IT Audit Support Manager

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

Be responsible for performing and reviewing assurance work and risk assurance advice on large scale technology projects and controls reviews which will include an ISAE 3402 at our listed and unlisted clients within the Financial Services sector.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

The manager must through an understanding of new Technologies such as Cloud, APIs, Data related Technologies or current technologies ensure that the client apply recommended practices to existing systems, or when new systems/solutions are being implemented.

The manager will review or validate systems and processes implemented by our clients and provide findings and recommendations that will improve business and IT processes such as design flaws, alignment to recommended practices, improved oversight and efficient processes. This requirement would form part of your role on an external audit or as part of a specialised controls assurance review as the manager will lead these projects (i.e. ISAE 3402).

The manager should have a sound understanding of project management principles such as Agile (SAFe/Scrum).

The manager will be required to document and review work concisely and accurately using appropriate business language and should be able to review and influence the quality of work of others as part of career progression.

The manager will be required to assist in writing reports and present deliverables to internal staff as well as clients which may include operation, tactical and strategic levels of management depending on seniority. Reports and progress presentations may be required on a weekly or monthly basis depending on the engagement model.

The manager will be required to stay up to date with changes in the business and technological landscape and inform others formally (training) or informally of such changes and present training.

The manager must maintain or seek appropriate certifications relating to areas where appropriate to the strategy of the business unit (e.g. CIA, CISA or project management or technology certifications).

DIMENSIONS

FINANCIAL

• A number of vacancies exist on the budget. Future opportunities in this growth area is foreseen.

STAFF

• Manager level with career progression through to AD or Partner depending on business case, performance or attributes.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree and relevant Hons. Degree in Information systems, IT-Internal Audit or Software engineering/Computer Technology. The following majors will be an advantage depending on subject electives:

• System development
• Software project management
• Enterprise Architecture
• IT Governance
• Operational Risk management
• Data analytics

EXPERIENCE

• Newly qualified
• 3-4 years' experience in IT-Internal Audit would be advantageous

KEY KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• Be professionally presentable
• Good interpersonal skills and have the ability to facilitate and present
• Good problem-solving skills
• People Management skills
• Good report writing skills
• Ability to work in teams
• Able to operate independently when required
• Good time management skills
• IT experience as listed in the job description

Travel Requirements
Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?
No

Job Posting End Date
January 26, 2025