Internal Audit Senior Associate – Consulting & Risk Services at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Nigeria has been operating in Nigeria since 1953 through its predecessor firms of Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse. We’re one of the leading professional services firms in the country with offices in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt, over 1000 staff and 31 resident partners.

Job Title: Internal Audit Senior Associate – Consulting & Risk Services

Reference Number: 587417WD

Location: Lagos

Job type: Permanent

Service: Advisory
Specialism: Advisory – Other
Industry: Consumer Markets

Description 

• 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 organizations to harness the power of IA to help the organization protect value and navigate disruption, and obtain the confidence to take risks to power growth.
• Focused on relationships, you are building meaningful client connections, and learning how to manage and inspire others. Navigating increasingly complex situations, you are growing your personal brand, deepening technical expertise and awareness of your strengths.
• You are expected to anticipate the needs of your teams and clients and to deliver quality. Embracing increased ambiguity, you are comfortable when the path forward isn’t clear, you ask questions, and you use these moments as opportunities to grow.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

• Moderate to advanced proficiency in the development of analytics/scripts for meeting audit objectives
• Strong quantitative, analytical and problem-solving skills in areas such as data analysis, machine learning and visualizations, leveraging tools such as SQL, Python, Tableau, R, Galvanize, Idea and Power BI
• Extensive experience with performing data extraction, cleansing, transformation and analyses from a wide variety of data sources
• Design and develop data analytics routines/scripts and processes to support internal audit activities and processes
• Use data analysis tools to create repeatable data analytics scripts to support continuous auditing of critical KRIs, KPIs and audit tests for our clients
• Ability to automate and develop dashboards for monitoring and reporting
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of the technical and functional requirements of audit software e.g. TeamMate, Galvanise, CURA, Isometrix, PentanaMK (MKinsight), etc.
• Demonstrate excellent understanding of business issues across multiple industries and the relevance of technologies with a view to identify, pursue, and ultimately win business opportunities for internal audit practice in PwC
• Demonstrate extensive project management skills especially in the application and adoption of technology to enable the activities of internal audit clients of PwC
• Ability to support a series of high-profile co-source or outsource audit engagements across industry sectors
• Ability to multitask across various projects and deadlines
• Ability to develop and deliver technical and functional trainings on audit analytics solutions as required; to enhance the broad understanding and use by clients
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for audit reporting/discussions with internal and external stakeholders
• Report writing, presentation and inter-personal skills including good written and oral communication skills

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Second-Class Upper Bachelor’s degree
• Degree Required: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Information Systems, Audit, Finance, Accounting or related field
• Certification(s) Required: CIA, CISA, CISM, CRISC, CISSP, ACA or any relevant certification
• Candidates should have at least 4-6 years of experience within Internal Audit functions ideally, or professional services / audit firms.
• Candidate must have in-depth experience of Technology processes and Technology Risk Management
• Consulting background will be an added advantage.

Application Closing Date
9th December, 2024.

How to Apply: Interested and qualified candidates should Click Here to apply online