Digital Assurance and Transparency - Senior Associate

PWC

5 - 10 years

Bengaluru, Kolkata

Posted: 12/17/2024

Job Description

Line of Service

Assurance

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Assurance

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

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 a Senior 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:

  • Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
  • Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
  • Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
  • Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
  • Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
  • Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
  • Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
  • Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
  • Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
  • Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Preferred skills :

* You will play an integral role in PwC’s core assurance
services provided to clients.

 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

 Participate in 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.

 Serve as participant on communication with
numerous engagement teams

You will have the opportunity to specialize in some of the
following:

 Financial statement review procedures based on
understanding of relationships between supporting
documentation and financial statement documents in
accordance with auditing standards

 Conduct tests of details and controls for fixed asset,
inventory, other asset additions, interest income/
expense and dividends including understanding
policies, auditing procedures, evaluation of qualitative
items

 Prepare documents based on audit policy and standard
templates, including information gathering and
population of templates and documents.

Responsibilities:

 Perform work and provide related deliverables in
accordance with DC User Guide instructions as applied
to engagement team work request submissions

 Maintain working knowledge of DC User Guides

 Monitor time and manage deadlines

 Adhere to PwC SDC policies and procedures

 Participate in training, coaching and other
developmental opportunities

 Performs the quality check on all deliverables to ensure
they are consistent with laid down quality parameters.

Education :

Chartered Accountant/ CPA/ CS/ Cost Accountant

 Experience in managing onshore/ offshore client/ non-
client facing assurance and analysis work in Big4 (at

least 4yrs)

 Understanding of audit concepts and regulations

 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, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Platform, Auditing Methodologies, Cloud Engineering, 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, Information Assurance {+ 16 more}

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Government Clearance Required?

Job Posting End Date

About Company

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is a global professional services firm providing audit, tax, and consulting services. PwC helps organizations manage financial risks, comply with regulations, and improve performance through its expertise in industries like finance, healthcare, and technology.

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