A career within External Audit services, will provide you with the opportunity to provide a range of Assurance services and business advice to a variety of clients from small, fast growing clients to large entities. Our clients are often well known brands and many have broad international reach. We focus on using the latest technology to reduce the level of manual testing ensuring you’ll focus on the most valuable areas of client service and on enhancing corporate governance and the reliability of our clients’ information.

Responsibilities

As an Intern/Trainee, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution.

• You’ll be a part of an environment that broadens your functional training, personal and technical skills, and deepens your knowledge of client services. You’ll play an integral role supporting staff as needed for an outstanding variety of work and making contributions to the team on a daily basis.

Your mission

As an Audit trainee, you will:
• Assist management during the full cycle of your audit assignments;
• Confront your theoretical achievements with the realities of new accounting standards and international regulations in teams of experts (IFRS, US GAAP, Sarbanes Oxley, UCITS IV ...).

Your profile
• You will soon have a university degree in economics / management or a business school diploma (Master 2), ideally with a specialization in finance or auditing;
• You are looking for an end-of-studies internship from September 2023 to March 2024;
• You are looking for an experience in an international environment with prestigious clients;
• You are fluent in French and English, which are our working languages. The knowledge of German is an asset.

Why join PwC Luxembourg?
As a PwC employee, you will be able to:
• Diversify your experience by working directly with different levels of the hierarchy;
• Take part in the different benefits and benefits that PwC can offer you.

A career within the ESG Assurance Team will provide you with the opportunity to provide a range of Assurance services and business advice to a variety of clients from small, fast growing clients to large entities in the Sustainable Finance field. Our clients, specialised in Financial Services, are often well known brands and many have broad international reach. We focus on using an in-house developed technology to minimise the level of manual testing ensuring you’ll focus on the most valuable areas of client service and on enhancing corporate governance and the reliability of our clients’ information.

Your challenge:

As an ESG Analyst in Assurance, you will:

• Take part in audit engagements for international clients in various business sectors aiming at providing assurance on non-financial information related to Sustainable Finance;
• Implement our audit methodology (understanding and analysing the client’s environment, building an independent expectation, comparing client’s assessment and independent expectation, identifying gaps, converting findings into practical solutions, drafting recommendations and specific reports); 
• Act as a sustainability expert and support members of extended audit teams on technical enquiries in sustainable finance field;
• Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives;
• Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.

 

We offer you:

 

• The possibility to discover and gain a deep expertise in the Financial Sector in Luxembourg, one of the world’s biggest financial centres;
• An opportunity of working in the Centre of Excellence for the PwC Network in the Sustainable Finance field, with a state of the art technology; 
• The chance to work in a dynamic environment of multicultural teams while enjoying a competitive remuneration package and contributing to a societal impact; 
• A flexible learning and development policy that will enable you to design and schedule your training plan based on your needs and personal aspirations;
• Full support in your plans of upgrading your skills through participation in external relevant courses, drafting of thought leadership publications or network driven working groups.
• Stimulating work environment with workplace flexibility, and an open minded team for new and innovative ideas.

 

 

Your profile:

 

• You have (or will soon have) a Master’s degree or equivalent in Sustainable Finance/ESG;
• You have a good knowledge of sustainability frameworks, initiatives and regulations including the Taxonomy Regulation, the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) amongst others; 
• You have a good command of Microsoft Office;
• You are fluent in English and any other language will be considered as an asset.

Our specialist Accountancy and Tax Compliance teams are looking for interns to help expand their activities. We are offering you an opportunity to undertake an internship and gain recognised experience by being involved in and helping the teams.

Your Mission:

• You will regularly manage and supervise the accounting, tax and legal aspects of a portfolio of local and international clients active in various business sectors. Your duties will be in accounting, consolidation, due diligence, tax returns and preparing annual accounts;
• You will help our teams to continually improve relations with our clients and develop our activities;
• In cooperation with all of the teams in the Accountancy and Tax Compliance department, as well as with other departments in our firm, you will help develop tailored client solutions and supervise their implementation. You will primarily work on analysing specific transactions (mergers/acquisitions/liquidations).

 

In summary, we are offering you the chance to work with our teams on a diverse client portfolio, enabling you to develop all the tax and accounting skills you need. This portfolio mainly consists of operating companies (subsidiaries of international groups or local companies), as well as holding companies active across various sectors.

Your profile:

• You are in your final year of a master’s degree in economics or management at a university or higher education institution and you are looking for a minimum 3-month end-of-study internship. A specialisation in accounting or taxation would be considered an asset;
• You have good people skills, you like to work as part of a team and you are eager to dive into a major company project where your energy, analytical skills, discipline and intellectual curiosity will guarantee success;
• You are flexible and independent, and you can adapt to sudden changes in working patterns;
• You are proficient in English and French, our two main working languages. Knowledge of German would be considered an asset.

Our Tax and Accounting department is growing and we are looking for people who are eager to work in a dynamic and rewarding environment.

 

Responsibilities

• You will supervise and regularly manage the accounting, tax and legal aspects of a portfolio of local and international clients active in various business sectors;

• Your duties will be in accounting, consolidation, due diligence, tax returns and preparing annual accounts;
• As the main contact for our clients, your mission will be to continually improve client relations and develop our business activities;
• In close cooperation with all of the teams in the Accountancy and Tax Compliance Department, as well as with other departments in our firm, you will develop tailored client solutions and supervise their implementation. You will primarily work on analysing specific transactions (mergers/acquisitions/liquidations).

We will provide you with
• A diverse client portfolio, allowing you to develop all the tax and accounting skills you need. This portfolio mainly consists of operating companies (subsidiaries of international groups or local companies), as well as holding companies active across various sectors;
• a training and support program that you can define and tailor according to your specific needs.

Your profile
• You are in your final year of, or already have, a Master's degree in economics or management (with a specialisation in accounting or taxation) from a university or higher education institution, and you are looking for your first job;
• To integrate quickly into the team, you must be motivated and interested in all tax and legal matters;
• You are keen to work in young, fast-paced and international teams;
• You have good people skills, you like to work as part of a team and you are eager to dive into a major company project where your energy, analytical skills, discipline and intellectual curiosity will guarantee success;
• You are flexible and independent, and you can adapt to sudden changes in working patterns;
• You are proficient in English and French, our two main working languages. Knowledge of German would be considered an asset.

Transfer pricing (TP) refers to the allocation of profits for tax and other purposes between parts of a multinational corporate group. Transfer prices are useful in several ways. They can help a multinational company identify which part of their group is performing well or not so well. It also helps them avoid double taxation on the same profits.
Our TP team, operating within the Tax Consulting department, is made of 30 experts helping companies from the financial and non-financial sector deal with these issues.


As an Associate (m/f/d), you will:

• Advise clients on how to apply Transfer Pricing rules based on the arm’s length with the help of the OECD’s guidelines;
• Analyse Luxembourgish companies’ back-to-back loan structures and apply the local TP directive;
• Verify due diligence of the transfer pricing documentation of our clients;
• Work on avoiding double taxation and tax evasion between related parties of multinational groups;
• Participate in market studies, perform benchmarks and find comparable market transactions to set an acceptable transfer price;
• Elaborate Advance Pricing Agreements (contract between a taxpayer and a tax authority) specifying the pricing method that the taxpayers will apply to their related-company transactions;
• Analyse value chains and commercial business models for the purpose of advising on sustainable tax structures;
• Participate in the structuring of cross border transactions;
• Deal with the administrative management of the client’s files.

Your profile

 

• You have or will soon have a Master’s degree in economics with a minor in tax law (feel free to share the topic of your thesis in your application);
• You show an interest in accounting, finance and tax law;
• You have a strong interest in transfer pricing and a first professional experience in this field would be an asset;

• You are fluent in English. Speaking French and/or German would be considered as an asset.

Our Risk & Quality department in Advisory is growing and we are looking for people who are eager to work in a dynamic and rewarding environment. Within our Risk & Quality department, you will be part of the R&Q Team taking care of ensuring compliance with applicable laws and network standards for matters related to R&Q. Moreover you will support our client facing teams in performing their necessary front-line compliance duties.

 

As a R&Q Associate/Senior Associate (m/f/d), you will work under the supervision of a R&Q specialist on a daily basis and you will be involved in the following tasks:

 

Daily R&Q support to Advisory R&Q (i.e. consultation requests)

• First filter of R&Q consultations questions (i.e. liaise with other teams when relevant);

Reviews

• Assistance consisting of preparation of questionnaires, planning debriefing meetings, follow-up ;

Recognition and Accountability Framework

• Assistance for KPIs for PDM and staff;

Joint Business relationships (JBRs)

• Follow-up of pending JBR questionnaires

• First-line help desk for the Advisory engagement teams

Information protection
Exit procedure

• Assistance in monitoring compliance of staff exit procedure (follow-up IT security restrictions of leavers) ;

Clean desk policy

• Assistance in organising & perform

Trainee ‘s reports

• Assistance in following-up of trainees’ report

ADAM – Engagement documentation repository

• Handling access and unarchiving requests;

• Update of user guide

R&Q trainings (Seminar + Trainings New entries)

• Planning, coordination with L&D, update of slides;

• Follow-up attendance to mandatory firm’s trainings;

Meetings

• QRM meetings (assistance in planning/agenda)

 

Your profile

• You hold a university degree (at least Bac+3) in a relevant field;

• You have a first experience in Compliance (internships included);

• You have great communication skills and are able to build good relationships;

• You have a good knowledge of MS office (Word, Excel, etc.);

• You have an excellent command of English and French (mandatory);

• German as well as affinity with legal and contractual matters are considered as an asset;

• You have a strong sense of confidentiality and can deal with sensitive information;

• You are client-service oriented;

• You have a proactive behaviour with strong analytical skills and are able to multitasks;

• You are able to meet deadlines and to follow instructions.

PwC Luxembourg is the largest professional services firm in Luxembourg with 2,850 people employed from more than 70 different countries. It provides audit, tax and advisory services, including management consulting, transaction, financing and regulatory advice, to a wide variety of international clients.

Your Mission

 

Today's business environment is more complex than ever. More automated. More connected. More virtual.

 

With these advances comes opportunity, but also risk. Our Risk Assurance teamworks with companies across the following lines of defence: Internal Audit services, Controls Analyses and Reporting, Risk Management, Anti-Money Laundering, Data Analytics, Information Technology.

 

As a junior(m/f), you will:

• Work in a highly dynamic environment with international teams;

• Perform internal audits for our clients and help them to focus on relevant risks; 

• Participate in internal control review assignments covering a wide and interesting array of businesses processes for clients in the financial, private and public sector; 

• Perform risk assessments, process and internal control reviews in order to improve the operational risk management and internal controls framework of clients.

 

Your profile

• You hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field (e.g.: general management, business, controlling or related studies); 

• You are fluent in English and French or German (the languages commonly spoken by our clients).

PwC Luxembourg is the largest professional services firm in Luxembourg with 2,850 people employed from more than 70 different countries. It provides audit, tax and advisory services, including management consulting, transaction, financing and regulatory advice, to a wide variety of international clients.

Your Mission

 

Today's business environment is more complex than ever. More automated. More connected. More virtual.

With these advances comes opportunity, but also risk. Our Risk Assurance teamworks with companies across the following lines of defence: Internal Audit services, Controls Analyses and Reporting, Risk Management, Anti-Money Laundering, Data Analytics, Information Technology.

 

As a junior(m/f), you will:

• Work in a highly dynamic environment with international teams;

• Participate in IT review assignments covering a wide and interesting array of businesses processes for clients in the financial, private and public sector; 

• Identify and assess IT controls and engage in discussions with your clients about providing them assurance on new technologies such as Cloud Computing, IT Outsourcing, Cybersecurity and IT frameworks     

• Embed data analytics and data mining techniques in audit digitalisation, using tools such as SQL, Python, Alteryx and visualisation tools (i.e. Power BI);

• Assist clients and help them to improve their data governance, data mining and data management life-cycle projects.

 

Your profile

• You hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field (e.g.: computer science, information management, data management, general management with an strong interest in information technology); 

• You are fluent in English and French or German (the languages commonly spoken by our clients).

A career within Risk Assurance Compliance and Analytics services, will provide you with the opportunity to assist clients in developing analytics and technology solutions that help them detect, monitor, and predict risk. Using advanced technology, we’re able to focus on establishing the right controls, processes and structures for our clients to ensure that decisions are based on accurate information and assure that information provided to third parties is accurate, complete, and can be trusted.

As a Risk Assurance Associate (m/f) interested to work in the in Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) including internal audit you:

• Will work on AML/CFT specific client assignments such as review and design of AML/CFT company programs or elements of it, AML Risk Assessments, Risk Appetite, distributor due diligence, audit of AML/CFT procedures and their application including customer due diligence files;

• Will work with a variety of professional actors such as management companies, transfer agents, custodians, domiciliary agents;

• Will work on other client assignments depending on your specific business profile. Hence you may work on other types of Risk Assurance assignments such as Internal Audit and Internal Controls related projects focusing on the business of our clients;

• Are interested and motivated in working in the area of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing compliance.

 

Your profile

• You hold a Master's degree or equivalent in Audit, Business, Economics, Financial Crime or similar;

• Keen interest,  and motivation and team work motivated

• You have excellent written and spoken communication skills in English; French or German is a strong asset.

• You have an analytical mind set and good interpersonal skills;

• You are dynamic, proactive and have good organisational skills;

• You have a good command of Word and Excel.