Job Vacancies at PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC) Nigeria

Ref No: 219964WD
Line of Service: Advisory
Industry/Sector: Not Applicable
Specialism: Technology Strategy
Management Level: Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

• A career in our Technology Consulting practice, within General Consulting services, will provide you with the opportunity to help clients seize essential advantages by working alongside business leaders to solve their toughest problems and capture their greatest opportunities. We work with some of the world’s largest and most complex companies to understand their unique business issues and opportunities in an ever changing environment. We help create sustainable change by stimulating innovation, unlocking data possibilities, navigating risk and regulatory complexity, optimising deals, and aligning costs with business strategy to create a competitive advantage.
• As a member of the team, you’ll work with clients to define their vision and plan how to get there. We deliver the technological solutions organisations need to compete and grow and build a lasting legacy of improvement and performance, partnering with best in class technologies and solution sets. In joining, you’ll help our clients understand and evolve the way they align Information Technology with their business strategy, create integrated end to end solutions, and use enterprise applications to solve complex business problems.
• As an experienced Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. Your responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

Responsibilities
What you will create and do:

• Assist the manager to effectively set up the Digital PMO practice.
• Support the identification of business development opportunities with new and existing clients.
• Communicate confidently in a clear, concise, and articulate manner - verbally and in the materials produced.
• Train stakeholders at all levels on agile / scrum methodologies, digital PMO accelerators and tools.
• Contribute to business development including Proposals and Discussion Documents.
• Support the development of innovative solutions for our clients' complex business and technology.
• Contribute in the delivery of Technology consulting projects.

Experience
What you will bring to this role:

• Industry experience - minimum 4 years of experience in digital transformation, project coordination on application development, systems implementation and/or infrastructure projects.
• Agile experience – practical experience delivering projects using agile methodologies, proficient with agile lifecycle management tools (e.g., Jira, Rally, or related tools.) are strongly desired.
• Project management – proven project delivery experience with complex technical projects and digital transformations with the ability to independently manage two to three low to medium risk projects concurrently.
• Analytical skills – to ensure accurate progress tracking and articulate key metrics to stakeholders
• Communication – strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organisation
• Finance management – experience of budget management and project finance reporting for large complex projects
• Team player – effective team working, providing support as and when needed, high accountability for the success and quality of project deliverables.
• Good understanding of digital asset management

Education

• Minimum of First Degree in Information Technology / Computer Science / Engineering or any related field.
• Relevant professional certifications e.g., Scrum Master Certification (CSM, PSM, or SSM), Project Management Certification (PMP or Prince II), CBAP (Certified Business Analysis Professional) or its equivalent is mandatory.

Travel Requirements:

• Up to 20%.

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Ref No: 238250WD
Line of Service: Assurance
Industry/Sector: Not Applicable
Specialism: Conduct and Compliance
Management Level: Associate

Job Description & Summary

• A career in our Risk Assurance Internal Audit - Client Services practice, within Risk Assurance Compliance and Analytics services, will provide you with the opportunity to assist clients in developing analytics and technology solutions that help them detect, monitor, and predict risk. Using advanced technology, we’re able to focus on establishing the right controls, processes, and structures for our clients to ensure that decisions are based on accurate information and assure that information provided to third parties is accurate, complete, and can be trusted.
• Our team supports clients’ development of a risk management and governance framework and provides consulting and investigatory advice.We apply a wide range of assurance techniques, with a strong emphasis on risk management, performance improvement, change management.
• To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies, and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.
• As an Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:
  • Invite and give in the moment feedback in a constructive manner.
  • Share and collaborate effectively with others.
  • Identify and make suggestions for improvements when problems and/or opportunities arise.
  • Handle, manipulate and analyse data and information responsibly.
  • Follow risk management and compliance procedures.
  • Keep up-to-date with developments in area of specialism.
  • Communicate confidently in a clear, concise, and articulate manner - verbally and in the materials I produce.
  • Build and maintain an internal and external network.
  • Seek opportunities to learn about how PwC works as a global network of firms.
  • Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.
• The candidate will work in the technology stream of the IA team in PwC Nigeria to manage technology related audits and make presentations to internal/external clients at as required

Job Responsibilities / Requirements

• Demonstrate skills and audit experience across a number of focus areas, such as Systems Audit, Information Security, IT Infrastructure reviews (servers, networks, routers, e.t.c), IT Governance, IT Operations, IT Resilience e.t.c
• Conduct audits or lead audit teams in performance of IT audits and reviews of systems, applications and IT processes. Prepare and report results to executives and Audit Committees. These include;
• Perform pre and post-implementation reviews of system implementations or enhancements.
• Provide assurance that ethical algorithms are utilized in the deployment of technologies such as RPA, AI e.t.c.
• IT security audits (e.g. network, operating system and data center), including evaluating if security vulnerabilities are properly identified and mitigated.
• Assess information security issues related to adopting new/emerging technologies.
• Evaluate the adequacy of privacy measures related to new/emerging technologies.
• Perform various other reviews of IT management policies and procedures such as change management, business continuity planning/ disaster recovery and information security to ensure that controls surrounding these processes are adequate.
• Demonstrate good understanding of standards/frameworks such as COBIT, ISOs, COSO framework, PCI DSS and other relevant guidelines.
• Proficient understanding of the internal audit process including risk assessments, planning, scheduling, reporting, continuous monitoring.
• Ability to independently plan internal audit engagements, collect and analyze information to form conclusions, develop audit findings and recommendations and prepare audit reports communicating results to management.
• Ability to develop and deliver technical and functional trainings on technology audit, risk and security topics.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for audit reporting/discussions with Internal and External Stakeholders.
• Report writing, presentation and inter-personal skills including good written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrate excellent understanding of business issues across multiple industries and the relevance of technologies with a view to identify, pursue, and ultimately win business opportunities for internal audit practice in PwC.
• Demonstrate extensive project management skills especially in the application and adoption of technology to enable the activities of internal audit clients of PwC.
• Ability to multi-task various projects and deadlines.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Second Class Upper Bachelor's Degree required: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Information Systems, Audit, Finance, Accounting or related field.
• Certification(s) Required: CIA, CISA, CISM, CRISC, CISSP, CGEIT, ACA or any relevant certification.
• Candidates should have at least 2 - 4 years of experience within Internal Audit, Risk and Security functions ideally, or professional services / audit firms.
• Candidate must have in-depth experience of Technology processes and Technology Risk Management
• Consulting background will be an added advantage.

Travel Requirements:

• Up to 20%.

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Ref No: 238246WD

Line of Service: Assurance
Industry/Sector: Not Applicable
Specialism: Conduct and Compliance
Management Level: Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary
The Team:

• A career in our Risk Assurance Internal Audit - Client Services practice, within Risk Assurance Compliance and Analytics services, will provide you with the opportunity to assist clients in developing analytics and technology solutions that help them detect, monitor, and predict risk.
• Using advanced technology, we’re able to focus on establishing the right controls, processes and structures for our clients to ensure that decisions are based on accurate information and assure that information provided to third parties is accurate, complete, and can be trusted.
• Our team supports clients development of a risk management and governance framework and provides consulting and investigatory advice.We apply a wide range of assurance techniques, with a strong emphasis on risk management, performance improvement, change management.
• To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level.
• To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.
• As a Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution.

PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
• Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
• Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
• Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
• Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
• Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
• Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
• Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
• Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

The candidate will work in the technology stream of the IA team in PwC Nigeria to manage audit analytics and make presentations to internal/external clients at as required.

Job Responsibilities / Requirements

• Moderate to advanced proficiency in the development of analytics/scripts for meeting audit objectives.
• Strong quantitative, analytical and problem-solving skills in areas such as data analysis, machine learning and visualizations, leveraging tools such as SQL, Python, Tableau, R, Galvanize, Idea and Power BI.
• Extensive experience with performing data extraction, cleansing, transformation and analyses from a wide variety of data sources.
• Design and develop data analytics routines / scripts and processes to support internal audit activities and processes.
• Use data analysis tools to create repeatable data analytics scripts to support continuous auditing of critical KRIs, KPIs and audit tests for our clients.
• Ability to automate and develop dashboards for monitoring and reporting.
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of the technical and functional requirements of audit software e.g. TeamMate, Galvanise, CURA, Isometrix, PentanaMK (MKinsight), etc.
• Demonstrate excellent understanding of business issues across multiple industries and the relevance of technologies with a view to identify, pursue, and ultimately win business opportunities for internal audit practice in PwC.
• Demonstrate extensive project management skills especially in the application and adoption of technology to enable the activities of internal audit clients of PwC.
• Ability to support a series of high-profile co-source or outsource audit engagements across industry sectors.
• Ability to multitask across various projects and deadlines.
• Ability to develop and deliver technical and functional trainings on audit analytics solutions as required; to enhance the broad understanding and use by clients.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for audit reporting/discussions with internal and external stakeholders.
• Report writing, presentation and inter-personal skills including good written and oral communication skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Second-Class Upper Bachelor's Degree.
• Degree Required: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Information Systems, Audit, Finance, Accounting or related field.
• Certification(s) Required: CIA, CISA, CISM, CRISC, CISSP, ACA or any relevant certification.
• Candidates should have at least 4 - 6 years of experience within Internal Audit functions ideally, or professional services / audit firms.
• Candidate must have in-depth experience of Technology processes and Technology Risk Management.
• Consulting background will be an added advantage.

Travel Requirements:

• Up to 20%.