Current Jobs at PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC) Nigeria

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 position below:

Job Title: Manager – Strategy (Advisory)

Ref No: 183597WD
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full time
Line of Service: Advisory
Industry/Sector: Not Applicable
Specialism: Corporate and Business Strategy
Management Level: Manager

Job Description & Summary

• A career in Strategy within the Advisory Line of Service, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients solve their toughest problems and seize essential advantages by defining and evaluating strategies of all types.
• We analyse business and market trends to explore new approaches that help our clients make tough choices and surpass the competition. At both the business unit and corporate level, we help organisations with organic enterprise growth, pricing and profitability, shareholder value, and sustainable corporate strategies.
• 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.
• As a Manager, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:
  • 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
  • Take responsibility for preparing business development documents such as proposals, scope / discussion documents
  • 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.

Qualifications

• BSc. or BA. in a Management or Social Science related course
• MBA and /or Professional qualifications: ICAN, ACCA, PMP (other related qualification)

Experience:

• 6 – 8 years of relevant work experience (at least 1 – 2 of these should be at Management Level)
• Prior experience in a consulting firm is required

Technical competencies:

• Business research and analysis, financial analysis and Reporting
• Strategy frameworks
• Corporate strategy development
• Market studies, feasibility studies and business planning
• Working knowledge of Excel, Word, PowerPoint and other work tools
• Knowledge of at least one of the following industry groups: Financial Services, Energy, Utilities and Resources, Consumer and Industrial Products and Services, Healthcare, Government and Public Service, Agri-Business, Technology, Media and Telecommunication.

Non-technical competencies:

• 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
• Strong business acumen, analytical, and problem-solving skills – including data structuring, quantitative reasoning and implication development
• Managing teams across different business groups
• Problem solving – taking on new challenges and ways of working even outside areas of comfort
• Willing and able to travel

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Learning & Development Business Partner

Ref No: 207848WD
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full time
Line of Service: Internal Firm Services
Industry/Sector: Not Applicable
Specialism: IFS – Human Capital (HC)
Management Level: Associate

Job Description & Summary

• A career in Learning and Development, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to contribute to the success of our people by developing quality and relevant learning initiatives that constantly improve the PwC experience.
• You’ll help us identify and source the best instructors, develop learning and performance improvement solutions across traditional and virtual classroom environments, and consult with other areas of the Firm to ensure our curriculums and initiatives support the PwC strategy.
• The position supports the unit in various essential tasks such as the implementation of training curriculum for line of service (Assurance, Advisory, Tax, IFS, xLOS and Africa), formulation of training structure in alignment with skills and capability profiles, assessment of the effectiveness of training delivery and training contents and materials through formal and ongoing validation and to effectively manage and maximise the use of the firm’s learning management system.
• The position also monitors the induction programme to ensure all new recruits undergo a level of training relevant to their roles, conforming to the firm’s corporate standards and requirements. Responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

Training Needs Analysis:

• Conduct training needs surveys
• Collate development needs and goals by grade, business units’ issues/needs
• Translate service and individual training needs into a training plan.

CE Management (Assurance, Advisory, TRS, IFS):

• Develop a training curriculum for each LoS and implement Training Plans ( Global & Local )
• Provide support in respect of external training engagements
• Continuously monitor the effectiveness of training and course delivery
• Work with SME to develop training content
• Provide technical assistance for the conduct of external courses and training related assignments

LMS Management:

• Enrol participants on Vantage and ensure evaluation of courses
• Curate content on Vantage

Accreditation:

• Apply for Accreditation of courses (ICAN/CITN and any professional body as it relates to LoS)
• Make payment to the professional body and ensure necessary materials are sent
• Follow up with professional bodies until MCPE points are awarded

Instructing and facilitation:

• Facilitate local L&D specific and soft skills courses
• Develop and deliver effective training sessions

Planning, Budgeting and Reporting:

• Assess adequacy of planned L&D content by line of service
• Keep the L&D Manager informed of L&D issues, developments and achievements relative to plan
• Obtain feedback from staff on the effectiveness of training delivered

Industrial Training Fund:

• Apply for ITF approvals for training programmes and courses
• Ensure staff in LoS Adhere to the ITF requirements for approvals of training programmes

Minimum Years of Experience Required

• First Degree in any discipline with a minimum of Second-Class Division.
• At least 2 years’ experience in a training responsibility position.

Preferred Skills:

• Research skills
• Data & Analytics
• Knowledge sharing skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Problem solving
• Managing change and innovation
• Ability to work unsupervised and proactively on own initiative
• Ability to develop successful business relationships across all business units
• Ability to relate and communicate at all levels of seniority across business
• Professional manner
• Flexible attitude and approach
• Self-motivated and able to motivate others

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online