Human Capital - People Data Scientist at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Job Description & Summary

A career in Human Resources, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to make a difference at PwC by helping to fully leverage the skills and talents of all our people. You’ll focus on helping the local offices in driving the Firm’s people strategy, creating a unique people experience for each individual, and supporting our Firm wide values by working with the core competencies that measure and drive individual and Firm wide success in the marketplace.

Our Systems, Reporting and Analysis, team manages all aspects of PwC’s Human Capital technology, inclusive of day to day support, implementation of new enhancements and applications, as well as identifying opportunities for improvement. We provide PwC leadership with targeted insights and metrics to improve workforce operations through the use of technology applications and standardisation.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Develop new skills outside of comfort zone.
• Act to resolve issues which prevent the team working effectively.
• Coach others, recognise their strengths, and encourage them to take ownership of their personal development.
• Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.
• Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations.
• Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm's/client's expectations.
• Use data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making.
• Develop a point of view on key global trends, and how they impact clients.
• Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.
• Simplify complex messages, highlighting and summarising key points.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Purpose of Job

A career in our Human Capital team , within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to make a difference at PwC by creating value and improving the way we work.

Our HC Technology team manages all aspects of PwC Africa’s Human Capital technology, inclusive of day to day support, implementation of new enhancements and applications, as well as identifying opportunities for improvement. You will support the business with insights gained from gathering, analysing and interpreting people data.

Role Description

Responsibilities:

• Gather large amounts of people related data from various sources, analyse and interpret patterns and trends about our solvers.
• Extract insights and recommend appropriate actions for the HC team and business in general through statistical modelling and data analysis.
• Work closely with PwC Africa Technology teams to deploy and maintain models in production environments.
• Promote the use of data standards to enhance data quality, ensure constant compliance and adherence to data governance principles.
• Run and automate regular people related reporting
• Help automate and improve processes through data science and assist with improved decision making through data insights
• Deliver people related business insights to stakeholders through data analytics and data visualisation
• Collaborate with partners and other stakeholders to understand people-related business problems, and gathering relevant people data to analyse
• Prepare and deliver dashboards,  slide presentations with rich data visualisations and meaningful business insights and conclusions
• Develop and suggest solutions and strategies to business challenges based on people data insights
• Build trusted working relationships across teams and functional lines to enhance work delivery, collaboration and innovation
• Partner with HC teams to overcome people data related issues
• Confidently and clearly communicate data driven results with analytical insights to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Work with various stakeholders to identify opportunities for leveraging people data to drive business solutions
• Promote reusability, maintainability, reliability, and scalability in design and development of data models and solutions.
• Focus on driving data efficiency across Africa