Line of Service
Assurance
Industry/Sector
Not Applicable
Specialism
Assurance
Management Level
Senior Associate
Job Description & Summary
Closing Date: 4pm 15 December
Qualification: A qualification is required for this role. If you’re on an exam pathway, you’ll be required to have sat and passed all of your exams to be eligible to apply for a Senior Associate transfer role
Location: Birmingham, the East Midlands, Milton Keynes, Bristol and Cardiff
About the team & role
The Central Practice consists of 5 networked offices in Birmingham, the East Midlands, Milton Keynes, Bristol and Cardiff. With a rapidly growing, dynamic marketplace, more than 500 clients and some 600 partners and staff in the region, the Central Audit practice is a great place to build a career. We’ve a wide variety of clients from entrepreneurial start-ups through to major public sector organisations, FTSE100 members and large global businesses.
As a Senior Associate, you’ll gain in-depth knowledge into how businesses run, gain direct access to internal stakeholders and clients and work with an unrivalled range of organisations we audit. A rewarding career path awaits, join our team to develop yourself as a professional and benefit from the wide range of development opportunities available at PwC.
Responsibilities
The responsibilities include but are not limited to:
* Using your team and relationship management skills to ensure that your’s and the audit
* team’s documentation - from planning to completion of an Audit, meets PwC and
* regulatory standards;
* Completing a variety of areas of audit work which includes the identification of issues,
* analysis of data, articulation of findings and the ability to draw informed conclusions;
* Building meaningful relationships and demonstrating curiosity that will allow you to have
* insightful conversations and provide visible challenge during the Audit;
* Delegating to others to provide learning opportunities and coaching to help deliver the
* most effective audit approach;
* Building connections across teams and specialist areas within PwC, managing a variety
* of views and consulting where appropriate;
* Developing new insights and proposing innovative solutions to help enhance audit
* quality; and
* Put the team first by coaching with purpose, being present with the team and openly
* communicating expectations.
Essential skills and experience
* Be Chartered Accountant / ACA / ACCA / ICAS qualified accountant (or international
* equivalent) or have equivalent work experience in Audit (including international
* candidates who technically qualify in their home country by experience);
* Part qualified ACA/ACCA/ICAS at point of application and working towards your full
* qualification (you will need to be time and exam qualified prior to your start date)
* Experience of IFRS and/or UK GAAP and international standards on auditing;
* Strong organisational skills, experience of undertaking audit from planning to completion
* and a track record of challenging yourself and others to complete high quality testing and
* documentation;
* Ability to establish and nurture relationships which includes communicating clearly with
* colleagues and organisations we audit;
* Ability to review the work of others’, providing commentary and feedback to support the
* teams technical development and enhance audit quality;
* Takes pride in their work and in the Audit profession. Shows resilience and demonstrates
* dedication to self development including being agile and innovative in the digital world
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)
0. Global: Associate Chartered Accountants (ACA) - Chartered Accountants (required)
Required Skills
Optional Skills
Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)
Travel Requirements
Not Specified
Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?
Yes
Government Clearance Required?
No
Job Posting End Date