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PWC GUY

not yet.....dont know who to direct our concern to; whether FBN or Dragnet

please let someone add me to the whatsapp group now on 07032130892....it is urgent

olyalby:
Hello house, my test center is: 2 Abebe Village Road, Beside Nigeria Breweries Plc Iganmu - Lagos. Pls How do I locate this Address coming from Berger

fromm berger, find your way to osodi/anthony, from from there enter bus going to costain/orile and alight at breweries. then you can locate the venue from there.

best regards

fortunechibuzor:
Anybody for Enugu 10am 10th DEC?

4pmis mine

@geodemainguy, please upload it here via a drop box for everyone to download it. Thanks

thanks man

yes, i am

the journey has started thou it came late

The mail also rolled in here, see you all at the venue

blesseenE:

16) When do we get due for leave for those of us starting in October and when do we get paid the leave bonus?
Your leave should come up anytime from July, 2014 and your bonus is paid when due. Human Capital (HC) will give directives to this effect. Usually you get paid your leave allowance towards the end of the month alongside your salary; but you must have commenced your leave and applied for the allowance at the exact time HC advised.
17) Do people wear natives on Fridays?
NO!!!
18) Are there strict colours that are to be worn at work?
YES!!! Mainly conservative colours that do not constitute what one would term: Colour riot. This is different for ladies.
19) Must guys put on a suit? If no can one just wear a shirt without a tie?
You can do without a Jacket but the suit pant is compulsory and you must wear a tie unless when you are at a client's site where 'dressing down' is the norm, then you can skip the tie but first get the permission of your Lead Senior.
20) What other benefits abound in pwc? I already know the HMO, any other staff benefits?
1) Staff car loan.
2) Training.
I will strongly advise that you do not apply for a car loan because HE WHO GOES BORROWING, GOES SORROWING WHEN PAYING BACK. If you must buy a car, please save to buy one.
21) Is there a particular tribe base in pwc (like diamond bank has more igbos? Wema bank yorubas and like that)?
Is there a staff bus?
NO! NO!! NO!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
22) So pls wot can one do to improve hs performance...
Wot r dose tins u do dat r extraordinaair... So u get the 1nd 2 scores??
In PwC the competencies for each level are clearly defined and made available to each member staff on the Performance, Coaching and Development (PC&,D) database.
Every staff is expected to have gone through this database with his or her coach and have Discussed and Agreed what the staff is expected to achieve for the period.
If a staff achieves all his performance goals with every passing job and demonstrates all competencies relevant for his level and in addition, demonstrates the compentencies for the next level while in his current level, then the staff is performing beyond expectation.
That is, if as an A3 you meet all your performance goals and competencies relevant for your level and in addition you demonstrate the competencies for the next level (A2) then you are performing beyond your level and should be taken to the next level.
Things to do: 1) Discuss with your coach. 2) Agree objectives with both your coach and your lead senior. 3) Make sure you and your coach (including your lead seniors are on the same page). 4) Do your work with a bid to meeting and surpassing your performance goals. 5) Make sure you ask questions if you do not understand the job. In PwC questions are encouraged. The slogan is: SHOUT WHENEVER YOU ARE IN DOUBT. 6) Do not become an Island. Your team mates are very important, so work as a team. 7) Always make sure your lead senior is aware of ALL that you do at every stage of the work. Even before you start a job, let him know your approach. 8.) If you are experiencing delays from the client, please let your lead senior know on time. Do not wait for the last minute. No one likes surprises in PwC. If you shock them at the last minute, they will shock you too when it's time to appraise your work. grin 9) Try and manage your lead senior, partners and your managers. 10) Know the managent style of your managers and how your lead seniors like to work. You can get necessary info from colleagues who have worked with such managers or seniors. 11) Always pray so that you don't fall into the hands of the ENEMY. Some Partners, Managers and seniors can really be a pain in da butt
23) Bro, can you shed more light on how PwC help in achieving one's professional certification(ICAN and ACCA).
E.g I'm in my professional level with 5 papers left, but I currently have an outstanding of £519. I need to offset that to kick back to the ACCA program. Will PwC help offset the debt and as well pay for remaining P-papers?
PwC Nigeria is a professional firm of auditors and part of the legal requirements for auditors is that they be affiliated to one or more professional accounting bodies and become a chartered member. This is one area of staff development PwC does not take lightly.
Every staff member is given the relevant support to become a certified chartered accountant, and matter of factly, one cannot become a manager in 'PwC' without being a chartered accountant.
To this extent, the firm helps her staff members pay the relevant tuition and fees. A staff member has the option of choosing either to become a certified chartered accountant of the ACCA or ICAN.
If a staff member decides to opt for ICAN, then his tuition and fees will be fully paid. But if, on the contrary, the member staff decides to opt for ACCA, the firm will only pay the tuition and fees to the extent that it will cover for the tuition and fees of the ICAN.
That is, if ICAN charge NGN 1,000 and ACCA is NGN 2,000, the firm will only pay NGN 1,000. The balance will be taken care of by the individual staff member. In other words, the standard tuition and fees the firm pays can only cover for ICAN, this excludes the cost of books. The firm provides books free to every staff.
Now, in your case since you are already indebted to the ACCA, you would have to take care of your bills in full and the firm will re-imburse you to the extent that the amount paid will cover for ICAN. In other words, PwC will help with a part while you take care of the rest. I will advice that you approach someone in HC preferably a manager and explain this, you might just be lucky.
24) How many days are set aside for study leave, and when are you expected to be certified in PwC?
In PwC every staff member is entitled to 7 weeks of study leave each financial year. Your leave is scheduled to suit your needs. If you choose to write 4 papers at a sitting, you would be entitled to 5 weeks of study leave. The remaining two weeks is a buffer, sought of, in case you do not make some papers.
If, for instance, you were successful on the first attempt, (assuming you wrote 4 papers) then you would have to forfeit the rest of your study leave till the next financial year because you have no paper to reseat. This can be a bit tricky actually. The schedule of exam leave is as follows:
1) For 4 papers you get 5 weeks.
2) For 3 papers you get 4 weeks.
3) For 2 papers you get 2 weeks.
4) For 1 paper you get 1 week.
Note that you cannot carry over a leave to the next financial year. If you use 4 weeks instead of your 5 weeks, you cannot carry the outstanding to the next financial year. Now if for instance you write 3 papers and get 4 weeks, and you are successful, you would have just one week outstanding to write just one more paper.
But if on the contrary you are not successful, you may have access to your buffer weeks i.e the extra two weeks. You do not get the buffer weeks unless you fail at least one paper and it also depends on the number of papers you are writing next. I hope I have not confused everyone. grin
Now this info is VERY IMPORTANT: In PwC there is really no expected time for one to be chartered but it is normal to get certified before you become a manager. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO FAIL A PAPER FOR MORE THAN TWO TIMES. THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF TIMES YOU CAN FAIL A PAPER IS TWO. IF YOU FAIL A PAPER 3 TIMES YOU WOULD BE ADVISED TO LEAVE THE FIRM. Take your exams seriously.
25) What's up with the N10,000 for physical examination in the offer letter. What is it for?
I don't know! It wasn't in my offer letter grin grin grin. I hope you guys were not asked to pay the money?
26) Please I will like you to also shed more light on PwC's SECONDMENT ABROAD & LOCALLY. Does everyone go for it? Who gets entitled to it? Must you be certified to be eligible for it? What's the trend like in secondment in PwC
PwC takes training and development VERY seriously. Secondment is greatly determined by staff level, availability and opportunities. If you want to be seconded to a member country, you would have to indicate interest to your coach and include it as part of your development plans for the year.
However, it is unlikely for Associates to get this opportunity because there are more senior staff who are waiting for such opportunities also. So if you want it, you would have to wait till you become a senior and pray that the opportunity comes knocking. A number of the firm's staff have been taken to countries like Canada, USA, England and some other countries to include African countries as part of their development.
Just do your job very well, be the best and pray that you get the opportunity when you eventually become a senior.
27)Assuming one happens to be a peak performer what is the shortest time it will take to move from A3 to the highest Senior Associate level ?
The shortest time it will take a peak performer, who brings a whole world of value to the firm, to become a partner would be, say, about 7 years. grin grin grin
That is an extraordinary case o! I want to believe you know Taiwo Oyedele. He came in to the firm in 2001 as a corps member and 7 years after NYSC he became a partner in TAX.
Now for the normal case where one is a peak performer, the shortest route would be:
A3 - 6 months
A2 - 6 months
A1 - 6 months
SA3 - 6 months
SA2 - 1 year
So in 3 years, a peak performer can make the highest level of Senior Associate but this is rare.
28) Does PWC pay out of state allowances to audit team members who are out of lagos on audit assignments ?
Yes they do! PwC pays in naira for any local out of state assignment and in dollars for any International assignment. I am not sure of the exact rates now but it is standardized.
29) @ calculus during what period does the appraisal take place? is it at the end of the year? quarterly? or bi annually? and will you know the score given by your mentor?
The appraisal is done bi-annually!!!
Your mentor is not expected to be part of the grading system except he or she happens to be your lead senior or manager. You get graded with respect to the job you do as long as you spend at least 40 hours on the job.
The PwC appraisal system involves at most 3 persons. You have the appraisee, the primary appraiser and the secondary appraiser.
You are the appraisee, your lead senior who happens to be on the field with you or some other senior assigned to you, is your primary appraiser while your manager is your secondary appraiser. Depending on your level, you may not need the input of the secondary appraiser.
The appraisal system usually starts with you. You are expected to initiate this on a timely basis or it will count against you because as a first level associate, this is one of the competencies you are supposed to demonstrate. After initiating the process, you get appraised by your primary appraiser and maybe your secondary appraiser.
The grade given to you e.g (1), (2)...(5) is made available to you before both of you Discuss and Agree the appraisal form. If there is no Discussion and Agreement, the appraisal form CANNOT be closed. Note that this process is done online with the exception of when you meet to discuss the grade given to you.
You can also challenge any bad grade with evidence of the work you did.
30) Pls kindly explain how the Out-of-station allowances work in PwC? I hope it is not treated as advances(short-term loan) for staff expenses which needs to be knocked off ur receipt for expenses and a remainder is returned to PwC. I hope it doesn't work like that Please I need explicit explanation on how this out-of-station works in PwC and if it is given irrespective of the state and client u re working on, because I know KPMG doesn't pay such. I worked in KPMG and they never pay such. So saddening!
In PwC there is a difference between out of station allowance and Cash advance or PCV as we call it.
Out of station allowances are moneys each staff member in a particular job is entitled to for going on a job outside one's area of employment e.g traveling outside Lagos, given that you were employed for the Lagos office.
On the other hand, cash advances or PCVs are moneys given to particular engagement teams on request which are meant to take care of allowable expenses incurred by the engagement team while on the field.
Whenever a team is sent out on an assignment outside your primary work area e.g outside Lagos, each team member is entitled to a minimum of NGN 500 for each night spent in that location (this is higher for international engagements). If the team spends, say, 20 nights in that location, then each team member is entitled to a minimum of NGN 10,000 each.
If on the other hand a team decides to collect PCV because they don't want to spend their money and get re-imbursed for the expenses incurred, then the team would have to apply for it subject to the approval of the 'team manager'.
Once granted, PCVs are expected to be retired as soon as the job is done. On retirement, all supporting documentation for the expenses incurred are expected to be attached to the retirement form.
If after a job, no retirement is done then the outstanding sum is deducted from the salary of the team member whose account was used to collect the PCV, though deductions are done in tranche.
Please note that out of station allowances can be paid from moneys advanced to the team.
Disclaimer: These are not my words and neither am i a staff of PwC, it is just a research i made and thought to share. All thanks to joboy834, Calculus12, chidike, onyijess, Naffysah, olabode89, Phonon, ify4charm etc MacMaster01, TheRealAdonye, Princess042 check it out

interesting, Educative and informative. I MUST work harder next year

Princess042:


That's till next year October.
Thanks...
Also, Thanks for the materials(PWC GUY ) and the words of encouragement..
I really can't thank you enough cos the materials really helped.

pls u ppl shud 4wd d materials u used in preparing for the 2015 recruitment @princess, bleseenE, funkystanl, Ednut, 30watt & others.
@ednut, pls send me pm. I would like to rub mind wt u, tnx

notice to all the the successful people.
although we started the race together in January, but I lost out along the line but I would love to join the league of these successful people 2016 and I would strongly need your help in terms of necessary materials, relevant & updated info, interview tips and other things you did differently that fetched you this huge success.
I would also remind you on this thread when the journey begins.
I WISH YOU ALL MORE SUCCESS IN YOUR CAREERS!

I am really happy for those that made it, I say Congratulations to you all because it is not easy at all.

davide470:
Hey bro. EY career structure is the norm of what you have in the other big 4. They are among the big4 for a reason, and the pay is a little less than 140 (135k or so Net)

If it is a great place to start, Yes it is.

But as compared to others, Deloitte currently do not accept Jobs with Audit fees less than 5Million, No. 1 is "sharking" them, but EY does.

I know someone who is moving from Deloitte now to EY. He has just 2 Years exp. and EY is willing to pay him a bit more.
All in all, it's not all about the "bengees" (well, maybe a bit), satisfaction is key. Wish you the best

I think PWC is the best in terms of remuneration package, exposure (local & int'l) client base, working conditions & lifestyle......but to ENTER the firm...... hmmmmmm

has anyone who initially had issue with (verbal/numerical) test but later retook it got successregret mail quick response please, yet to receive any mail from EY.

rationalmind:


I doubt they selected more than 10.

As for the regret mail, life goes on my brother. My only concern is, this is my third regret mail after interview. I know there's something I'm doing wrong. Still trying to figure it out.

the next mail you would get after interview shall be success mail and it shall be your desired job IJN. keep trying bro and never relent until you acquire what you desire

EY i dey wait optimistically

POPSDADMA:
After so many login failure @ different cafe due 2 unavailability of Adobe Flash 8, I finally got a reliable cafe. Thank God for my 97%.

it requires version 8 of adobe player but my system has version 10. it really helped

just completed it and graded 72%......am still not satisfied with my performnce

SQLmastar:
yes, buh I won't tell nobody.

"I won't tell nobody"......meaning you will tell everybody
Bros yarn us make we hear jare

any latest news from EY??

Emasel:


when you submitted, did you get a congratulatory message confirming you have submitted?

I didn't get such and would like to know if it is peculiar to me or not

i was unable to finish the all the questions. If you didn't you'll not get a congratulatory message but your questions/answers will be submitted successfully.

butterfly161992:


Oh, you were? What issues did you have with your numerical? I dont know if I would call what happened with mine an issue but my timer read in negative after the timer went off. I guess that was normal. I sent an e-mail to Mariam just incase that was an issue and to ensure that my test actually submitted.

Did you finish the test before the time elapsed?

just finish doing the numerical assessment

I had issue and and i have been asked to retake the test........thanks to EY HR team

sadewodu:
Got the link to retake the verbal test yesternite, Retook the verbal test this morning!!! Well Am hopeful sha!!! If I had known that I would be given the opportunity to retake the verbal test, I would have done the numeric test with all zeal and seriousness rather than just doing it for doing sake

There is an adage that says "what is worth doing at all is worth doing well'

ziezy:
what do they want to investigate again, do they think the complaint was cooked up or wat cos i got same mail too, even added that to reconsider will be on merit ...merit

That is what i also received. Hope they do something fast

I received a mail from Madam Mariiam this evening formerly acknowledging the receipt of my complaint and said i would be contacted as soon as it is investigated