Current Job Vacancies at PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC)

PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC) Nigeria has been operating in Nigeria since 1953 through its predecessor firms of Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse. We're one of the leading professional services firms in the country with offices in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt, over 1000 staff and 31 resident partners.

We are recruiting to fill the positions below: Job Title: Manager - Strategy (Advisory) Reference Number: 125-NIG00231 Location: Abuja Department: Advisory Job type: Permanent

Job Summary

• The Manager is the centre of the team – structures project outputs, directs research, makes strong contribution to the development of the wider practice through thought-leadership, pitches, recruitment, training, coaching and being a role model to staff.

Summary Responsibilities

• Understand and engage different knowledge sources – online, staff, competitors, senior management of key target customers – extract key messages and implications from these sources
• Establish links with Industry Leaders and other Thought Leadership teams within and outside the PwC network to bring Thought Leadership to Nigerian clients and market and assist PwC Industry leaders in articulating and implementing industry plans
• Communicate with impact and confidence with team members and at meetings demonstrating grasp of all data and findings
• Contribute to the development of new methodologies or approaches to address client or PwC needs
• Set positive example by providing timely, meaningful verbal and written feedback.
• Contribute to Learning & Education design activity and/or instruct at training events.
• Identify issues, draw out relevant industry trends, forms an opinion/point of view and articulates client/target strategy therefrom
• Allocate responsibilities to team members and suggest staffing changes, prioritize tasks so that the team has the capability, competence and time to perform the engagement/project in accordance with standards and agreed terms.
• Take responsibility for the quality of the team’s work products and addressing the needs of the client, PwC and other stakeholders.
• Coach subordinates taking development needs into consideration – able to articulate to team how their work contributes to meeting project objectives
• Challenge, sense-check and update team hypotheses and outputs for robustness and integrity
• Identify internal and project data requirements, oversee data gathering process, challenge team on completeness/appropriateness/accuracy of gathered data
• Perform analysis, construct business and financial models and document commentary from analysis and models

Technical competencies:

• Corporate strategy development
• Market studies, feasibility studies and business planning
• Working knowledge of Excel, Word, PowerPoint and other work tools
• Business research and analysis, financial analysis, and strategy, report writing
• Strategy frameworks

Deep knowledge of at least one of the following industry groups:

• Healthcare
• Public Sector
• Retail & Manufacturing
• Telecommunication
• Agriculture
• Communication & Entertainment
• Energy and Power
• Financial Services

Non-technical competencies:

• Strong business acumen, analytical, and problem-solving skills – including data structuring, quantitative reasoning and implication development
• Managing teams across different business groups
• Problem solver – taking on new challenges and ways of working even outside areas of comfort
• Willing and able to travel
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to guide decision-making
• Excellent planning, prioritizing, and organizational skills. Self-managing/motivating with the ability to balance competing priorities in a dynamic environment

Qualifications

• BSc. or BA.
• MBA and/or Professional qualifications: ICAN, ACCA, CFA charter holder

Experience:

• 7 years or more of relevant work experience (at least 1 - 2 of these should be at Management Levels)

 

Application Deadline 23rd January, 2020.

 

Job Title: Controls Assurance Senior Associate Reference Number: 125-NIG00232 Location: Abuja Department: Assurance

Job Summary

• You will belong to an international connected team of specialists helping our clients with their complex Risk and Controls needs.
• You will provide value-added insights that help to improve system and business control effectiveness across various organizations.
• As a Senior Associate in the Digital Risk and Cyber Security, you will lead controls assurance engagements for our clients and support the clients in their desire to improve their processes and control environment.

Job Roles and Responsibilities

• Participate in all aspects of IT audit and non-audit assurance engagements including planning, coaching, execution and tracking engagement progress to ensure pre-agreed deadlines and milestones are met.
• Ensure engagements are executed in accordance with firm’s methodologies and guidance and professional standards.
• Provide guidance, coaching and timely quality constructive feedback to team members
• Assist with the preparation of management control recommendations reports to assess client’s internal controls and highlight areas of improvement.
• Promote positive and creative working environments.
• Manage communication with internal and external stakeholders and their expectations effectively.
• Building client relationships through engagement delivery.
• Conduct reviews on IT general computer controls, application controls and IT security;
• Assist clients in identifying and assessing business process controls and linkage to IT systems, including complex systems (e.g. Finacle, Flexcube, Oracle ERP, Navision, SAP etc.);
• Assist organisations improve internal controls;
• Perform data analysis using ACL, SQL;
• Report to a Manager or Senior manager on most projects. You will also often have to work in teams.
• Working with our leading clients in key industries in the Risk Assurance team, you will gain exposure to:
• Lead and work within Digital Risk and Cyber Security teams to assist the Engagement leaders in carrying quality audits and other assurance services to clients across various industries.

Skills/Attributes Required:

• Advanced Communication & Presentation skills - ability to communicate effectively and with impact both verbally and in writing with internal and external stakeholders
• Problem solving - ability to analyse complex information and scenarios and generate a workable solution to the problems posed
• Client relationship - effectively manage client relationships
• Business development - support business development activities by making input into proposals and other value proposition documents
• Experience in IT Audit, Software testing, Application testing;
• Strong Project management skills - ability to plan, execute and complete smaller projects, meet deadlines, deliver output for key milestones etc
• Leadership skills - ability to lead self and others effectively, monitoring progress of team, coaching less experienced team members; promote positive and creative working environment

Education/Qualification

• Experience in the review of Flexcube. Finacle, Navision, SAP, Oracle ERP is an advantage;
• Experience in the review of IT infrastructure (operating systems, databases and network systems) is an advantage;
• Possession of or willingness to pursue related professional certifications such as CISA and ACCA Part Qualified.
• Bachelor's and/ or postgraduate degree in one of the following: Accounting, Finance/Economics, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and/or other business fields of study. Minimum of second class upper;
• 3 - 5 years’ relevant work experience;
• Experience in the use of ACL / SQL;

 

Application Deadline 28th January, 2020.

Job Title: Associate - Assurance Public Sector Reference Number: 125-NIG00233 Location: Abuja Job type: Permanent Department: Assurance

Job Summary

• The Audit Associate will be responsible for learning and applying technical skills and working as part of an engagement team carrying out the audit of Donor agencies and Non- governmental Organisations, under the supervision of Audit Seniors and Audit Managers.

Job roles and Responsibilities

• Provide recommendations for strengthening internal controls and promoting business efficiency.
• Proactive in seeking coaching and clarification on assigned tasks from the audit seniors and audit managers.
• Lead small engagement team with responsibility for on-field team activities, coaching and supervision.
• Act as an assistant team lead on medium sized engagement while reporting effectively to the senior associate and manager (as required).
• Build strong working relationships with client contacts.
• Establish working knowledge of the client’s accounting procedures and processes.
• Evaluate internal control systems and policies and procedures; making recommendations for improvements.
• Perform substantive tests and tests of controls to identify and resolve accounting or reporting issues.
• Identify any accounting or audit issues and perform the necessary research to resolve such issues.
• Works as an effective team member to complete project components and assigned tasks, including:
  • Assisting with engagement administration including preparation of audit plans, budgets and engagement letters.
  • Preparing client assistance schedules (CAS) and following-up on client deliverables.
  • Assisting with the preparation of financial statements, footnote disclosures and management letter comments.

Education / Qualification

• Minimum of first Degree Certificate with not less Second Class Upper division / Upper Credit.
• ACA / ACCA Qualified or Part Qualified.
• Minimum of two (2) years relevant working experience auditing Donor agencies and Non- governmental Organisations

Skills / Attributes Required:

• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong team-working
• Desire for continuous improvement
• Good listening skill
• A proactive approach to problem solving and delivering client solutions
• Excellent analytical, presentation and research skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to take responsibility for personal growth

Job Title: Associate - Assurance Public Sector Reference Number: 125-NIG00234 Location: Lagos Department: Assurance Job type: Permanent

Job Summary

• The Audit Associate will be responsible for learning and applying technical skills and working as part of an engagement team carrying out the audit of Donor agencies and Non- governmental Organisations, under the supervision of Audit Seniors and Audit Managers.

Job Roles and Responsibilities

• Act as an assistant team lead on medium sized engagement while reporting effectively to the senior associate and manager (as required).
• Build strong working relationships with client contacts.
• Works as an effective team member to complete project components and assigned tasks, including:
• Assisting with the preparation of financial statements, footnote disclosures and management letter comments.
• Assisting with engagement administration including preparation of audit plans, budgets and engagement letters.
• Preparing client assistance schedules (CAS) and following-up on client deliverables.
• Establish working knowledge of the client’s accounting procedures and processes.
• Evaluate internal control systems and policies and procedures; making recommendations for improvements.
• Perform substantive tests and tests of controls to identify and resolve accounting or reporting issues.
• Identify any accounting or audit issues and perform the necessary research to resolve such issues.
• Provide recommendations for strengthening internal controls and promoting business efficiency.
• Proactive in seeking coaching and clarification on assigned tasks from the audit seniors and audit managers.
• Lead small engagement team with responsibility for on-field team activities, coaching and supervision.

Education / Qualification

• ACA / ACCA Qualified or Part Qualified.
• Minimum of two (2) years relevant working experience auditing Donor agencies and Non- governmental Organisations
• Minimum of First Degree Certificate with not less Second Class Upper division/Upper Credit.

Skills / Attributes Required:

• Strong team-working
• Desire for continuous improvement
• Good listening skill
• A proactive approach to problem solving and delivering client solutions
• Excellent analytical, presentation and research skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to take responsibility for personal growth
• Excellent attention to detail

 

Application Deadline 29th January, 2020

Job Title: IT Officer Reference Number: 130-PEO01124 Location: Lagos Department: People & Change Nigeria Job type: Permanent

Roles & Responsibilities

• The holder of the role will also be responsible for driving organisation change management and technology knowledge sharing within the organisation. The ideal candidate will understand financial inclusion and will be versed on emerging technologies and trends in order to successfully plan the future technology changes.
• The holder of the role will also be the primary point of contact for end-users with IT related queries and issues. As such, this role will be responsible for the day-to-day fulfilment of user assistance requests, investing incidents, providing troubleshooting expertise and resolving situations as they arise.
• The holder of this role will be responsible for driving the organisation’s IT strategy and providing support with innovation and capacity building activities.

Requirements Academic and Professional Qualifications:

• Project management certification e.g. PMP or Prince 2 will be an added advantage
• IT Service Management certification e.g. ITIL V4 is desirable
• First degree in Computer Science or a related discipline
• Relevant networking certifications such as CCNA, CCNP

Professional Experience:

• Experience managing IT projects, such as new software or hardware implementations
• Experience conducting organizational change management, communication support and training to support successful adoption of technology within an organisation.
• Minimum of 5 years experience providing end user support services to clients (troubleshooting, configuration, software installations, hardware maintenance and repair, network maintenance, etc)

Application Deadline 4th February, 2020.

How to Apply Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply