Digital Audit - Data - Senior Associate

Job Description

Quality is at the heart of what we do. Combining passionate people with leading technology, we work together to build trust in society. We put the team first and solve important problems by challenging the organisations we audit and being open to challengeourselves. We take pride in our work and the profession, recognising audit as a deep specialism.Hear from our UK Head of Audit about the evolution of the Audit and what opportunities PwC could have for you.Its a really exciting time to be joining us. Weregrowing our teams across all areas of our Audit practice and investing a huge amount in our people, their skills and the technology available, as we continue to radically modernise our business and the way we serve our clients.Learn more about The Future ofAudit. Digital Audit is a specialist team within our Audit practice that combines a mix of technology, data, business and accounting expertise to how we audit clients across all industries. There are two sides to Digital Audit which include; using our latesttools to help digitise the way we deliver audits through automation, AI, data analytics and innovation - known as Digital Auditing. The other side is Auditing Digital which involves auditing our clients technology to give them assurance that security andcontrols are in place. This includes infrastructure, Cloud, and applications. As part of the team youll have the opportunity to work with a variety of clients, industries and technologies and youll develop the business skills, knowledge and relationshipsyou need to build a career thats more than just numbers. Were constantly investing in audit technology and the skills of our people to keep up with the rapid pace of change and to deliver trust that is deeper, broader and more forward-looking.What we doTechnologyis now at the heart of how our clients deliver their services. The complexity of systems, increasing use of data and the continuous investment in technologies by our clients, creates new challenges, but equally, opportunities, as to how we assess our clientrisks and build trust in society. As an audit practice, we invested significantly in innovative technology to understand how our clients processes, technologies and systems operate in order to provide a fair view on how they address their risks. The DA teamis part of the larger UK Audit practice. We provide and develop the innovation initiatives across a large array of our audit clients. We do this through the implementation of robotics, AI, machine learning and advanced analytics tools, leveraging the besttechnologies currently on the market.The team works with audit clients and internal audit stakeholders to generate crucial insights and find patterns in data to match with our understanding of client risk assessments. We also build scalable automated solutionsfor existing audit processes across an array of industries. We often assure that information and data provided to the audit practice is accurate, complete, and can be trusted.What youll doThe DA team is a high performing and diverse team that leads the wayin the implementation of advanced technologies within the PwC UK audit practice. As a trusted specialist, you will advise senior stakeholders on ways to automate and reimagine audits, implementing innovative technologies, such as Python, R, SQL, Alteryx, PowerBI, Process Intelligence and Machine Learning. Building a strong understanding for the role data and analytics plays in the modern day audit.Youll get to work on technical assignments enabling you to develop skills in Advanced Analytics, Machine Learning,Data Engineering and sophisticated visualisation tools to provide clients with the PwC digital audit experience. This means that youll develop the technical, business and soft skills around the topic of data and analytics that our clients are demanding today.Asthe leading analytics function in the PwC UK audit practice, youll get to work closely with audit clients across a broad range of industries (e.g. banking, insurance, asset and wealth management, oil and gas, manufacturing and telecoms). Training and developmentThroughour tailored training programme youll develop the foundations to become a highly skilled advanced analytics professional. Youll also get the full support of your own Career Coach and experienced colleagues wholl help guide and shape your career, so thatyoure always delivering the best you can.We aim to make sure graduates gain relevant external business and technical accreditations. Together, these provide a good combination of business knowledge and technical skill that sets our advanced analytics professionalsapart.RequirementsTo be considered you must be able to demonstrate experience working in a data role, covering multiple of the following disciplinesACA QualifiedScope of work is to carry out audit of financial statements using data analytics and technologyApplyknowledge of existing audit methodologiesLiaison with audit teams and audit clients to develop innovative approachesData transformation and modelling (e.g. pandas and scikit-learn in Python);Data storage and querying (e.g. SQL, Alteryx, Python);Data visualisationexperience (eg PowerBI, Tableau)Understanding of common data quality issues and they effect they have on machine learning models;Data cleansing and manipulation for machine learning (e.g. feature engineering);Robotics experience eg UI Path;Experience and beable to demonstrate finance/accounting understanding;Experience with financial / general ledger data;Knowledge of the current data science software platforms.To be successful in this role you will need to demonstrate the followingThe ability to come up withcreative solutions to complex problems;Good audit knowledge and understanding of the audit processExperience working and leading a team and on listed/multinational clientsExceptional analytical and technical aptitude;Exceptional attention to detail;The abilityto manage time, prioritise tasks and work under tight deadlines;Ability to coach and support team members;Concise and clear communication when presenting and explaining results and findings.Client relationship-building and management skillsExperience in workingin complex environmentsExperience in coaching junior colleagues and an interest in developing others2:1 university degree in any subject with an interest in data analytics, machine learning, data science, data mining & codingLocationsAs a National Business,we Digital Audit Data teams in a number of locations. This role is open to candidates looking for a permanent position in Manchester or London. The PwC DealWe want people to build exceptional careers during their time at PwC. When you feel motivated and energisedby your work, youre more able to contribute to the organisation, as well as achieve your aspirations. No matter which area of the business you choose to join, all routes offer the same deal. The opportunity to grow as an individual,