External Audit in City of Westminster

As a Senior Associate, you will gain in-depth knowledge into how businesses run, gain direct access to internal stakeholders and clients, and work with an unrivalled range of organisations we audit. A rewarding career path awaits, join our team to develop yourself as a professional and benefit from the wide range of development opportunities available at PwC.

You will utilise your team and relationship management skills to ensure that yours and the audit team's documentation - from planning to completion of an Audit, meets PwC and regulatory standards. You will also put the team first by coaching with purpose, being present with the team and openly communicating expectations.

Responsibilities

• Completing a variety of areas of audit work which includes the identification of issues, analysis of data, articulation of findings and the ability to draw informed conclusions.
• Building meaningful relationships and demonstrating curiosity that will allow you to have insightful conversations and provide visible challenge during the Audit.
• Delegating to others to provide learning opportunities and coaching to help deliver the most effective audit approach.
• Building connections across teams and specialist areas within PwC, managing a variety of views and consulting where appropriate.
• Developing new insights and proposing innovative solutions to help enhance audit quality.
• Experience of IFRS and/or UK GAAP and international standards on auditing.
• Strong organisational skills, experience of undertaking audit from planning to completion and a track record of challenging yourself/others to complete high quality testing and documentation.
• Ability to establish and nurture relationships including communicating clearly with colleagues and organisations.
• Ability to review others' work, providing commentary and feedback to support the teams' technical development and enhance audit quality.
• Takes pride in their work and in the Audit profession. Shows resilience and demonstrates dedication to self-development including being agile and innovative in the digital world.

Qualifications

Must possess a ACA / ACCA / ICAS Qualification (or an international equivalent) or have equivalent work experience. This includes international candidates who qualify through experience in their home country.

Values & Culture

In order to be the leading professional services firm it's important we have the right values, culture and behaviours embedded throughout our organisation, so our work reflects our purpose and we can successfully deliver our strategy. Our values set the expectations for the way we interact with each other, our clients, and in the communities in which we operate. These values, and the behaviours that they require from us, are relevant to all our people regardless of grade. They support a culture that empowers our people to be the best they can be, through challenging experiences and encouraging our people to speak up to make the firm a better place. We want all our people to understand and embrace the culture and personally feel part of the legacy this will create for our future employees. We’re a hugely diverse business, bound together by our purpose - to build trust in society and solve important problems for our clients and the communities in which we operate. We believe we can make the biggest impact when our purpose is embedded within everything we do.