FY27 - Senior Associate - Risk Assurance - Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)

Line of Service

Assurance

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Assurance

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, our people in risk and compliance focus on maintaining regulatory compliance and managing risks for clients, providing advice, and solutions. They help organisations navigate complex regulatory landscapes and enhance their internal controls to mitigate risks effectively.

Those in governance, risk, controls and compliance at PwC will be responsible for confirming regulatory compliance and managing risks for clients. Your work will involve providing advice and solutions to help organisations navigate complex regulatory landscapes and enhance their internal controls to mitigate risks effectively.

Focused on relationships, you are building meaningful client connections, and learning how to manage and inspire others. Navigating increasingly complex situations, you are growing your personal brand, deepening technical expertise and awareness of your strengths. You are expected to anticipate the needs of your teams and clients, and to deliver quality. Embracing increased ambiguity, you are comfortable when the path forward isn’t clear, you ask questions, and you use these moments as opportunities to grow.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

• Respond effectively to the diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others.
• Use a broad range of tools, methodologies and techniques to generate new ideas and solve problems.
• Use critical thinking to break down complex concepts.
• Understand the broader objectives of your project or role and how your work fits into the overall strategy.
• Develop a deeper understanding of the business context and how it is changing.
• Use reflection to develop self awareness, enhance strengths and address development areas.
• Interpret data to inform insights and recommendations.
• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Perform assessment of business process, evaluate control based on COSO or other internal control framework, provide a recommendation for business process and control improvement, develop a documentation of business process and document the risk and control mapping in the Risk Control Matrices (RCM).
• Perform internal audit services to provide insight and creating value to optimise the client's business performance
• Assist the client in developing or enhancing their policies and procedures
• Perform assessment of the client’s compliance with the rules and regulation such as Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and other established regulations.
• Perform an independent assurance of regulatory reporting and disclosures standard for various industries and organization

Requirements:

• Minimum degree(s) of bachelor’s in economics majoring in accounting or finance
• 3-5 Years working experience in related field
• Good experience and knowledge in business process, internal control, and risk management 
• Relevant certification such as Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Chartered Accountant (CA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) would be an advantage
• Has the interest in learning new things, agile, attention to detail, has the ‘can do’ attitude, has strong communication skills (both verbal and writing) and interpersonal skills, able to work independently and as a team
• Has the capability to solve complex problems, identify practical solutions, and analyse data
• Demonstrates proven thorough abilities and success with performing and supervising various work streams of client engagements that emphasise identifying and addressing client needs, including:
• Participating actively in client discussions and meetings;
• Preparing concise and accurate documents, leveraging and utilising MS Office (Word, Excel, Access, Power Point) and data analytics (Power BI, Tableau) to complete related project deliverables, as necessary;
• Balancing project economics management with the occurrence of unanticipated issues.
• Exhibit project management skills, including developing project plans, budgets, and deliverables schedules.
• Interacting with clients on solutions and executing projects on client engagements, forming client relationships and demonstrating an understanding of the client’s businesses.

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)

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Business Decisions, Business Performance Management, C-Level Presentations, Communication, Compliance Frameworks, Compliance Policies, Compliance Program Implementation, Compliance Review, Controls Testing, Corporate Governance, Creativity, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, External Audit, Finance Target Operating Model, Finance Transformation, Financial Reporting, Fraud Detection, Fraud Prevention, Group Facilitation {+ 17 more}

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Up to 40%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

No

Job Posting End Date