PwC Looking for Finance Policy, Risk Mitigation And Controls Senior Associate at Tampa, FL, United States Full Time

Job Description

Industry/Sector Not Applicable

Specialism IFS – Finance

Management Level Senior Associate

& Summary A career in Finance, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to help PwC in all aspects of our Finance internal function including financial planning and reporting, data analysis, and assisting leadership with overall strategy. You’ll focus on recording and analysing financial transactions, paying and receiving invoices, maintaining financial statement ledger accounts, and preparing analysis and reconciliations of bills to detect fraud.

As a part of our Internal Firm Services, you’ll provide strategic oversight, manage operations, and develop policies for all aspects of the Finance team.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every 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.

As a Senior Associate, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
• Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
• Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
• Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
• Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
• Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
• Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
• Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
• Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
• Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.

Job Requirements and Preferences:

Basic Qualifications:

Minimum Degree Required:
High School Diploma

Minimum Years of Experience:
2 year(s)

Preferred Qualifications:

Degree Preferred:
Bachelor Degree

Preferred Fields of Study:
Accounting, Accounting & Finance, Management Information Systems

Preferred Knowledge/Skills:

Demonstrates thorough knowledge and/or a proven record of success in providing services related to controls over financial and non-financial reporting, compliance, and operational processes, including business process and IT management controls, with a focus in the following areas:

• Process and control industry standards, risk management practices and techniques, and corporate governance regulations and requirements;
• Current and emerging technologies which may include SAP, Workday, data manipulation and visualization tools;
• Agile and scrum project management techniques (including sprint planning, backlog management and sprint review); and,
• Key internal operational processes of a professional services firm, e.g., engagement economics, billing and collection, performance appraisals, time reporting, personal independence, and compliance requirements.

Demonstrates skills and abilities related to controls over financial and non-financial reporting, compliance, and operational processes within a professional services firm, including business process and IT management controls, with a focus in the following areas:

• Developing and implementing controls assurance or controls readiness projects associated with external audits, internal audits, and service organization controls reports, e.g., SSAE 16;
• Identifying and assessing key risks and controls, recommending improved controls, performing controls readiness projects, and identifying and assessing configuration of controls in financial reporting related business processes as well as in IT infrastructures, security, change management, operations, and program development;
• Influencing in highly ambiguous environments and collaborating through use of effective oral and written communication skills;
• Experimenting with automation & digitization in a professional services environment including but not limited to innovating through new and existing technologies, along with experimenting with digitization solutions, working with large, complex data sets to build models, and leverage data visualization tools;
• Utilizing rapid-prototyping efforts with new and emerging technologies leveraging agile development techniques; and,
• Taking responsibility for the quality of the team’s work products and addresses the needs of the client, the Firm, and other stakeholders.

Travel Requirements Up to 20%

Job Posting End Date

At PwC, our work model includes three ways of working: virtual, in-person, and flex (a hybrid of in-person and virtual). Visit the following link to learn more: https://pwc.to/ways-we-work.

PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.

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