Workforce Transformation

At PwC, workforce consultants focus on human resources, talent management, and organisational development. They analyse client needs, develop people and organisation strategies, offer guidance and support to clients, and help optimise their workforce, enhance employee engagement, and drive organisational effectiveness.

Those in rewards and benefits at PwC provide comprehensive consulting services related to total rewards, compensation programmes, and employee benefits. They work closely with clients to analyse their reward and benefits strategies, design competitive and equitable compensation structures, and develop cost-effective and attractive benefits packages.

Focused on relationships, employees build meaningful client connections, learn how to manage and inspire others, navigate increasingly complex situations, grow their personal brand, deepen technical expertise and awareness of their strengths. Employees are expected to anticipate the needs of their teams and clients, deliver quality, and embrace increased ambiguity.

Examples of skills, knowledge, and experiences needed to lead and deliver value include:

Responding effectively to diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others.
Using a broad range of tools, methodologies, and techniques to generate new ideas and solve problems.
Using critical thinking to break down complex concepts.
Understanding the broader objectives of their project or role and how their work fits into the overall strategy.
Developing a deeper understanding of the business context and how it is changing.
Using reflection to develop self-awareness, enhance strengths, and address development areas.
Interpreting data to inform insights and recommendations.
Upholding and reinforcing professional and technical standards, the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

Job Requirements and Preferences

Basic Qualifications

Minimum Degree Required (BQ)

Bachelor's Degree

Required Field(s) of Study (BQ)

Accounting

Minimum Year(s) of Experience (BQ)

3 year(s)

Certification(s) Required (BQ)

Completion/Pass of 1 or more CPA exam(s)

Preferred Qualifications

Degree Preferred

Master of Accountancy

Certification(s) Preferred

CPA

Preferred Knowledge/Skills

Employees demonstrate a thorough proven track record of success:

Utilizing critical thinking, strategic thinking, and problem-solving to address and solve client challenges.
Developing project approaches and work plans, including dependencies, maintaining project economics, and keeping leadership informed of progress and issues.
Identifying and resolving basic business analysis challenges with limited assistance.
Adjusting readily to shifting priorities and rapid change by anticipating and addressing client needs while building and expanding relationships with clients.
Working on various sized project teams, in a collaborative and fast-paced environment, while building relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Transforming the business by creating capacity and delivering an enhanced employee and client experience.

Employees demonstrate thorough knowledge and understanding through abilities and/or proven records of success in roles involving Auditing or Accounting in a major consulting firm, Compensation and Benefits Accounting (US GAAP and/or IFRS) in a corporate environment with a combination of any of the following:

Possessing comprehensive technical accounting and financial reporting skills in a wide array of compensation and benefit matters, including stock-based compensation, deferred compensation arrangements, health and welfare plans, qualified and non-qualified pension plans, and severance and termination benefit programs.
Compensation accounting in deals, including acquisition accounting, divestitures and spinoffs, initial Public Offerings, carveout financial statements, discontinued operations, and proforma filing considerations and calculations.
Drafting technical accounting memos, building expense attribution and modification accounting models, building equity compensation purchase accounting models, valuation of equity compensation arrangements, earnings per share dilution calculations, deferred tax accounting analysis and calculations, executive compensation and proxy reporting, optimization of compensation and benefits processes and internal controls, and consulting on technical accounting matters.
Working with different equity administration vendors and knowledge of industry practices and supporting equity/stock-based compensation transfer/conversion in merger and acquisition transactions.
Building, maintaining, and utilizing networks of client relationships and community involvement; communicating value propositions; and preparing and/or coordinating complex written and verbal materials.