Line of Service

Tax

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

General Tax Consulting

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, our goal is to ensure organisations are ready to build trust in the marketplace through a prepared workforce. PwC's community of solvers combines extensive strategic knowledge with practical implementation experience to help businesses and their people thrive amid uncertainty. Our Workforce team collaborates closely to unleash the full potential of an organisation's people, building market trust and delivering sustained outcomes.

A career with our Workforce team offers you the opportunity to guide organisations in strategically planning their future HR needs while addressing immediate HR challenges. We integrate HR functions and technology capabilities to facilitate organisational transformation, offering flexible solutions tailored to specific client requirements.

Joining us means becoming a key member of a team dedicated to automating and optimising HR processes for businesses. You will help implement cutting-edge solutions that revolutionise HR management, promoting a tech enabled, human-centric approach to enhance employee connectivity and interaction.

As a Senior Associate, the PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this role include:

Develop and write computer programmes to perform specific tasks related to organisational goals.
Create workflow diagrams and charts to demonstrate the functionality of programmes before coding them.
Run software tests to spot and resolve bugs and inconsistencies. Write code for software patches and bug fixes.
Work with team members to find creative, innovative solutions to problems.
Collaborate with other departments and clients to understand their needs and devise ways to accommodate them with software.
Perform regular audits to identify software inefficiencies and mastermind ways to improve workflow.
Write and continually update documentation for all programmes for internal and external reference.
To manage system quality constantly and consistently, including but not limited to, troubleshooting and elimination of bug, glitch, error and grammatical mistakes.
To ensure system quality check is completed comprehensively before pushing it to the live site.
To ensure system stability, security, reliability, accessibility and accuracy at all times so that the Client Support team would be able to deliver services in a timely and professional manner to clients.
To ensure all the company applications, including but not limited to, Github, Zendesk etc. are managed in a secured manner with proper access authority and information, data, source code, files distribution privately on these channels.
Ensure all codes, source code management system(s) and workstream management system(s) follow industry's coding best practices and are free from cybersecurity risks.

Skills

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

Respond effectively to the diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others.
Use a broad range of tools, methodologies and techniques to generate new ideas and solve problems.
Use critical thinking to break down complex concepts.
Understand the broader objectives of your project or role and how your work fits into the overall strategy.
Develop a deeper understanding of the business context and how it is changing.
Use reflection to develop self awareness, enhance strengths and address development areas.
Interpret data to inform insights and recommendations.
Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

Requirements

Recognised University Degree / Relevant certifications in Computer Science/Information Technology or related discipline.
At least 4 years of working experience in relevant field.
Strong knowledge, understanding and experience of PHP (Laravel Framework), OOP Concept, MySQL, JavaScript (jQuery, React).
Strong knowledge of object-oriented programming languages/ concepts and a good understanding of app architecture is a must.
Experienced with Git, Subversion or other version control tools and IDEs like VS Code etc.
Customising, maintaining, and enhancing existing system applications and adhere to agreed delivery schedules.
Ability to write readable, well-maintained code, create extensive documentation for existing code and refactor the previously written code into a more readable and maintainable state.
Strong critical/logical thinking on problem solving and code with a security mindset.
Customising, maintaining and enhancing existing code and ensuring all codes, source code management system(s) and workstream management system(s) follow industry's coding best practices and are free from cybersecurity risks.
Understanding of Agile/Scrum development life-cycle and familiarity with work/project management tools like JIRA is an added advantage.
Familiarity with Linux based systems and the Azure environment are a plus.
Team player with good interpersonal skills.
Passionate about learning new technologies and learning together with the team.
Results oriented with an agile mindset.
Able to communicate effectively in verbal and written English Language with confidence.

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field Of Study Required

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Communication, Creativity, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Inclusion, Intellectual Curiosity, Learning Agility, Optimism, Payroll Accounting, Payroll Legislation, Payroll Management, Payroll Software, Payroll System Optimization, Payroll Taxes, Payroll Tax Preparation, Self-Awareness, Tax Compliance, Tax Services, Teamwork, Well Being, Withholding Tax

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship

No

Government Clearance Required

No

Job Posting End Date

July 31, 2026

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