Audit and Assurance - Data Enablement Team - Associate 2 - Kolkata

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 data, analytics and technology solutions at PwC will assist clients in developing solutions that help build trust, drive improvement, and detect, monitor, and predict risk. Your work will involve using advanced analytics, data wrangling technology, and automation tools to leverage data and focus on establishing the right processes and structures to enable our clients to make efficient and effective decisions based on accurate information that is complete and trustworthy.

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.
  
  

About The Job

Introduction to PwC

Service Delivery Center

PricewaterhouseCoopers Acceleration Centre (Kolkata) Private Limited is a joint venture in India among members of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Network that will leverage the scale and capabilities of its network. It is a member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited and has its registered office in Kolkata, India.

The Delivery Center will provide a professional with an opportunity to work in a dynamic environment where you will have the ability to develop process and quality-based skills.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional, our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations

across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

The DET supports client engagement teams in the planning, execution, and delivery of various data enabled firm solutions. Within the DET, Data and ERP competencies are strategically organized to take advantage of natural synergies that drive more efficient, cost-effective solutions. The DET leverages professionals to optimize capabilities that drive the innovation and delivery of solutions that are standardized, repeatable and enabled with the best data and automation to ensure continued quality outcomes and the ability to deliver sustained, continuous improvement and innovation at scale.

As an Associate, you will work as part of a team of problem solvers and help clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution.

The candidate will report to an AC Manager.

The AC team works as an extension of our overseas Engagement Teams and works closely with those teams as well as clients directly.

Requirements

Preferred Knowledge/Skills:

• Candidates must have a bachelor's degree in any reputable tertiary organization to join as campus hires.
• Basic knowledge and understanding of financial risk management, operational risk management, and compliance requirements.
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Good analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft suite tools (e.g. Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint).
  
  

Functional Skills

• Hands on experience with Data management as per business requirements for Analytics or audit analytics.
• Experience in dealing with financial data, journal entry testing, and data analytics for business processes.
• Experience in performing data transformation (ETL), data quality checks, and data blending.
• Demonstrates good knowledge and understanding of performing on project teams and providing deliverables.
• Involving multiphase data analysis related to the evaluation of compliance, finance, and risk issues.
  
  

Technical Tools

Must have:

• Hands-on experience with MS-SQL / ACL or other structured query language.
• Demonstrates good knowledge and/or a proven record of success leveraging data manipulation and analysis technologies inclusive of Microsoft SQL Server, SQL, Oracle, or DB2.
• Demonstrates knowledge in Excel and its functionality.
  
  

Good To Have

• Experience in a similar role in their current profile.
• Good accounting knowledge and experience in dealing with financial data are a plus.
• Knowledge of Azure Databricks / Alteryx / Python / SAS / Knime.
• Demonstrates good knowledge and / or proven record of success leveraging data visualization tools such as Power BI and Tableau.
• Education/Qualification
• Preferred
• BCA/ MCA/ B.Tech / M.Tech or equivalent
• 1+ years of experience in Data Analytics / Data Migration / Data Transformation
• Certification in Data Analytics / Data Science