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Job description and summary
A career in our risk management practice will provide you with an opportunity to help companies rethink their approach to risk and create a sustainable risk advantage. We are part of the unique client proposition, as we help our clients develop appropriate internal controls by leveraging analytics and technology solutions to support effective governance implementation, improve risk and compliance policies and processes, and improve business performance.
Our team helps organizations rethink their approach to risk and compliance to drive strategy, capabilities, and performance. As part of the team, you will develop integrated risk strategies and frameworks across all landscapes to help our clients navigate new and evolving laws and regulations and complex industry-specific compliance requirements.
Job skills needed for this role include the following.
Corporate Governance:
Designing and developing corporate governance frameworks and designing governance operating models
Conducting governance gap assessments and maturity analysis
Familiarity with the main rules of corporate governance (local, regional and international).
Awareness of best practices across all major dimensions of corporate governance – eg board structure and operations, strategy and planning, risk management and compliance, transparency and disclosure, corporate governance policies (eg, codes of conduct, business ethics, RPTs, whistleblowers, etc.). )
Designing and developing charters for the board of directors and committees
Governance Gap Analysis and Maturity Assessments
Awareness of sub-governance and basic concepts
– Conducting governance audits
High level of awareness of relevant automation solutions (Board Governance, GRC solutions)
Operational/Organizational Governance:
Experience in designing business operating models, including organizational structuring
Design and develop delegation of authority across core functional areas such as Governance, Corporate Affairs, Human Resources, Finance, IT, Procurement, Law, Compliance, etc.
Develop organizational structure and understand organizational design models
Knowledge and understanding of performance management
Working knowledge of basic concepts around risk management and compliance (two essential components of a comprehensive governance experience).
Family Governance:
Experience working with family businesses in the Middle East
Understand the dynamics of family businesses including the range of challenges faced in ensuring a smooth transition from generation to generation
Knowledge and understanding of how the family constitution is developed, including the main topics that are usually covered
A high level of awareness of the legal aspects related to family constitutions and how the relevant provisions can be made enforceable.
Candidate profile
5 to 8 years of experience including 2+ years of experience in Big 4 Consulting or a recognized consulting firm
Extensive sector/industry experience We need people who are able to apply their job skills across a wide range of industry sectors. Industry professionals are not necessarily an advantage.
Ability to think and act independently, but at the same time work as a team, by ensuring that reports and line supervisors are communicated and kept informed.
Strong report writing and workshop/presentation skills – Equally strong in both areas but not one or the other.
Understanding of project management and economics
We need candidates with elegance, confidence and empathy. This is especially true for candidates who will be exposed to family governance as we deal with clients at the ownership level including presidents and board members of some of the largest and most reputable family businesses in the Middle East.
At PwC Middle East, we set an ambitious goal and strive to live it every day: solving important problems and building trust in the community.
We are a community of analysts who come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustainable results. We solve important problems, and support each other as we grow, develop and build satisfying careers.
PricewaterhouseCoopers provides industry-focused services to public and private clients across assurance, audit, transaction, advisory, tax and legal services. We rely on our development legacy that brings together the collective expertise of more than 7,000 people in our region with offices in 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.
We strive to deliver consistently innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustainable results. We are proud of the strength that comes from all of our different backgrounds and experiences and value the uniqueness of everyone. We thrive on uncertainty, operate with integrity and benefit from the diverse perspectives of our teams.
If you are looking for a place that nurtures your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagine ways of working to enable you to live a more balanced life, then you are the PwCer of the future.