- Apply a learning mindset and take ownership for your own development.
- Appreciate diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others.
- Adopt habits to sustain high performance and develop your potential.
- Actively listen, ask questions to check understanding, and clearly express ideas.
- Seek, reflect, act on, and give feedback.
- Gather information from a range of sources to analyse facts and discern patterns.
- Commit to understanding how the business works and building commercial awareness.
- Learn and apply professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), uphold the Firms code of conduct and independence requirements.
- Position reports to a KSDC Manager
- The KSDC team works as an extension of our overseas Engagement Teams and works closely with those teams as well as clients directly. Through this arrangement, the candidate will have the opportunity to work for and alongside UK colleagues to learn and develop leading market skills
- Individual would be expected to cultivate a strong team environment
We are currently looking for Internal Audit Senior Associates to join our rapidly expanding team. With a background in Internal audit you will need to be ambitious and enthusiastic. In return we will give the opportunity to work in the fast paced world of UK internal audit.
Responsibilities will vary depending on the client and engagement profile. Amongst others, you will be
- Delivering Internal Audit engagements from planning through to execution and reporting;
- Liaise with PwC engagement teams and end client as part of planning, execution and reporting phases of the audit;
- Being agile and working across a range of different subjects and internal audit projects / clients;
- Communicating risk findings, verbally and written, to clients in a pragmatic and helpful manner;
- Building an internal network of relationships with Subject Matter Experts (SME) in areas of specialism such as Cyber, Operational Resilience, Cloud computing, Governance etc. and supporting our subject matter experts in delivering insight and expertise, potentially moving towards being a subject matter expert yourself in a chosen area;
- Building meaningful relationships with clients through client engagements and networking;
- Working with a supportive group of senior team members within the Internal Audit practice to develop innovative, market leading solutions and proposals; and
- Coaching more junior team members and reviewing their work
Essential skills
- The candidate must have strong Internal Audit experience covering all the key phases of planning, execution and reporting;
- Experience in evaluating and performing risk assessments at a task and organization level;
- Ability to manage and deliver against deadlines while working on multiple projects;
- Strong client handling and relationship management skills;
- Effective communication, written and verbal skills with experience of drafting detailed audit documentation;
- Experience of problem solving, and being able to implement and deliver solutions tailored to clients needs;
- Experience in undertaking or reviewing risk management processes; and
- Flexibility in your approach to meeting goals as part of the wider team.
Experience
- Understanding of audit concepts and regulations
- Minimum of 2.5 years experience in the domains mentioned above
- Candidates with Big 4 or equivalent experience would be preferred
- If you are in External Audit and looking for a change, we would happily discuss this with you
Education & certifications
- Bachelors or Masters Degree in Commerce
- Chartered Accountant (ACA, ACCA etc) or CIA / IIA not essential but preferred
- Relevant IT certifications (CISA) not essential but preferred