Risk is all around us and in our complex world, is changing all the time. Our teams bring people from diverse backgrounds together, using their skills and cutting-edge technology, to help solve complex problems. We are pioneers in a world of changing risk and our market leading services build resilient organisations. Join us and together, we can support our clients to rethink risk.

Business Risk and Controls

On our Financial Services - Risk Business, Risk and Controls programme, you'll have the opportunity to work with a variety of clients across the Banking, Insurance and Asset & Wealth management sectors.The world is becoming increasingly complex, technology is disrupting almost every aspect of how organisations operate, and the pace of change is unprecedented.

Organisations have to be more aware of, and responsive to, the risks and opportunities facing them. Governance, risk and controls is a board level topic and offers a diverse and purposeful career. In the initial years of the Financial Services - Business, Risk and Controls pathway you'll be deeply involved in understanding and assessing a client's business from a financial, regulatory and operational risk perspective and identifying the related mitigation techniques needed to ensure the business strategy can be successful and resilient.

Programme

Open to all, this vacancy is aimed primarily at inspiring and supporting Black students seeking an experience in professional services as part of our commitment to improve diversity across the organisation. The programme focuses on developing confidence and skills and provides an insight into the opportunities available at PwC.

During this three-day paid programme you'll get an insight into what a career at PwC could look like. You'll meet mentors and buddies who'll represent the variety of opportunities available across PwC. You'll meet some of our Female colleagues to hear about their own personal career journeys, as well as from some of our networks focussed on Inclusion and Diversity. Through interactive sessions the programme will help you to develop confidence in a business setting and encourage you to bring your whole self to the workplace. At PwC, we nurture an environment where our people can be the best they can be.

Our Black Talent in Business programme will be a 3-day paid programme, 16 - 18 April 2024. You will need to be in the UK to complete this programme.

What you'll do

You'll work in teams with a culture of support and development that means you'll benefit from working alongside highly experienced professionals and get insight on how organisations operate. You'll build your own professional disciplines and expertise; learning how to provide advice and assurance to Boards and Executive teams while also assessing and implementing risk, regulatory and reporting strategies across the 3 lines of defence.You'll benefit from a training programme created by our learning and development specialists. What you get out of it is the opportunity to build the skills and experience you need to grow your career as a risk specialist.

Within Financial Services Business Risk & Controls you will have the opportunity to experience different areas of our practice and all three industry sectors, Insurance, Banking and Asset Wealth Management, which will include being part of projects in resilience, change, internal audit, conduct regulation and prudential regulation. Working across our practice will provide you with a broad and agile skill set which is fundamental to the growth of our business.

If you progress onto the graduate programme, you'll also be studying towards your Chartered Accountancy qualification​ with the option to review whether you wish to continue your studies after the first year. This will be in addition to benefiting from a training programme created by our learning and development specialists.

What you'll need

You'll need to be on track to pass an undergraduate degree or above in any subject. We determine whether you're on course to pass based on the grades you achieved in your last completed year of academic study.

You'll need to be a first year undergraduate university student on a three-year degree course; or

You'll need to be a second year undergraduate university students on a four-year degree

During the Black Talent in Business programme, you will be assessed using a variety of methods to deem your eligibility to be offered a place on our Summer Internship programme 2025. By applying to the Black Talent in Business programme, you are confirming that you will be available to complete the Summer Internship programme in July 2025 should you receive a subsequent offer.

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Office locations

The office locations for this role are;

LondonBristolManchesterEdinburgh.

We'll ask for your office preference locations during the recruitment process. If you successfully complete the recruitment process we'll then let you know which office you will be based in during the three-day programme by the end of February. Please be aware that we may not be able to offer you your top office location.

When to apply

To join the Black Talent in Business First Year programme you'll have to complete and pass two stages of our selection process; the online test and video interview.

Applications for this role may close early should we receive a high volume of interest so we recommend prompt application to avoid disappointment.