Line of Service AssuranceIndustry/Sector Not ApplicableSpecialism Risk ArchitectureManagement Level AssociateJob Description & Summary A career in our Assurance Risk Management practice, 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.Our team works closely with engagement teams, PwC leadership, PwC counsel, and other groups within PwC to identify and manage practice matters. You’ll play an integral role in developing policy, processes, and tools to support the assurance practice and will interact daily with engagement teams to help staff navigate the challenging and highly judgmental aspect of the audit practice.OverviewThe Risk Assurance team at PwC takes pride in helping clients to identify, measure and manage their risk profile more effectively. Our Technology Risk specialists’ offers knowledge and expertise, to assist our clients in the area of Technology based audit, IT security and controls reviews and implementation, IT Risk evaluation, IT governance, Technology project assurance, application processes and controls improvements, risk based information analysis and regulatory compliance reviews.At PwC Malaysia, we are growing our high performing IT Risk Assurance to meet the ever increasing breadth of services that we offer to our clients. Be a part of our clients digital journey as more organisations embrace technology within their business.ResponsibilitiesAs an Associate, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited toWorking with our team and our clients to meet project requirements, primarily performing tasks within the IT risk, project assurance, third party assurance, IT operational, security and data reviews space.Proactively assist in the management engagements, maintain relationships with client management to manage expectations of service, including work products, timing, and deliverables.Support business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clientsKeep up to date and participate in research initiatives with regards to emerging technologies and technology risk.Focus on your professional development both from technical and wider business perspectives.General RequirementsDegree in Computer Science, IT, Business Information Systems (BIS), Accounting Information Systems (AIS) or any other related disciplines (we are also keen to consider other degree discipline who have interest in IT)Passionate about emerging digitization trends and technology risk with strong understanding about business and IT processesExcellent leadership, teamwork and client service skillsStrong communication skills in both oral and written EnglishStrong analytical and project management skillsThe ability to work effectively in different teams for varying periods of time, building good working relationships with both colleagues and client personnel at all levels.The ability to assess IT risk and suggest pragmatic risk mitigation activities for a range of industriesIdentifying and effectively reporting any issues and recommendations for improvement to clients, as well as drafting the related sections of formal reportsExcellent leadership, teamwork and client service skillsEducation (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified) Degrees/Field of Study required:Degrees/Field of Study preferred:Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)Required SkillsOptional Skills Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Auditing, Auditing Standards, Audit Internal Controls, Audit Preparation, Audit Reporting, Audit Risk Assessments, Audit Support, Business Process Improvement, Communication, Compliance and Standards, Compliance Assurance, Compliance Auditing, Compliance Risk Assessment, Compliance Training, Data Analysis and Interpretation, Developing Policies and Guidelines, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Ethics Training, External Audit, Inclusion, Intellectual Curiosity {+ 21 more}Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)Travel RequirementsAvailable for Work Visa Sponsorship?Government Clearance Required?Job Posting End Date
