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 business transformation digital solutions at PwC, you will assist clients with business transformations leveraging large scale digital solutions such as SAP, Oracle, OneStream, Workday, Identity and Access Management tools and other business applications. You will utilise innovative solutions to help clients assess and manage risk and controls during their transformation journey. Working in this area, you will assess the client’s approach for ERP security, business process and IT General Controls, while educating our clients on leading practice recommendations.Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team member’s 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.
Skills
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, execution, 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 Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.
Job Role
As a member of the System Transformation - WorkdayTeam, you’ll work on diverse engagements acrossboth audit and non-audit clients, providing assuranceover the controls dimensions of large-scale businesstransformations. Our focus is on helping clients gainconfidence in their internal controls, governance andrisk management processes and related controls,data governance, quality, reliability, lineage, andreporting as they implement new systems andprocesses.In system transformation solutions at PwC, you willassist clients with business transformationsleveraging ERP’s such as Workday and other businessapplications. You will utilize innovative solutions tohelp clients assess and manage risk and controlsduring their system transformation journey. Working inthis area, you will assess the client’s approach forSDLC, ERP security, business processes, key reportsand IT General Controls, while educating our clientson leading practice recommendations.Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate,develop and inspire others to deliver quality. With yourgrowing knowledge of how business works, you playan important role in identifying opportunities thatcontribute to the success of our Firm. You areexpected to lead with integrity and authenticity,articulating our purpose and values in a meaningfulway. You embrace technology and innovation toenhance your delivery and encourage others to do thesame. We will provide the training and developmentyou need to upskill and succeed, even if all the skillsaren’t initially in your toolkit.The candidate will report to local and US SeniorManager/Director. The AC team functions as anextension of our overseas Engagement Teams andworks closely with those teams as well as directly withclients.
Requirements
Preferred Knowledge/Skills:
- Experience / Exposure to System
Transformation (Pre / Post Implementation)
Projects for Audit / Non-Audit clients
- Must have knowledge of Workday Financials,
Supply Chain, and/or HCM functional areas
- Familiarity with System Development Life
Cycle (SDLC) controls
- Experience in performing the walkthrough
directly with the client for business and IT
processes
- Experience in testing IT Applications/
Automated controls (ITAC) around Business
Process such as OTC (Order to Cash), PTP(Procure to Pay), RTR (Record to Report) etc.
- Experience in reviewing and testing the key
reports ensuring the risks (completeness &
accuracy) related to IPE's (InformationProduced by Entity) are addressed
- Strong communication skills to effectively
collaborate with US-based teams and clients
- Thrive in a dynamic consulting environment,
with a desire to grow within this setting
- Managing client engagements and internal
projects, including budgets, risks, and quality
assurance
- Preparing reports and deliverables for clients
and other stakeholders
- Developing and maintaining internal and
external relationships
- Identifying and pursuing business
opportunities, supporting line management in
proposal development, and managing,coaching, and supporting team members
- Supporting Engagement Managers with
engagement scoping and planning activities
- Coaching team members in task completion
- Collaborating effectively with local and
regional teams and clients
- Supporting Engagement Managers in drafting
client deliverables for review by Engagement
Leaders
- Managing project economics for engagement
teams
- Conducting basic review activities and
providing coaching to junior team members
Good to Have:
- Pre-implementation assessment experience, specifically assessing application security and controls
- Risk Management Workday experience
- SOX audit and controls experience
- Stay updated on emerging technologies and
latest development in Workday and System
transformation field
- Experience in coaching/overseeing junior team
members
- Flexibility to attend meetings based in US time
zones to cater to client needs
- Good understanding of audit / controls domain
- Consulting mindset would have an edge to
deliver observations and recommendations toclient
Education/Qualification
- Bachelors or Master’s Degree in Accounting,
Management Information Systems or
equivalent
- Minimum Years of Experience: 7+ years of
relevant experience
- Chartered Accountant would be preferred
- Certifications such as CISA, CISSP, or CISM
are preferred
- Workday certification preferred (no specific
preference between HCM, Financials, etc.
