Associate

A. F. Ferguson & Co. (a member firm of the PwC network); Lahore; On-site; PKR 670,000 - 1,004,000; Part time

Job summary

PwC’s Pakistan affiliate, A. F. Ferguson & Co., is seeking motivated professionals at Associate level in Lahore for a 4-month contractual assurance-focused engagement. The role emphasizes independent evaluation of financial information, controls, and governance processes.

The successful candidate will support information gathering, interviews, documentation checks, data validation, and reporting under PwC standards, with strong communication skills and professionalism.

Qualifications

• Fresh ACCA affiliate or BSc in Accounting & Finance.
• Contractual role for 4 months, extendable if needed.
• Adaptability to audit and assurance environment with PwC guidance.

Responsibilities

• Support advisory and AUP engagements with information gathering.
• Conduct stakeholder interviews and document verification.
• Perform data validation and reporting activities.
• Interact with field teams and communicate findings professionally.

Skills

Learning mindset

Ownership

Active listening

Asking questions

Feedback

Data gathering

Commercial awareness

Professional standards

Independence

Education

Fresh ACCA affiliate or Graduate BSC (Accounting & Finance)

Tools

Audit standards

Accounting policies

Job description

Job Description:

Line of Service

Assurance

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Assurance

Management Level

Associate

Job Description & Summary

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 financial statement audit at PwC, you will focus on obtaining reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes the auditor’s opinion.

We are seeking motivated professionals to support an advisory and agreed-upon procedures (AUP) engagement involving information gathering, stakeholder interviews, document verification, data validation, and reporting activities. The role requires field interaction, professional communication skills, and the ability to collect and analyze information objectively in accordance with defined procedures.

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.
• Qualification requirement: Fresh ACCA affiliate or Graduate BSC (Accounting & Finance).
• Employment type: Contractual basis for 4 months. (Will be extended if needed otherwise the contract will expire after 4 months).

Education

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Certifications

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Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards, Accounting Policies, Active Listening, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Platform, Auditing, Auditing Methodologies, Client Management, Communication, Compliance Auditing, Complying With Regulations, Data Analysis and Interpretation, Data Ingestion, Data Modeling, Data Quality, Data Security, Data Transformation, Data Visualization, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, External Audit, Financial Accounting, Financial Audit, Financial Disclosure Report {+ 19 more}

Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

No