Line of Service

Assurance

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Assurance

Management Level

Senior Manager

Job Description & Summary

A career within External Audit services, will provide you with the opportunity to provide a range of Assurance services and business advice to a variety of clients from small, fast growing clients to large entities. Our clients are often well known brands and many have broad international reach. We focus on using the latest technology to reduce the level of manual testing ensuring you’ll focus on the most valuable areas of client service and on enhancing corporate governance and the reliability of our clients’ information.

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 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:

Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust.Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

You will play an integral role in PwC’s core assurance services provided to clients.
• Develop an understanding of the PwC audit approach, methodology and tools.
• Demonstrate deep knowledge of auditing and aptitude for technical accounting
• Perform responsibilities with a professional auditor mindset focused on exercising professional skepticism and judgment and independently evaluating information while directly addressing contradictory evidences
• 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 manner in which to document results of work performed
• Lead 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.
• Lead communications with numerous engagement teams/ end clients to discuss audit issues
• Demonstrate maturity, poise and self confidence in managing self and dealing with colleagues
• Demonstrate positive attitude towards colleagues and work
• Understand and adapt to the PwC corporate culture
You will have the opportunity to specialize in some of the following:
• Review of audit documentation based on understanding of the underlying supporting evidences in accordance with relevant accounting/ auditing standards
• Analytical review of audit documents including identifying accounting and auditing issues and performance of research to address the issues
• Manage engagements involving increased level of judgments
Responsibilities:
• Lead the day-to-day operations of multiple engagements
• Perform review of audit deliverables in accordance with relevant professional literature/ Delivery Center (DC) User Guide instructions as applied to engagement team work request submissions
• Maintain deep knowledge of relevant auditing standards/ DC User Guides
• Monitor time and manage deadlines
• Assist in designing the approach to audit engagements
• Anticipate project issues and take appropriate measures to resolve
• Develop and enhance good relationship with Territory PMO and Market Team Transformation Leaders
• Implement high standards of quality for performance of team
• Ensure that audit documentation is in compliance with quality standards of the Firm
• Take ownership for the results of the team members
• Adhere to PwC SDC policies and procedures
• Participate in training, coaching and other developmental opportunities
• Provide effective counseling, training, coaching and mentoring to team members to assist them in fully developing their potential
• Serve as catalysts for innovation by identifying and exploring emerging issues
• Interact regularly with business leaders to provide status
update
• Continue to grow by taking advantage of mentorship and development opportunities
• Gain exposure to a variety of industries and business models to increase understanding of how organizations operate
Requirements
These should include essential & desirable requirements such as:
• Consulting experience
• Chartered Accountant/ CPA/ CS/ Cost Accountant
• Experience in managing onshore/ offshore client/ non-client facing assurance and analysis work in Big4 (8-13yrs)
• Deep understanding of audit concepts and regulations
• Deep understanding of corporate financial statements
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Acrobat
• Team player, committed to providing high quality and maintaining timeliness
• Effective written and verbal communication skills in English
• Demonstrated self-motivation and a desire to take responsibility for personal growth and development
• Commitment to continuous training and to proactively learn new processes.

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

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards, Accounting Policies, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Platform, Auditing, Auditing Methodologies, Client Management, Coaching and Feedback, Communication, Compliance Auditing, Complying With Regulations, Creativity, Data Analysis and Interpretation, Data Ingestion, Data Modeling, Data Quality, Data Security, Data Transformation, Data Visualization, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy {+ 32 more}

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

No

Job Posting End Date