Digital Assurance and Transparency (Audit/TTS) - Senior Associate

Line of Service

Assurance

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Assurance

Management Level

Senior Associate

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 Senior Associate, 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:

• Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
• Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
• Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
• Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
• Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
• Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
• Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
• Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
• Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Requirements :

● Position reports to the Digital Assurance & Transparency Manager.
● Working for a variety of client engagement teams from PwC network firms.
● Individual would be expected to cultivate a strong team environment.
● Communication, written and verbal would be expected. This
communication would include emphasizing the capabilities within the AC
to provide high-quality deliverables to support the PwC Global Offices.
● 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.
● Participate in a wide range of projects and collaborate across multiple work
streams or teams; consistently demonstrating creative thinking, individual
initiative, and timely completion of assigned work.
● Consistently demonstrate teamwork dynamics by working as a team
member: understand personal and team roles; contribute to a positive
working environment by building solid relationships with team members;
and proactively seek guidance, clarification, and feedback.
● The individual should have the ability to work effectively under pressure
without compromising professional standards or quality of the work being
performed.
● Have deep knowledge and experience of testing ITGC and Business Process
control. Have experience in ITACs (IT Automated) control testing. As part
of the respective team, members will assist territory engagement teams
with testing of IT general 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 understanding of Internal controls and compliance.
● Monitor time and manage deadlines.
● Perform quality review of the work before delivering to the client.
● Support Manager in Engagement Management which included status,
meeting deadlines, managing team and relationship building and
delivering quality work.

● Adhere to PwC AC policies and procedures.
● Participate in training, coaching and other developmental opportunities.

Knowledge Required:
● Knowledge / experience in fields of SOX projects.
● Working knowledge of financial reporting concepts and information
technology general controls and business process controls concepts in the
areas of systems control principles and business/technical knowledge
including Application Controls, IT General Controls and Financial
Reporting Concepts.
● 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.
● Team player, committed to providing high quality and maintaining
timeliness.
● Demonstrated self-motivation and a desire to take responsibility for
personal growth and development.
● Commitment to continuous training and to proactively learn new
processes.

Minimum Degree(s):
● Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce,
Technology, Computer and Information Science, Engineering and/or other
relevant degree.
● Chartered Accountant (not mandatory)
● Minimum of 4 plus years of experience
● Understanding of audit concepts and regulations

Certification(s) preferred:
● CISA / CISM / CISSP / ISO 27001 LA certifications are preferred & are
mapped to the SDC PwC 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)

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Optional Skills

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Government Clearance Required?

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