PwC Independence, Ethics & Compliance, Senior Consultant

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Beirut, Lebanon

Ref: HP639-320

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

This is a unique opportunity to work with the ME Independence team. It is an opportunity for a self-motivated individual to develop their skill set and network across the Middle East and the global PwC independence network. The role is likely to suit a Senior Consultant with the following qualities:
- Passionate about PwC and looking to further develop themselves and their PwC network
- A people person able to build relationships with a wide variety of individuals at a wide variety of levels
- Ability to work by themselves without a support team
- Good communication skills and the ability to draft and deliver clear messages to a wide range of audiences
- Strong organizational and project management skills - able to cope with tight deadlines, difficult people situations and change

Your responsibilities will include:
- Liaising with partners and their broker (if required)
- Providing investment pre-clearance within agreed timeframes
- Recording investment transactions on behalf of the partners
- Emailing confirmation of updates to partner within agreed timeframes
- Managing security update request emails on behalf of partners(e.g. following a restriction change)
- Assisting partners in annual reconciliation of Checkpoint portfolios
- Performing Personal Independence Compliance Testing on selected partners
- Answering general queries in relation to Checkpoint from ME staff
- Liaising with Global Independence Compliance teams to resolve any unusual technical/systems issues

Requirements

- Bachelor’s degree
- Minimum 2 years of relevant work experience in a professional services environment
- Strong organizational and project management skills
- Ability to be flexible and manage multiple tasks at once
- Strong relationship building skills.
- Ability to communicate clearly and with self-confidence at all levels , both written and oral
- Ability to work independently without the support of a team
- A conscientious, ambitious team player, with good self-management skills and an ability to take initiative.
- An understanding of financial interest (bonds, ordinary shares, funds etc)
- Arabic language skills preferred

The role will provide the successful candidate with:
- Breadth and insight into the activities of Independence, Ethics & Compliance team
- An opportunity to develop a good understanding of the independence rules and systems which underpin everything we do as a Firm.
- Ability to build a network of contacts with partners and staff across ME Firm and Global Independence teams
- A unique ability to enhance and refine your listening and communication skills
- Chance to be part of a vibrant team

About the Company

At PwC Middle East, we've set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

We're a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

We're striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we're proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone's uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

If you're looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you're a future PwCer.

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