I&F-Cyber Security-Global Intelligence -Associate 2– Bangalore

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Fraud, Investigations & Regulatory Enforcement (FIRE)

Management Level

Associate

Job Description & Summary

A career in our Cybersecurity, Privacy and Forensics will provide you the opportunity to solve our clients most critical business and data protection related challenges. You will be part of a growing team driving strategic programs, data analytics, innovation, deals, cyber resilency, response, and technical implementation activities. You will have access to not only the top Cybersecurity, Privacy and Forensics professionals at PwC, but at our clients and industry analysts across the globe.

Our Corporate and Threat Intelligence team focuses on assisting our clients with reputational due diligence, social media monitoring, intelligence consulting and investigative matters. Our team includes staff with dozens of language skills, strong writing and investigative skills and diverse backgrounds. We use these skills to help out clients make informed business decisions in our fast paced business environment.

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 an authentic and inclusive leader, at all grades/levels and in all lines of service. 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 an 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:

• Invite and provide evidence-based feedback in a timely and constructive manner.
• Share and collaborate effectively with others.
• Work with existing processes/systems whilst making constructive suggestions for improvements.
• Validate data and analysis for accuracy and relevance.
• Follow risk management and compliance procedures.
• Keep up-to-date with technical developments for business area.
• Communicate confidently in a clear, concise and articulate manner - verbally and in written form.
• Seek opportunities to learn about other cultures and other parts of the business across the Network of PwC firms.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct

Years of experience - 3-8 years of experience

Background on PwC’s Global Intelligence team:

PwC’s Global Intelligence (GI) team comprises a group of diverse, multi-lingual, highly skilled professionals who are experienced researchers, investigators, and intelligence analysts with in-depth, country-specific and industry knowledge as well as a passion for helping businesses combat corruption, fraud and other threats.  Our GI professionals help companies identify risks through the focused collection and analysis of information from open sources, social media, public records, and syndicated databases.  Our deliverables focus on risk relevant information and are customized to our client’s needs, allowing them to make critical and informed business decisions. 

Job Description (Associate )

• Accountable for primary desktop research, leveraging a variety of publicly available global risk, news media / internet, and regulatory databases, to address client specific needs.  Research may include, but not be limited to, reputational / integrity due diligence into a potential business partner or third party; investigative research in support of an active investigation; social media monitoring; general intelligence / information gathering to support a business decision.  Researchers should be able to not only conduct research, but analyze the results to identify potential red flags or findings (based on the nature of the client’s needs).

• Responsible for the initial drafting of client deliverables (reports and / or presentations) highlighting the nature of the research completed and relevant red flags or findings (as based on the nature of the client’s needs).

Required Skills:

• Business-level fluency in reading, speaking and listening in English. Reading fluency in a second foreign language is strongly preferred, but not required.  Level of fluency should include the ability to read, skim, and comprehend open source documents, media articles, legal records, and regulatory filings in the foreign language(s) and summarize key findings in English.

• Strong interest in conducting online research, leveraging a variety of publicly available sources, in response to client needs.

• Experience in conducting research using a wide range of sources, analyzing and synthesizing large volumes of information, weaving together unlike data, and drafting written reports and presentations.
• Ability to manage multiple, concurrent projects effectively and meet deadlines while working both
• Ability to identify research leads and investigate for corroborating evidence.
• independently and in a team environment.

• Flexible work style and schedule to meet client demands, as the work is often the result of a crisis-driven event with changing directives and priorities, where all information is not known. 

Preferred Skills:

• Significant knowledge of a geographic region or country (especially corresponding to the candidate’s foreign language fluency), including detailed understanding of the political, economic, business and regulatory environment / treads.
• Ability to think analytically and apply good business judgment for the purposes of identifying risks associated with research subjects in the context of client needs.
• Functional working experience creating reports and / or presentations using the Microsoft Office
• Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Education Qualification -

• Bachelors of commerce degree in Accounting or Finance, preferably with a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) certification
• Masters in accounting or equivalent is good to have

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Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

No

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