Established in the region for 40
years, PwC has around 12,000 people in 12 countries across the region: Bahrain, Egypt,
Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait,
Lebanon, Libya, Oman,
the Palestinian territories, Qatar,
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Our regional team operates across
the Middle East bringing international
experience delivered within the context of the region and its culture. We can
bring the collective knowledge and experience of more than 370,000 people
across the entire global PwC network in advisory, assurance and tax to help you
find the value you are looking for.
A career within Risk Consulting
services will provide you with the opportunity to gain an understanding of an
organisation’s objectives, regulatory and risk management environment, and the
diverse needs of their critical stakeholders.
Our purpose is to build trust in
society and solve important problems. Therefore, our Risk Consulting practice
focuses on helping organisations review and strengthen every aspect of their
business, from people to performance, systems to strategy, and business
planning to business resilience.
Our Risk Consulting practice
provides a wide range of services and business advice that is not limited to
Internal Audit, Enterprise Risk Management, Policies and Procedures,
Governance, Internal Control over Financial Reporting, Process Intelligence,
Compliance as well as Technology Risk.
What is expected from you?
As a Senior Associate, you will be
reporting to Managers and higher grades, working as part of a team of problem
solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution.
Your job duties will include but will not be limited to:
- Leveraging on your skills and
experience to become a trusted advisor to your clients on topics of risk &
internal controls
- Engaging and dealing with diverse
teams from the planning through the completion phase of the audit as well as
closely following up on the progress of the requested tasks to ensure meeting
the timeline and the firm’s internal KPI’s.
- Working with clients to improve
their internal control maturity and to help them in mitigating the risks they
face by developing internal audit and risk management strategies to strengthen
their existing controls and processes
- Identifying key risks, defining
the audit methodology, and process improvement by understanding the client’s
objectives, risks, control frameworks, systems and regulatory
environments
- Building and maintaining
meaningful relationships with clients, and taking part in researching and
identifying opportunities on new/existing client
- Developing internal and external
relationships and reflecting PwC values on your day to day work when working in
diverse teams
- Managing the engagement budget
and economics
- Managing teams and the
communication with the clients/stakeholders; Helping clients navigate an
evolving risk landscape by developing and executing test plans, identifying
control effectiveness and improvements and reporting these to clients in an
impactful way
- Providing on-ground support for
the planning, implementation and administration of the clients’ Internal Audit
Plan
- Working on Internal Audit
engagements focusing on compliance, financial and operational related
audits
- Conducting testing to evaluate
the adequacy of the design and operating effectiveness of internal
controls
- Drafting the audit findings, the
related impact, potential risks, and recommendations
- Innovating & helping further
develop our service offerings related to internal audit, risk &
controls
- Planning and executing the
engagements effectively to ensure completion of the projects within budgeted
time and cost
- Assisting our clients in the
deployment and development of their internal audit/internal control
function
- Studying business functions,
gathering information, evaluating output requirements and formats
- Reviewing the work of the
associate levels and providing them on-job training, coaching and constructive
feedback to help them grow
- Ensuring adhering to compliance,
quality and independence matters.
- Commitment to continuous
education and digital upskilling
- Performing other procedures as
necessary to support issuance of the assurance deliverables
What will you bring?
You are ambitious and you utilise
opportunities to grow and develop. In addition, you recognise yourself in the
following characteristics:
- A degree in Accounting, Finance,
Risk Management, Governance Industrial Engineer, or any related
discipline.
- Completed or pursuing a
professional qualification, such as CIA, CPA, CRMA, CFE, CGRCP, PMP, or CMA is
a plus.
- Progressive experience at the
Senior Associate level or at least 3-6 years working in internal audit
preferably in one of the big 4 professional services firm.
- Excellent communication,
presentation, and interpersonal skills that allow you to thrive in a team
environment.
- Having strong report writing, and
analytical skills.
- Bilingual proficiency in Arabic
and English (oral and written).
- Business development and client
relationship building skills.
- Willingness to challenge the
‘norms’ and to create a cohesive and effective working team.
- Demonstrating strong technical
knowledge and having the ability to research issues, present alternatives and
conclusions to client/Manager.
- Having a background in governance,
risk management, and compliance. an up to date understanding of issues facing
businesses and how to influence client conversations.
- Experienced in assessment and
testing of design and effectiveness of business controls.
- Project management skills and
ability to lead engagements from end to end and working directly with the
partner and manager on the account.
- Knowledge in any Audit
technologies, and experience using Data Analytics tools is a plus.
- Commitment to valuing differences
and working alongside diverse people and perspectives.
- Ability and willingness to travel
frequently within the Middle East and
worldwide where the project dictates.
For further information, and to
apply, please visit our website via the “Apply” button below.