Audit - Senior Associates - Financial Services - Manchester

Audit - Senior Associates - Financial Services - Manchester A career in our Financial Services Audit practice, within External Audit services, will provide you with the opportunity to provide a range of Assurance services and business advice to a variety of clients from small, fast growing clients to large entities. Our clients are often well known brands and many have broad international reach. We focus on using the latest technology to reduce the level of manual testing ensuring you’ll focus on the most valuable areas of client service and on enhancing corporate governance and the reliability of our clients’ information. About the teamThe passion of our people, combined with access to the latest technology, helps us deliver the highest quality audits and build trust in society. We pride ourselves on our global reputation as a trusted place to do business, whilst giving our people access to the best opportunities and lots of variety through your home team, internal secondments and international assignments. Our market leading Financial Services practice is looking for senior associates to work in our Audit team. We work with a significant number of listed companies across all areas of Banking, insurance and wealth management. We value a strong collaborative atmosphere and have a great calendar of social activities which you can join, so you’ll feel at home with your new team. About the roleIn this position you will have a role on Audit assignments where you will utilise and further develop your knowledge and skills. You will gain the opportunity to work on a wide variety of Financial Services (FS) clients and a wide range of work which will include external audit, but also some internal audit and financial due diligence. As a Senior Associate, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to: Provide audit and business advice to a variety of clients Proactively assist in the management of several clients, while reporting to Managers and above Provide an on-site co-ordination role for audit clients including planning, day to day control of the audit team, liaising with clients and completing audit assignments Build and maintain strong relationships with new and established clients Work and liaise with other members of the audit team and colleagues in other parts of the firm as necessary to provide high quality clients service Report directly to a partner, director, senior manager or manager Contribute to the development of your own and team's technical acumen Be actively involved in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients You will deliver a range of audit services and business advice to a variety of clients of all sizes, providing an excellent opportunity to embed both your project management and leadership skills. You will be responsible for ensuring we deliver the highest standards of service to our clients from engagement planning, day-to-day supervision of the audit team, client liaison through to audit completion. RequirementsYou will have strong technical knowledge, be an effective team player and have a track record in building and sustaining client relationships. You have experience of executing assurance engagements from start to finish, and be used to working to tight deadlines in a pressurised environment. Essential skills ACA/ACCA (or equivalent) fully qualified or part qualified ACA /ACCA (or equivalent) and working towards your full ACA/ACCA (or equivalent) qualification or equivalent work experience in Audit Experience in working as part of a large audit team, delivering work to large Financial Services institutions or clients Demonstrated team player Desire for continuous self-improvement Proven track record of establishing and maintaining strong client relationships A proactive approach to problem solving and delivering client solutions A demonstrated ability to take responsibility and use initiative, especially when working to tight deadlines Focussed and initiative driven (required to maximise growth potential) A passion for delivering an exceptional client service Proven ability in leading audit engagements, including planning, controlling and completing a diverse range of assignments Strong analytical and organisational abilities Experience of supervising and developing staff through coaching Strong project management Location: Manchester Salary: Competitive ​Role Closing Date: 15th of April 2020 Audit The passion of our people, combined with access to the latest technology, helps us deliver the highest quality audits and build trust in society. We pride ourselves on our global reputation as a trusted place to do business, we are inclusive and work together to put the team first. We role model and empower challenge and are open challenge ourselves. We take pride in audit as a deep specialism and give our people access to the best opportunities and lots of variety through secondments and international assignments. Not the role for you? Did you know PwC offer flexible contract arrangements as well as contingent work ( ie temporary or day rate contracting)? The skills we look for in future employees All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, ‘The PwC Professional’ and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships. Learn more here www.pwc.com/uk/careers/experienced/apply Diversity We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool, as well as those who reflect the diverse nature of our society. And we aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths. 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. Learn more here www.pwc.com/uk/diversity