Digital Assurance and Transparency - Environmental Social and Governance - Manager

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Job Description & Summary

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 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:

• Develop new skills outside of comfort zone.
• Act to resolve issues which prevent the team working effectively.
• Coach others, recognise their strengths, and encourage them to take ownership of their personal development.
• Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.
• Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations.
• Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm's/client's expectations.
• Use data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making.
• Develop a point of view on key global trends, and how they impact clients.
• Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.
• Simplify complex messages, highlighting and summarising key points.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Introduction

Trust is a valuable commodity. It is not given or kept easily. And when it comes to trust, what matters to stakeholders is changing. They want to know that companies are who they say they are, and do what they say they do. That is why today, organisations are being judged on more than financial performance, with reporting on other areas playing a more important role in building stakeholder trust.

Independent, high-quality assurance is increasingly expected. Corporate reporting remains the first port of call for investors trying to understand business performance and prospects – and the risks associated with them.  This role will see you working on a variety of challenging, career-advancing non-financial reporting assurance assignments, across a number of ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance) areas.

PwCs UK Audit business comprises over 6,000 staff across 19 offices and includes both our financial and non-financial audit businesses. PwC's Stakeholder Assurance team provides independent non-financial audit services to enhance the trust and transparency in non-financial reporting, including ESG, Regulatory and Third Party assurance. 

This is an exciting time to be part of Stakeholder Assurance, as we grow our services to meet the explosion of demand across our extensive audit client base.

Your role

The role in Stakeholder Assurance will mainly focus on developing and delivering our non-financial reporting products, though individuals should expect to deliver non-financial assurance more broadly, including Third Party assurance and Regulatory assurance.  Non-financial reporting includes ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance), Sustainability and Climate Change related reporting, key performance indicators, operational performance metrics, regulatory disclosures and other areas where stakeholders of our clients are increasingly seeking to build trust and provide transparency.

With the increasing focus on climate change and sustainability at our clients and across wider society, this role offers you the opportunity to be at the forefront of developing the Firm’s audit response to climate change and helping our clients build trust in those, and other ESG related, disclosures they are making to their stakeholders.

Across all areas of your work you will be encouraged to identify and utilise technology driven solutions to continuously evolve the way we work.

A role in Stakeholder Assurance provides successful individuals with the opportunity to:

• Be at the forefront of innovation in reporting and assurance, providing a broad and differentiating experience to the typical financial auditor;
• Have variety in what you do, working across all three Stakeholder Assurance propositions and an even broader set of products, in an area that constantly evolves in response to our clients evolving needs and business risks;
• Develop and progress, in a rapidly growing area of our business;
• Develop client proposals and propositions more broadly; and
• Spend every day working on our purpose, to build trust in society and solve important problems.

You’ll be constantly learning and your ideas will be welcomed in an atmosphere of collaboration and teamwork.

About you

We’re looking for someone who is passionate about the role assurance plays, and who can leverage their experience to challenge existing reporting and build PwCs profile and position in the marketplace. You will have experience in understanding an organisation’s risks, risk management priorities, controls, regulatory environment, data, reporting, and the diverse needs of its critical stakeholders. This experience could be gained through external audit, internal audit or risk management.

Responsibilities

Building on and utilising your previous audit and assurance skills and experience, your responsibilities will include:

• Understanding of complex client processes and designing and developing suites of assurance work over them;
• Leading the planning and delivery of assurance or similar assignments for a range of governance, risk, regulatory, operational and financial purposes;
• Building and maintaining effective working relationships with clients;
• Managing teams to deliver a project both on time and on budget;
• Coaching and developing junior team members;  
• Conducting work in accordance with a range of assurance standards;
• Developing and supporting new opportunities and propositions; and
• Building a network of external contacts through attending external and PwC hosted events.

Given the nature of our business you may be required from time to time to work on Audits outside of those mentioned above including but not limited to financial audits.

Job Description

• We are looking for an extremely self-motivated 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 firm's workflow management tool, understand optimal and required manner in which to document results of work performed.
• He/she will be responsible for overseeing their team members performance of work in these 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.
• The individual should have excellent communication (written and verbal) skills and should be able to work with global teams independently with minimal supervision.
• The individual should have the ability to work effectively under pressure without compromising professional standards or quality of the work being performed.

Candidates would be required to perform and manage engagements / expectations while training / coaching team members.

Essential skills and experience

To succeed in the team, you will have a demonstrable skills and experience as follows:

• Chartered Accountant / ACA / ACCA / ICAS qualified accountant (or international equivalent)
• Minimum of 6-8 years of relevant experience.
• In case candidate does not have aforesaid qualification but having relevant experience to work in the team & must have credential certification.
• Certification(s) preferred: CISA
• Leading the planning of complex non-financial assurance engagements including the identification of risk and controls and the performance and review of relevant audit testing in line with PwC and regulatory standards;

• Coaching and developing junior team members;  

• The ability to apply independent judgement during engagements and to support conclusions reached by management;
• Identifying and effectively reporting issues and recommendations for improvement to clients;
• Assurance experience, including performing walkthroughs and evaluating controls;
• Market development, including experience of identifying opportunities, building and managing client relationships, leading / being involved with tenders and/or significant client pitches;
• Strong business awareness, sound reporting and documentation skills and the ability to work under your own initiative;
• A willingness to learn new skills and help develop and innovate new client propositions; and
• Budgeting and managing project finances.
• A passion for ESG, Sustainability and Climate Change;
• Knowledge and experience of ESG, Sustainability and Climate Change subject matter and reporting developments in this area;
• A good understanding of the current regulatory environments and interest in the future of sustainability reporting including TCFD, Green Taxonomy, SDG goals, Green Finance and the impacts that these may have on companies and their broader stakeholders.
• Knowledge and understanding of some key non-financial assurance reporting and assurance, standards such as ISAE 3000.

Working flexibly across a variety of multi-location teams.

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Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Government Clearance Required?

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