During my experience in auditing, I have learnt a lot about teamwork, leadership, responsibilities and meeting set deadlines. I am self-motivated and analytical and I have excellent communication skills and capacity to work with multidisciplinary teams. I am able to assume multiple tasks and to take responsibility of the issues with a minimum of supervision. I show ability to work in a target driven environment, under tight deadlines and on my own initiative. I have developed leadership and coaching skills and a strong capacity of effort and overcoming. I demonstrate commitment and professional behaviour.
As of today, I have acquired a general overview of the day-to-day operations of companies of different industries (Services, production and tertiary sector) as I have been in charge of developing the audit strategy for all of them.
Cash and short term deposits; Fixed assets and Intangible assets; Investments; Prepayments and deferred charges; Inventories; Trade receivables; Trade payables; Debts due within one year or within more than one year; Equity; Taxes; Provisions; Income (interest and dividend income) and Expenses (interest expense, Dividend expense on securities sold, Management fees, Administration fees, Audit fees, Professional fees, Performance fees and Directors’ fees).
A favorhard worker, discipline, multitask, good analitical skils, optimize.
En contrastress, deadlines, few time for your personal life.
Preparación de propuestas de auditoría, revisión del trabajo de mis equipos, reuniones con clientes para discutir ajustes de auditoría, reunión con el socio de auditoría para discutir el borrador de opinión, la revisión de las Cuentas Anuales y la Carta de Control Interno.
Aprendí desde un punto de vista técnico: normas técnicas de auditoría, IFRS, Nuevo Plan General Contable, revisión del control interno de las empresas,etc. Desde un punto de vista de habilidades directivas: gestionar equipos, trabajar bajo presión, negociación de honorarios con clientes, etc.
La gerencia tenía clara la estrategia para alcanzar los objetivos fijados. se trata de una gerencia muy preparada y con mucha experiencia.
Mis colegas eran verdaderos compañeros y nos ayudábamos mutuamente.
La parte más difícil la presión de los clientes para bajar los honorarios y adelantar los deadlines de reporting, así como determinadas operaciones y estados financieros consolidados complejos.
Lo que más me gustó fue el alto nivel de formación, el programa de promoociones, el ambiente de gente joven, universitaria y de diferentes paises, etc.
A favorremuneración, seguro médico, bonus
En contraExceso de trabajo y de presión en los meses de enero a abril de cada año.
Es una entidad y un puesto que aunque con muchísima exigencia de tiempo y calidad del trabajo a desempeñar por el gran valor añadido que se busca otorgar al cliente con el servicio, siempre es positivo debido al buen compañerismo, alto aprendizaje existente cada día, posibilidad de superar retos y por la capacidad de auto-gestión que te otorgan.
He aprendido a llevar la responsabilidad de otorgar un servicio como es la auditoría siempre pensando en el cliente, he aprendido a autogestionarme y a orientar mi trabajo a resultados y calidad, he aprendido muchísimo sobre la contabilidad, control y solvencia financiera para entidades bancarias y aseguradoras, he iniciado mis conocimientos en Solvencia II y sobre procedimientos de supervisión y revisión del control interno.
A favorSeguro médico, retribución salarial al alza, alto aprendizaje, buen compañerismo y ambiente de trabajo
De primeras piensas que vas a recibir un buen sueldo, cuando calculas lo que ganas por hora, te das cuenta que es de risa.
Luego, como tengas que ir al medico en varias ocaciones o tengas que ausentarte de tu puesto laboral x horas por diferentes motivos, te daran a entender que te hacen un favor diciendote que si.
El trato al empleado es minimo. Es una empresa que te va robando la vida poco a poco, aunque si es verdad que en general el ambiente es bueno, mas les vale, ya que sueles pasar ahi mas de la mitad de tu día.
Se aprende, pero no tanto como se dice, para aprender de verdad tienes que estar minimo 4 años, ya que las tareas de los asistentes son muy mecanicas. Te obligan a realizar cursos que no sirven para nada, y que solo te roban tiempo.
Sin duda, de las empresas que conozco es la peor de mi vida, no la recomendaria ni de broma.
Working in audit gives you the opportunity to deal with many different people as you change of teams and clients. I have had a really good experience with all the people a have worked.
As my first job after i graduated it was perfect to learn and enforce all the knowledges adquired on my degree in accounting.
Sometimes it has been hard to deal with people of our clients because part of an auditor job is to ask for a lot of information.
Working in audit requires involvement and responsability as there is a lot of worksheet to do in order to assure integrity and accuracy of Financial Statements.
Team work is essential for achieving goals in audit and the aim of learning from your co-workers is one of the most valuable things you take from this job.
Lo que puedo decir acerca de PwC es una empresa muy seria y responsable con sus clientes externos como internos muy buena experiencia mis años vividos ahí fueron muy buenos, son una gran familia cuentan con alto nivel de capacitaciones y uno tiene la posibilidad de acceder a dirigirse a todas las personas que trabajan ahí tienen grandes equipos de trabajo y de alta calidad. El trabajo bajo presión me ayudó a ser mas analitica y ha aprender a solucionar temas de manera eficiente y con mayor rapidez la parte más difícil en PwC es que no hay opciones para hacer carrera y fueron muchos años haciendo lo mismo y sin avanzar por esto emprendí a nuevos horizontes.
A favorPocas posibilidades de avanzar
En contraEscasas posibilidades de promoverse a otros cargos, Poco apoyo para ascender en otras áreas
Poco crecimiento a partir de categorias intermedias.
Es una bigfour como en las que he trabajado. Sin embargo por la crisis actual, no habian muchos proyectos en mi area, por lo que me dedique a realizar propuestas en otras. Gane dos poryectos importantes, sin embargo, la estructura en una consultoria debe ser piramiday, y esta era todo lo inverso, muchos cargos de gestión y menos personal de campo, lo cual hace casi imposible la promoción interna.
Por falta de presupuesto y no cumplir los objetivos, se ha visto necesaria la reducción de personal. De mi departamentos salimos 5 supervisores (todos de categoria intermedia de mando)
A favorAprendes mucho en cuanto a metodologias y proyectos diversos
En contraCrecimiento interno casi imposible a partir de cargos intermedios
Top Four de Auditoría. Mucho trabajo, competitividad y compañerismo.
Agradezco mucho la oportunidad que me brindó Price Waterhouse and Coopers cuando me contrató para el mencionado proyecto. Aunque mi especialidad nunca ha sido la banca, realicé un buen trabajo (así me lo hicieron saber mis jefes), hice buenas amistades con mis compañeros y aprendí sobre el funcionamiento de Banco Santander, así como de procedimientos utilizados por PwC.
Me comentaron en repetidas ocasiones que tenía muchas posibilidades de lograr un contrato indefinido. Lamentablemente, nunca se produjo.
Hay un ambiente pésimo en el trabajo,por lo menos en el departamento de deals, este viene motivado por los jefes.
No se reconoce tu trabajo en ningún momento, ni esfuerzo, fomentan la competitividad y trabajan bajo la política de la presión y el miedo.
Te amenazan cuando cometes algún error indicándote que serás despedido.
El salario es lineal durante tu estancia (a excepción de dos o tres personas que ascienden al año como coordinadores dándole más responsabilidad, pero pagando una auténtica miseria)
Mi experiencia en PwC-SDC Málaga ha sido muy mala y no se la recomiendo a nadie.
Valoración muy positiva, crecimiento a nivel profesional y de conocimientos a pasos de gigante. Auditor de segundo año especializado en auditoría del sector bancario, más concretamente gestoras de fondos, sociedades de valores, SICAVs, Hedge Funds etc. Trabajando bajo normativa PGC2007, así como Circular 4 BdE y CNMV. Revisión de CCAA, auditoría, servicios adicionales de proyecciones, análisis de riesgo crediticio, consultoría. Participación en el proyecto de valoración del riesgo de la cartera crediticia de la banca española en verano 2012
I am a Persoanl Assistant to a Partner, 2 Directors 3 Senior Managers, HR Manager and assist HR and Tax Team
I really enjoy my role at PwC as it is varied due to the fact I look after Partners/directors from different lines of service this incorporates me being involved in many aspects of the business, from designing client proposals to assisting with the HR processes such as Pay review,staff moderation and onboarding procedures of new staff. I am a coach to the other secretaries bringing then up to speed with word, formatting and branding documents and I feel a very valued member of staff. I enjoy working as a team to get things completed accurately and on a timely basis.
My day to day role varies considerable I am at present the P.A. to the People Partner, The Assurance Director, The Tax Director and three additional senior managers and the HR Manager including administrative and secretarial duties for the HR team and the Tax team.
This includes providing proactive diary management, with complete control of the Partner/Directors and the three managers diaries on a day to day basis, organising travel and hotels both domestic and international, including detailed itineraries when appropriate. I arrange meetings and conference calls including inviting attendees, booking rooms and catering as necessary. I enter their timesheets and expenses on a weekly basis, producing WIP reports for the Tax team on request, I assist with producing client bills and cover letters to send out to the client, and I produce the Tax Letter of Engagements. I also assist with with client powerpoin
A favorThe people I work with is a plus as they are a great team and its always a joy to come to work.
En contraThe benefit package is not great only Managers and above get bonuses and no health cover
It seems that whoever is in charge of procuring clients for PwC's market research division is unable to do so effectively. For this reason, you can be sent home with no notice at any time despite doing a good job. A recent project finished in December and workers were told to be available for a new one in Mid-January, this new project has now been pushed back with no new start date and January is looking very unlikely. Communication is terrible. Often workers will have to email or call several times and still not receive a straight answer regarding their shifts or status with PwC. Workers are breadcrumbed by management, told that something will be starting 'soon' so that they will stay with PwC. Workers are not valued because we are temps and it's perceived that there will always be temp workers available, so loyalty is not rewarded. Similarly, productivity is not rewarded. When workers do a good job on a project, delivering it within budget and ahead of time, their reward is to be sent home. Meaning that by working effectively, you are essentially putting yourself out of work! Some workplaces offer their staff bonuses for good performance, or perhaps some free pizza or just a well done, but not PwC. Unlike other departments at PwC, this role is minimum wage and when there is no project on workers are not paid. It's not clear why this department of PwC is managed so differently from others. Management does not take constructive feedback well, often taking it personally and ov
Cons:
- The service delivery sector is NOT the same as mainstream PwC
- The work you perform is virtually all admin, IT, or assurance/audit (basically all the work the other offices don't want)
- Management/Coordinators are hired almost solely based on a combination of how long they've been in their role and how favorited they were the person who came before them which is very evident based on how little they actually know about management and their arms length approach. Sr. Management seemingly haas no involvement with the general operations of the firm and just approve hiring/operations expenses while leaving the middle management to effectively operate.
- Pay is relatively minuscule (you start at 30k and would only ever make like 60k max after being there for 10+ years), the company admits that they compensate based solely on how the other big 3 firms market rates NATIONALLY and not based on role responsibilities or geographical/cost of living factors.
- Work life balance is non existent, they will tell you you'll only work overtime a couple of times a year yet people work overtime multiple times every week and aren't really compensated for it. The people I worked with and the management would never communicate when you needed to work more either, you were just expected to know and take on everyone else's work until you met your performance goal. If you didn't stay voluntarily you were shamed for it.
- I was hired remotely and the training was non existent and not really
A favorvacation, benefits, name/reputation
En contrano work life balance, low compensation rate, unqualified management
Main responsibilities including, but not limited to:
1) Performing audits of financial statements and conducting financial reporting
2) Meeting with companies’ management and chief accountants to corroborate evidence regarding financials, internal controls and significant business cycles
3) Sharing knowledge among colleagues and ensuring team is up-to-date with latest developments in the fieldwork
3) Managing audits for several clients and delegating responsibility to junior staff members.
Every day brought new challenge as I used to work on several audit engagements simultaneously. Typical working day required me to go to clients' premises and meet accounting representatives and those charged with governance in order to conduct various audit procedures. As a part of audit procedures, I asked probing questions regarding financial accounting and internal processes within the audited companies.
Work experience in auditing allowed me to acquire immense accounting/auditing skills, which are of paramount importance for my further career in diverse finance industry. Career in PwC was a great opportunity for me to engage and collaborate with so many different people from different lines of service. In addition, the work experience strengthened my teamwork, communication and influencing skills that are of significant importance in financial sector. “Putting myself in clients’ shoes”, was one of utmost valued behaviours within the firm that helped me to build strong relat
En typisk arbetsdag under högsäsong så kommer jag till jobbet runt 8, kollar mina mejl och sätter mig i en taxi och åker ut till den kund som vi ska arbeta med under dagen tillsammans med mitt team. Vi kommer ut till kund och har ett par planerade möten under dagen och resterande tid så reviderar vi färdiga bokslut där olika delar är fördelade efter tidsåtgång och erfarenhet inom teamen. Andra pågående uppdrag vilar inte utan man bollar ofta flera projekt samtidigt, både externt och internt under dagen. Strax innan 17 så åker vi tillbaka till kontoret. Läser mejl igen, löser det som går att göra via mejl eller bokar upp nya möten med klienter samt arbetar ikapp det som inte hunnits med under dagen.
Jag har lärt mig otroligt mycket och som revisor så slutar man aldrig lära sig. Projektledning är något som man snabbt kommer in i och på PwC så har man högt till tak, öppna dörrar och en teamanda som jag inte haft på någon annan arbetsplats tidigare. Allt är upp till dig.. Vill du och kan du jobba mycket så får du det, behöver du gå tidigt så är det också ok i de flesta situationer så länge som du tar ansvar för ditt arbete.
Säsongen som revisor är väldigt varierande, på PwC har du komp timme för timme vilket inte alla revisionsfirmor har. Detta har lett till att jag jobbat 40-80 timmar/v under högsäsong och sen tagit ut 8-10 veckor ledigt under ett år.
Intresset från rekryterare är stort och att ta nästa steg mot controlling redan efter några år är inte ovanligt. Är d
A favorFlera bra förmåner inom allt från träning till städhjälp. 35h arbetsvecka på sommaren, kompledigt för övertid utan gräns (eller pengar)
En contraDåligt med resande, dragit in på massage (dock går detta under sjukförsäkringen)
I worked for PwC for more than a decade, so there were enough positives to keep me there, however, there is one significant flaw in the firm that can affect anyone at any time. Promotions to management grades tend to be made on the strength of length of tenure, technical knowledge and/ or networking, and not on management skills. Consequently there are often issues with decisions made by people who are not skilled in managing people and teams. You can be lucky to get a manager who has the skills or you may be unlucky. The most obvious sign that all is not well is PwC's decision to split the roles of Line Manager and People Manager, a role that is normally done by one job holder in companies where management skills are much stronger. Because this has been a long term issue, many of the most senior people are under-skilled and perpetuate the situation by hiring and promoting more people with poor management skills. The consequences are many and varied examples being- people competing instead of working as a team, being defensive and indecisive and decision-making lacking objectivity and adequate preliminary information gathering. This causes significant additional costs to the firm.
The practical implementation and maintenance of the firm's stated culture, that is in theory very good but in practice suffers from the same issues. When tested, senior people rather than juniors tend to fall short of standards.
Having said that, if you are lucky to get a good line manager,
A favorHigh profile clients, client facing work, the name PwC, the firm's reputation.
En contraPoor management; Ponderous costly internal firms services, Competitive culture, poor out of date systems.
Easily the worst collections department I have ever worked in
I worked at the Southampton Office in the collections team, taken on a ‘Temp-Perm’ contract. Friends in the sector had warned me about the collections department at PWC and said how ruthless it is - but I thought it couldn’t be that bad. The week I started I was given ‘training’ by a permanent member of staff who did very little other than look on Facebook all day. Temporary or temp - perm members of staff was treated terribly. I had to take my laptop home to work on the collections I hadent managed to get through in the day but despite being with an agency - PwC expected you to do the extra time for free! I raised a concern about invoices not being received by alot of clients but was shot down by one of the team leaders and the collections manager and told it was my fault for not asking the client why the invoice hadent be received! There was a ‘Cull’ of temp staff monthly where out of the blue on a Friday afternoon they were taken out of the office one by one and told not to come back on Monday.. They deceived temp - perm staff into thinking there was a job vacancy after you finished your temp contract when in fact they get rid of you before you have any rights as an employee. At one point a gentleman took a day off holiday and was called and told not to come back - they wouldnt give him a reason why so he came to the office and sat in reception and said he wouldnt move until someone explained to him what their reasons for getting rid of him were - but the collectio
A favorBlue chip company on your CV
En contraBad management, bad ethics, bullying and bad pay
Great teams to work with, comfortable workplace, but with heavy workload
Risk Assurance-BI Developer
A typical day at work:
Most of the time--Arrive at client's office at their time of starting a day's work (and unfortunately, some clients' companies are far....). Communicate with clients in the morning or afternoon, and implement the BI application according to the discussed requirements. Go to the client's canteen or cafe nearby for food. Report to senior manager at the end of the day. End work and go back home when the client is about to shut their office's door.
Sometimes--Arrive at PwC's office at 10 a.m. Look for a seat maybe if new employees come and occupy the tables. Design and make demos and documents for the next bid, or implement tools for internal use. Report to the senior manager at the end of the day. A lot of the times, literally, about 10 p.m or 11 p.m....Because the workload is heavy and they have strict limitations about how many employees they can hire.
What to learned? To deal with priorities under heavy workload, and to communicate with all kinds of clients.
Management? I think it depends. I was luck to be in teams with an easy-going senior manager. And he always stays with the team if they need to work overtime, which actually happens a lot....But I've also seen other managers with a big temper that loves to shout at their associates all the time.
The company has a full set of internal IT systems for all kinds of activities related to communications and management.
Workplace culture: Generally about doing ou
A favorFree food and taxi for some overtime. Free fruit every Wednesday.
There is a lot about the firm that is great. It is a great culture that values collaboration (below the partner level), that truly values diversity of its employees, and that is very collegial. The Advisory business has grown significantly over the past 5 years since reconstituting a consulting arm with the acquisition of BearingPoint, followed by other large acquisitions of PRTM, Diamond and most recently Booz & Company (Strategy& - which is, actually, a dumb name for a company that garners eye rolls and open chuckling among the staff). The firm has also made smaller tuck in acquisitions as well to fill in small, but important strategic capabilities such as Ants Eye View (for social marketing, social media strategy, and social listening), and BGT (for digital marketing agency work). It is a place where you can build a great career if you can deliver great work, excel at networking across the firm, and can build partner support. Exceptional employees are the "average" here, so if you aren't knocking it out of the park all the time then you can expect to only be rated in the middle of the pack, and receive nominal raises and performance bonuses. It has a strong brand in the market. The firm's latest brand health index rated it at the top of the other "big 4" firms (Deloitte, KPMG, and EY) as well as other non-audit/tax firms like Accenture. The Strategy& acquisition added significant strategy consulting capability to position PwC to compete with the likes of BCG, Bain & McKenz
I highly stressful work environment with limited oversight and a lot of responsibilities towards the succes of the bussiness.
A typical day would include the following:
Reviewing junior staffs' work files, coaching junior and other senior staff, budgeting projects, managing client resources and arranging audit projects. Performing timesheet reviews, approving budgets and expenses and managing staff bookings. Communicating deadlines with clients and report to the Directors of the company (as I report directly to the Director) on a daily basis. Review accounting records and auditt files and compiling audit files and financial statements to report to management and following up on exceptions and crisis management.
I believe I contributed to management by showing the importance of appreciating staff and being involved in the development and coaching of junior staff.
My co-workers are very experienced and is fun to work with. In the profession it is difficult to afford time for social events and social discussions, as we all have to work 90% + productive and we all have extremely high productive work days to finish our duties.
The hardest part of the job is time management, always working late and not being able to obtain leave as client commitments are to important.
The most enjoyable part for me is the part where you develop younger article clerks, coaching and developing them to growth into qualified CA's. The interaction with clients and the fun of sharing your technical knowledge with other, e.g clients, staff, directors and other charged with governance.
The company I work for is e
A favorExposure to various industries, Excellent technical support structure available, Excellent client profile exposure
En contraLong work Hours, Difficult to plan & obtain leave, Overbooked Schedules, Poor Reward System vs Responsibilty
Preguntas y respuestas sobre PwC
¿Cuántas horas al dia trabajas de media en PwC?
Formulada el 15 dic. 2017
PwC es una empresa que no concilia vida laboral con personal/familiar. Para los jóvenes pueden invertir tiempo , pero cuando pasas de los 30 o 35 años que estás buscando más equilibrio, no lo recomendaría. Hay divisiones que trabajan hasta altas horas de la noche.
Respondida el 27 sept. 2019
10h excepto Julio y Agosto que saliamos a las 15:00
Respondida el 15 abr. 2019
¿Cómo es el ambiente laboral y la cultura en PwC?
Formulada el 13 dic. 2018
Correcto y distendido en la mayor parte del tiempo.
Respondida el 15 abr. 2019
Excelente se siente la armonía en el trabajo y la calidad humana entre los compañeros de trabajo .
Respondida el 13 dic. 2018
¿Qué política tiene PwC sobre trabajar en remoto?
Formulada el 15 oct. 2018
No es muy flexible, 1 dia al mes si te dejan
Respondida el 6 feb. 2020
Todo lo hacen sobre remoto por politica interna
Respondida el 15 oct. 2018
¿Cómo describirías el ritmo de trabajo en PwC?
Formulada el 25 sept. 2018
Ritmo de trabajo fuerte, pero satisfactorio al lograr los objetivos planteados.
Respondida el 31 oct. 2018
Muy exigente
Respondida el 25 sept. 2018
¿Ofrece PwC oportunidades para crecer profesionalmente?
