Digital Assurance & Transparency Manager

PwC Canada; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 88,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Accommodation during application and*$

Inclusive benefits

Flexibility programs

Job summary

PwC Canada invites you to join our External Audit Process Assurance team in Vancouver. You’ll work on optimizing internal controls and improving financial and IT management processes while collaborating with clients to understand their businesses and IT environments.

You will lead engagements, design and review audit programs, and drive consistent, high-quality deliverables. A CPA or equivalent, with ITGC and SOC experience, helps you excel in this role at PwC Canada.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related business or IT field or CPA designation
• CISA is an asset
• Experience in IT General Controls and technology auditing
• Experience in assurance services across IT areas including ITGC and SOC reporting
• Experience with IT governance, service management, vendor/contract management and ISO 27001 is an asset
• Experience with business process controls is an asset
• Experience evaluating current state processes and controls, developing future state designs and leading implementation
• Interest in upskilling for a digital world and learning new tools

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with clients to identify and address their needs and build networks of client relationships
• Understand client's business including IT general and process controls and communicate PwC's services value
• Facilitate staff to evaluate internal controls design; identify risks, develop and review audit programs
• Manage creation of high quality deliverables to communicate engagement status and issues
• Manage project costs and margins for efficient delivery
• Research and use technical resources/tools to expand knowledge and contribute to business development
• Resolve issues that hinder team performance during change
• Coach others and encourage ownership of development

Skills

IT General Controls

Technology auditing

SOC reporting

IT governance

Vendor management

ISO 27001

Upskilling for digital world

Team coaching

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or IT OR CPA designation

Job description

A career in our External Audit Process Assurance practice, within Assurance services, will enable you to assist clients in optimizing control activities, organizational strategy, and policies and procedures. You’ll conduct transaction testing, perform readiness assessments, and leverage various technical Information Technology controls (e.g. databases, operating systems, data warehouses, and reporting tools) in order to help our clients achieve optimal operational efficiency. Our team helps organizations navigate the increasingly complex reporting environments by improving internal controls and increasing confidence in the quality of the information produced by their internal systems. We focus on the design, documentation, and operations of controls around the financial reporting process, including financial business process and Information Technology management controls.

The Opportunity

As a Digital Assurance & Transparency Manager, unlock your potential and embrace the chance to drive meaningful outcomes that’ll elevate your career. Your role will include, but isn’t limited to:

• Collaborate directly with clients to identify and address their needs through building, maintaining and utilizing solid networks of client relationships and community involvement
• Understand client's business including IT general and process controls; communicating the value propositions of a broad range of Firm services to the client in an organized and knowledgeable manner and being recognized and respected by clients as a knowledgeable valued professional
• Facilitate staff as they evaluate internal controls design; identify key risks and controls, develop and or review audit programs, benchmark financial and operational processes and controls as well as perform controls optimization
• Manage the creation of high quality deliverables to communicate to clients on the status of engagements, key issues and work plans
• Manage the costs and margins of your projects to ensure efficient and effective delivery.
• Use available technical resources/tools to research; expand knowledge to enhance work product, significantly contribute to business development efforts to remain up to date on client and firm hot topics while sharing the knowledge amongst the team where applicable
• Act to resolve issues which prevent effective team working, even during times of change and uncertainty
• Coach others and encourage them to take ownership of their development

What You'll Bring

Your skills, knowledge, and experiences are what set you apart. Here's what we look for:

• Bachelor's degree in a related business or IT field or qualified Canadian CPA or equivalent reciprocal/recognized designation
• CISA is an asset
• Demonstrated years of experience within IT General Controlsand technology auditing
• Experience in providing assurance services across a range of IT areas including IT General Controls (ITGC) and/or SOC reporting
• Experience in advising across a range of IT areas, such as IT governance, IT service management, IT management processes, vendor and contract management, IT capability, assessments, IT support and operational processes, and ISO 27001 certification is an asset
• Experience with business process controls is an asset
• Experience in evaluating current state processes, internal controls and testing methodologies, developing future state designs, and leading implementation of new ways of working
• An interest in upskilling for a digital world and technology trends, an openness to learning new tools and adapting how you work

This position ensures continuity and upholds our standards of excellence following the departure of a valued team member.

The salary range for this position is $87,700 - $137,700. The posted salary range represents the expected hiring range for PwC locations in major city centres. Given our national recruiting approach, ranges may vary for positions in other locations. At PwC Canada, base salary is determined by your skills, experience, qualifications and work location. In addition to base salary, eligible employees may have opportunities to participate in variable incentive pay programs which are designed to reward individual and firm-wide achievements. We are committed to offering competitive compensation and adhere to all relevant pay transparency legislation. During the hiring process, our Talent Acquisition team will provide details about our comprehensive total rewards package.

Why you’ll love PwC

We’re inspiring and empowering our people to change the world. Powered by the latest technology with significant investment in AI, you’ll be a part of diverse teams helping public and private clients build trust and deliver sustained outcomes. This meaningful work, and our continuous development environment, will take your career to the next level. We reward your impact, and support your wellbeing, through a competitive compensation package, inclusive benefits and flexibility programs that will help you thrive in work and life.

PwC Canada acknowledges that we work and live across Turtle Island, on the land that is now known as Canada, which are the lands of the ancestral, treaty and unceded territories of the First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples. We recognize the systemic racism, colonialism and oppression that Indigenous Peoples have experienced and still go through, and we commit to allyship and solidarity.

We’re committed to providing accommodation throughout the application, interview, and employment process. If you require accommodation to be at your best, please let us know during the application process.

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