Current Job Vacancies at PriceWaterHouseCooper, 20th April, 2018

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PwC firms help organizations and individuals create the value they are looking for. We are a network of firms in 158 countries with more than 180,000 people who are committed to delivering quality in Assurance, Tax and Advisory services We are recruiting to fill the position below:       Job Title: Head, Listing Business - HLB 002 Reference Number: 130-PEO00854 Location: Lagos Department: People & Change Nigeria Job type: Permanent Job Summary

• The Head, Listing Business Division will be responsible for all primary listing efforts of the Company, the Branch Network, and the listing of State Owned Enterprises.
• This role reports to the CEO and is also a part of the Executive Management Team.
• The ideal candidate will be a Capital Market industry professional with an understanding of the Primary Market, experience working with Issuing Houses and strong relationship management skills.

Key Accountabilities

• Owns and drives the marketing strategy to attract new companies, Corporate bonds, and other corporate financing instruments to be listed
• Retains and maintains the relationship with existing listed companies to achieve the targeted market capitalisation
• Prepares Dual-Listing agreements with regional and international exchanges
• Builds and maintains strategic partnerships with the Federal and State Governments to attract State Owned Enterprises to be listed
• Manages overall Profit and Loss (P & L) portfolio for listing efforts across equities, corporate bonds, and related products
• Develops the required Key Performance Indicators for the Listings Business Division to ensure the delivery of first class service
• Develops and implements strategies for advocacy and engagement to drive listing efforts across International and Domestic Enterprises
• Manages annual and quarterly budgeting for the division and oversees the same for reporting departments (Primary Markets, Branch Network, State Owed Enterprises)
• Leads and manages team to achieve the listing target of the company
• Ensures that the branch network is efficiently and profitably run

Requirements, Education and Experience

• A Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Statistics, Law or related fields
• A Master’s degree or MBA is an added advantage
• Professional certification and/or active membership of the Chartered Institute of Stock Brokers ( CIS)
• Minimum of 10 - 15 years’ industry experience and at least 5 - 7 years in senior management position
• Experience working with Issuing Houses
• Experience in sourcing bonds/ companies
• Experience in investment banking is highly desirable.

Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply   Application Deadline 4th May, 2018.       Job Title: Data & Analytics-Senior Associate Reference Number: 125-NIG00173 Location: Lagos Department: Assurance Job type: Permanent Roles & Responsibilities

• Demonstrate leadership potential by coordinating project teams and testing their work for quality in line with PwC standards.
• Serve as team lead on D&A projects.
• Demonstrate machine learning techniques for addressing a variety of problems (e.g. consumer segmentation, revenue forecasting, image classification, etc.).
• Building machine learning models and systems, interpreting their output.
• Moving D&A models from development to production.
• Demonstrates abilities using Python, R;
• Ability to use data storage technologies: SQL, NoSQL,;
• Efficient use of data processing tools: R(dplyr, etc), Python (Numpy, Pandas, etc.), Spark, cloud-based solutions such as GCP DataFlow;
• Exhibit advance analytics and machine learning capabilities using libraries in R and Python, TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch, Spark MLlib;
• Visualization: R-Shiny, Python (Matplotlib, Seaborn, bokeh, etc.), PowerBI, Qlik, Tableau;
• Machine learning algorithms (e.g. k-nearest neighbors, random forests, ensemble methods, deep neural networks, etc.) and when it is appropriate to use each technique.
• Compliance program assessments; development of compliance risk frameworks and processes; development of compliance training materials, etc
• Work with various PwC teams to conduct business diagnostics, providing recommendations for improvement of clients’ company-wide policies/processes and implementing such initiatives.
• Conducting research and support with development of capability, proposals and training materials.
• Provide coaching to junior staff or less experienced team members to develop technical competence and administrative skills.
• Report project progress and obstacles to engagement manager/leader.
• Support in identifying new opportunities for service delivery.

Experience & Requirements

• Minimum Degree Required: Bachelor's degree Engineering, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Informatics, Operations Research, or other quantitative disciplines.
• Minimum of 3-5 years’ experience.
• Experience in industry.
• Ability to communicate clearly with colleagues and senior clients.
• A proven track record of establishing and maintaining strong relationships.
• A proactive approach to problem solving, delivering results and meeting client expectations.
• Strong Statistical and programming skills and technical depth.
• Project management skills - ability to manage across multiple and complex projects.
• Ability to multi-task simultaneous client engagements.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills (presentation & facilitation).
• Demonstrable creativity and innovation.
• Strong analytical and problem solving capabilities

Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply   Application Deadline 11th May, 2018.       Job Title: Financial Services Risk & Regulation - Manager Reference Number: 125-NIG00174 Location: Lagos Department: Assurance Job type: Permanent Job Profile

• PwC's Financial Services Risk & Regulation (FSRR) professionals help clients understand, assess, mitigate and resolve all issues, driven by risk management, capital management and compliance, which prevent the achievement of their strategic goals.
• Our strength is our ability to operate across all the stages of design, execution and assurance of all risk management and compliance arrangements.
• We work with a broad range of corporate and public organizations to develop robust financial risk management frameworks that satisfy compliance demands, contribute to better decision making and enhance performance.
• The scope of our work covers the full spectrum of financial risks such as credit risk, market risk, operational risk and liquidity risk; economic capital, capital management, stress testing, risk modeling and validation; regulatory compliance issues; and internal liquidity adequacy assessment process.
• There is a particular emphasis currently on the implementation of Basel II/III and other current local and international regulatory and risk management initiatives.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Building and maintaining value - adding client relationships.
• Selling, developing and leading consulting projects for clients in Financial Services Risk & Regulations.
• Advising our financial services clients on their financial risk models, policies and governance.
• Supporting clients in the implementation of their Enterprise-wide Risk Management Frameworks.
• Identifying business opportunities within existing and/or potential clients.
• Participating in business development and contributing to harness the business opportunities into successful wins.
• Contributing to knowledge sharing and development within the Risk consulting team.
• Provide inputs and drive initiatives for the development of thought leadership in financial risk and regulations.
• Ensuring effective monitoring of multiple risk management projects with tight reporting deadlines.
• Developing and validating models to meet clients’ objectives and expectations.
• Delivering projects in various risk management areas and adding value to new and existing clients.
• Acting as a subject matter expert (SME), advising and supporting our financial services clients with regard to risk management and regulatory compliance.
• Participating actively in conferences and other events to support business development initiatives and meet prospective clients.
• Managing/overseeing project teams, identifying development needs within the teams, and building competence through mentoring, coaching and knowledge transfer.

Experience & Qualification

• A good University Degree with a minimum of Second Class division.
• Completed Master's Degree, preferably in Econometrics, Mathematics or other quantitative areas of study.
• At least 6 years' work experience in the financial services industry, preferably in a major bank, consultancy firm or regulatory agency.
• Expertise and hands-on experience in at least one of FRM’s core areas, e.g. Basel II/III, credit risk, market risk, operational risk,
• Excellent analytical skills
• Motivated and committed
• Strong project management and coordination skills.
• Client service-oriented and accustomed to taking a proactive approach.
• A recognised professional certification such as FRM/CFA will be an added advantage.
• Deep content knowledge in credit, operational, market and liquidity risk management.
• Expertise in Basel II/III & Solvency II derived principally from Basel II/Solvency II implementation project experience.

Additional Information

• Strong technology and model building skills with good working knowledge of Microsoft Office tools.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Pro-active and entrepreneurial spirit, in combination with strong team work ethics.
• Ability to build strong, long-term relationships with key client contacts across lines of service and work closely with C-suite executives.
• Ability to leverage resources within the PwC network, and collaborate with strategic third parties to develop and implement new and existing market propositions across our services industry.
• Ability to develop people through effective mentoring and coaching of team members.
• Flexibility to support other service areas beyond your core areas of competence.

Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply   Application Deadline 11th May, 2018.

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