Audit Manager - Non FS - Galway

A career in our Non Financial Services Audit practice, within External Audit services, will provide you with a range of Assurance services and business advice to a variety of clients. Our team helps organisations navigate regulatory complexity while strengthening trust and transparency in their business. You’ll work alongside senior members of the client’s management team in planning the audit process from beginning to end, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and fair presentation of information.

Must Have

• Work on a challenging, evolving and varied client portfolio.
• Become a technical expert in particular areas of interest.
• Develop close client relationships across various industries.
• Grow and leverage people management skills.
• Qualified ACA/ACCA or equivalent from a recognised international accounting institution.
• At least 5 years auditing experience in a Big 4 firm or other international accounting firm.

Good to Have

• Accepting Feedback
• Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards
• Analytical Thinking
• Auditing
• Client Management
• Communication
• Data Analysis and Interpretation
• Empathy

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive compensation package
• Inclusive employee benefits
• Flexibility programs
• Continuous development and encouragement
• Opportunity to progress, specialise and travel

Job Description & Summary

A career in our Non Financial Services Audit practice, within External Audit services, will provide you with a range of Assurance services and business advice to a variety of clients from small, fast growing clients to large entities. Our clients are often well known brands and many have broad international reach. We focus on using the latest technology to reduce the level of manual testing ensuring you’ll focus on the most valuable areas of client service and on enhancing corporate governance and the reliability of our clients’ information. Our team helps organisations navigate regulatory complexity while strengthening trust and transparency in their business. While many of the rules of business have changed, the fundamentals haven’t. You’ll work alongside senior members of the client’s management team in planning the audit process from beginning to end, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and fair presentation of our client’s information.

PwC is the leading provider of audit and assurance services in Ireland with over 1,500 professionals across our Irish locations. PwC audits the greatest number of Ireland’s top 1,000 companies, as well as smaller organisations, tailoring our approach to each and every one. We place significant emphasis on adding value to businesses irrespective of size or business sector. Our audit approach is at the leading edge of best practice underpinned by our deep industry knowledge, wide international experience, and global network of skilled professionals.

As a leading global network of auditing firms, we also aim to play a constructive role in the debates that will shape the future of auditing, financial reporting, regulation and corporate governance.

With a network of 158 territories and 236,000 people PwC is the firm you can develop and grow your career. PwC audits the greatest number of Ireland’s top 1,000 companies, as well as smaller organisations. PwC Ireland has 2,700 staff and across 8 offices which can offer you a new challenge and great exposure.

Why Galway:

By choosing a career with PwC Galway as a Manager you will join a team of close to 100 people that is constantly growing. You will work with some of the leading companies in the Midwest and be part of a highly talented and experienced PwC team.

There are so many incentives to choose life in Galway. Whatever your reason — better quality of life, vibrant culture, or access to natural beauty — you will be inspired by all the region has to offer.

The average commute time in Galway is just around 20 minutes, and many who have relocated here say they now enjoy a better balance between their work and home lives. Galway perfectly blends the vibrancy of city living with breathtaking landscapes, and it is known as the cultural heart of the west of Ireland. As a gateway to the Wild Atlantic Way, the city is alive with festivals, music, arts, and a thriving food scene, making it an exciting place to live and work.

Sports enthusiasts will appreciate Galway’s strong community spirit and sporting traditions, from Gaelic football and hurling to rowing and sailing on the nearby coast and Lough Corrib.

You will be well connected with Shannon airport just an hour away, offering links to major cities. Dublin is approximately a 2.5-hour drive by motorway, and Galway benefits from excellent road and rail connections to other regional urban centers across Ireland. Galway is an ambitious, energetic, and welcoming city with a unique charm. We look forward to welcoming you.

Your Responsibilities as a Manager:

• Work on a challenging, evolving and varied client portfolio, with excellent opportunities to develop and manage your own portfolio.
• Become a technical expert in particular areas of interest.
• Development of your own career. With sustained levels of growth in our assurance practice, you will have an excellent opportunity to progress, specialise and travel. You will have a coach who will help guide your performance and development.
• Develop close client relationships across various industries and play a part in winning new work and developing existing portfolios.
• Grow and leverage your people management skills in a progressive environment.
• Participate in flexible working arrangements and achieve a level of autonomy at manager grade within the support network of a dynamic professional services firm.
• Access to an extensive range of assurance experts as well as advisory and tax specialists.

Your Education and Skills:

• Qualified ACA/ACCA or equivalent from a recognised international accounting institution
• At least 5 years auditing experience in a Big 4 firm or other international accounting firm

Unlock your potential with PwC Ireland:

We believe that challenges are better solved together! We’re inspiring and empowering our people to change the world. Powered by the latest technology, you’ll be a part of amazing teams encouraged to collaborate and innovate in a way that creates powerful solutions and makes a positive impact. This purpose-led work, and our continuous development and encouragement, will help unlock your potential and take your career to the next level.

Enjoy PwC’s perks:

We reward your impact, and support your wellbeing, through a competitive compensation package, inclusive employee benefits and flexibility programs that will help you thrive in work and life. Learn more about us at Life@PwC. (https://www.pwc.ie/careers-ie/life-at-pwc.html)

Being appreciated for being you:

Our most valuable asset is our people and we grow stronger as we learn from one another. We are an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We believe this so much that we have signed up for the Business in the Community Elevate Pledge. (https://www.bitc.ie/the-leaders-group-on-sustainability/inclusive-workplace-pledge/)

You can learn more about our culture of belonging and explore our range of inclusive programmes, initiatives, employee resource groups and more at www.pwc.ie.

Avoid the confidence gap; you do not have to match all the listed requirements exactly to apply, we’d love to hear from you!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please email us for more information.