Digital Assurance and Transparency (Audit/TTS) - Manager

Line of Service

Assurance

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Assurance

Management Level

Manager

Job Description & Summary

Our Digital Assurance and Transparency practice (DAT) is at the forefront of innovation, supporting both delivery of quality, tech-enabled solutions focused on trust and transparency and value-add growth in business and social issues that are top of mind with our clients. You’ll work closely with clients, your Digital Assurance and Transparency team, and our external audit teams to understand the systems and technologies our clients use and how they can mitigate risk. As a Digital Assurance and Transparency professional, you’ll be part of an organization with a focus on quality, value, innovation, emerging technologies (e.g. cloud, digital assets), and growth and gain experience across several of our specialized areas of focus throughout your career.

A career within Digital Assurance and Transparency will enable you to play a valuable role in evaluating design and operating effectiveness of controls and providing our clients with insights into their business processes and technology. You conduct controls and transaction testing and perform readiness assessments, in order to provide observations and recommendations to our clients, including as it relates to their use of emerging technologies, such as cloud, artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies. You review finance, operations and technology processes including monitoring controls over third party providers. You also may provide assurance over service organizations that provide technology, emerging and business functions across ecosystems. You will work collaboratively across segments, sectors and specialty teams and have the opportunity to work on diverse projects. You're driving innovation and powering the future of the end-to-end audit through the use of technology with a focus on quality & value.

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.

Requirements :
 

● Position reports to the Digital Assurance & Transparency Leader
● Manage the Controls Assurance team and client
● Individual would be expected to cultivate a strong team environment
● In addition to being an exceptional individual contributor, manage
engagements and relevant teams allocated for the same.
● Managing predominantly offshore engagements and relevant PwC
Territory teams. Communication, written and verbal, with these
teams would be expected. This communication would include
emphasizing the capabilities within the AC to provide high-quality
deliverables to support the PwC Global Offices.
● Individuals would be responsible for contributing to a strong team
environment and promoting a positive working relationship
amongst their team.
● We are looking for an extremely self-motivated individual who will
relish the opportunity to join a growing part of the PwC business,
using their skills in developing key internal relationships.
● Understand the process workflow related to work requests from
initiation through completion, understand how workflow is managed
within the firm's workflow management tool, understand optimal
and required way to document results of work performed
● Have deep knowledge and experience of testing ITGCs, ITACs and
Business Process controls. As part of the respective team, members
will assist territory engagement teams with testing of IT general
controls, Automated Controls and Manual controls activities. These
activities will primarily relate to the following cycles / domains:
○ Change management, Program development
○ Logical access (i.e., user administration, access
recertification)
○ Computer operations (i.e., problem management, batch
processing, back-ups)
○ Design effectiveness/Operating effectiveness - Business
Process cycles (Purchase to Payable; Revenue & Receivables;
Inventory; Payroll; Treasury).
○ IT Application controls
● Experience in SOC 1 & SOC 2 testing and reporting/ SOX 404
● Have an understanding of Internal controls and SOX compliance.
● Perform quality review of the work before delivering to the client.
● Driving additional opportunities in the business with the onshore
team.
● Experience in Engagement Planning & Management.

● Enhancing & building strong relationships with the engagement
Teams and clients.
● Will be responsible for overseeing their team members performance
of testing in this area, monitoring workload, timelines and budgets
for the work being performed.
● The role provides an opportunity for the individual to interact with
territory audit teams to articulate the objectives and testing results.

Skills Required:
● Ability to execute a detailed review over work performed, based on
instructions, by team members.
● Ability to develop the skills of team members through regular and
on-going coaching and feedback (written and verbal). Coaching /
feedback would be in relation to the completion / quality of work
performed, interaction with engagement teams, meeting timelines /
budgets, managing multiple tasks, etc.
● Candidates will require the ability to prioritize and multi- task.
● Experience with the Microsoft Office suite of products (i.e., Word,

Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, etc.), including an understanding of the v-
lookup, text, reference, and logical and information functionality in

excel.
● Candidates should have excellent communication (written and
verbal) skills and should be able to work with global teams
independently with minimal supervision.
● Candidates should exhibit good client service skill collaterals with a
strong focus on building relationships.

Technical Skill Preferred:
● Fundamental understanding of security and control for some of the
following technologies and/or enterprise applications:
● Unix, Windows, mainframe, AS400, SAP, PeopleSoft, J.D.
● Edwards, Oracle Financials, Oracle Financial databases, etc.

Minimum Degree(s):
● Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce,
Technology, Computer and Information Science, Engineering and/or
other relevant degree.
● 6 - 8 years’ experience in managing engagements and teams in the
domains mentioned in the requirements above
● Understanding of audit concepts and regulations

Certification(s) Mandatory:
Chartered Accountant/CISA/CPA
Certification(s) preferred:
CISM / CISSP / ISO 27001 LA certifications are preferred & are mapped to
the PwC AC Career Progression Track.

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

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Government Clearance Required?

Job Posting End Date