Manager - IT Audit

Management Level
Manager

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 IT audit at PwC, you will focus on helping to assess and evaluate the design and effectiveness of an organisation's IT systems and controls to provide compliance with regulations and mitigate risks.

Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team member’s unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

• Analyse and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system.
• Take ownership of projects, ensuring their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion.
• Partner with team leadership to ensure collective ownership of quality, timelines, and deliverables.
• Develop skills outside your comfort zone, and encourage others to do the same.
• Effectively mentor others.
• Use the review of work as an opportunity to deepen the expertise of team members.
• Address conflicts or issues, engaging in difficult conversations with clients, team members and other stakeholders, escalating where appropriate.
• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

JOB PURPOSE
We are looking for candidates that have an interest in IT governance, developing data analytics, auditing general computer controls and application controls and risk processes and perform SOx related engagements.

JOB PROFILE

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

The successful individual will take responsibility for:

• The candidate should have done some of the following Internal Audit, External Audit and Risk Assurance assignments responsible as a supervisor or senior for IT or Internal Controls audits.
• That would include:
• Review of IT controls within a General Computer Control environment such as system security, change control and system operations.
• Review of project management controls and solution design.
• Performing Data Analytics.
• Reviewing internal controls design and effectiveness of manual and automated controls.
• The candidate should be able to explain what goes into an audit plan and how to go about gathering evidence through interviews and validation. The candidate should understand the PwC audit and risk management process for documenting work and findings. The candidate must follow up on review notes and assist with the clearance of findings including report writing.
• The candidate should be able to draft a budget and deal with the client economics.
• The candidate should be able to build relationships and understand opportunities.
• The candidate should understand Risk Assurance services.
• The candidate should be able to present audit findings to clients and understand the risks involved with report writing.
• The candidate should be inquisitive and self-learn new technologies such as AI, API auditing, etc., and assist partners in taking that to the market for TMT.
• The candidate should be able to travel outside if Jhb within SA and outside of SA.
• The candidate should be able to build his/her own networks and build client relationships across our client base.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Should have obtained an IT or Internal Audit professional qualification.

EXPERIENCE

• Excel Access SQL
• Understanding of structured programming or scripting
• Understanding of IT governance and risk (Cobit)
• Financial systems and intermediate level accounting
• Project management and planning

KEY KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• Be professionally presentable
• Good interpersonal skills and have the ability to facilitate and present
• Be a problem solver
• Ability to manage people
• Can function in a team environment and individually
• Have good report writing skills
• Must have managed people or staff before.
• Must be able to interview client staff that are of a technical or financial background.

Travel Requirements
Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?
No

Job Posting End Date
December 31, 2024