PwC Manager – Core Forensics

Within PwC’s Forensic Services group is a team of specialists dedicated to the prevention, detection and investigation of financial crime issues, including fraud, money laundering, market abuse and other regulatory malpractice. Growing at approximately 20% per year, we are looking for a Manager with specialist financial services sector experience to expand our practice.

In this position you will have a key role on a portfolio of assignments where you will utilise and further develop your knowledge and skills. The role will give you exposure to high profile and complex assignments.

Job Description:

The successful candidate will:

1. Deliver project requirements and ensure that client expectations are met or exceeded. Reporting to a director or partner, the ability to operate with minimum supervision is a must.
2. Advise clients around complex, business critical issues.
3. Build long term relationships and personal networks of contacts, both within the firm and externally with intermediaries and clients to support further development of the business.
4. Have strong financial management skills including budgeting, billing and debt collection on assignments.
5. Contribute to the growth of the Forensic Services team through the development of new markets and new services.

Qualification / Educational Requirement:

1. An accounting qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIPFA).

Experience Requirement:

1. Evidence of skills applicable to forensic work developed through substantial financial services sector experience.
2. Team player skills, i.e. comfortable working with client staff and colleagues of all grades and backgrounds.
3. A proven track record of providing exceptional service and establishing and maintaining strong relationships at a senior level.
4. Able to lead large complex assignments.
5. Develop strong relationships at a senior level.
6. Willing to travel regularly to client sites, including those abroad.
7. Able to speak with clarity and conviction in business presentations while empathising with clients in times of crisis.
8. Able to prepare concise and engaging written work, delivering messages with impact.
9. An ability to advise clients in crisis situations including thinking on ones feet and deal calmly with unexpected challenges is an advantage.
10. Ability to grasp complex issues quickly and devise options for resolution.

About The Company:
PwC firms help organizations and individuals to create the value they’re looking for. We’re a network of firms in 158 countries with close to 169,000 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, tax and advisory services. PwC is the brand under which member firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited (PwCIL) operate and provide services. Together, these firms form the global PwC network. In our 3 key areas of business or ‘Lines of Service’ – Assurance, Tax, and Advisory – we work with our clients from business start ups to the world’s leading organizations – to measure, protect and enhance the things that matter most to them. We help our own people to learn, discover, develop and make a real difference all the way through their working lives. And we have big ambitions to grow. PwC Middle East Region is part of what we call the ‘Central Cluster’ and includes the UK, Europe and Africa as well as the Middle East. The region consists of 12 markets - UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Libya, Iraq and Palestine. PwC has been established in the region for over 40 years, we already employ over 2500 people and we are on course to become the Middle East number one professional service firm.