PwC Hiring for School Leaver, Compliance – Accounting Services, Belfast Autumn 2023 Job at Belfast, Northern Ireland Full Time

We help our clients stay ahead of the changes that impact their business. Equipped with the scale of a seamlessly connected global network, we’re where they need us – delivering deep tax technical expertise, while providing the critical context to help make informed and compliant decisions that drive their operations forward. At a global and local level, we design best-in-class integrated tax and legal strategies that empower clients to move from complexity to execution.

Our expertise covers every conceivable area of taxation. Our tax experts proactively engage in the tax policy debate and are focused on leading views and new ideas. Your knowledge will help high-profile organisations, entrepreneurs and family businesses, understand complex rules and make informed decisions with significant impacts. Our people need to be flexible and ready to build strong relationships, networks and leadership skills.

Accounting Services
Compliance Services team is at the forefront of change and innovation, spanning multiple locations across the UK and working collaboratively with our overseas delivery centres as one team. We provide a market leading technology enabled service with technical excellence, insights and outstanding client experience at its heart.

PwC are market leaders in delivering accounting solutions from Statutory Financial Statements (SFS) to bookkeeping and group reporting to both UK and global companies. We pride ourselves on delivery models that transform how businesses deliver these projects and we support our clients to design the right solutions. Our tools and technologies enable us to deliver world class services with real time collaboration.

This is an exciting time to join us. We are an expanding, agile team of fun, collaborative individuals which gives its people the opportunity to grow in their career. At PwC you will tap into a culture of openness, creativity and inclusivity and we are seeking like minded individuals to join us on our journey. As part of PwC, the largest global accounting firm, Accounting Services offers an exciting, supportive career path for our people.
In this role you will have the ability to apply your technical knowledge to a wide range of client situations on a varied and prestigious client base and work with specialists in your own field.

Programme

A position on our School and College Leaver programme is one of the best ways to kickstart your career with PwC. All of our School and College Leaver programmes are designed to help you develop your business skills through real client work, while also completing formal training and studying towards qualifications to give you a head start in your career. PwC will provide you with support all the way. You’ll earn a competitive salary, benefit from our excellent support networks and have the opportunity to continually progress your career. Just like our graduate joiners, you’ll work on varied and challenging client and internal projects, which make a real difference to the world of business. You’ll be coached by our people, who are experts in their field, and at the same time, thanks to our study support, you won’t need to worry about paying for course and exam fees, textbooks or revision materials.

What you’ll do

Our training programme is underpinned by a development framework that broadens and deepens your knowledge. You’ll learn from hands-on coaching and an outstanding variety of work, picking up business, personal and technical skills you can use across the network, and throughout your career.
Your responsibilities will include a range of tasks, however generally this will involve:

• The preparation of local and cross border client GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) statutory financial statements (SFS).
• Bookkeeping and preparation of periodic management accounts.
• Advising on statutory accounting compliance requirements.
• Advising on improvements to the SFS cycle i.e. the production, audit and filing of SFS.
• Attending group technical training meetings.
• Contributing to major proposals to help manage and grow the Accounting Services accounting compliance portfolio worldwide.
• Participating in ad hoc projects.
• This gives you the opportunity to learn from different clients and develop your transferable skills.

What you’ll gain

CFAB
We’ll support you as you study for a Certificate in Finance, Accounting and Business (CFAB). This is a nationally recognised professional qualification with Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).

What you’ll need

Minimum requirements are 96 UCAS* for the ATT pathway or 112 UCAS * for the CFAB pathway from up to three full A-Levels (or equivalent), and a Grade C or 4 or above in GCSE (or equivalent) English Language and Mathematics.

Exams must have been taken in the same sitting and resits are accepted only where modules or papers have been retaken in the same academic year. If you have any extenuating circumstances related to your exam marks or the sequencing of your exams, please declare this on your application and this will be considered as we review your application.

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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.

The Deal
We want all of our people to feel empowered to be the best that they can be, which is why we have ‘The Deal’.

Find out more about our firmwide Employee Value Proposition: https://www.pwc.co.uk/careers/about-us/the-new-deal.html

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.