Business Analyst - PwC Augment - PwC - Belfast

Job description

Who we are

PwC Augment is a new business launched by PwC, and specialises in providing multi-disciplinary resources to our global financial services client base, including investment banks, asset managers, hedge funds and other financial services institutions.

Augment supports these clients on major implementation projects, such as compliance & regulatory change, remediation & redress programmes, operational & finance transformations, technology implementations, restructuring & divestment initiatives, and acquisitions & mergers.

About the role

Business Analysts work on a wide range of challenging and important projects, assisting clients with the implementation of key strategic plans.

As projects are typically carried out on client sites, candidates must be flexible and prepared to work from international locations for the duration of client engagements.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a high growth team, with progression opportunities for high performers. All successful candidates will be provided with structured training and professional development, enabling them to meet the requirements of this responsive and fast-paced team.

The type of projects worked on and your specific responsibilities will vary depending on your experience and skillset, but may include:

Finance & Accounting

Financial analysis
Financial reporting - detailed and summary analysis (by transition, time period or categorisation)
Gathering/collation of financial information from both electronic and manual (documentary) sources
Financial calculations - using various software tools and packages
Inputting financial information onto spreadsheets/databases
Reconciliations

Legal & Compliance

Case and documentation review - analysing legal and other documents to identify key facts, anomalies, etc, for categorisation
Reporting - detailed and summary analysis (by transition, time period or categorisation)
Contract reviews - analysing if requirements are adequately defined and documented
Regulatory remediation and quality compliance testing
Complaint handling and Customer redress
Document collation, evidencing paper trail of transactions
Data input of key information into spreadsheets and or proprietary systems

Technology & Data

System upgrades, integration or decommissioning - manual support to parallel running, testing, remodelling, etc
Project Management
Manual data sourcing - searching and extracting data from multiple sources to include electronic and manual (documentary) sources
Reporting - detailed and summary analysis (by transition, time period or categorisation)
Manual data cleansing - prior to input and processing, or existing data which has been corrupted
Data input/processing - using various software tools and packages
Data analysis

Please note, offers of employment for these vacancies will be made on an as required basis, and will depend on the volume and quality of applicants, as well as business requirements.

Requirements

Applicants should ideally have the following:

Qualifications

Minimum 2:1 degree in a relevant subject (Business/Finance/Accountancy, Legal/Compliance or Technology-related degrees)
Candidates with 2:2 degrees, but who have relevant experience and/or qualifications, will be considered
Any other relevant professional qualifications would be advantageous

Experience

Candidates should ideally possess relevant work experience, preferably in a corporate environment

Attributes

Ability to apply a logical and analytical approach to work
Ability to manage time, prioritise tasks and work under tight deadlines
Excellent attention to detail and the ability to follow direction
Self-starter and motivated to succeed
Professionally sceptical mind-set
Proven ability to be a team player, while retaining ability to work independently with little supervision
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Aptitude for learning new systems and IT applications

Other

Flexible and be prepared to work from international client locations