Associate – Cyber Risk and Regulatory (Advisory)

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. Those in internal audit at PwC help build, optimise and deliver end-to-end internal audit services to clients in all industries. This includes IA function setup and transformation, co-sourcing, outsourcing and managed services, using AI and other risk technology and delivery models. IA capabilities are combined with other industry and technical expertise, in areas like cyber, forensics and compliance, to address the full spectrum of risks. This helps organisations to harness the power of IA to help the organisation protect value and navigate disruption, and obtain confidence to take risks to power growth.

Driven by curiosity, you are a reliable, contributing member of a team. In our fast-paced environment, you are expected to adapt to working with a variety of clients and team members, each presenting varying challenges and scope. Every experience is an opportunity to learn and grow. You are expected to take ownership and consistently deliver quality work that drives value for our clients and success as a team. As you navigate through the Firm, you build a brand for yourself, opening doors to more opportunities.

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.
  
  

Responsibilities

Our team provides market leading Internal Audit services to an unparalleled, high profile group of both Government and Commercial clients, including the FTSE 100. You will work closely with the onshore team across a diverse range of clients across the spectrum of our Commercial and Government practice and have the opportunity to work on really exciting projects right from the start. We work with some of the top companies in the world, in Entertainment & Media, Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences, Telecoms & Technology, Energy, Utilities & Mining, Retail & Consumer and Industrial Products as well as world class Government & Public Sector organizations. You’ll also have the opportunity to work on global projects, collaborating with PwC colleagues and clients all over the world. You will work across our Internal Audit Proposition and have the opportunity to work closely with clients, understanding their business, their objectives, strategy and regulatory and risk management environment. A career within Internal Audit services will provide you with an opportunity to gain an understanding of an organization’s objectives, regulatory and risk management environment, and the diverse needs of their critical stakeholders. We focus on helping organizations look deeper and see further considering areas like culture and behaviors to help improve and embed controls. Our NextGen Internal Audit offering builds on our market leading internal audit services and gives you an opportunity to challenge yourself as well as build enhanced digital skills. We are currently looking for Internal Audit Associates to join our rapidly expanding team. With a background in Internal audit, you will need to be ambitious and enthusiastic. In return we will give the opportunity to work in the fast-paced world of internal audit. Responsibilities will vary depending on the client and engagement profile. Amongst others, you will be:

• Delivering Internal Audit and internal controls focused engagements from planning through to execution and reporting;
• Liaise with PwC engagement teams and end client as part of planning, execution and reporting phases of the audit;
• Being agile and working across a range of different subjects and internal audit projects / clients;
• - Develop and review audit workpapers, ensuring they adhere to established quality standards and benchmarks.
• - Engage in detailed process discussions with clients, conducting walkthroughs to identify risks and controls within their operations.
• - Identify and document governance or process gaps, offering actionable recommendations to enhance control effectiveness and mitigate risks.
• - Perform substantive testing of internal controls and audit processes, using data-driven methods to uncover deficiencies or areas for improvement.
• Communicating risk findings, verbally and written, to clients in a pragmatic and helpful manner;
• Building an internal network of relationships with Subject Matter Experts (SME) in areas of specialism such as Cyber, Operational Resilience, Cloud computing, Governance etc. and supporting our subject matter experts in delivering insight and expertise, potentially
  
  

moving towards being a subject matter expert yourself in a chosen area; And

• Building meaningful relationships with clients through client engagements and networking;