Audit Senior Associate - Insurance & Investment Management
- Reference
- AS03550
- Location
- London
- Service
- Assurance
- Specialism
- Audit
- Industry
- Financial Services
About us
PwC’s Insurance and Investment Management Audit and Assurance team provides a range of audit and advisory services to companies in the insurance and asset management sectors. Our excellent client portfolio is second to none, consisting of the best and brightest companies in the market, from top tier large multi-nationals to innovative, highly regarded smaller firms.
Due to growth, we see experienced Auditors to join our team.
Join our team and drive your career forward in a culture where high performance and enthusiasm are recognised and rewarded. Benefits on offer to you include great exposure to top tier organisations, challenging work that will develop your skills, and many local and international learning and career development opportunities.
About the role
You will be part of a team that is dedicated to audit engagements for I&IM
As a Senior Associate, you will support a Manager/Senior Manager with audit execution, plus liaison with key stakeholders including the Engagement Partner. You will be responsible for supervising junior members of the team, including providing coaching and reviewing their work.
Responsibilities include:
- Represent information and data candidly, accurately and completely.
- Address questions on technical matters from team members and clients and deliver technical training as appropriate.
- Understand and participate in project planning, administration and economics.
- Maintain a focus on project economics and identify and recommend opportunities for improved efficiency.
- Prepare concise, well written documents using appropriate business and technical language.
- Coach staff by providing constructive feedback in a timely manner in order for them to develop and meet their objectives and improve performance.
- Conduct fact finding and analysis in a thorough, pragmatic, accurate and organised manner to enhance quality of engagement project delivery.
Requirements
Essential skills:
- ACA qualification or equivalent
- Experience in auditing for large organisations
- Demonstrated team player
Proven track record of establishing and maintaining strong client relationships - Ability to work autonomously without direct day to day management
Desirable skills:
- Auditing of Financial Services clients
- IFRS and Sarbanes Oxley experience
- Flexibility to travel within UK and overseas
- Ability and preparedness to work to tight deadlines when necessary
- Desire for continuous self-improvement
- Demonstrated ability to take responsibility & use initiative, especially when working to tight deadlines
- Proactive approach to problem solving and delivering client solutions
Our Competencies
Our people need to demonstrate a defined set of core skills and behaviours. We refer to these as our global core competencies. They're integral to who we are as a firm and form the basis of our people appraisal process. We will also assess you against them within our recruitment process to benchmark your own skills and behaviours. We recommend you visit the below web page to find out more about our global core competencies and to consider how your own experiences will align against them. This will help you through the recruitment process with us.
Salary: Competitive, plus benefits
Application deadline: 3rd April 2014
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