Assurance - Risk Assurance Manager Senior Manager Internal Audit GRC - Jordan

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Job Description & Summary

PwC Global Overview

With offices in 152 countries and almost 328000 people we are among the leading professional services networks in the world. We help organisations and individuals create the value they are looking for by delivering quality in Assurance Tax and Advisory services.

PwC Middle East Overview

Established in the region for 40 years PwC has around 8000 people in 12 countries across the region: Bahrain Egypt Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Oman the Palestinian territories Qatar Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Our regional team with its tailored solutions brings international experience helping our clients meet the challenges and opportunities of doing business in the Middle East market and beyond.

Line of Service Overview

Our Middle East Assurance practice includes over 2300 people based in 12 countries across the region and is part of PwCs global network that is operating worldwide. PwC Middle Easts Assurance practice combines the right mix of humanled and tech powered solutions to provide our clients with quality audits and other risk services that create confidence and impact in our region and across society.

Business Unit Overview

A career within Risk Assurance services will provide you with the opportunity to gain an understanding of an organisations objectives regulatory and risk management environment and the diverse needs of their critical stakeholders.

Our purpose is to build trust in society and solve important problems. Therefore our Risk Assurance practice focuses on helping organisations review and strengthen every aspect of their business from people to performance systems to strategy and business planning to business resilience.

Our Risk Assurance practice provides a wide range of services and business advice that is not limited to Internal Audit Enterprise Risk Management Policies and Procedures Governance Internal Control over Financial Reporting Process Intelligence Compliance as well as Technology Risk.

What is expected from you

You will be in charge of a prestigious client portfolio and for managing the full cycle of your audit assignments. You will be working as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive experience helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to . Your job duties will include but will not be limited to:

• Working with colleagues in all Middle Eastern offices on client audits and internal initiatives as well as with international teams where appropriate

• Collaborating with the engagement leader and manager of teams for agreeing budgets communication of results and their impact on the overall project and making contributions to the final reporting.

• Engaging and dealing with diverse teams as well as managing multiple projects/clients simultaneously in a timely manner

• Assisting the senior management in building and maintaining meaningful client relationships and researching and identifying opportunities on new/existing clients

• Proactively ensuring a timely billing and collection process of the client projects.

• Developing risk management strategies for our clients to drive compliance and strengthen their existing processes and controls

• Identifying priority areas of risk and process improvement by understanding our clients strategy objectives risks control frameworks systems and regulatory environments

• Designing the audit strategy and managing the audit in alignment with the engagement leader guidance. You will advise clients on financial reporting and regulatory developments as well as staying up to date with the regulatory changes by attending internal and external seminars.

• Helping our clients navigate an evolving risk and regulatory landscape by developing and executing test plans identifying control effectiveness and improvements and reporting these to clients in an impactful way

• Managing internal audit governance and risk management projects including preparation of scope of work managing the project economics managing the team and managing the communication with the clients stakeholders. Advise our clients on matters related to set up and review of internal controls governance and risk management Partnering with our clients on their large transformation programs to mitigate regulatory and compliance risks

• Delivering presentations to the board of directors and audit committees with senior management

• Keeping up to date with local and national business and economic issues.

• Ensuring you are adhering to compliance with the risk quality and independence matters.

• Provide coaching and mentoring development of team members reporting to you while caring about their wellbeing.

• Encouraging involvement in digital initiatives and the use of audit transformation technologies as well as the use of alternative delivery models in order to ensure compliance with our firms vision and ensure a more robust audit

• Taking part of the recruitment process for interviewing and selecting the most competent candidates as per PwC hiring standards

What will you bring

You are ambitious and you utilise opportunities to grow and develop. In addition you recognise yourself in the following characteristics:

• A degree in Accounting Finance Risk Management Governance Industrial Engineer or any related discipline

• Completing a professional qualification such as CIA CPA CRMA CFE CGRCP PMP or CMAis a plus

• Minimum of 68 years of professional and relevant experience in one of the big 4 is preferable.

• Experience working with diverse industries is considered an asset

• Excellent communication presentation and interpersonal skills that allow you to thrive in a team environment

• Bilingual proficiency in Arabic and English (oral and written) is a plus

• Strong project management skills and experience managing assurance projects from planning to completion

• Confidence in challenging yourself and others to complete high quality deliverables

• Ability to establish and nurture positive relationships across all levels both internally and externally

• Driving innovative thinking and supports others through change and uncertainty to overcome hurdles

• Experience encouraging a team environment that promotes collaboration and constructive challenge and has demonstrated the ability to act quickly to resolve team issues and questions

• Taking pride in your work and in the Audit profession showing resilience and demonstrating dedication to selfdevelopment including being agile and innovative in the digital world

• Promoting and encouraging others to value difference when working in diverse teams

• Ability and willingness to travel frequently within the Middle East and worldwide where the project dictates

The skills we look for in future employees

All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that help us deliver our business strategy that make up The PwC Professional.

The PwC Professional framework plays a significant role in outlining the capabilities needed by our people to flourish learn and develop together as leaders at every level. The framework exists to support the development and career progression of our people helping them to meet the expectations of our clients colleagues and communities in todays changing global marketplace.

Why youll love working for PwC

Were a business that leads with the heart and we prioritise our people. Led by our value of care we find ways to help our people our clients and one another. With PwC you will ignite a meaningful career and will be provided with a range of financial and nonfinancial rewards and benefits designed to encourage your growth like:

• A competitive remuneration plan in which you will be rewarded for your success and acknowledged for the value you provide to our company .

• We encourage an inclusive and diverse culture where people can be themselves are valued for their strengths and are empowered to be the best they can be. This makes us strong as a business enabling us to solve important problems and deliver value to our clients.

• A flexible workframe to encourage worklife balance.

• We care about our employees mental health and wellbeing by providing specialists to offer advice as well as meditation yoga and other relaxation online sessions.

• Limitless opportunities for continuous learning and digital upskilling.

• A friendly atmosphere that encourages innovative mindsets relationships development and assisting others in growing and working in ways that bring out their best.

• A competitive Schooling allowance and insurance packages (As per PwC policy).

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If youre looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life then youre a future PwCer.

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