Working as a graduate

Operate

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We provide expert operational delivery for our clients to solve their complex challenges.

Through the delivery of our managed services, we support clients across the globe to transform their business and accelerate their ambitions.

Working in Operate as a Graduate

We’re a large experienced team who are hands-on and make things happen. All backed up by innovative tech and GenAI, data and processes for efficient, consistent results. We can work whenever and wherever our clients need us, for as long as they need us, getting the right people in the right places, to deliver the tailored managed services solution.

We work with clients across a number of industries and sectors, such as Financial Services, Oil & Gas, Utilities, Retail, Pharmaceuticals and Local Government. We bring together highly skilled people to deliver for our clients. 

By joining Operate, you’ll benefit from access to some of the industry’s top professionals and as you progress in your career, you’ll be part of a business that offers breadth and depth in delivering managed services.

The Operate experience

You’ll experience working on-site at our clients’ offices, our own PwC offices or even remotely, supporting our clients to navigate complex operational and regulatory activities. We’ll work with you and spend time to help you develop your skills, knowledge and expertise.

Dependent on the client you’re working on, some of the work you might find yourself delivering on could be:

  • Helping compensate customers affected by mortgage miscalculations and other financial product mis-selling.

  • Helping banks fight financial crime.

  • Supporting large change and transformation programmes.

  • Ensuring regulated businesses protect customer data.

  • Getting businesses through Brexit by helping their employees obtain permanent residency.

  • Supporting the accounting and finance functions of our clients with all aspects of their accounting processes.

  • Supporting clients to navigate complex organisational and regulatory requirements. 

Joining as an undergraduate

If you join Operate through one of our undergraduate programmes our dedicated Capability and Development team; and online learning platforms will ensure you have the right technical skills, tools and knowledge to deliver for our clients while your Career Coach will support you with your personal skills development. This continued learning and development is what keeps our people in high demand and produces consistently high quality and valued work for our clients.

Joining as a graduate in Finance Managed Services

If you join Operate on our Finance Managed Service graduate programme, you’ll also study for your professional Associate Chartered Accountant -or Chartered Accountant Ireland qualification(ACA or CAI). You’ll have lots of support from your team, career coach and buddy to help you achieve this.

We welcome applications from a diverse range of degree backgrounds and classifications.

Life in Operate

Life at Operate is fast-paced and client-focused and our people work in an agile manner across all aspects of the business which is highly rewarding. You’ll have the opportunity to work with some of the most recognisable global brands and develop yourself through our unique skills academy. If you’re a natural problem solver, motivated, a team worker and can use your own initiative to help our clients, then we’d love to hear from you.

As a growing part of PwC, we’re looking to strengthen our team by recruiting people with a diverse range of skills and experiences. We offer a defined career path, a great culture and continuous learning.

The future of Operate

We work with some clever technology and AI so that we can generate, and benefit from efficiencies to not only help us but our clients as well, allowing our people to spend more time delivering services and transforming businesses.

Operate is where the passion of our people, their technical expertise and cutting-edge technology all combine to provide market leading operational solutions and programme delivery. Joining our team, you’ll see first-hand the impact we make for our clients every day. We’re there when they need us, for as long as they need us, delivering quality, consistency and solutions they can trust.

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