product Owner, Developers, Testers

• Researching and coding prototypes
  

Requirements

• Extensive experience in software development in .NET technology stack

• Proficiency in programming languages: C#, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, T-SQL

• Knowledge of distributed enterprise systems concepts and design ( scalability, reliability, security, disaster recovery)

• Knowledge of design patterns (messaging patterns, DDD, REST, CQRS, microservices)

• Experience with Azure cloud

• Experience in projects managed by Agile methodologies

• Knowledge of Node.js and its ecosystem

• Knowledge of one of web application framework: Angular, React, Vue

• Basic understanding of mobile technology

• Basic understanding of Machine Learning methods and how to apply them

The Role

We are looking for contract commercial, performance and cost auditors to join our team. If you’re successful you will work in multi-disciplinary teams undertaking client work on some major projects and contracts in both public and private sectors. In addition to the technical work, the role includes

• Working as part of a team initially but moving to leading assignments or working independently

• Developing client relationships

• Identifying and developing client opportunities

• Face-to-face contact with clients and their professional advisors

As part of a leading professional services organisation, you will soon be expected to help manage teams and people, and be responsible for the financial side of your work.

You’ll be joining a team who welcomes your outlook and knowledge, whilst developing your skill set further within one of the world’s leading professional organisations. With an increasingly agile workforce, we're open to flexible working requirements where appropriate and have many successful arrangements currently in place.

The role requires flexibility and some mobility, with national, and occasionally international, travel required.

Skills and experience

We are looking for a qualified, cost or engineering professional with significant experience, to join the Capital Project Assurance team. Your experience is in the delivery of capital projects, preferably with experience in EPC industry.

• Graduate / equivalent in a relevant engineering or cost discipline

• Ideally MRICS, MICE, MCIOB or similar, and project management experience is also of interest to us

• Cost and/or contract audit experience and to be ready to extend this into commercial, schedule, performance and cost reviews, delivering reports for clients.

• Experience in Project controls is desirable, whether project planning and scheduling, cost estimating and monitoring, change control, or risk

• An understanding of contract management is desirable

• Software skills in one or more of

• Power BI - Tableau

• Primavera - P6

• Cost management tools, e.g. Ecosys, Prism

• You will need to be comfortable working as part of a multi-disciplinary team as well as alone, and you need to be ready to take on the wider management roles, as well as the admin, involved as part of a busy team in a large organisation

• We welcome those who have demonstrated willingness and ability to run assignments for and with clients, and show the organisational, personal and intellectual skills that requires

• We welcome any broader experience of producing client reports, taking complex issues and turning them into clear and succinct messages for senior client sponsors

• You should be comfortable working across a range of client sectors including local and central government, aerospace & defence, construction, power & utilities, oil & gas etc

Risk Assurance

We’re a leading provider of trust in the digital world - in the eyes of our people, our clients and our stakeholders. Today's business environment is different. More complex. More connected. Companies not only face new and unknown risks, but also new and untapped opportunities. Our team is at the forefront of this change, join us to be a part of transforming how risk is perceived and capitalised on

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

Risk Assurance

We’re a leading provider of trust in the digital world - in the eyes of our people, our clients and our stakeholders. Today's business environment is different. More complex. More connected. Companies not only face new and unknown risks, but also new and untapped opportunities. Our team is at the forefront of this change, join us to be a part of transforming how risk is perceived and capitalised on.

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

The Role

We are looking for contract commercial, performance and cost auditors to join our team. If you’re successful you will work in multi-disciplinary teams undertaking client work on some major projects and contracts in both public and private sectors. In addition to the technical work, the role includes

• Working as part of a team initially but moving to leading assignments or working independently

• Developing client relationships

• Identifying and developing client opportunities

• Face-to-face contact with clients and their professional advisors

As part of a leading professional services organisation, you will soon be expected to help manage teams and people, and be responsible for the financial side of your work.

You’ll be joining a team who welcomes your outlook and knowledge, whilst developing your skill set further within one of the world’s leading professional organisations. With an increasingly agile workforce, we're open to flexible working requirements where appropriate and have many successful arrangements currently in place.

The role requires flexibility and some mobility, with national, and occasionally international, travel required.

Skills and experience

We are looking for a qualified, cost or engineering professional with significant experience, to join the Capital Project Assurance team. Your experience is in the delivery of capital projects, preferably with experience in EPC industry.

• Graduate / equivalent in a relevant engineering or cost discipline

• Ideally MRICS, MICE, MCIOB or similar, and project management experience is also of interest to us

• Cost and/or contract audit experience and to be ready to extend this into commercial, schedule, performance and cost reviews, delivering reports for clients.

• Experience in Project controls is desirable, whether project planning and scheduling, cost estimating and monitoring, change control, or risk

• An understanding of contract management is desirable

• Software skills in one or more of

• Power BI - Tableau

• Primavera - P6

• Cost management tools, e.g. Ecosys, Prism

• You will need to be comfortable working as part of a multi-disciplinary team as well as alone, and you need to be ready to take on the wider management roles, as well as the admin, involved as part of a busy team in a large organisation

• We welcome those who have demonstrated willingness and ability to run assignments for and with clients, and show the organisational, personal and intellectual skills that requires

• We welcome any broader experience of producing client reports, taking complex issues and turning them into clear and succinct messages for senior client sponsors

• You should be comfortable working across a range of client sectors including local and central government, aerospace & defence, construction, power & utilities, oil & gas etc

Risk Assurance

We’re a leading provider of trust in the digital world - in the eyes of our people, our clients and our stakeholders. Today's business environment is different. More complex. More connected. Companies not only face new and unknown risks, but also new and untapped opportunities. Our team is at the forefront of this change, join us to be a part of transforming how risk is perceived and capitalised on

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

Risk Assurance

We’re a leading provider of trust in the digital world - in the eyes of our people, our clients and our stakeholders. Today's business environment is different. More complex. More connected. Companies not only face new and unknown risks, but also new and untapped opportunities. Our team is at the forefront of this change, join us to be a part of transforming how risk is perceived and capitalised on.

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

What’s in it for you

• Opportunity to be part of a new Commercial Assurance team in Bristol, where you can directly contribute to our growth agenda and shape the direction of your career

• You will operate as part of a close knit team and will benefit from interaction from senior team members and other experts from across the PwC network

• World class training and development

• Challenging, impactful and diverse work

• Joining a close community, regular team socials and national Commercial Assurance team events

• Opportunity to be part of a technology enabled environment and bring that to our clients

• Market leading total benefits package

Dutie and Responsibilities

• The ideal candidate will be responsible for

• Leading and managing work-streams within a larger engagement;

• Delivering contract reviews;

• Assessing projects/contracts to review the compliance, effectiveness or maturity of a client’s supplier and performance management activities;

• Reviewing commercial matters (i.e. major deals / business cases / commercial strategies) and providing observations, recommendations and proposals to clients;

• Leading or supporting the formation and / or review of complex third party arrangements

• Leading and performing supplier compliance and dispute resolution activities, to investigate value leakage or identify poor performance;

• The role is primarily client facing at a senior level in often time-pressured environments; whilst there is frequent scope to innovate, recommendations must be based upon clear commercial logic and a robust understanding of the client’s unique circumstances and issues.
  

Additional activities may include

• Giving and supporting industry presentations;

• Contributing and leading on business development activities;

• Contributing to thought-leadership; and,

• Co-ordinating training / preparing management information.

Qualifications and Experience

• Previous experience of working in professional services either delivering cost reduction, commercial strategy, dealing shaping or contract review programmes ;

• Previous experience of implementing commercial arrangements with either customer or supplier facing contracts

• Previous experience leading or providing input in to procurement activities and negotiation/contracting strategies;

• The role will allow the right Individuals to progress rapidly through the firm and develop a broad set of skills and experiences that are highly valued by senior executives at our clients

Risk Assurance

We’re a leading provider of trust in the digital world - in the eyes of our people, our clients and our stakeholders. Today's business environment is different. More complex. More connected. Companies not only face new and unknown risks, but also new and untapped opportunities. Our team is at the forefront of this change, join us to be a part of transforming how risk is perceived and capitalised on.

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

Risk Assurance

We’re a leading provider of trust in the digital world - in the eyes of our people, our clients and our stakeholders. Today's business environment is different. More complex. More connected. Companies not only face new and unknown risks, but also new and untapped opportunities. Our team is at the forefront of this change, join us to be a part of transforming how risk is perceived and capitalised on.

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

What’s in it for you

• Opportunity to be part of a new Commercial Assurance team in Bristol, where you can directly contribute to our growth agenda and shape the direction of your career

• You will operate as part of a close knit team and will benefit from interaction from senior team members and other experts from across the PwC network

• World class training and development

• Challenging, impactful and diverse work

• Joining a close community, regular team socials and national Commercial Assurance team events

• Opportunity to be part of a technology enabled environment and bring that to our clients

• Market leading total benefits package

Dutie and Responsibilities

• The ideal candidate will be responsible for

• Leading and managing work-streams within a larger engagement;

• Delivering contract reviews;

• Assessing projects/contracts to review the compliance, effectiveness or maturity of a client’s supplier and performance management activities;

• Reviewing commercial matters (i.e. major deals / business cases / commercial strategies) and providing observations, recommendations and proposals to clients;

• Leading or supporting the formation and / or review of complex third party arrangements

• Leading and performing supplier compliance and dispute resolution activities, to investigate value leakage or identify poor performance;

• The role is primarily client facing at a senior level in often time-pressured environments; whilst there is frequent scope to innovate, recommendations must be based upon clear commercial logic and a robust understanding of the client’s unique circumstances and issues.
  

Additional activities may include

• Giving and supporting industry presentations;

• Contributing and leading on business development activities;

• Contributing to thought-leadership; and,

• Co-ordinating training / preparing management information.

Qualifications and Experience

• Previous experience of working in professional services either delivering cost reduction, commercial strategy, dealing shaping or contract review programmes ;

• Previous experience of implementing commercial arrangements with either customer or supplier facing contracts

• Previous experience leading or providing input in to procurement activities and negotiation/contracting strategies;

• The role will allow the right Individuals to progress rapidly through the firm and develop a broad set of skills and experiences that are highly valued by senior executives at our clients

Risk Assurance

We’re a leading provider of trust in the digital world - in the eyes of our people, our clients and our stakeholders. Today's business environment is different. More complex. More connected. Companies not only face new and unknown risks, but also new and untapped opportunities. Our team is at the forefront of this change, join us to be a part of transforming how risk is perceived and capitalised on.

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

Risk Assurance

We’re a leading provider of trust in the digital world - in the eyes of our people, our clients and our stakeholders. Today's business environment is different. More complex. More connected. Companies not only face new and unknown risks, but also new and untapped opportunities. Our team is at the forefront of this change, join us to be a part of transforming how risk is perceived and capitalised on.

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

About the team

The Insolvency Management Team (IMT) is a part of PwC’s Business Restructuring Services (BRS). A career in the IMT will provide you with the opportunity to work on a variety of challenging corporate insolvency assignments in a wide range of sectors.

In joining, you'll be part of a team of c.35 people based in Leeds which manages all insolvency appointments taken by PwC’s partners and directors. You’ll be supporting the practice not only in delivering high quality, compliant insolvency processes but also solving complex problems and suggesting solutions to ensure that we achieve the best result for an insolvent entity’s stakeholders.

Our team interacts with other BRS teams across the country, as well as other specialists within PwC and you’ll develop strong working relationships with colleagues as you work together to deliver insolvency assignments from beginning to end.

About the role

As a Manager in the IMT, you’ll work as part of a team experienced in insolvency matters. Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

· Day to day case management of administrations, liquidations and other corporate insolvency processes, taking responsibility from commencement to conclusion and ensuring proactive case progression

· Involvement in pre-insolvency planning matters

· Ensuring 100% compliance with statutory deadlines on cases

· Liaison with and management of internal and external stakeholders, including communications with remote-based colleagues and dealing with external lawyers agents and key creditors. Developing internal relationships with a range of colleagues both in the team and more widely

· Contributing to the management of the team, including delegating tasks and training, coaching and supervising staff

· Keeping up to date with insolvency and other relevant legislation

· Contributing to non-chargeable projects such as transformation initiatives

· Identify risk issues and ensure these are dealt with and/or escalated

The role is primarily office-based, although it requires some travel from time to time. You’ll be supported in the role by a breadth of technical resources, experienced colleagues and learning and development opportunities.

Essential skills and experience

· Deep insolvency technical knowledge and experience of managing cases

· Proven project and time management skills, including the ability to manage multiple commitments

· Strong interpersonal skills and comfortable communicating with at all levels, internally and externally

· Willingness to engage with appointees, keeping them fully informed on cases and developing a strong working relationship with them

· Strong commercial awareness and a genuine interest in how businesses work

· Ability to work with flexibility and agility, and lead by example, in response to the requirements of the role

· Good organisation, ability to adapt to change and confidence to challenge established practice

· Sound analytical skills, preferably with experience in using data and analytics tools

· Strong report-writing skills and excellent verbal and written English

· Commitment to continued personal development and a desire to develop and train junior members of the team

· Ability to work with flexibility and agility, and lead by example, in response to the requirements of the role

· Insolvency and accounting qualifications are desirable but not essential

Who we’re looking for

The team welcomes applications from enthusiastic individuals who have an ability to communicate at all levels, and a genuine interest in, and experience of, insolvency work. They will be looking for clear examples of why you applied and what you can bring to the team, and expect you to demonstrate that you have carried out research into PwC and BRS prior to interview.

About the team

The Insolvency Management Team (IMT) is a part of PwC’s Business Restructuring Services (BRS). A career in the IMT will provide you with the opportunity to work on a variety of challenging corporate insolvency assignments in a wide range of sectors.

In joining, you'll be part of a team of c.35 people based in Leeds which manages all insolvency appointments taken by PwC’s partners and directors. You’ll be supporting the practice not only in delivering high quality, compliant insolvency processes but also solving complex problems and suggesting solutions to ensure that we achieve the best result for an insolvent entity’s stakeholders.

Our team interacts with other BRS teams across the country, as well as other specialists within PwC and you’ll develop strong working relationships with colleagues as you work together to deliver insolvency assignments from beginning to end.

About the role

As a Manager in the IMT, you’ll work as part of a team experienced in insolvency matters. Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

· Day to day case management of administrations, liquidations and other corporate insolvency processes, taking responsibility from commencement to conclusion and ensuring proactive case progression

· Involvement in pre-insolvency planning matters

· Ensuring 100% compliance with statutory deadlines on cases

· Liaison with and management of internal and external stakeholders, including communications with remote-based colleagues and dealing with external lawyers agents and key creditors. Developing internal relationships with a range of colleagues both in the team and more widely

· Contributing to the management of the team, including delegating tasks and training, coaching and supervising staff

· Keeping up to date with insolvency and other relevant legislation

· Contributing to non-chargeable projects such as transformation initiatives

· Identify risk issues and ensure these are dealt with and/or escalated

The role is primarily office-based, although it requires some travel from time to time. You’ll be supported in the role by a breadth of technical resources, experienced colleagues and learning and development opportunities.

Essential skills and experience

· Deep insolvency technical knowledge and experience of managing cases

· Proven project and time management skills, including the ability to manage multiple commitments

· Strong interpersonal skills and comfortable communicating with at all levels, internally and externally

· Willingness to engage with appointees, keeping them fully informed on cases and developing a strong working relationship with them

· Strong commercial awareness and a genuine interest in how businesses work

· Ability to work with flexibility and agility, and lead by example, in response to the requirements of the role

· Good organisation, ability to adapt to change and confidence to challenge established practice

· Sound analytical skills, preferably with experience in using data and analytics tools

· Strong report-writing skills and excellent verbal and written English

· Commitment to continued personal development and a desire to develop and train junior members of the team

· Ability to work with flexibility and agility, and lead by example, in response to the requirements of the role

· Insolvency and accounting qualifications are desirable but not essential

Who we’re looking for

The team welcomes applications from enthusiastic individuals who have an ability to communicate at all levels, and a genuine interest in, and experience of, insolvency work. They will be looking for clear examples of why you applied and what you can bring to the team, and expect you to demonstrate that you have carried out research into PwC and BRS prior to interview.

Background

PwC are a trusted adviser to some of the largest organisations around the world, spanning the public, private, and financial sectors. The increasing availability and use of data requires all of these organisations to adapt quickly or face irrelevance. We are no different. Our technology strategy recognises this and aims to keep us at the frontier of change.

As part of this strategy, we are currently looking for Consultants to join our Artificial Intelligence (AI) team in London. We are looking for self-starters, quick learners, and technology enthusiasts who can develop and build on our current Artificial intelligence and Data Science propositions.

The Role

Business is increasingly looking towards Data Science as a solution. As a Consultant in the AI team, you will work with business alongside our data scientists and engineers to use techniques such as machine learning and natural language processing to realise authentic, data-driven change and solutions.

The team reports to the board and works with clients and senior leadership across our four business units to enhance performance and create valuable impact. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to

Responsibilities

• Be involved in the design and development of data science projects for PwC and its clients

• Support senior management with project proposals and developing new business opportunities

• Participating in constant learning through training and skills development to grow understanding of Data Science/AI concepts

• Contributing to the strategy and growth of a fast developing data science capability

• Craft and communicate compelling business stories

• Presenting findings to senior internal and external stakeholders

• Establish effective working relationships directly with clients and internal PwC teams

• Ambition to build Data Science and AI capabilities that deliver lasting impact

Essential skills

• Able to articulate data science concepts to a business audience

• Work with data scientists and engineers to translate business requirements into solutions

• Possession of outstanding oral and written communication skills

• Empathic listener and persuasive speaker

• Planning, managing and executing the delivery of projects

• Demonstrable understanding of data science concepts particularly where focused on a business need

• Demonstrable understanding of statistics

• Excellent understanding of machine learning techniques and algorithms

• Proficient understanding of data and business intelligence tools (Alteryx, VBA, SQL, Tableau etc.)

• Understanding of Agile delivery methods

We recognise that it takes a team to deliver AI and so we seek individuals with demonstrable skills in a selection of the below for a number of roles

• Consulting experience in a strategy house, a Big 4 firm or an in-house strategy/consulting function of a data-driven company

• Industry Experience in one of our target sectors (e.g. Financial services)

• Strong academic excellence in a business and/or analytics related degree (e.g. Economics, Business Intelligence and Analytics)

• Exposure to cloud environments (Azure, GCP, AWS etc)

• Exposure to programming is desirable but not essential

• Exposure to business or financial modelling

Background

PwC are a trusted adviser to some of the largest organisations around the world, spanning the public, private, and financial sectors. The increasing availability and use of data requires all of these organisations to adapt quickly or face irrelevance. We are no different. Our technology strategy recognises this and aims to keep us at the frontier of change.

As part of this strategy, we are currently looking for Consultants to join our Artificial Intelligence (AI) team in London. We are looking for self-starters, quick learners, and technology enthusiasts who can develop and build on our current Artificial intelligence and Data Science propositions.

The Role

Business is increasingly looking towards Data Science as a solution. As a Consultant in the AI team, you will work with business alongside our data scientists and engineers to use techniques such as machine learning and natural language processing to realise authentic, data-driven change and solutions.

The team reports to the board and works with clients and senior leadership across our four business units to enhance performance and create valuable impact. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to

Responsibilities

• Be involved in the design and development of data science projects for PwC and its clients

• Support senior management with project proposals and developing new business opportunities

• Participating in constant learning through training and skills development to grow understanding of Data Science/AI concepts

• Contributing to the strategy and growth of a fast developing data science capability

• Craft and communicate compelling business stories

• Presenting findings to senior internal and external stakeholders

• Establish effective working relationships directly with clients and internal PwC teams

• Ambition to build Data Science and AI capabilities that deliver lasting impact

Essential skills

• Able to articulate data science concepts to a business audience

• Work with data scientists and engineers to translate business requirements into solutions

• Possession of outstanding oral and written communication skills

• Empathic listener and persuasive speaker

• Planning, managing and executing the delivery of projects

• Demonstrable understanding of data science concepts particularly where focused on a business need

• Demonstrable understanding of statistics

• Excellent understanding of machine learning techniques and algorithms

• Proficient understanding of data and business intelligence tools (Alteryx, VBA, SQL, Tableau etc.)

• Understanding of Agile delivery methods

We recognise that it takes a team to deliver AI and so we seek individuals with demonstrable skills in a selection of the below for a number of roles

• Consulting experience in a strategy house, a Big 4 firm or an in-house strategy/consulting function of a data-driven company

• Industry Experience in one of our target sectors (e.g. Financial services)

• Strong academic excellence in a business and/or analytics related degree (e.g. Economics, Business Intelligence and Analytics)

• Exposure to cloud environments (Azure, GCP, AWS etc)

• Exposure to programming is desirable but not essential

• Exposure to business or financial modelling