Job Description & Summary

At PwC, our people in risk and compliance focus on maintaining regulatory compliance and managing risks for clients, providing advice, and solutions. They help organisations navigate complex regulatory landscapes and enhance their internal controls to mitigate risks effectively. Those in independence, ethics and business conduct at PwC facilitates adherence to ethical standards and promote a culture of integrity within the organisation. Working in this area, you will be responsible for developing and implementing policies and procedures to facilitate compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

Focused on relationships, you are building meaningful client connections, and learning how to manage and inspire others. Navigating increasingly complex situations, you are growing your personal brand, deepening technical expertise and awareness of your strengths. You are expected to anticipate the needs of your teams and clients, and to deliver quality. Embracing increased ambiguity, you are comfortable when the path forward isn’t clear, you ask questions, and you use these moments as opportunities to grow.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

• Respond effectively to the diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others.
• Use a broad range of tools, methodologies and techniques to generate new ideas and solve problems.
• Use critical thinking to break down complex concepts.
• Understand the broader objectives of your project or role and how your work fits into the overall strategy.
• Develop a deeper understanding of the business context and how it is changing.
• Use reflection to develop self awareness, enhance strengths and address development areas.
• Interpret data to inform insights and recommendations.
• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

The Opportunity

When you join PwC Acceleration Centers (ACs), you step into a pivotal role focused on actively supporting various Acceleration Center services, from Advisory to Assurance, Tax and Business Services. In our innovative hubs, you’ll engage in challenging projects and provide distinctive services to support client engagements through enhanced quality and innovation. You’ll also participate in dynamic and digitally enabled training that is designed to grow your technical and professional skills.

A career in Ethics & Compliance (E&C) will allow you to be part of an experienced team that protects PwC’s reputation by applying and upholding the firm’s independence policy to prevent and correct non-compliance violations that affect PwC partners and staff. Our E&C team is responsible for oversight of all compliance activities by our PwC professionals. As part of the team, you’ll help promote and monitor compliance with applicable external and internal policies, laws and regulations and subsequently, manage PwC’s regulatory, litigation and reputational risk.

Our team helps PwC develop and design effective initiatives that help us proactively manage our E&C programs. You’ll assist through all stages of the E&C life cycle including compliance program assessments, development and transformation, risk assessment, and industry regulatory compliance.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional, our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution.

Skills and responsibilities required for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Using feedback and reflection to develop self-awareness, personal strengths, and address development areas;
• Delegating to others to provide stretch assignments, coaching them to deliver results;
• Reviewing your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance;
• Knowing how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice;
• Seeking and embracing opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments, and perspectives;
• Using straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others;
• Being able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships;
• Managing expectations of stakeholders effectively;
• Employing analytical and technical skills, as well as intellectual curiosity;
• Communicating clearly and professionally in English, both orally and in writing;
• Exhibiting administrative and time management skills;
• Working productively in an environment with evolving deadlines and priorities; flexing approach to meet changing needs;
• Paying significant attention to detail to identify and correct issues; identifying and making suggestions for efficiencies and improvements when performing work;
• Using tools, techniques and firm standard methodologies to support research, analysis and problem solving; taking action to stay current with new and evolving technology;
• Conducting self in a professional manner and taking responsibility for work and commitments;
• Handling, manipulating and analyzing data and information responsibly;
• Communicating with empathy and adapting communication style to meet the needs of the situation and audience;
• Embracing different points of view and welcoming opposing conflicting ideas;
• Upholding the firm's code of ethics and business conduct;
• Demonstrating critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems, including applying judgment to inform recommendations;
• Promoting an atmosphere of trust, confidentiality, professionalism, and integrity.

The skills you will develop as a part of the Personal Independence team include:

• Gaining solid knowledge of PwC US independence policy, operating processes and functional areas of Personal Independence;
• Handling sensitive information responsibly and respecting its confidentiality;
• Honing your communication skills, written and verbal;
• Assessing potential issues and/or roadblocks and escalating accordingly and on time;
• Becoming familiar with the use of required systems and applications;
• Researching topics and processes for ongoing audits;
• Creating a team culture regarding communications, work ethic and deliverables;
• Consistently delivering high quality work in a timely fashion and seeking to develop soft skills or new technical skills;
• Identifying opportunities for efficiencies and taking action to implement them.

Preferred academic background/education:

• Graduates in: Law, Translation, International Studies, Business Administration, Accounting, Economics, Political Sciences, Management, with an interest in developing a career in Compliance.
• At least 3 years of relevant work experience.
• Proven ability to communicate clearly and professionally, both orally and in writing (English/Spanish).
• Knowledge of US and MX financial products is a plus.

Additional application instructions

• Understand the importance of have a correct information management
• Knowledge of Information Security and Data Protection
• Correct Information Security Management

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to ethnicity; creed; color; religion; national origin; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; marital; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an inclusive organization and equal opportunity employer.