Senior Associate - Capital Markets and Accounting Consulting Services at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

The Job Profile

• A career within Capital Markets Accounting Advisory Services, will provide you with the opportunity to be responsible for complex financial reporting issues around deals and other transformational events.
• You will tackle clients' needs with a solution-oriented approach that creatively addresses complex financial reporting problems for high profile transactions and you’ll have significant interaction with senior company management teams, bankers, lawyers and other advisers.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Provide IFRS technical accounting and business advice to a variety of clients.
• Perform IFRS compliance review of financial statements.
• Assist in capital market transactions such as reporting accountant engagements, IPO readiness assessments, business acquisitions accounting and advisory, group re-organisation and restructuring advisory, etc.
• Assist with creating content for IFRS newsletters.
• Preparation of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) financial statements for companies operating in different industries.
• Lead engagement teams on financial reporting projects.
• Provision of specialist support on technical IFRS areas including financial instruments, business combination, consolidation etc.
• Provision of accounting advice to various clients on impact assessment of the adoption of new IFRSs
• Act as an audit support consultant on financial reporting issues to audit teams on engagements spanning across various industries.
• Conversion of financial statements from previous GAAP to IFRS.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with new and established clients.
• Supervise teams and reports directly to senior staff.
• Work and collaborate with colleagues across different lines of service on projects.
• Coach and train less experienced staff.

Requirements

• A good university degree
• Good working knowledge and understanding of IFRS (minimum of 3 -5 years working experience with IFRS would be an advantage)
• ACCA/ACA qualification (or equivalent)
• Focused and initiative driven (required to maximise growth potential)
• A passion for delivering exceptional client service
• Good analytical and organisational abilities
• A proven track record of establishing and maintaining strong relationships with clients
• Effective communication skills when working at all levels
• A demonstrated ability to take responsibility, work autonomously and use initiative, especially when working to tight deadlines
• Strong team-working
• Desire for continuous improvement
• Good listening skill
• A proactive approach to problem solving and delivering client solutions