External Audit Senior Associate (Financial Services)

PwC Philippines; Makati; On-site; PHP 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC Philippines is seeking a Senior Associate to support engagement teams in accounting, financial reporting, and strategic business issues. You will collaborate with virtual teams and clients, applying analytical skills to resolve complex problems and uphold PwC’s ethical standards.

The role emphasizes developing leadership through PwC Professional, with opportunities to work across consumer goods and industrial services industries and to participate in fieldwork as needed.

Qualifications

• CPA with at least 3 years' external audit experience for local and multinational companies.
• Experience in Consumer Goods and Industrial Services industries is a plus.
• Ability to collaborate with virtual teams.
• Willingness to go on fieldwork as necessary.

Responsibilities

• As a Senior Associate, work with a team of problem solvers to address complex business issues from strategy to execution in financial services industries.
• Demonstrate PwC Professional skills, including self-awareness, delegation, and coaching.
• Apply critical thinking to bring order to unstructured problems.
• Utilize tools and techniques to extract insights from industry trends.
• Review work for quality, accuracy, and relevance and justify tool choices.
• Seek opportunities exposing you to diverse situations, environments and perspectives.
• Communicate clearly and structurally when influencing others.
• Read situations and adapt behavior to build strong relationships.
• Uphold PwC's code of ethics and business conduct.

Skills

Critical thinking

Communication

Team collaboration

Ethics

Problem solving

Self-awareness

Delegation

Education

Certified Public Accountant

Job description

A career within Assurance Support services will provide the opportunity to support our engagement teams and clients by providing advice and counsel on accounting, financial reporting, and strategic business issues. In joining, you’ll help ensure a complete and relevant exchange of information among our consultants and in turn with engagement teams and clients, provide experts advice on a variety of specific topics, support engagement teams in resolving complex issues, and supporting clients and their subsidiaries in evaluating the potential impact of accounting and reporting standard setting initiatives. You’ll develop strong relationships with our engagement teams and established audit clients and enhance our ability to meet greater investor expectations with the challenges of an increasingly complex business environment.

Responsibilities

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and value-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional, our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution across the financial services industries. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Use feedback and reflection to develop self-awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
• Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
• Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
• Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
• Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
• Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
• Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
• Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
• Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Qualifications

• Preferably a Certified Public Accountant; with at least 3 years' experience in rendering external audit services to local and multinational companies.
• Experience as a Senior Associate within the Consumer Goods and Industrial Services industries is a plus.
• Can collaborate and work with a virtual team.
• Willing to go on fieldwork, as necessary.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited for virtual screening.