Insurance & Investment Management Risk Assurance Services - Senior Associate - London

The Risk Assurance Services Insurance & Investment Management (I&IM) business group at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)are now looking for a strongSenior Associate interested in embarking on an exciting new challenge.

To instil confidence in customers, colleagues, investors and anyone else with an interest in their success, organisations need to demonstrate that, whatever threats they might face, they have a plan in place to deal with them. In Risk Assurance Services, it’s our job to help them develop those plans. In the simplest terms, we help clients to identify measure and manage their risks more effectively. Our specialist knowledge extends to clients’ internal controls (including IT systems), technology, non-financial reporting, corporate social responsibility and regulatory compliance. We also provide a variety of internal audit services. Since our expertise spans a wide range of industries and sectors, on each and every project we undertake the advice and assurance we offer can be focused on the individual needs of that client.

Below are some of the types of work you could be involved in if you join Risk Assurance Services:

External Audit Support – we complete both IT General Controls (ITGC) reviews and Business process reviews for Financial Services clients in the Insurance and Investment Management (I&IM) sectors. This requires developing an understanding of the risks facing the client and an understanding of what controls can mitigate those risks. As a result, Risk Assurance Services specialists develop a detailed knowledge of I&IM clients from both an IT and business point of view.

Internal Audit Advisory Services – we provide internal audit support to a number of clients via co-sourcing (where we work alongside their internal audit team) or outsourcing arrangements (where we deliver the entire internal audit programme for the year) . We also provide training and advisory services to Internal Audit functions such as reviewing the effectiveness of an Internal Audit Function.

Non Financial Reporting Assurance – in an environment where clients are increasingly requiring assurance over non financial data and systems we work with our clients to understand and perform non audit assurance engagements to provide internal and external stakeholders comfort over non financial information. These engagements could include assessment of conformity with Hedge Fund Standards, assessment of the confidentiality and security of personal information, or compliance to Environmental Regulations.

Third Party Assurance Services – the trend to outsource certain business processes has become ever more popular in recent decades and this popularity is likely to continue as more and more organisations recognise the value of buying-in resources as and when required. We provide independent assurance that those services that are provided to our clients are performed and handled in a controlled and effective manner (e.g. SAS70 and AAF01/06).

Technology Assurance – we provide a wide range of Technology Assurance services for our clients, including IT security, IT service management, user access and entitlement management, controls over enterprise business systems, business continuity planning / disaster recovery planning, and end user computing. Development opportunities

• Experience working with major Financial Services clients
• Work on large, complex projects across Financial Services
• Develop your IT, risk and controls expertise
• Drive your development in a supportive team environment
• Have exposure to client and firm senior management and at an early stage
• Work with and learn from a team members with a wide variety of skills and experience.
  

• Experience gained in an internal or external auditing and/or consulting environment on IT audit and either third-party assurance or Internal Audit assignments in reviewing controls over financial and operating systems and business processes and providing advice on improvements.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications and have gained or be working towards your ACA and/or CISA certification.
• Project management and analytical skills, business awareness, sound reporting skills and the ability to work under your own initiative.
• Focus on developing and building strong relationships with the client and with PwC teams, including strong communication skills.
• You will need to show courage to challenge the status quo, find efficiencies in the way you will be performing the work and demonstrate that you are keen in accepting changes with the same objectives to provide always better quality to our clients.
• You should be flexible and be prepared to travel to some extent both in the UK and overseas, and work to tight deadlines, when necessary.
  

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