Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne
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About Strategy&
At Strategy& we like to call ourselves practical strategists with a sweet spot for solving the hardest problems. We do this as we work alongside our clients to define a pragmatic, globally informed response to their organisation's most important strategic challenges. We bring 100 years of strategy consulting experience and the unrivalled industry capabilities of the PwC network to this task. We are proud members of the PwC network of firms in 157 countries with more than 184,000 people.
About the scholarship
Strategy& understands that we'll only solve our clients' most challenging strategic problems if our team includes a diverse range of experience, talent and ideas. For this to happen, we empower our people and encourage them to bring their whole self to work. This creates an environment that's inclusive, collaborative and harnesses our unique differences to solve tough problems.
We are looking to hire and reward exceptional students who share our commitment to diversity and inclusion (D&I). If you are in your penultimate year of undergraduate or postgraduate studies (completing in 2022) and are interested in joining Strategy&, we welcome your application to our scholarship program. We're looking to engage with students from a range of academic disciplines, backgrounds and experiences.
Successful applicants will receive a scholarship of up to $15,000 and a four-week internship with the Strategy& team. Based in either Sydney, Melbourne or Canberra, the internship can start whenever works best for you!
Scholars will receive ongoing support and guidance from a senior mentor at Strategy& and over the course of the internship, you'll also have the opportunity to take part in our D&I committee and help shape the firm's priorities. Following completion of the internship, scholars have the opportunity to apply for a full-time graduate position with the Strategy& team.
The scholarship will be paid as follows:
About you
You're in your penultimate year of your undergraduate or postgraduate degree, have the right to work in Australia and are fluent in English. You share our passion for diversity and inclusion. You are curious and love to learn.
Your unique mix of talents and skills include:
Do you share our passion for diversity and inclusion?
In your cover letter, help us understand why you'd like to join Strategy& as well as why diversity and inclusion are important to you by addressing the following (max. 1 page):
What is a dimension of diversity you are passionate about advancing in society, and why? In your answer, please describe your track record of engagement with this dimension of diversity, highlighting any work you have done to foster greater inclusion of diversity within your circles.
Applications close - 11:59 pm AEST on Sunday 7th November 2021
The recruitment process is as follows:
Varies from project to project. On my current project this involves creating business and technical requirements, hosting standups, communicating progress to the client, managing the sprint cadence (creating the meetings on outlook), liaising with the QA on test estimates , providing testing assistance when needed and explaining the business requirements to the developers to get the solution design created.
Assisting in conducting internal audits and compliance reviews.
Mainly involved in investment research and operations for providing clients with investment advice.
3.8
> 100,000 employees
Accounting & Advisory
PwC takes a human-led, tech-powered approach, combining diverse perspectives, expertise and relationships with tech to solve important problems.
The people here are all genuine and open... I enjoy working in a high-performing environment where I feel that my skills are developing every day.
The support and growth opportunities from the team of individuals with different experiences.
From the day I started, I felt incredibly welcomed and supportive. No matter how high up in the company someone was they still would give me the time to help me with any questions I had. My team made work fun and enjoyable.
The office itself is great, especially the access to the cafe where free warm drinks are available before 12. The company has a flexible 'dress for your day' dress code, so people can often come in relaxing clothing, although many still prefer business wear
Our managers are highly accessible and make excellent mentors.
The working hours can be quite demanding
I think everyone, not just PwC, would like to be paid more for what they do and when compared with other graduate roles we are paid to a similar standard.
Time in grade is the main driver for promotion.
The pressure at times to meet deadlines that may not necessarily be that realistic and the billable hour demands.
There should be more formal training programs for technical skills here.