Career path

Learn about our career path


We are an organisation that presents the career paths of our employees in an open and transparent way, and in all departments the process is similar. We have prepared a model of competences which the employee should possess at particular stages of professional development. If you fulfil all the criteria described to the given level, it means you are ready to enter the next level. And remember: You are in charge of your own career!  
 

Associate / Consultant

The post of an Associate (Consultant) is taken up by university graduates or by persons with little or no work experience. People employed at this level, as members of teams, take part in auditing, advisory or tax advisory works for clients of the firm, performing entrusted tasks in compliance with the guidelines of senior consultants. All our New Joiners undergo general introduction trainings and technical (substantive) trainings. Our standard program of trainings covers professional qualifications and skills preparing one for the profession of a consultant.  

Senior Associate / Senior Consultant

The post of Senior Associate (Senior Consultant) is taken up by employees usually between the third and the fifth year of their career at the firm. Apart from performing substantive duties, a Senior Consultant also acts as a coordinator of the work of the team involved in the given project.  You will start to assume more a lead role in the projects starting from planning its course through managing the day-to-day activities and finally coaching junior members of your team.

Manager

Managers usually have 5-6 years experience in the given department and already acquired professional qualifications. The manager exercises supervision over the project and coordinates work of teams in the given industry group within the framework of the clients’ portfolio with which he was entrusted. Managers are also responsible for maintaining contact with the clients of the firm, for establishing cooperation with new clients and extending the package of services and participating in the preparation of the management strategy with respect to given clients. As a Manager you will also play a crucial role in developing people and recruiting new staff.

Senior Manager

A  Senior Manager performs the similar tasks as the Manager, the difference being that he or she is responsible for a larger portfolio of clients and the projects entrusted to Senior Manager are more complicated. Persons working in this post can also act as Industry Group Managers.  As Senior Manager, you will be also expected to take a more public role including hosting seminars, running research surveys, teaching courses, speaking in public and being active in community organisations.

Director

Directors (or Associate Partners) are specific senior people who have distinguished themselves as key players in the local market as industry or product specialist. Their main tasks include: managing the work of subordinate teams and planning the strategy of development within the framework of the given portfolio of clients. The Director identifies new opportunities for developing the services of our firm, wins new clients and also represents the firm in contacts with key account clients within the framework of given industry groups.

Partner

Partners are responsible for taking strategic decisions concerning the firm, budget planning and realisation of financial objectives within the framework of industry groups they are in charge of. Partners are also responsible for the work of particular teams, in particular of acquiring new clients and extending the portfolio of services offered by our firm. They represent PwC in contacts with strategic clients and chief representatives of foreign units of our company.  As a key member of the business community are expected to interact with the media including hosting seminar, teaching courses and writing point-of-view pieces.

 
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