Private Equity Senior Associate

ICAEW; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical cover

Volunteering days

Flexible working arrangement

Job summary

PwC Belfast is seeking a specialist to support the Private Equity Independence team in applying audit independence requirements across complex Private Equity structures. You will analyse fund, portfolio and holding-company hierarchies, ensuring correct independence restrictions are identified and applied.

You will maintain high-quality data in CES, reflecting client structures to enable the firm to serve clients confidently while meeting regulatory independence obligations, and collaborate with

Qualifications

• Strong ability to manage and interpret detailed information for independence assessments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills across all levels.
• Familiarity with CES or private equity structures and independence regulations is desirable, but a willingness to learn is essential.

Responsibilities

• Ensure client entities are correctly structured and classified in CES and evaluating the restriction status of entities within the hierarchy
• Assess and monitor independence risks across private equity groups, including ongoing changes due to investments, divestments, and restructuring. Evaluate the impact of these changes on the firm's ability to provide audit and non-audit services
• Initiating independence assessments to maintain the firm's independence of its clients in the context of constantly changing hierarchies
• Maintaining organisational structures and hierarchy, designing, updating, and managing trackers for accurate monitoring of timelines, tasks, and independence issues
• Collaborate with internal teams to resolve hierarchy-related queries and support onboarding of new entities.

Job description

About the role

This role sits within PwC UK's Private Equity Independence team, supporting partners and engagement teams in applying audit independence requirements across complex Private Equity structures. You'll work with large, global PE groups, helping to analyse fund, portfolio and holding-company hierarchies to ensure the correct independence restrictions are identified and applied.

A core part of the role is maintaining high-quality data within PwC's Client Entity System (CES), a critical firm-wide system underpinning independence compliance globally. By ensuring CES accurately reflects client structures, you'll play a key role in enabling the firm to serve its clients confidently while meeting regulatory independence obligations.

What your days will look like:

• Ensure client entities are correctly structured and classified in CES and evaluating the restriction status of entities within the hierarchy
• Assess and monitor independence risks across private equity groups, including ongoing changes due to investments, divestments, and restructuring. Evaluate the impact of these changes on the firm's ability to provide audit and non-audit services
• Initiating independence assessments to maintain the firm's independence of its clients in the context of constantly changing hierarchies
• Maintaining organisational structures and hierarchy, designing, updating, and managing trackers for accurate monitoring of timelines, tasks, and independence issues
• Collaborate with internal teams to resolve hierarchy-related queries and support onboarding of new entities.

This role is for you if:

• Ability to manage and interpret detailed information, ensuring accuracy in independence assessments and documentation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to interact at all levels and deliver clear, sometimes challenging, messages.
• Working knowledge of the PwC's CES system in desirable. Knowledge of private equity structures and independence regulations (FRC, SEC, GIP, etc.) is also desirable, but a willingness to learn and adapt is essential.
• A conscientious, ambitious team player with strong self-management skills and the ability to take initiative.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, changing regulatory environment and able to adapt to new challenges and priorities

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