PWC - Undergraduate Placement

PwC (officially PricewaterhouseCoopers) is a global professional services firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's second-largest professional services firm (after Deloitte) and one of the "Big Four" accountancy firms. It has offices in 757 cities across 154 countries and employs over 161,000 people. It had total revenues of $26.6 billion in 2010, of which $13 billion was generated by its Assurance practice, $7 billion by its Tax practice and $6 billion by its Advisory practice.The firm was formed in 1998 by a merger between Price Waterhouse and Coopers and Lybrand. The trading name was shortened to PwC in September 2010 as part of a major rebranding exercise. As of 2010 it was the seventh-largest privately-owned organisation in the United States.

Our purpose focuses on how we contribute to society, and how our business decisions can contribute to greater trust and solving important problems. In order to achieve our purpose and deliver a first-class service to our clients, we need first-class support internally. The people who power us - our internal teams - have a vital role to make sure we have all the right resources, services and technology to be the best we can be. Not all of us work directly with external clients.
Student Recruitment

Working within the Student Recruitment team you’ll provide excellent administrative and operational support to the team, with a particular focus on ensuring a positive experience for all candidates applying to the organisation.

In addition, you’ll be actively involved in specific parts of the selection process i.e. hosting and supporting our ‘Virtual Career Focus’ candidate assessment days, foster strong relationships with applicants through candidate connect calls, building a strong relationship with the Human Capital Customer Services Centre (HCCS) and supporting ad hoc projects to help deliver our Student Recruitment strategy.

Programme

These eleven-month placements are for students who need to complete a placement as part of their degree.

You’ll work alongside experienced professionals on live and interesting projects. So you’ll get a good insight into working life at PwC.

What you'll do

Ensure all candidates receive prompt feedback and appropriate guidance during the selection process.
Maintain various reports relating to recruits and joiners to the firm and produce analysis of such information when requested.
Plan and host our Virtual Career Focus days.
Provide support for our Schools and Campus strategy.
Organise logistics for student recruitment attraction events.
Support with the administration and onboarding of hires.
Attend a number of recruitment attraction events, with some evening and occasional weekends.
Process invoice payment requests appropriately.
Ownership of recruitment application pipelines.
What you'll gain

By experiencing life inside one of the world’s largest professional services organisations, you’ll have a fantastic opportunity to build and work on your commercial and personal skills. Working alongside specialists, you’ll work on projects to give you the best insight into what we’re about. You’ll have the opportunity to build networks with your colleagues and peer group - factors which will make a real difference when you return for your last year at university.

What you'll need

You'll need to have achieved or 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.
To be a second year undergraduate university student on a four-year degree expecting to do a work placement in your third year.