AC Manila - Audit Manager

Job 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 financial statement audit at PwC, you will focus on obtaining reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes the auditor’s opinion.

Job Description

Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team member’s unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same.

Skills

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

• Analyze and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system.
• Take ownership of projects, ensuring their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion.
• Partner with team leadership to ensure collective ownership of quality, timelines, and deliverables.
• Develop skills outside your comfort zone, and encourage others to do the same.
• Effectively mentor others.
• Use the review of work as an opportunity to deepen the expertise of team members.
• Address conflicts or issues, engaging in difficult conversations with clients, team members and other stakeholders, escalating where appropriate.
• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firms code of conduct, and independence requirements.
  
  

The Opportunity

When you join PwC Acceleration Centers (ACs), you step into a pivotal role focused on actively supporting various Acceleration Center services, from Advisory to Assurance, Tax and Business Services. In our innovative hubs, you’ll engage in challenging projects and provide distinctive services to support client engagements through enhanced quality and innovation. You’ll also participate in dynamic and digitally enabled training that is designed to grow your technical and professional skills.

As part of the Core Assurance - AC Manila team you are expected to lead the creation and implementation of impactful audit initiatives. As a Manager you are expected to guide the execution of audit engagements, focusing on a customer-centric approach that supports PwCs goals and vision. You are expected to be responsible for supervising, developing, and coaching teams, managing client service accounts, and driving assigned client engagement workstreams by independently solving and analyzing complex problems to develop impactful deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of audit initiatives
• Guide audit engagements with a client-focused approach
• Supervise and mentor audit teams to enhance performance
• Manage client service accounts and deliver elevated-quality deliverables
• Analyze complex problems and develop practical solutions
• Drive engagement workstreams independently
• Assure adherence to PwCs quality standards and vision
• Foster a collaborative and supportive team environment
  
  

What You Must Have

• Bachelors Degree in Accounting
• At least 7 years of experience in audit
• Philippines Licensed Certified Public Accountant (Manila) or US Certified Public Accountant
• Oral and written proficiency in English required
  
  

What Sets You Apart

• Pursuing opportunities to develop existing and new skills
• Maintaining positive energy in the face of obstacles
• Reacting positively and providing well reasoned responses
• Managing a variety of viewpoints to build consensus
• Incorporating up-to-date technology/technology developments
• Promoting new ideas and services
• Building knowledge of the firms service offerings
• Seeking new learning opportunities to stay technical and relevant
• Addressing sub-standard work or work which does not meet expectations

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