Senior Associate, External Audit (Remote/Telecommuter)

Company: PwC
Location: San Jose
Posted on: October 19, 2020

Job Description:

Job DescriptionA career within External Audit services, will provide you with the opportunity to provide a range of Assurance services and business advice to a variety of clients from small, fast growing clients to large entities. Our clients are often well known brands and many have broad international reach. We focus on using the latest technology to reduce the level of manual testing ensuring you'll focus on the most valuable areas of client service and on enhancing corporate governance and the reliability of our clients' information. 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 Assurance Centers of Excellence (COE) provides a career opportunity within our external audit practice to virtually lead & execute specific audit areas from scoping through completion. COEs directly support engagement teams, performing specifically identified audit areas across a portfolio of clients using the latest technology. In the COE you will focus on highly judgmental areas of the audit requiring subject matter insight to enhance the reliability of our clients' information. Job Requirements and Preferences : Basic Qualifications : Minimum Degree Required : Bachelor Degree Required Fields of Study : Accounting Minimum Years of Experience : 2 year(s) of external audit experience. Certification(s) Required : Before starting with PwC full-time, must meet all educational requirements to be eligible for the primary credential license appropriate for relevant practice area, such as having 150 credit hours for the CPA license, or provide documentation satisfactory to the Firm that your CPA license can be obtained in the state in which your office will be located through reciprocity based on either a CPA license held, or CPA exam passed, in another state. Preferred Qualifications : Certification(s) Preferred : CPA license. International hires or hires from a PwC affiliate firm to have obtained the equivalent accounting credential in selected individual's home country. Preferred Knowledge/Skills : Demonstrates thorough knowledge and/or a proven record of success in Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States (U.S. GAAP), United States Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (U.S. GAAS) and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) standards, emphasizing an overall extensive understanding - for the respective industry - of the applicable business and accounting issues, and technical accounting and financial reporting standards. Demonstrates thorough abilities and/or a proven record of success as a team leader and team member in a professional services consulting firm including the following areas: Whole Leadership: using feedback and reflection to develop my self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas; delegating to others to provide stretch opportunities and coaching to help deliver results; and, proactively raising issues to improve effective teaming while working with a portfolio of clients; Global Acumen: seeking and taking opportunities, which exposure me to other businesses, industries and markets; facilitating collaboration across virtual teams (utilizing appropriate technology as applicable); and, building and maintaining a professional internal and external network; Relationships: using straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing others; reading situations and being sensiSDL2017

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