Crisis & Resilience Senior Associate

PwC UK; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Private medical cover

Volunteer days

Job summary

PwC UK in Reading is seeking a resilience and risk consultant to help clients strengthen crisis management, business continuity and enterprise risk programs. You will analyse IT infrastructure, coordinate workshops, and translate insights into practical actions for senior stakeholders.

The role offers a hybrid working pattern and a range of benefits, with opportunities to shape resilience tooling, governance materials and client relationships across engagements.

Qualifications

• Experience in crisis management, business continuity, operational resilience, enterprise risk management, consulting or audit.
• Strong business writing and stakeholder communication skills, including workshops and interviews.
• Project management skills, with evidence of organising work and delivering high-quality outputs.
• Practical understanding of IT infrastructure, technology dependencies and common cyber incidents.
• Strong Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel skills.
• Ability to support risk or resilience assessments and translate analysis into practical recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Support crisis management, cyber response, business continuity, operational resilience and enterprise risk management engagements.
• Facilitate workshops, interviews and scenario exercises, translating findings into clear actions.
• Develop playbooks, plans, reports, governance materials and Board-ready outputs.
• Contribute to assessments, frameworks, proposals, client relationships and resilience tooling.

Skills

Crisis management

Business continuity

Operational resilience

Enterprise risk management

Consulting experience

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Risk assessment support

Tools

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

What your days will look like

You will help clients build practical resilience and risk capabilities through consultancy, analysis and collaborative delivery.

• Support crisis management, cyber response, business continuity, operational resilience and enterprise risk management engagements.
• Facilitate workshops, interviews and scenario exercises, translating findings into clear actions.
• Develop playbooks, plans, reports, governance materials and Board-ready outputs.
• Contribute to assessments, frameworks, proposals, client relationships and resilience tooling.

This role is for you if

• Experience in crisis management, business continuity, operational resilience, enterprise risk management, consulting or audit.
• Strong business writing and stakeholder communication skills, including workshops and interviews.
• Project management skills, with evidence of organising work and delivering high-quality outputs.
• Practical understanding of IT infrastructure, technology dependencies and common cyber incidents.
• Strong Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel skills.
• Ability to support risk or resilience assessments and translate analysis into practical recommendations.

What You’ll Receive From Us

No matter where you may be in your career or personal life, our benefits are designed to add value and support, recognising and rewarding you fairly for your contributions.

We offer a range of benefits including empowered flexibility and a working week split between office, home and client site; private medical cover and 24/7 access to a qualified virtual GP; six volunteering days a year and much more.