Data Assurance Senior Associate

Line of Service

Assurance

Industry/Sector

FS X-Sector

Specialism

Assurance

Management Level

Senior 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.

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 organisations to harness the power of IA to help the organisation protect value and navigate disruption, and obtain confidence to take risks to power growth.

Job Title: Senior Associate, Data Assurance

Location: Jersey

Line of Service: Risk Assurance Services  

Grade: Senior Associate

Contracted Hours per Week: 37.5

PwC Channel Islands Overview:

At PwC CI, we help you build, accelerate, and sustain momentum in a world that never stops moving. With our tech-forward and people-empowered network, we provide expert assurance, tax and advisory services to turn challenges into opportunities. Leveraging deep expertise and advanced capabilities, we ensure you’re ready for any future, helping you act boldly and achieve real results. 

Job Summary:

The Risk Assurance Services (RAS) team at PwC takes pride in helping clients to identify, measure and manage their risk profile more effectively. Our specialists offer knowledge and expertise, which extends to clients’ internal controls, internal audit, technology risk, cyber security, non-financial reporting, and regulatory compliance.

Our Data Assurance specialists focus on providing data analytics and information risk management assurance services supporting external financial statement audit engagements. Our capabilities support a wide range of businesses and industry sectors, across the Channel Islands with a focus on Financial Services.

As a member of the RAS, Data Assurance practice you will work within an assurance team structure as part of a multi-functional engagement team, interacting directly with clients. You will also have excellent opportunities to be involved in strategic initiatives and provide input into shaping the future direction of the practice.

Responsibilities:

The Risk Assurance Services (RAS), Data Assurance team in the Channel Islands have exciting opportunities in Jersey and Guernsey for experienced individuals to join our team.

As a credible candidate you will have developed core skills in a wide range of data transformation and analysis practices, with a strong background in both consulting and audit and an understanding of how to responsibly apply AI tools and technologies as part of your work. You will have developed skills in specialised data transformation and visualisation tools and applied these to the evaluation of accounting, financial and wider issues whilst working as part of a high performing team.  

You will need to be capable of applying these core skills in a variety of business situations to maximise the client value and impact over Digital Audit, Controls Assurance and Data Assurance engagements. 

Responsibilities include:

• Participating in a Data Assurance team as a Lead Senior, supporting external FS audit teams in the delivery of external financial statement audit engagements

• Completing planning procedures and client walkthroughs relating to the understanding of the IT environment, associated systems, reports and databases.

• Designing and developing data analytical procedures to support efficient and effective audit testing.

• Documenting the use of data analytical procedures to appropriate standards required for audit procedures.

• Using leading digital assets and related tooling to complete testing.

• Using data analysis techniques to support the assessment of the design, implementations and operating effectiveness of IT General Controls, application controls and related dependencies including the testing of key reports and interfaces

• Undertaking project management activities to support the effective delivery of Data Assurance engagements to agreed time and budget.

• Fostering the adoption and use of technology in alignment with business rules within the Risk Assurance team, including the adoption and use of AI. 

• Helping to train and upskill staff members in the latest tools as coaching them as part of wider client engagements

• Building relationships both internally within the PwC network and externally with senior client management teams on ongoing engagements

• On-going development of in-depth industry experience and process expertise

Direct Reports:

• This role reports to: 

• Manager, Senior Manager, Directors, Partners

• Reporting to this role: 

• Associates

Qualifications & Certifications: 

• Strong academic background such as a Bachelor or Master’s Degree in a subject related to Accounting, Information Technology or Business Studies

• Formal accounting qualification, or part qualification with a desire to focus on Data and a future Data Science / Data Engineering qualification.

• Data Science / Data Engineering BSc or equivalent

• Technology Risk supporting qualification (e.g. ITIL, COBIT, CRISC, ISO22301, CBCI, ISO27001 LA, ISO22301 LA)

Skills & Experience Required: 

Essential skills:

• Experience of internal or external audit and assurance engagements as a data assurance specialist

• Excellent project management skills including great organisation, highly motivated work ethic, the ability to drive projects forward, managing own and others time; and hold more senior team members accountable to delivering high quality pieces of work

• Strong team working skills and experienced in developing junior staff

• Well-developed listening and questioning techniques

• Strong desire for personal continuous improvement

• Following formal methodologies and applying risk and quality standards

• Excellent verbal skills and report writing capability

• Ability to work autonomously without the need for day-to-day direct management

• Proficient relationship builder

• Accounting Path: Data assurance and accounting experience including planning, delivering and reviewing a diverse range of engagements and reviews (data focused), coupled with experience in evaluating and performing risk assessments at a task and organisational level

• Understanding of accounting and financial information systems and typical data structures and end-to-end processes

• Data Science Path: Technical data science and/or engineering experience with associated understanding of IT infrastructure, database design and knowledge of data analytical techniques, coupled with experience in evaluating IT risks and leveraging data to perform tests of IT and system driven controls

• Understanding of accounting and financial information systems and typical data structures and end-to-end processes

Desirable skills:

• Knowledge of the Financial Services sector and familiarity with the local Channel Islands market

• Experience in providing specialist support to external FS audit teams

• Project management certification (e.g. PRINCE2, or Agile)

• Data and analytics experience with competency with tools including Alteryx, SQL, Python, PowerBI and Power Platform.

• Cyber Security / Privacy engagement experience, with a relevant supporting qualification (e.g. CISM, CISSP, GIAC)

• Artificial Intelligence tooling experience and familiarity with using agentic technology to support procedures including Claude and ChatGPT.

• Technology Risk engagement experience, with relevant supporting qualification (e.g. ITIL, COBIT, CRISC, ISO22301, CBCI, ISO27001 LA, ISO22301 LA)

• Experience of performing internal audit engagements, with a relevant supporting qualification (CIA)

Travel Requirements: 

Limited travel will be required in this role; this will be project dependent.  

The skills we look for in our people:

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.

The PwC Professional focuses on five core attributes; whole leadership, business acumen, technical capabilities, global acumen and relationships. We use this framework to recruit, develop, and assess our people, at all grades and in all areas of our business, because we expect all of our people to be leaders.

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. We aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their unique strengths. Creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business. https://www.pwc.co.uk/diversity

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

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Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Platform, Auditing, Auditing Methodologies, Business Process Improvement, Communication, Compliance Auditing, Corporate Governance, Creativity, Data Analysis and Interpretation, Data Ingestion, Data Modeling, Data Quality, Data Security, Data Transformation, Data Visualization, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Financial Accounting, Financial Audit {+ 24 more}

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Up to 40%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Yes

Government Clearance Required?

Yes

Job Posting End Date