Audit and Assurance - Digital Assurance - Manager

Line of Service

Assurance

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Assurance

Management Level

Manager

Job Description & Summary

At PwC our people in audit and assurance focus on providing independent and objective assessments of financial statements internal controls and other assurable information enhancing the credibility and reliability of this information with a variety of stakeholders. They evaluate compliance with regulations including assessing governance and risk management processes and related controls.

In digital assurance at PwC you will focus on providing assurance services over clients digital environment including processes and controls cyber security measures data and AI systems and their associated governance to help organisations and their stakeholders build trust in their technology while complying with relevant regulations.

Enhancing your leadership style you motivate develop and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching leveraging team members unique strengths and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same.

Examples of the skills knowledge and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

• Analyse and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system.
• Take ownership of projects ensuring their successful planning budgeting and completion.
• Partner with team leadership to ensure collective ownership of quality timelines and deliverables.
• Develop skills outside your comfort zone and encourage others to do the same.
• Effectively mentor others.
• Use the review of work as an opportunity to deepen the expertise of team members.
• Address conflicts or issues engaging in difficult conversations with clients team members and other stakeholders escalating where appropriate.
• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance) the Firms code of conduct and independence requirements.

Requirement:

Position reports to the Digital Assurance & Transparency Leader
Manage the Controls Assurance team and client
Individual would be expected to cultivate a strong team environment
In addition to being an exceptional individual contributor manage
engagements and relevant teams allocated for the same.
Managing predominantly offshore engagements and relevant PwC
Territory teams. Communication written and verbal with these
teams would be expected. This communication would include
emphasizing the capabilities within the AC to provide highquality
deliverables to support the PwC Global Offices.
Individuals would be responsible for contributing to a strong team
environment and promoting a positive working relationship
amongst their team.
We are looking for an extremely selfmotivated 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 firms workflow management tool understand optimal
and required way to document results of work performed
Have deep knowledge and experience of testing ITGCs ITACs and
Business Process controls. As part of the respective team members will
assist territory engagement teams with testing of IT general controls
Automated 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 backups)
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 an understanding of Internal controls and SOX compliance.
Perform quality review of the work before delivering to the client.
Driving additional opportunities in the business with the onshore team.
Experience in Engagement Planning & Management.
Education/Qualifications
Enhancing & building strong relationships with the engagement
Teams and clients.
Will be responsible for overseeing their team members performance of
testing in this area monitoring workload timelines and budgets for the
work being performed.
The role provides an opportunity for the individual to interact with
territory audit teams to articulate the objectives and testing results.

Education/Qualification:

Bachelors or Masters degree in Accounting Finance Commerce
Technology Computer and Information Science Engineering and/or other
relevant degree.
For CISA 7 years experience in managing engagements and teams in
the domains mentioned in the requirements above Candidates with
Big 4 or equivalent experience would be preferred
For CA 4 years of relevant experience required.
Understanding of audit concepts and regulations

Certification(s) Mandatory:

Chartered Accountant/CISA/CPA
Certification(s) preferred:
CISM / CISSP / ISO 27001 LA certifications are preferred & are mapped to the
PwC AC Career Progression Track

Technical Skill Preferred:

Fundamental understanding of security and control for some of the
following technologies and/or enterprise applications:
Unix Windows mainframe AS400 SAP PeopleSoft J.D.
Edwards Oracle Financials Oracle Financial databases etc.

Skills Required:

Ability to execute a detailed review over work performed based on
instructions by team members.
Ability to develop the skills of team members through regular and
ongoing coaching and feedback (written and verbal). Coaching / feedback
would be in relation to the completion / quality of work performed
interaction with engagement teams meeting timelines / budgets managing
multiple tasks etc.
Candidates will require the ability to prioritize and multi task.
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.
Candidates should have excellent communication (written and
verbal) skills and should be able to work with global teams
independently with minimal supervision.
Candidates should exhibit good client service skill collaterals with a
strong focus on building relationships

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 Active Listening Analytical Thinking Artificial Intelligence (AI) Platform Auditing Methodologies Cloud Engineering Coaching and Feedback Communication Compliance and Governance Compliance and Standards Compliance Auditing Corporate Governance Creativity Cybersecurity Governance Cybersecurity Risk Management Data Quality Data Quality Assessment Data Quality Assurance Testing Data Validation Embracing Change Emotional Regulation Empathy Governance Framework Inclusion 21 more

Desired Languages (If blank desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship

No

Government Clearance Required

No

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