PwC Hiring for Summer Internship, Audit, London 2022 Job at London, England Full Time

It’s an exciting time to join us in Audit. Quality is at the heart of how we build trust in society. We bring passionate people together to work inclusively and celebrate our successes. We put the team first and pride ourselves on our global reputation as a trusted place to do business. We recognise Audit as a deep specialism and give our people access to the best opportunities and lots of variety. Our people challenge and are open to challenge themselves as we work to solve important problems for the organisations we audit. They take pride in their work and profession, working together with flexibility, agility and intelligence.They put the team first and are passionate about quality in everything that they do.

By joining us you’ll work in an environment that inspires you and gives you an active role in designing and shaping the future of Audit. We drive change through innovation, imagination and creativity. We embrace diversity both in our people and the work you’ll do. You’ll have an exceptional career experience working with and learning from the best.

Business area
Insurance:
At PwC our financial services business units operate nationally from key UK hubs. Our market leading Insurance practice provides audits to a significant number of insurance companies, including listed companies and global groups, across all areas of insurance – Life, Non-Life, Lloyd’s and Broking. Joining our team will give you the opportunity to work with a variety of teams in a sector that has a strong focus on innovation. Our commitment to global relationships means our teams are well-positioned to meet the future needs of audit and will provide you with fantastic opportunities to learn and develop.

London Commercial Audit:
Within London Audit, you’ll have the opportunity to audit clients across a diverse portfolio, from owner managed businesses, private equity backed companies, up to large multinational and listed groups. We work with many household names across a broad range of industries including entertainment and media, pharmaceuticals, technology and communications, energy, utilities and mining, retail, hospitality and leisure, business services, construction and real estate. We also work across the third sector, spanning a number of government and public sector clients and charities. In London Commercial Audit, you’ll have the opportunity to work on global projects, collaborating with PwC colleagues and clients all over the world.

Asset and Wealth Management:
One of our financial services audit teams, Asset and Wealth Management (AWM) is a fast growing business with a unique audit division offering a broad range of audit services, tailored to assist Asset management clients grow and overcome the complex challenges they face. Operating out of key strategic locations across the UK, our client base is varied – think FTSE listed, Private companies, Private Equity and Venture Capitalist backed companies. You’ll have the opportunity to gain experience across a wide variety of markets and industry sectors including, real estate, hedge funds, private equity, and asset and wealth management.

Banking and Capital Markets:
Banking and Capital Markets (B&CM) Audit is our market leading banking audit practice, with an extensive portfolio of flagship clients ranging from global banks to brokers, challenger banks and FinTechs. Joining our team will give you the opportunity to deliver audit services on both large and smaller audits and across a broad range of client roles that align to your interests or give you a new challenge. You’ll be given the opportunity to help many of these clients enhance or transform existing operations and uphold the highest levels of audit quality.

South East Commercial Audit:
The South-East Commercial Audit business at PwC is one of the largest within the UK firm and a strategic priority for growth. And we’re growing. Fast. We provide external audit and audit related services to a broad range of clients, from large multinationals to tech start-ups, from five offices with over 850 staff and Partners. Our clients are from an incredibly diverse mix of sectors; from engineering to financial services and gaming to pharmaceuticals. Our proximity to big business means that you’ll get to work on some of the largest and most complex projects across the firm, whilst maintaining an unparalleled breadth of client experience.

Programme
Our Summer Internships offer high calibre students the opportunity to experience work and life at PwC, and gain a valuable insight into our business and culture. You’ll work alongside graduate trainees and experienced professionals on live and interesting client projects. You will be doing real work on real clients so be prepared to get stuck in.

What you’ll do
You’ll be providing market leading audit services to an unprecedented range of clients including one of the largest shares of FTSE 100 companies of any UK audit firm. Our clients range from leading multinational companies to start-ups, from family businesses and governments, to charities and private individuals. Within financial services our clients cover industries within banking and capital markets, private equity, insurance, and consumer finance. Our audit helps organisations navigate regulatory complexity while strengthening trust and transparency in their business.

You’ll also study for your professional chartered accounting qualification. You’ll have a lot of support from your team, career coach and buddy to help you achieve this. It’s the variety and opportunity we offer that allows you to develop a broad range of effective business skills and enables our people to excel across the breadth of work Audit offers, both on the training schemes and further on in your career.

What you’ll gain
Discover what a career with us is all about, and boost your employability. You’ll find out first-hand if this is the career for you – do well, and you could be offered a graduate job. Working alongside specialists, you’ll work on client projects to give you the best insight into what we’re about. You’ll have the opportunity to build networks with your colleagues and peer group.

What you’ll need

• You’ll need to be in your penultimate year of an undergraduate or postgraduate degree; or
• You’ll need to be in your final year of an undergraduate degree with a one year postgraduate place confirmed; and
• You’ll need to have, or be on course for, a 2.1 degree or above in any subject. We determine whether you’re on course for a 2.1 based on the grades you achieved in your last completed year of academic study.

When to apply
Although there is no application deadline, each year we have only a small number of roles available. We therefore advise applying early, but please be prepared for a short wait in processing your application at each stage of our process while we consider your application alongside others.

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Do you need a work permit?
Please take some time to confirm your eligibility for the role. We welcome applications from all candidates but there are restrictions to some areas of our business and some points you should note on our website.

Please note that PwC is unable to sponsor any candidates for some roles as the Home Office’s eligibility criteria will not be satisfied. For a list of these roles, please review the ‘Important information’ section of the work permit page on our website.

Diversity
Valuing Difference. Driving Inclusion

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 because creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business, enabling us to solve important problems and deliver value to our clients. We encourage an inclusive culture where people can be themselves, are valued for their strengths and are empowered to be the best they can be. As an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we also support different ways of working offering flexible working arrangements. Learn more here about our work to support an inclusive culture.