Digital Audit - Data Analytics - Senior Associate

the role

data and analytics plays in the modern day audit.

You’ll get to work on technical assignments enabling you to develop skills in Advanced Analytics, Machine Learning, Data Engineering and sophisticated visualisation tools to provide clients with the PwC digital audit experience. This means that you’ll develop the technical, business and soft skills around the topic of data and analytics that our clients are demanding today.

As the leading analytics function in the PwC UK audit practice, you’ll get to work closely with audit clients across a broad range of industries (e.g. banking, insurance, asset and wealth management, oil and gas, manufacturing and telecoms). 

Training and development

Through our tailored training programme you’ll develop the foundations to become a highly skilled advanced analytics professional. You’ll also get the full support of your own Career Coach and experienced colleagues who’ll help guide and shape your career, so that you’re always delivering the best you can.

We aim to make sure graduates gain relevant external business and technical accreditations. Together, these provide a good combination of business knowledge and technical skill that sets our advanced analytics professionals apart.

Requirements

To be considered you must be able to demonstrate experience working in a data role, covering multiple of the following disciplines

Scope of work is to carry out audit of financial statements using data analytics and technology

Apply knowledge of existing audit methodologies

Liaison with audit teams and audit clients to develop innovative approaches

Data transformation and modelling (e.g. pandas and scikit-learn in Python);

Data storage and querying (e.g. SQL, Alteryx, Python);

Data visualisation experience (eg PowerBI, Tableau)

Understanding of common data quality issues and they effect they have on machine learning models;

Data cleansing and manipulation for machine learning (e.g. feature engineering);

Robotics experience eg UI Path;

Experience and be able to demonstrate finance/accounting understanding;

Experience with financial / general ledger data;

Knowledge of the current data science software platforms.

To be successful in this role you will need to demonstrate the following

The ability to come up with creative solutions to complex problems;

Good audit knowledge and understanding of the audit process

Experience working and leading a team and on listed/multinational clients

Exceptional analytical and technical aptitude;

Exceptional attention to detail;

The ability to manage time, prioritise tasks and work under tight deadlines;

Ability to coach and support team members;

Concise and clear communication when presenting and explaining results and findings.

Client relationship-building and management skills

Experience in working in complex environments

Experience in coaching junior colleagues and an interest in developing others

2:1 university degree in any subject with an interest in data analytics, machine learning, data science, data mining & coding

Locations
 

As a National Business, we Digital Audit Data teams in a number of locations. This role is open to candidates looking for a permanent position in Manchester or London. 

The PwC Deal
 

We want people to build exceptional careers during their time at PwC. When you feel motivated and energised by your work, you're more able to contribute to the organisation, as well as achieve your aspirations. No matter which area of the business you choose to join, all routes offer the same deal. The opportunity to grow as an individual, to meet new people, and build lasting relationships that will stay with you for life. We empower people to be the very best they can be and to reach their full potential. In return, your hard work will be rewarded with a competitive salary and a personally tailored benefits package.​
 

Diversity and inclusion
 

We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. It’s critical we have diverse talent, views and thinking if we are to deliver exceptional client value and solve the world’s important problems. We seek to attract and recruit people from the widest talent pool, who reflect the society in which we work. And we aim to encourage an inclusive culture where people can feel empowered to be the very best they can be and to reach their full potential creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business and as an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we're open to flexible working arrangements where appropriate. So join PwC. We'll help you reach your full potential. Learn more here: