IT Audit Manager

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.

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.

Skills

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 Description

Main purpose of the job and key background information

Professional responsibilities for this manager position include but are not limited to:

• Applying internal control principles and technical knowledge, including Application Controls and IT General Controls;
• Developing and/or supervising the execution of detailed audit work plans for the IT audit component of the IA team through resource allocation, stakeholder coordination and quality review;
• Managing the identification of key risks and controls, including evaluation of control design;
• Evaluation of operational effectiveness of IT System Controls, utilizing appropriate testing techniques and professional skepticism;
• Providing regular status reports to IA management and internal clients/stakeholders, when necessary, to keep relevant parties informed of progress and potential issues;
• Assessing audit results, translating findings into level of risk, to produce meaningful insights and recommendations;
• Communicating risk findings, verbally and written, to clients in a pragmatic and helpful manner;
• Driving follow up and remediation of reported issues in a timely manner;
• Building meaningful relationships with clients through client engagements and networking;
• Managing and delivering against deadlines while working on multiple projects;
• Participating in development and delivery of training curriculum; and 
• Coaching team members and reviewing their work.
  
  

Requirements

These should include essential and desirable requirements such as:

• Level of experience
• Education/qualifications
• Industry experience
• Technical capability
• Sales/BD capability
• Metrics
• Key personal attributes
• Consulting experience
  
  

Minimum Years Of Experience

5+ year(s) of external/ internal audit experience (big four experience is preferred)

Minimum Degree Required

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in accounting, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering or business related field

Preferred Certifications

CISA, CISM, CISSP, CA and/or CIA

Preferred Knowledge/ Skills

Demonstrates extensive knowledge and/or proven record of success in the following areas:

• Security and controls for various on-premise and cloud-based technologies;
• Control standards (COSO, COBIT), control testing strategies;
• Public accounting practices and internal audit processes i.e., technology and tools for planning, testing and reporting;
• IT general controls concepts in the areas of system development, change management, computer operations and access to programs;
• Identifying and assessing business process controls and linkage to IT systems; and,
• IT security fundamentals across multiple domains including security management, security architecture, access control, application development, operations security, physical security, cryptography, telecommunications and networking, business continuity planning, investigations and ethics.
  
  

Additionally, candidates should have excellent communication (written and verbal) skills and should be able to work with global teams independently with minimal supervision.

Additional Information

Flexible work hours are required to align with US and UK hours as agreed upon.