Assurance - Manager
7 days left
- Recruiter
- PwC Ireland
- Location
- Waterford/Wexford/Kilkenny, Ireland
- Salary
- Competitive salary
- Posted
- 21 Nov 2024
- Closes
- 21 Dec 2024
- Ref
- 548899WD
- Approved employers
- Approved employer
- Job role
- Accountant, Audit, Compliance/risk, Financial planning & analysis
- Sector
- Accounting - Public practice
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Experience level
- Manager
Description
Our collective blend of expertise and experience makes PwC a great place to work. PwC Ireland welcomes top talent from all backgrounds to join us at the start of what will be your lifelong journey of development and discovery. Let's see where your talent could take you.
Job Description & Summary
A career within External Audit services, will provide you with the opportunity to provide 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.We have opportunities for a Senior Associate to join our Assurance practice in the SE (Waterford/Wexford/Kilkenny)
Our South East Assurance Practice provides assurance services to a wide range of businesses, both indigenous and international. You will get the opportunity to work with clients from various industries including Asset and Wealth Management, pharmaceutical, food, engineering, services and not-for-profit. This diversity will help you gain valuable experience across many sectors.
This role involves taking charge of a broad variety of audits from planning to completion, The Senior Associate is responsible for organising and managing client assignments and projects including the completion of assignment tasks and project components as well as coaching, advising, and directing team members.
About the role, as a Senior Associate your responsibilities will include:
- Leading an audit team and setting the audit approach to the engagement, which makes effective use of team members’ skills and is within budget.
- Liaising onsite with clients to obtain relevant information in order to resolve any queries and to identify causes/risks on issues requiring further consideration.
- Identifying the key business and audit risks of a client and investigate all audit issues to arrive at a solution or proposal
- Researching and resolving technical queries from clients
- Work closely with the tax department to ensure that the taxation figures for the audit are finalised within the required time.
- Ensure Manager/Senior Managers (or relevant Partner) are informed on a regular basis on the progress of the audit and relevant issues in respect of budget constraints.
- Reporting on audit findings to the Managers/Senior Managers and Partners and in particular raise any issues arising during the audit which may impact on risk.
- Preparing reports detailing issues found and recommending corrective and preventative actions to resolve them
- Review the work of junior team members to ensure quality, thoroughness and completion of assignment tasks within agreed time frames.
- Work as an effective team member during an audit by communicating relevant issues, requesting feedback and coaching junior team members.
- Designing appropriate procedures and audit programmes
Essential Skills and Experience
- A recognised University Degree or equivalent
- Qualified ACA/ACCA (or equivalent from a recognised international accounting institution)
- At least 4 years practice accounting experience in small, medium or large practice
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 youthrive 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 recognise you for it - ensuring you feel like you belong and that you are valued and rewarded for the great work you do everyday. PwC is an equal opportunities employer and creating a diverse workforce that is representative of the communities we serve is hugely important to us.
We believe this so much that we have signed up for the Business in the Community Inclusive Workplace Elevate Pledge.( https://www.bitc.ie/the-leaders-group-on-sustainability/inclusive-workplace-pledge/)
Our Inclusion First strategy puts inclusion at the heart of our culture - supporting an environment where individuality is embraced, diversity is celebrated and inclusion is valued. Check out 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 everyone is supported throughout and, if required, provided with 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.
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