Assurance - PwC Private - Senior Manager

Line of Service

Assurance

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Assurance

Management Level

Senior Manager

Job Description & Summary

A career within PwC Private will provide the opportunity to help private companies with a range of business advisory needs such as audit, tax compliance, and planning to help improve their operational efficiency and to free up time that can be spent focusing on business strategy. You’ll have the opportunity to experience the entire business life cycle of a private company from inception to growth, maturity and transition. Our team helps our clients design and implement personal and customised service plans that are unique to privately owned entities, entrepreneurs, and high net worth individuals. You’ll be assisting the team focus on key issues like wealth management, compliance, cash flow management, equity expansion, divestiture and exit strategies."

Our PwC Private teams help entrepreneurs, private business owners and family enterprises manage their ownership and growth at every stage, in a way that fits the needs of their business in today's changing global landscape.

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 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:

• Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.
• Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.
• Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.
• Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.
• Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.
• Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.
• Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
• Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.
• Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

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

· Develop an understanding of the PwC audit approach, methodology and tools.

· Demonstrate deep knowledge of auditing and aptitude for technical accounting.

· Perform responsibilities with a professional auditor mindset focused on exercising professional skepticism and judgment and independently evaluating information while directly addressing contradictory evidence.

· 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.

· Lead 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.

 · Lead communications with numerous engagement teams/ end clients to discuss audit issues · Demonstrate maturity, poise and self confidence in managing self and dealing with colleagues · Demonstrate positive attitude towards colleagues and work.

· Understand and adapt to the PwC corporate culture.

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

• Review of audit documentation based on understanding of the underlying supporting evidences in accordance with relevant accounting/ auditing standards.
• Analytical review of audit documents including identifying accounting and auditing issues and performance of research to address the issues.
• Manage engagements involving increased level of judgments.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the day-to-day operations of multiple engagements.
•  Perform review of audit deliverables in accordance with relevant professional literature/ Delivery Center (DC) User Guide instructions as applied to engagement teamwork request submissions.
• Maintain deep knowledge of relevant auditing standards/ DC User Guides
• Monitor time and manage deadlines.
• Assist in designing the approach to audit engagements.
•  Anticipate project issues and take appropriate measures to resolve.
• Develop and enhance good relationship with Territory PMO and Market Team Transformation Leaders
• Implement high standards of quality for performance of team.
• Ensure that audit documentation is in compliance with quality standards of the Firm.
• Take ownership for the results of the team members.
• Adhere to PwC SDC policies and procedures.
• Participate in training, coaching and other developmental opportunities.
• Provide effective counseling, training, coaching and mentoring to team members to assist them in fully developing their potential.
• Serve as catalysts for innovation by identifying and exploring emerging issues.
• Interact regularly with business leaders to provide status update.
• Continue to grow by taking advantage of mentorship and development opportunities.
• Gain exposure to a variety of industries and business models to increase understanding of how organizations operate.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance or Chartered Accountant

Relevant Qualifications:

• CA/CPA

Experience:

• CA- 8+ years.
• CPA- 11+ years

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

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Government Clearance Required?

Job Posting End Date

December 31, 2024