At PwC, our people in audit and assurance focus on providing independent and objective assessments of financial statements, internal controls, and other assurable information enhancing the credibility and reliability of this information with a variety of stakeholders. They evaluate compliance with regulations including assessing governance and risk management processes and related controls. In digital assurance at PwC, you will focus on providing assurance services over clients' digital environment, including processes and controls, cyber security measures, data and AI systems, and their associated governance, to help organisations and their stakeholders build trust in their technology while complying with relevant regulations.Driven by curiosity, you are a reliable, contributing member of a team. In our fast-paced environment, you are expected to adapt to working with a variety of clients and team members, each presenting varying challenges and scope. Every experience is an opportunity to learn and grow. You are expected to take ownership and consistently deliver quality work that drives value for our clients and success as a team. As you navigate through the Firm, you build a brand for yourself, opening doors to more opportunities.
Skills
Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:
- Apply a learning mindset and take ownership for your own development.
- Appreciate diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others.
- Adopt habits to sustain high performance and develop your potential.
- Actively listen, ask questions to check understanding, and clearly express ideas.
- Seek, reflect, act on, and give feedback.
- Gather information from a range of sources to analyse facts and discern patterns.
- Commit to understanding how the business works and building commercial awareness.
- Learn and apply professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), uphold the Firm's code of conduct and independence requirements.
Overview Of Business & Role
The explosion of digital data in recent years has fundamentally changed the way businesses operate. Organisations of every type have the opportunity to optimise their processes and improve critical decision making by harnessing the power of data and data analytics and our Data Analytics & Assurance (DA&A) team are there to help our clients successfully realise this opportunity. We work on a variety of digital reporting engagements with our clients in all industries addressing various aspects of data including extraction, transformation, quality assessment & enhancement, governance, visualisation and data analytics to unlock meaningful insights for management.The advertised position is within our iXBRL Transformation sub-team and involves working closely with management to deliver iXBRL Financial Statement Conversion services to a wide range of clients to meet their Revenue and HMRC tax filing requirements.This role will also include working on ESEF and CSRD digital reporting.Successful applicants will have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, a passion for learning, a strong interest in accounting, data and the digital world and a desire to provide high quality services to help our clients meet the challenges they face.
Responsibilities
- Liaising with clients to agree scope of engagements, scheduling work and managing client engagements end to end within agreed timeframes
- Assessing the quality and reliability of client data and advising them on remediation actions
- Research and advise clients on technical queries and changes in reporting requirements as instructed by the relevant authority (Revenue or HMRC)
- Oversee the work of junior team members to ensure quality is maintained and timelines are achieved
- Work as an effective team member during an engagement by communicating relevant issues, and requesting feedback
- Manage a portfolio of clients and ensure timely submission of their XBRL files to the relevant tax authorities.
Education/ Professional Qualifications
- A recognised university degree or equivalent in accounting, finance or a related field.
- Familiarity with accounts preparation or financial reporting would be an advantage.
Experience
- 1-2 years of experience in a finance role would be an advantage;
- Demonstrable track record of effective client and stakeholder communication and management
- Supporting projects to deliver results within agreed deadlines and budgets
- Supporting the delivery of formal and informal reports and presentations
Personal Qualities
- Strong interpersonal skills and able to deal with people across all levels of an organisation
- A genuine interest in providing high quality service to clients
- Exceptional attention to detail required, with a focus on maintaining accuracy and consistency across tasks, particularly when managing multiple clients and meeting deadlines.
- Excellent planning and organisation skills.
- Excellent analytical, problem solving & organizational skills
- Ability to handle multiple assignments simultaneously
- Demonstrated ability to work to deadlines
- Ability to take initiative and work independently
- Great communication skills
