Digital Audit Manager, Guernsey

Location

Guernsey | United Kingdom

Job description

A career within Financial Markets Business Advisory services, will provide you with the opportunity to contribute to a variety of audit, regulatory, valuation, and financial analyses services to design solutions that address our clients’ complex accounting and financial reporting challenges, as well as their broader business issues.

Manager – Digital Audit, Risk Assurance Practice
Contact E-mail: [email protected]

The C.I. Digital Audit, Risk Assurance Practice:

PwC Channel Islands have exciting opportunities for experienced individuals to work in our growing Digital Audit team within our Risk Assurance practice.

Digital Audit is a specialist team within Risk Assurance which supports the core financial statement audit practice and our assurance solutions. Digital Audit brings together a mix of technology, data, business and specific audit expertise, working with clients across all industries. Digital Audit provides assurance on the use of technology by our clients which supports the production of the information contained within their financial statements, focusing on security and controls. This includes the review of IT infrastructure, Cloud, databases, applications and cyber security. In our work we audit digitally, using the latest technical tooling including automation, AI, data analytics and innovation.

Working within our Team:

As part of the team you'll have the opportunity to work with a variety of clients and technologies and you'll develop the business skills, knowledge and relationships you need to build a career that’s more than just numbers. We’re 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.

The passion of our people, combined with access to the latest technology, helps us deliver the highest quality audits and build trust in society. We pride ourselves on our global reputation as a trusted place to do business, whilst giving our people access to the best opportunities and lots of variety through your home team, internal secondments and international assignments.

As a credible candidate you will have developed core skills in Digital Audit and be able to demonstrate prior experience in a Big-4 firm with a specialisation in financial services.

You will need to be capable of applying these core skills in a variety of business situations to maximise and deliver tangible results and client value.

About the role:

As a Manager in our Risk Assurance team your impact will be seen by:

• Managing the Digital Audit work required to support the engagements of our external audit practice
• Providing our clients with confidence in their internal controls by identifying risks, regulatory obligations and internal control points within their end-to-end business processes
• Supporting business development opportunities and identifying new ways to help our clients achieve their business aspirations
• Developing internal capability by providing coaching in controls methodology, risk management procedures and coaching junior team members
• Building trust-based relationships with clients that allow for the effective adoption of internal control advice

Essential skills & experience required:

• ACA / ACCA qualified (or international equivalent)

Or, part Qualified and working towards your full ACA / ACCA (or equivalent) qualification
Or, Accounting or Technology-based Bachelor Degree, plus CISA with a minimum of five years work experience in IT Audit

• Demonstrable experience of supporting the external audit practice of a Big-4 firm as an IT Controls specialist
• A background in internal controls and are skilled in providing assurance to organisations within the wealth management industry and hold an understanding of controls reporting standards such as ISAE 3402, ISAE 3000, SSAE 18, SOC1 and SOC2
• Experience of helping clients understand the risks facing their organisations and how to develop appropriate controls to mitigate those risks
• Experience in managing junior colleagues and an interest in developing others
• Experience in working in complex environments with large organisations
• Strong time management skills, including flexibility to work with shifting priorities and client needs
• Project management and analytical skills
• Experience in managing the commercial aspects of an engagement, including budgeting
• Client relationship-building and management skill
• Creating a positive working environment by monitoring and managing workloads of the team – balancing client expectations with the work-life quality of team members
• Keeping leadership and engagement management informed of progress and issues

Desirable skills & experience required:

• Experience and recognised status in the local market is desirable, but not essential
• MBA desirable, but not essential
• CISM, CISSP designation desirable, but not essential
• Certified Internal Auditor designation desirable, but not essential

Travel:

• Potential for long-extended periods of travel

The skills we look for in our people:

All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, ‘The PwC Professional’, and are made up of five core attributes; Whole Leadership, Technical Capabilities, Business Acumen, Global Acumen and Relationships.

Learn more about our Channel Islands Firm here:

Diversity:

We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool, as well as those who reflect the diverse nature of our society. And we aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths. Creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business and as an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we're open to flexible working arrangements where appropriate.

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