Description
Established in the region for 40 years, PwC has around 12,000 people in 12 countries across the region: Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, the Palestinian territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Our regional team operates across the Middle East bringing international experience delivered within the context of the region and its culture. We can bring the collective knowledge and experience of more than 370,000 people across the entire global PwC network in advisory, assurance and tax to help you find the value you are looking for.
Business Unit Description
Established in the region for over 40 years, PwC Middle East employs over 6,000 people across 12 countries: Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates. Complementing our depth of industry expertise and breadth of skills is our sound knowledge of local business environments across the Middle East region. Our tailored solutions help our clients meet the challenges and opportunities of doing business in the Middle East market, and beyond.
MERC
"Middle East Resourcing Center" Business Unit is the deparmtment responsible for supporting the operations for the Consulting Line of Service. The department focuses on multiple competencies such as Resourcing, Business Development, Talent Aqusition & Recruitment, Human Capital, Communications, and Central Finance. MERC Consulting team contributes in the achievements of the consulting line of service by providing the backend support required to delivere high end results to our clients.
Job Summary
The Resource Management team plays a pivotal role in supporting the implementation, delivery, and operationalization of RM services, along with the ongoing development and management of the respective business unit. This is a people-focused role founded on effective working relationships with all key stakeholders while supporting the firm’s people agenda. The RM team ensures we have the right people in the right place at the right time to best support our clients.
Roles & Responsibilities
As an Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:
- Support the business unit in the delivery of the firm’s programs including the day-to-day responsibility of resource planning.
- Plan, coordinate, and implement resource management (workforce planning/deployment/talent management) activity to support the overall Consulting business objectives and RM strategy.
- Build effective working relationships with other functions such as Human Capital (HC), Finance, Learning & Development, and leverage these relationships to ensure RM objectives are met.
- Be available to support with any project work outside of RM as required.
- Working with colleagues in all Middle Eastern offices on client work and internal initiatives as well as with international teams where appropriate.
- Work with the Finance, Operations, and Human Capital teams to understand headcount and engagement budgeting to enable effective local deployment and to plan accordingly.
Additional Roles & Responsibilities
Skills and Competencies
- Previous work experience is preferable, within professional services or a large corporate environment, this could include; workforce planning/ resourcing / recruitment.
- Project management / human resources and operations.
- Preferred experience successfully maintaining staff deployment through resource management/allocation technology e.g. Retain, TalentLink, or similar.
- The ability to manage complex conflicts between numerous parties in a fast-changing environment.
- Ability to build trusted relationships quickly.
- Strong relationship and stakeholder management abilities to interact with people at all levels and from different cultural backgrounds.
- Ability in influencing, challenging, and negotiating effectively.
- Strong Excel skills (pivots / graphs / data analysis) are essential.
Educational Qualifications & Certifications
Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
Years of Experience: 1+ years of relevant experience of working on human capital problems within a consulting environment, ideally with one of the Big4 firms, a HR consultancy or a global strategy house, or in a challenging in-house role.
Language Skills: Excellent communication skills (verbal and written).
Proven experience of being an integral member of a high-performing and strategic in-house HR team or within a consulting team working on people-related client engagements across multiple industries.
