**Specialty/Competency:** Assurance **Industry/Sector:** Not Applicable **Time Type:** Full time **Travel Requirements:** Up to 20% 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 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 give in the moment feedback in a constructive manner. + Share and collaborate effectively with others. + Identify and make suggestions for improvements when problems and/or opportunities arise. + Handle, manipulate and analyse data and information responsibly. + Follow risk management and compliance procedures. + Keep up-to-date with developments in area of specialism. + Communicate confidently in a clear, concise and articulate manner - verbally and in the materials I produce. + Build and maintain an internal and external network. + Seek opportunities to learn about how PwC works as a global network of firms. + Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct. **Job Requirements and Preferences** : **Basic Qualifications** : **Minimum Degree Required** : Bachelor Degree **Required Fields of Study** : Accounting,Management Information Systems,Business Analytics,Computer and Information Science,Economics and Finance & Technology,Finance & Technology,Information Technology,Information Technology & Accounting,Management Information Systems & Accounting **Additional Educational Requirements** : Required Cumulative GPA: 3.0 **Minimum Years of Experience** : 0 year(s) **Preferred Qualifications** : **Additional Educational Preferences** : Client service associate positions are entry-level roles and job seekers have completed or are in the process of completing their final academic year of educational requirements. **Certification(s) Preferred** : Before starting with PwC full-time, meet all educational requirements to be eligible for the primary credential license appropriate for relevant practice area, such as meeting all educational requirements to satisfy the 150 credit hour requirement necessary for the CPA license in the state in which your office will be located, or provide documentation satisfactory to the Firm that your CPA license can be obtained in the state in which your office will be located through reciprocity based on either a CPA license held, or CPA exam passed, in another state; or the educational requirements to license for the Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) license. **Preferred Knowledge/Skills** : Candidates for an Associate role within our Digital Assurance & Transparency practice demonstrate some abilities and/or a proven record of success in the following areas: + Understand the broad range of risks affecting companies and management decision making, complex IT environments and/or all aspects of auditing; + Possess a desire to pursue a career in Public Accounting; + Have a basic understanding of one or more of the following: application controls, IT general controls, financial reporting concepts and the external audit process; + Have experience demonstrating problem solving skills and the ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks; + Possess an ability to interact with various levels of client and firm management in both written and verbal form; and, + Possess flexibility and desire to travel, as client assignments require. Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. The salary range for this position is: $53,500 - $103,000, plus individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. For roles that are based in Maryland, this is the listed salary range for this position. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance