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Cisco Systems Don't show me jobs from Cisco Systems

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It's an exciting time to work at Cisco. Every day we connect people to the network and make it come to life. Whether it's using e-learning to educate students far from city centers or downloading the entire Library of Congress in seconds, our networking technology has not only revolutionized the way people do things, but who they are. Cisco is seeking a number of System Engineer's to work across a number of sectors and industries. You will be required to provide guidance and assist account teams in building solutions to address specific customer needs. In this position, you will be working with technology experts to help them position the solution effectively against competing offerings. Related technical knowledge is essential and can be in any of the following areas: Core Routing & Switching/Borderless Networks, Data Centre, Collaboration or Security, and sales skills are important. The ideal candidate's will also: * Communicate across all functions within Cisco, as well as with clients and partners. This is a good opportunity for someone to work as a leader in the technology field with today's most innovative teams in a demanding and growing industry environment-enabling career advancement in technical or management roles. * Maintain area or operation responsibilities for selected major account opportunities. * Provide specific solution/technology/product consulting, technical and sales support for major account opportunities. * Understand business requirements for customer base and be able to translate them into technical requirements. * Understand and articulate Cisco's architectures and services. * Facilitate better communications and understanding of customer requirements between customers, corporate and the field. * Create, present and document technical solutions. * Perform in-depth and high-level technical presentations for customers, partners and prospects. * Drive identified major account opportunities (i.e. technical consulting, upper level management presentations, and Cisco technology solutions) while allowing local account team to maintain long-term ownership. * Provide consultative support and mentorship other less experienced Systems Engineers in assigned major account opportunities. * Actively participate as a specialist on assigned Virtual Team. Requirements: * Must have area of specialization. Proven related experience. * Cisco product experience and specific solution/ technology/ product positioning required or product experience in key competitor offerings. * Pre-Sales experience required. * BS/BA (EE/CS) or equivalent highly preferred * CCNP/CCDP certification preferred. * Ability to travel in order to meet client demands required. * Excellent written and verbal communication, listening, negotiation and presentation skills. pre sales system engineer sales engineer collaboration voice data centre nexus routing and switching security

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PWC Don't show me jobs from PWC

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£0 to £0 per month

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London Don't show me jobs in this location

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Who we are looking for The PwC Actuarial & Insurance Management Solutions (AIMS) practice comprises of over 200 partners and staff. With offices in London, Edinburgh, Manchester and Bristol, our consultants focus on life, non life, banking and non insurance, led by a twelve strong partner team headed by Charles Garnsworthy. This makes us the largest insurance practice within the large accounting firms. Our roles in London are based in our flagship More London Riverside office where we moved to in early 2011. The London team is the largest of the AIMS offices, with opportunities to work both across the UK and abroad in Europe or globally. AIMS is planning to expand significantly against a background of high client demand for actuarial services, driven in part by Solvency II where we are recognised as one of the leaders in the development of best practice in the UK. Our ambition is to grow to a sustainable 300 people by 2013/14. Our clients include a number of the leading UK insurers and European multinationals, such as Aegon, Axa, JP Morgan, Lloyds Banking Group, Liberty Syndicates and LMIE, Old Mutual, Phoenix, Prudential, RBS and more. AIMS strategy firmly looks beyond Solvency II implementation to establish sustainable growth and reinforce our market-leading position. We continue to invest in core areas of our life insurance work including financial reporting, corporate restructuring and mergers & acquisitions, financial modelling, enterprise risk management. A significant and increasing amount of our work is coming from Continental Europe. AIMS plays a leading role in the 800 strong actuarial community in PwC worldwide, We have a strong sense of culture developed over our 30 year history. We work in a friendly, positive and vibrant atmosphere, where people are encouraged to take responsibility at an early stage and proactively develop their career. We seek to develop accomplished consultants, not just technically strong actuaries. This means exposure to a wide range of project situations, often working with specialists from other disciplines within PwC such as Transaction Services, Regulatory, Risk Advisory, Corporate Finance, Business Recovery/Restructuring, Forensics, Tax, Accounting and Internal Audit. The individuals recruited would have a strong background either as a recognised strong life consultant or from successfully delivering significant actuarially related projects from within the life industry. In recognition of the need to invest in future growth of the practice, we are looking for individuals who not only have demonstrated relevant technical skills and experience, but who also have the potential with development support to lead on key client accounts and product areas, using strong relationship and people management skills. PwC offer an unparalleled development framework which not only ensures our consultants have strong technical experience, but also supports wider softer skills which are vital to success with our clients. We will ensure that the successful candidates will have a tailored development plan, which will enable progression to more senior levels within the practice in a relatively short timescale. About the role PwC is seeking Consultants from a life insurance background to join their UK Actuarial & Insurance Management Solutions (AIMS) practice. On a day-to-day basis the candidate will lead, manage and deliver a wide range of concurrent actuarial and multidisciplinary assignments, and act as the clients main point of day-today contact on assignments. The candidate will be actively involved in the development of new and existing client relationships and is expected to maintain a strong personal profile internally in PwC and externally in the market to seek out new business opportunities. We would expect the successful candidates to take an active role in the strategic management and running of the practice and lead on one our core product areas or be involved as lead actuarial account driver on one of our major UK life insurance clients. Requirements The successful candidate will: Have hold Degree Be a fully qualified Actuary Have spent most of their career to date in the life insurance market, either within a company or a consultancy Have a wider commercial awareness, including the understanding of wider business issues Have experience in financial reporting, corporate finance, market consistent techniques & financial modelling, ICAs, Solvency II or risk management are particularly relevant, reflecting the future growth of our practice. Personal Qualities: Have strong oral, listening and written communication skills. Have the potential to develop strong people management, client handling and development skills, including inter-personal sensitivity and influencing skills. Have demonstrated an aptitude to develop good client/internal client handling skills, including relationship-building skills that lead to increased consulting opportunities. Have strong project and financial management skills. The ability to deliver to budget and within timescales is an important skill. We are looking for people with a flexible attitude and the ability to multi-task effectively. Have strong technical, problem identification and analytical skills, most likely with at least one specialist area of experience. Be commercial, with the ability and experience of working within a broader insurance environment, and with vision as to developments at our clients and opportunities for consulting business. Be strongly committed to both personal and corporate success. Be self-motivated, in particular taking responsibility for personal development in technical and broader consulting skills. Our Competencies Our people need to demonstrate a defined set of core skills and behaviours. We refer to these as our global core competencies. They're integral to who we are as a firm and form the basis of our people appraisal process. We will also assess you against them within our recruitment process to benchmark your own skills and behaviours. We recommend you visit the below web page to find out more about our global core competencies and to consider how your own experiences will align against them. This will help you through the recruitment process with us.

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PWC Don't show me jobs from PWC

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London Don't show me jobs in this location

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Who we are looking for PwC is currently looking for experienced regulatory professionals to join its ever-growing Financial Services Consulting practice, specifically within the Managing Regulatory Change team, at the Consultant/Manager grade. The Managing Regulatory Change team provides solutions to PwC's clients by helping them anticipate, understand and manage the unprecedented level of regulatory change that is occurring, in the UK and globally. To join the team you must have the potential to work closely with client staff at all levels, working closely with them to help the client adapt to regulatory change by interpreting regulatory expectations in a commercial and strategic manner. This role will appeal to someone who is interested in being at the forefront of how the largest and most complex financial services institutions operate and adapt to change. The role will require certain key skills and requirements, which include, amongst others: Indicatively, the role will require certain key skills and requirements, which include, amongst others: Being passionate about client service. Being able to build and maintain relationships with senior stakeholders. Demonstrating flexibility and taking responsibility for getting things done. Being a team player that leads and contributes to team success. Taking personal responsibility for delivering quality work in compliance with PwC's policies, procedures and regulatory standards. The role will be based in London; however as a result of the wide variety of clients and projects, you may be required to work in all parts of the UK and continental Europe, sometimes at short notice and sometimes over lengthy periods of time. About the role PwC helps organisations around the world measure their financial performance and improve the way they work. Our clients range from public and private companies to governments and charities. And we're ambitious to grow both our traditional areas of strength and those we're fast expanding into so as to be the iconic financial services firm. If you're serious about a career in business, we don't believe anyone else could give you a better start. Regulatory Consulting is one of PwC's fastest growing areas and there are plans to treble its revenues over the next four years. Join us in this expansion and you will be delivering practical, far-sighted advice that gets straight to the heart of clients' business issues and delivers amazing results. The roles and opportunities are diverse and will continue to evolve as we help clients overcome the challenges they face in today's uncertain world. As a Consultant/Manager, you will be encouraged to continuously develop your career and grow within the team. By choosing PwC you will have a rewarding, challenging, stimulating career with an impressive list of clients. You will receive quality training that covers both technical and soft' skills and will work in an environment where you will be encouraged to be dynamic and imaginative with the emphasis always on serving clients' needs. Requirements The following skills are required for this role: Essential skills: Degree educated or equivalent. Excellent communication skills, specifically in negotiating with and influencing others. Excellent presentation skills. Excellent organisational skills. Experience in leading teams; respecting and valuing all people and encouraging different perspectives. Experience in building internal and external relationships and networks. The ability to stay abreast of regulatory developments driving the industry and key issues affecting regulated firms so as to anticipate and understand the impact of such developments on clients. The confidence and skill to interpret and discuss governance and regulatory principles with senior stakeholders. The ability to identify and address risk management issues. The ability to plan and deliver work against tight deadlines. The ability to manage budgeting, resourcing, billing and compliance considerations. Relevant experience: Experience in the financial services sector, within capital markets, retail & commercial banking, asset management, or insurance. A good grasp of the current issues faced by regulated firms. Experience with helping manage large, complex projects as part of a team. Experience of managing and developing team members. Desirable skills: Relevant professional qualifications are desirable but not essential. * Previous consulting experience desirable but not essential. Our Competencies At PwC all our staff are required to demonstrate certain core skills, which we refer to as our 'global core competencies'. These are assessed throughout the application process, and candidates should make themselves aware of these, and how their own experiences may demonstrate each competency. You can also find out more about our competencies by following the below link. http:// ... /uk/en/careers/experienced/applying-to-pwc.jhtml

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Fragomen LLP Don't show me jobs from Fragomen LLP

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Fragomen is the leading provider of corporate immigration services and solutions around the world. Founded in 1951 in the United States, Fragomen now has 35 offices in Europe, Asia Pacific and the Americas with over 1,500 professionals worldwide. A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Compliance Consultant to join the firm. You will work as part of the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Coordination team in our London office. Your responsibilities will include but are not limited to: * Case management of client instructions in assigned countries * Liaising with Co-Counsel and client parties * Creating pre-invoice notes and providing purchase orders to the vendor * Responding to pre-instruction enquiries and liaising with co-counsel * Drafting emails to client parties * Drafting and researching country processes and procedures * Reviewing expiry date reports and actioning renewals * Identifying and escalating matters to managers and/or CSMs attention * Maintenance of proprietary material in firm's KMS (Knowledge Management System) * Attending training courses in order to develop relevant technical knowledge, techniques and skills * Researching corporate clients' markets by industry/sector * Researching and benchmarking performance of external co-counsel To be shortlisted for the role candidates must: * Demonstrate expert proficiency in word processing, Internet and email systems * Be able to act under instruction with limited supervision * Be able to plan workload, meet deadlines and priorities * Keep abreast of current affairs * Maintain confidentiality Fluently of another language would be a significant advantage. To apply, please email your cover letter and CV by no later than Friday 1 June 2012. Direct Applicants Only No Agencies

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PWC Don't show me jobs from PWC

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£0 to £0 per month

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London Don't show me jobs in this location

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Full time

Who we are looking for The PwC Actuarial & Insurance Management Solutions (AIMS) practice comprises of over 200 partners and staff. With offices in London, Edinburgh, Manchester and Bristol, our consultants focus on life, non life, banking and non insurance, led by a twelve strong partner team headed by Charles Garnsworthy. This makes us the largest insurance practice within the large accounting firms. Our roles in London are based in our flagship More London Riverside office where we moved to in early 2011. The London team is the largest of the AIMS offices, with opportunities to work both across the UK and abroad in Europe or globally. AIMS is planning to expand significantly against a background of high client demand for actuarial services, driven in part by Solvency II where we are recognised as one of the leaders in the development of best practice in the UK. Our ambition is to grow to a sustainable 300 people by 2013/14. Our clients include a number of the leading UK insurers and European multinationals, such as Aegon, Axa, JP Morgan, Lloyds Banking Group, Liberty Syndicates and LMIE, Old Mutual, Phoenix, Prudential, RBS and more. AIMS strategy firmly looks beyond Solvency II implementation to establish sustainable growth and reinforce our market-leading position. We continue to invest in core areas of our life insurance work including financial reporting, corporate restructuring and mergers & acquisitions, financial modelling, enterprise risk management. A significant and increasing amount of our work is coming from Continental Europe. AIMS plays a leading role in the 800 strong actuarial community in PwC worldwide, We have a strong sense of culture developed over our 30 year history. We work in a friendly, positive and vibrant atmosphere, where people are encouraged to take responsibility at an early stage and proactively develop their career. We seek to develop accomplished consultants, not just technically strong actuaries. This means exposure to a wide range of project situations, often working with specialists from other disciplines within PwC such as Transaction Services, Regulatory, Risk Advisory, Corporate Finance, Business Recovery/Restructuring, Forensics, Tax, Accounting and Internal Audit. The individuals recruited would have a strong background either as a recognised strong life consultant or from successfully delivering significant actuarially related projects from within the life industry. In recognition of the need to invest in future growth of the practice, we are looking for individuals who not only have demonstrated relevant technical skills and experience, but who also have the potential with development support to lead on key client accounts and product areas, using strong relationship and people management skills. PwC offer an unparalleled development framework which not only ensures our consultants have strong technical experience, but also supports wider softer skills which are vital to success with our clients. We will ensure that the successful candidates will have a tailored development plan, which will enable progression to more senior levels within the practice in a relatively short timescale. About the role PwC is seeking Consultants from a life insurance background to join their UK Actuarial & Insurance Management Solutions (AIMS) practice. On a day-to-day basis the candidate will lead, manage and deliver a wide range of concurrent actuarial and multidisciplinary assignments, and act as the clients main point of day-today contact on assignments. The candidate will be actively involved in the development of new and existing client relationships and is expected to maintain a strong personal profile internally in PwC and externally in the market to seek out new business opportunities. We would expect the successful candidates to take an active role in the strategic management and running of the practice and lead on one our core product areas or be involved as lead actuarial account driver on one of our major UK life insurance clients. Requirements The successful candidate will: * Have hold Degree * Be a fully qualified Actuary * Have spent most of their career to date in the life insurance market, either within a company or a consultancy * Have a wider commercial awareness, including the understanding of wider business issues * Have experience in financial reporting, corporate finance, market consistent techniques & financial modelling, ICAs, Solvency II or risk management are particularly relevant, reflecting the future growth of our practice. Personal Qualities: * Have strong oral, listening and written communication skills. * Have the potential to develop strong people management, client handling and development skills, including inter-personal sensitivity and influencing skills. * Have demonstrated an aptitude to develop good client/internal client handling skills, including relationship-building skills that lead to increased consulting opportunities. * Have strong project and financial management skills. The ability to deliver to budget and within timescales is an important skill. We are looking for people with a flexible attitude and the ability to multi-task effectively. Have strong technical, problem identification and analytical skills, most likely with at least one specialist area of experience. * Be commercial, with the ability and experience of working within a broader insurance environment, and with vision as to developments at our clients and opportunities for consulting business. * Be strongly committed to both personal and corporate success. * Be self-motivated, in particular taking responsibility for personal development in technical and broader consulting skills. Our Competencies Our people need to demonstrate a defined set of core skills and behaviours. We refer to these as our global core competencies. They're integral to who we are as a firm and form the basis of our people appraisal process. We will also assess you against them within our recruitment process to benchmark your own skills and behaviours. We recommend you visit the below web page to find out more about our global core competencies and to consider how your own experiences will align against them. This will help you through the recruitment process with us. http:// ... /uk/en/careers/experienced/applying-to-pwc.jhtml

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Cisco Systems Don't show me jobs from Cisco Systems

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Sales and Service Finance Controller - African Continent JOB DESCRIPTION: SSF Controller for African Continent providing finance and business support and advice to African sales organisation. Act as a Trusted Advisor to the Africa Management Team and provide quality financial and business recommendations. Ensures that Fiduciary Control is maintained within the country. Key Responsibilities: - Financial lead for Africa reporting into Emerging Theater SSF Director - Drive profitable growth across the business through financial and business analysis to measure progress and trends and so enable optimal management of the business - Provide critical input and advice into the building of the short and long term Strategy for the region - Ensure effective Governance and Compliance across the region - Leverage off and collaborate with with other functions within the region and theater. - Drive critical operational processes eg forecasting cycles/operational reviews - Lead and/or play a key role in key SSF initiatives on behalf of EMEAR and Emerging SSF functions Detailed Responsibilities include: Cross Functional Act as catalyst between sales teams and multiple support functions to address business needs including: * Non Standard Deals, Commissions, Customer Services, Sales Business processes, Credit and Collection, Legal, Corporate Revenue, FP&A, Accounting, Cisco Capital. Planning & Strategy * Help African management teams build the Three year and the Annual Business Plan. * Budgeting, Goaling simulations and Systems Readiness. * Operations Review Process Support. * Sales Hierarchy and Organization Structure Management. Forecasting * Support Sales Management in managing the short and long range forecasting process and driving forecast accuracy * Work to push teams to grow and correctly manage pipeline of opportunities Operational Excellence * Provide visibility and guidance to management around the key metrics which define Operational excellence in the business eg. discounts, margin, expenses, productivity, technologies, linearity, forecast accuracy, opportunity yield etc. * Drive monthly finance package review with Sales Directors * Help drive improvement in current operational processes. * Ensure the integrity of the numbers in the various systems. Expense and Headcount Management: * Budgeting and analysis of expenses and headcount, providing the necessary information for management to be able to exercise expense control and invest in critical areas. * Manage expense close for your teams, identifying reserve requirements, addressing them with Accounting Department and reporting back to management. Deal Management * With the support of the Commercial Finance Team, participate in the deal structuring process, review contractual terms & conditions and provide Finance/Business guidance. Part of deal approval chain * Monitor revenue recognition requirements, working with Corporate Revenue and leveraging Rev Rec tools. * Educate sales teams around disciplines required to ensure deal support tool reflects deal characteristics Asset Management: * Measure and drive discipline and guidance around Backlog Management, Quality of Bookings and Credit/Collections. * Monitor the necessary Revenue Reserves to ensure that Cisco Rev Rec guidelines are not compromised. * Prepare Revenue Assurance in line with company SOX compliance. Fiduciary Control * Strong Fiduciary Control in compliance with SOX and Cisco's policies and procedures * Educating, review, presentation of Compliance Policies with sales teams * Support internal audits, reviews, and compliance checklist * Raising concerns, issues and documenting properly EMEAR Initiatives * Participate and, where possible, lead in Regional (EMEAR) and Emerging Market initiatives SKILLS REQUIRED: * Applies expert knowledge and understanding across all related functional disciplines * Makes proposals to senior management regarding financial implications of proposed tactical plans and suggests contingency plans/trade-offs for mitigating risks; * Initiates and leads financial strategy discussions * Applies knowledge of Cisco's business strategies to proactively anticipate business needs based on industry trends * Provides strategic leadership within one's functional area * Participates with other senior managers to establish corporate strategic plans and objectives * Makes final decisions on administrative or operational matters and ensures the operations' effective achievement of objectives * Handles controversial situations, customer/client negotiations or influences and persuades senior management * Responsible for strategic decisions that will affect the success of Cisco's overall business operations; * Serves as a consultative business partner to client groups on broad or complex business issues, integrating technical expertise/experience, client's business objectives and marketplace factors * Able to be contributor in developing complex company policies which not only affect immediate operations, but other functional areas, and potentially affect company-wide operations * High energy proactive team player with ability to both leverage off other functions and drive towards wider Cisco objectives * Structured in approach with ability to plan work and prioritise effectively * Strong business partnering skills, with ability to effectively challenge and influence senior Sales and Finance management * Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, attention to detail * Good communicator, able to discuss issues with teams and management with clarity and diplomacy - able to present to sales teams where necessary * Strong sense of autonomy and creativity with strong customer service skills. finance controller sales finance controlling

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PWC Don't show me jobs from PWC

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Who we are looking for The Financial Services Risk group within Consulting at PwC advises leading financial services organisations on a wide variety of risk and capital management issues. These range from regulatory requirements such as Basel III and Solvency II, to operational assignments such as defining and setting risk appetite and embedding risk management through the organisation. We have a number of roles available in our rapidly growing practice. We are seeking individuals at consultant grade, based in London and on client sites, focussing on valuation and risk analytics (VRA). The valuation and risk analytics team focuses on the following client propositions: Valuing financial instruments for clients Performing model validation for valuation models across different asset classes Developing tools and models that can be used for independent price verification teams Reviewing and validating VaR methodologies Reviewing and validating counterparty risk exposure methodologies and associated fair value adjustments (CVA / DVA) Developing stress testing methodologies including aggregation for market risk Defining hedging strategies using derivative instruments and demonstrating their effectiveness to manage risk The role we are seeking to recruit for is to work alongside a Senior Consultant and the VRA team to develop capabilities across the above propositions by developing methodologies, tools and models to improve clients' current practices. About the role We provide a full suite of risk and capital management services covering the full range of risk disciplines, assisting our clients in: Risk management frameworks and operations: Designing the framework within which risk is managed in the business, and building the infrastructure to support the delivery of risk management in the business Risk regulation: Understanding and responding to risk-related regulatory developments Risk quantification, valuation, and modelling: Leveraging quantitative tools and techniques to support business decisions Risk technology: Design and implementation of technology to support the timely and effective management of risk Specialist risk disciplines: Design and implementation of tools, methodologies, and processes relating to credit risk, market risk, operational risk, liquidity risk, and insurance risk, as well as capital management This role is focussed on risk quantification & modelling, although wider experience in risk management will prove advantageous. At consultant grade, the role consists of delivering projects for the client as part of a team, and may include leading small teams. Successful candidates will also be able to demonstrate that they can manage multiple tasks and projects. The candidates would also need to have the capacity to take on greater responsibilities as they develop within the firm. They should be of an inquisitive mindset and interested in constantly updating and developing their professional and technical skills. Additional information Opportunity for working from home? No, except on occasion Amount of time client based EUR" approximately 75% Opportunity for job sharing? No Need to travel/overnight stays away from home EUR" Yes, as required by the engagement Opportunity for flexible working (hours)? Yes, within reason Amount of time PwC office based EUR" approximately 25% Requirements The candidate is likely to have a post graduate degree (MSc or PhD) in a mathematical, engineering, science or business discipline. Accountancy/finance qualification desirable. A track record in risk quantification & modelling, with experience in one or more of the following areas: * Products within Equities, Rates and FX, Commodities or Credit; * Numerical techniques such lattice construction, Monte-Carlo simulation, Finite Differences or optimisation; or * Risk management, such as trading limit frameworks, VaR, counterparty exposure or portfolio management. Experience in the financial services sector, within capital markets, retails & commercial banking, or insurance. Previous consulting experience desirable but not essential A basic understanding of the role of risk management in helping an organisation achieve its business goals. Effective communication and presentation skills. Good interpersonal skills to support working with colleagues and clients. Our Competencies Our people need to demonstrate a defined set of core skills and behaviours. We refer to these as our global core competencies. They're integral to who we are as a firm and form the basis of our people appraisal process. We will also assess you against them within our recruitment process to benchmark your own skills and behaviours. We recommend you visit the below web page to find out more about our global core competencies and to consider how your own experiences will align against them. This will help you through the recruitment process with us. http:// ... /uk/en/careers/experienced/applying-to-pwc.jhtml