Associate 2 - Digital Trust

Management Level

Associate

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, our people in audit and assurance focus on providing independent and objective assessments of financial statements, internal controls, and other assurable information enhancing the credibility and reliability of this information with a variety of stakeholders. They evaluate compliance with regulations including assessing governance and risk management processes and related controls.

In IT audit at PwC, you will focus on helping to assess and evaluate the design and effectiveness of an organisation's IT systems and controls to provide compliance with regulations and mitigate risks.

Driven by curiosity, you are a reliable, contributing member of a team. In our fast-paced environment, you are expected to adapt to working with a variety of clients and team members, each presenting varying challenges and scope. Every experience is an opportunity to learn and grow. You are expected to take ownership and consistently deliver quality work that drives value for our clients and success as a team. As you navigate through the Firm, you build a brand for yourself, opening doors to more opportunities.

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

• Apply a learning mindset and take ownership for your own development.
• Appreciate diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others.
• Adopt habits to sustain high performance and develop your potential.
• Actively listen, ask questions to check understanding, and clearly express ideas.
• Seek, reflect, act on, and give feedback.
• Gather information from a range of sources to analyse facts and discern patterns.
• Commit to understanding how the business works and building commercial awareness.
• Learn and apply professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), uphold the Firm's code of conduct and independence requirements.

Role summary:

We are looking for candidates that have an interest in IT governance, developing data analytics, auditing general computer controls and business processes

Qualifications / certifications required:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, Engineering or any related field.

MANDATORY CERTIFICATION NEEDED:

• None 

• CISA (Advantage) 

• CA(SA) (Advantage)

Experience required:

Minimum 3 years of progressively more responsible related work experience in Information Technology, Information Technology General Controls, Business Processes, IT Governance, Architecture and BI/Analytics. 

• Excel Access SQL 

• Understanding of structured programming or scripting 

• Understanding of IT governance and risk (Cobit) 

• Financial systems and intermediate level accounting 

• Project management and planning

Responsibilities of role:

The successful individual will take responsibility for managing IT governance, data analytic or auditing of general computer control environments and business processes related projects. The individual will also be responsible to seek new opportunities.

The candidate should have done some of the following Internal Audit, External Audit and Risk Assurance assignments responsible as a supervisor or senior for IT or Internal Controls audits.

That would include:

• Review of IT controls within a General Computer Control environment such as system security, change control and system operations.

• Review of project management controls and solution design.

• Performing Data Analytics (Beneficial).

• Reviewing internal controls design and effectiveness of manual and automated controls.

• The candidate should be able to explain what goes into an audit plan and how to go about gathering evidence through interviews and validation. The candidate should understand the PwC audit and risk management process for documenting work and findings. The candidate must follow up on review notes and assist with the clearance of findings including report writing.

• The candidate should be able to draft a budget and deal with the client economics.

• The candidate should be able to build relationships and understand opportunities.

• The candidate should understand Risk Assurance services.

• The candidate should be able to present audit findings to clients and understand the risks involved with report writing

Skill sets required:

• Excellent written and communication skills

• Ability to establish and maintain interpersonal relationships

• Ability to coordinate and manage the work activities of others

• Can function in a team environment and individually

• Ability to resolve conflicts

• Good negotiation skills

• Good interpersonal skills and have the ability to facilitate and present

• Be a problem solver

Role related attributes:

• Excellent written and communication skills

• Ability to establish and maintain interpersonal relationships

• Ability to coordinate and manage the work activities of others

• Can function in a team environment and individually

• Ability to resolve conflicts

• Good negotiation skills

• Good interpersonal skills and have the ability to facilitate and present

• Be a problem solver

Industry experience required:

IT governance, developing data analytics, auditing general computer controls and business processes

Travel Requirements

Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Job Posting End Date

March 15, 2026