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普华永道澳大利亚37名合伙人及329名员工将被迫离职！

四大新鲜事儿 · 公众号 · · 2024-03-18 12:09

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普华永道澳大利亚公司裁员

据The Australian Financial Review2024年3月12日报道， 普华永道澳大利亚公司将进行第二轮大规模裁员，329名员工和多达37名合伙人将被迫离职。

报道称此举是在咨询业务发展缓慢的情况下，为削减1亿澳元的成本而进行重组的一部分。 普华永道澳大利亚公司 7,000名员工中的5%将被裁减，裁减的合伙人数量也会达到公司750多名合伙人的5%。

在当地时间3月12日下午5点举行的一次合伙人会议中，公司向合伙人简要介绍了这项内部称为Project Maple的严密计划。员工则于次日收到通知。

根据计划， 普华永道澳大利亚公司的咨询、鉴证和财务咨询三个部门原本独立的后台和其他支持职能将集中起来。 这样做的目的是加强对公司业务的监督，简化业务流程。

被裁减的329个职位来自上述三个部门，主要是减少重复的支持性职位和公司的咨询部门人员。受影响的员工将在通知后几天内得到通知，并在可能的情况下有机会申请重组后的新职位。

在未来九个月内，将有多达37名合伙人被迫提前退休。 同时， 普华永道澳大利亚公司还将增强管理层团队，包括增加一名首席信息官和一名首席财务官。

尽管裁员消息让人沮丧， 但普华永道澳大利亚公司仍计划在7月份接纳新的合伙人。 自2023年年中以来，普华永道澳大利亚公司暂停了所有此类晋升。 普华永道澳大利亚公司还将在年中进行一轮员工晋升，并引进最新招聘的毕业生。

受到二月份财务业绩的鼓舞，普华永道澳大利亚公司将继续在云、数字、风险和监管等高需求咨询领域投资。

此次重组正值公司领导层进行文化改革和新的人员奖励方式之际。公司领导不久将举行一系列内部路演，概述新战略。

普华永道澳大利亚首席执行官Kevin Burrowes在声明中说：“ 我为普华永道澳大利亚的每一位做出的贡献的员工以及他们为客户创造卓越业绩的不懈努力感到无比自豪。我们意识到，像今天这样的日子对于受影响的员工及其团队和同事来说尤为艰难。我可以向大家保证，我们将密切关注受影响的个人，确保他们了解自己的选择和下一步计划。重组将使公司更加简化、高效和集中化。 ”

与此同时，由于普华永道澳大利亚公司泄密事件的政治影响以及联邦政府推动减少使用顾问和承包商，公共部门咨询业务也出现了下滑。

《澳大利亚金融评论报》获悉，普华永道正试图从公司运营中削减1亿澳元的成本。这表明Project Maple正在对公司运营的各个领域进行审查， 还将涉及其他方面的成本削减措施，并可能在稍后阶段进一步裁员。

普华永道新西兰分部裁员

由于政府咨询业务需求下降， 普华永道新西兰分部可能会裁撤多达50个职位。

《国家商业评论》(National Business Review)最先报道了普华永道的上述计划。在这份计划中，普华永道表示，它正在与员工协商改变这部分咨询业务的某些方面。

普华永道新西兰公司首席执行官Mark Averill在向媒体提供的一份声明中表示，与所有企业一样，公司正在应对经济挑战。

他表示：“虽然我们的许多业务领域当前和未来需求仍旧强劲，但我们正在经历对政府咨询业务某些领域的需求减少，这种需求收缩是行业性的。在这种情况下，我们提出改变我们部分咨询业务中当前客户服务模式的某些方面的建议。我们正在就这项提议与可能受影响的团队进行磋商。如果继续进行，可能意味着我们这部分业务将减少多达50个职位。”

Averill 表示，普华永道在考虑所有反馈之前不会做出任何决定。在完成这一过程时，关心员工是首要任务。”

原文如下：

Embattled professional services firm PwC Australia will swing the axe in a second round of major job cuts in as many years, with 329 staff and up to 37 partners to be forced out.

The job cuts represent about 5 per cent of the firm’s 7000-strong staff and are being done as part of a broader restructure aimed at cutting $100 million in ongoing costs amid a slow consulting market. The partner cuts also represent about 5 per cent of the more than 750 partners at the firm.

Partners were briefed on the closely-held plans, known internally as Project Maple, in a partner webcast held at 5pm on Tuesday. Staff were informed on Wednesday.

As part of the restructure back office and other support functions that have been split between the firm’s three divisions – consulting, assurance and financial advisory – will be centralised. The aim is to create more oversight of the firm’s operations and simplify the business.

The firm is also increasing its management leadership team to include a chief information officer and a chief financial officer.

July promotions still on track

The 329 job losses will come from all three divisions but mainly from reducing the number of duplicated support positions and from the firm’s consulting arm. PwC also said up to 37 partners will be forced into early retirement over the next nine months.

The affected staff will be informed over the coming days and, where possible, provided the opportunity to apply for any new roles created by the restructure.

This new round of staff cuts comes after the firm cut roughly 350 staff last year amid its tax leaks scandal and about 250 during COVID-19. The largest recent cut by a big four consulting firm was made by Deloitte during the pandemic, when the firm cut 700 staff.

Despite the grim news, PwC is still scheduled to admit new partners into its ranks in July, after pausing all such promotions since mid-2023. The firm will also carry out a round of mid-year staff promotions and is committed to bringing on its most recent graduate hires.

The firm has also been buoyed by its February financial results and continues to plough funds into high-demand advisory areas such as cloud, digital, risk and regulation.

The restructure comes as the firm’s leaders are working through a cultural overhaul and new ways of rewarding personnel. The firm’s leaders will soon run a series of internal roadshows to outline the new strategy.

‘Difficult day’

“This has been a very challenging and complex process, but an important one, as we realign our business structure with our new long-term strategy,” PwC Australia chief executive Kevin Burrowes said in a statement.

“I’m extremely proud of the contribution every individual at PwC Australia makes to this firm and their ongoing commitment to producing exceptional results for our clients.

“We acknowledge that days like today are especially difficult for those affected, as well as their teams and colleagues. I can assure you that we will work closely with impacted individuals to ensure they are aware of their options and next steps.

He said the reorganisation would make the firm more “simplified, efficient and centre-led.”

The broader consulting market has been hit by a reduction in private sector demand due to the slowdown in M&A activity and companies reducing their spending on external advisory services. Industry insiders who had originally hoped that the private sector market would pick up by Easter are now not expecting an uptick until August at the earliest.

$100m in cuts

At the same time, the public sector market for advisory services has also suffered a downturn due to the political fallout of the PwC leaks matter and a federal government push to reduce the use of consultants and contractors.

PwC is not directly affected by the public sector demand slowdown as it no longer supplies services to the sector after selling its government consulting business to Allegro Funds for just $1 last year.

The firesale was made after PwC was cut off from winning new Commonwealth work when the extent of the tax leaks scandal was revealed. Allegro created a new firm called Scyne to target government work comprising about 100 former PwC partners and about 1200 former staff.

The Australian Financial Review has been told that PwC is attempting to cut $100 million in ongoing costs from the firm’s operations. That indicates that Project Maple, which is examining every area of the firm’s operations, will also involve other sweeping cost-cutting measures and leaves open the possibility of further job cuts at a later stage.

原英文报道如下：

Up to 50 roles could go at major consulting firm PwC New Zealand, as demand falls in its government advisory business.

In the proposal, first reported by the National Business Review, PwC said it was consulting with staff on changing some aspects of that part of the advisory business.

In a statement provided to RNZ, chief executive Mark Averill said, like all businesses, the company was navigating economic challenges.

"While we continue to see strong current and future demand across many parts of our business, we are experiencing an industry-wide reduction in demand for some areas of our government advisory business," he said.

Averill said the company regularly assessed its business and adapted its services to meet changing needs.

"In this instance, we are putting forward a proposal to change some aspects of the current client service model in part of our advisory business," he said.

"We are consulting with the potentially affected teams on this proposal. If it goes ahead, it could mean a reduction of up to 50 roles in this part of our business."

Averill said PwC would not make any decisions until it considered all feedback.

"As we work through this process, care for our people is our highest priority, ensuring that everyone has the right support and is treated in line with our values."

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普华永道澳大利亚37名合伙人及329名员工将被迫离职！

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