Assurance - AWM - Manager

PwC South Africa; Dublin; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

Inclusive employee benefits

Flexibility programs

Job summary

PwC Ireland is seeking an experienced Manager for the Asset and Wealth Management Audit practice. You will work with senior management to plan and execute audits across fund managers and service providers, ensuring GAAP/GAAS compliance and fostering client relationships.

The role focuses on leadership, coaching, and delivering high-quality assurance services to a diverse, international client base in Ireland.

Qualifications

• Qualified ACA/ACCA or equivalent from a recognised international accounting institution.
• Minimum of 5 years' practice accounting experience in a Big 4 firm or other international accounting firm.
• Investment Management experience is essential.
• Detailed understanding of Irish GAAP; knowledge of US GAAP/SEC and IAS is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Conducting engagement assessments.
• Budgeting and determination of resource requirements.
• Billing and iPower management.
• Organising engagement partner and quality review partner meetings for both planning and completion stages of the audit.
• Appraisals for staff members – setting objectives at planning stage and completion of appraisals once audit is finalised.
• Review of client audit files – planning through to completion, incorporating review of financial statements in line with GAAP/GAAS.
• Drafting board reports, engagement letters and audit representation letters.
• Developing client relationships with fund managers.

Education

ACA/ACCA or equivalent

Job description

Line of Service Assurance Industry/Sector Asset and Wealth Management Specialism Assurance Management Level Manager Job Description & Summary A career in our AWM Audit practice will provide you with the opportunity to provide a range of Assurance services and business advice to a variety of clients from small, fast growing clients to large entities. Our clients are often well known brands and many have broad international reach. We focus on using the latest technology to reduce the level of manual testing ensuring you’ll focus on the most valuable areas of client service and on enhancing corporate governance and the reliability of our clients’ information. Our team helps financial organisations navigate regulatory complexity while strengthening trust and transparency in their business. Our clients cover industries within banking and capital markets, private equity, insurance, and consumer finance. While many of the rules of business have changed, the fundamentals haven’t. You’ll work alongside senior members of the client’s management team in planning the audit process from beginning to end, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and fair presentation of our client’s information. Our specialist asset and wealth management group is the largest in Ireland with over 391 professionals and 15 Partners, who work with our extensive global network to provide you with world-class support. Our integrated approach offers market insights and experience that are second to none across all kinds of asset managers, fund service providers and products. Our expertise extends to hedge funds, private equity, UCITS, ETFs, money market funds, real estate funds, Islamic funds and more. Whether our clients focus is on growing revenue, integrating successfully, operating globally, improving efficiency or reducing costs, our cross-functional asset management advisory, assurance and tax services we are sure to be able to assist our clients.

Responsibilities include

• Conducting engagement assessments
• Budgeting and determination of resource requirements
• Billing and iPower management
• Organising engagement partner and quality review partner meetings for both planning and completion stages of the audit
• Appraisals for staff members – setting objectives at planning stage and completion of appraisals once audit is finalised
• Review of client audit files – planning through to completion, incorporating review of financial statements in line with relevant GAAP and GAAS
• Drafting board reports, engagement letters and audit representation letters
• Developing client relationships with fund managers
• Liaison in relation to planning of cross funds work with lead managers on relevant service providers
• Informing lead manager of changes in requirements of staff/timing of job

Education/Professional Qualifications

Qualified ACA/ACCA or equivalent from a recognised international accounting institution
Minimum of 5 years practice accounting experience in a Big 4 firm or other international accounting firm.
Investment Management experience is essential
Detailed understanding of Irish GAAP
Knowledge of US GAAP/ SEC and International Accounting Standards would be an asset

Leadership and Business Acumen

Leadership skills with a passion to coach, mentor and encourage others to achieve and progress
Business Acumen – use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current trends in the market and utilise this information to assist your clients in making innovative business decisions.
Relationship management – ability to read situations and modify behavior to build quality, diverse relationships.
Creative – demonstrate an ability to contribute to new ideas and propose innovative solutions to problems.
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
Ambitious – demonstrate strong commitment to personal learning and development.

Required Skills

• Accepting Feedback
• Accepting Feedback
• Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards
• Accounting Policies
• Active Listening
• Analytical Thinking
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) Platform
• Auditing
• Auditing Methodologies
• Client Management
• Coaching and Feedback
• Communication
• Compliance Auditing
• Complying With Regulations
• Creativity
• Data Analysis and Interpretation
• Data Ingestion
• Data Modeling
• Data Quality
• Data Security
• Data Transformation
• Data Visualization
• Embracing Change
• Emotional Regulation
• Empathy
• {+ 29 more}

Optional Skills

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Diversity & Inclusion

PwC is an equal opportunities employer and creating a diverse workforce that is representative of the communities we serve is hugely important to us. We believe this so much that we have signed up for the Business in the Community Inclusive Workplace Elevate Pledge. Our Inclusion First strategy puts inclusion at the heart of our culture - supporting an environment where individuality is embraced, diversity is celebrated and inclusion is valued. Check out our culture of belonging and explore our range of inclusive programmes, initiatives, employee resource groups and more at www.pwc.ie.

Benefits & Perks

Enjoy PwC’s perks We reward your impact, and support your wellbeing, through a competitive compensation package, inclusive employee benefits and flexibility programs that will help you thrive in work and life. Learn more about us at Life@PwC. (https://www.pwc.ie/careers-ie/life-at-pwc.html).

Legal & Compliance

We will ensure that everyone is supported throughout and, if required, provided with reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.