Assurance - RA - Controls - Manager - BLR

Job Description & Summary
A career in our Assurance Service Delivery Centre is the natural extension of PwC's leading class global delivery capabilities. We provide premium, cost effective, high quality services that support process quality and delivery capability in support for client engagements.

Responsibilities

As a Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Proactively assist in the management of a portfolio of clients, while reporting to Senior Managers and above
• Be involved in the financial management of clients
• Be actively involved in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients
• Contribute to the development of your own and team's technical acumen
• Develop strategies to solve complex technical challenges
• Assist in the management and delivering of large projects
• Train, coach, and supervise staff
• Keep up to date with local and national business and economic issues
• Continue to develop internal relationships and your PwC brand

Preferred skills

• Plan and execute Internal Audit /controls testing/controls validations work
• Liaise with PwC engagement teams and end client as part of planning, execution and reporting phases of the audit
• Participate in client meetings, walkthroughs and update documentation/flowcharts accordingly
• Document process narratives
• Perform detailed control effectiveness testing
• Prepare deliverables in accordance with SDC User Guide and instructions received as part of the engagement team work requests
• Maintain working knowledge of SDC User Guides
• Monitor time and manage deadlines
• Adhere to PwC SDC policies and procedures
• Participate in training, coaching and other developmental opportunities
• Project Management; Manage personal time and engagement deliverable schedule
• Guide, supervise, and support other team members (as needed).

• The candidate must have strong Internal Audit experience covering all the key phases of planning, execution and reporting
• Experience of performing Internal Audit in the Financial Services Sector and having a good understanding of banking processes
• Strong experience and knowledge of Anti Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) domains through either internal audit or validations.
• Experience of performing validation testing or testing the work performed by 1st line of defence.

Strong verbal and written communication skills with experience of drafting detailed audit documentation
• Basic understanding of IT Controls and some experience in performing IT controls testing would be helpful
• Self-motivated individual who has the knack and ability to learn on the go and adapt to dynamic client requirements
• Understanding of process workflow for delivering work end to end
• Experience participating in a wide range of projects and collaborating across multiple work streams or teams ; consistently demonstrating creative thinking, individual initiative and timely completion of assigned work
• Consistently demonstrate teamwork 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.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure without compromising professional standards or quality of the work being performed.
• Experience with the Microsoft Office suite of products (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, etc.), including an understanding of the v-lookup, text, reference and logical and information functionality in excel.
• Demonstrated self-motivation and a desire to take responsibility for personal growth and development
• Commitment to continuous training and to proactively learn new processes.

Minimum years experience required

• Bachelors or Masters Degree in Commerce
• Chartered Accountant
• Understanding of audit concepts and regulations
• Minimum of 8 + years' experience in the domains mentioned above - Candidates with "Big 4" or equivalent experience would be preferred

Certification(s) preferred:
• AML related certifications
• CIA / CISA certifications

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Travel Requirements
0%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?
No

Government Clearance Required?
No

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