Manager - RISQ (Risk, Independence, Solutions and Quality )

at  PwC

JOB DESCRIPTION & SUMMARY

A career within Risk and Compliance services, will provide you the opportunity to work with a team that provides clients with extensive risk and controls technical knowledge and sector specific experience. You’ll have the opportunity to develop a holistic approach to risk that protects businesses, facilitates strategic decision making and enhances efficiency by assisting management in the assessment of project risks and controls.
Our Risk and Compliance Generalist - Practice Support team helps PwC assess, design and develop solutions to manage diverse risks. You’ll help PwC develop a consistent, coordinated, and sustainable strategy.
Our Risk, Independence, Solutions and Quality (RISQ) team helps PwC anticipate and manage risk and quality with the aim to protect and enhance the PwC brand by making risk and quality management and compliance as simple and sustainable as possible.
As a trusted advisor on the Risk & Quality team, you will bring this to life by helping the firm, its partners and staff manage regulatory, professional and PwC requirements to ensure we deliver high quality work to our clients.
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 Manager in the RISQ team, your role would include:

• Develop, implement, and maintain the firm’s system of quality management (SOQM) in accordance with network standards and regulatory requirements.
• Monitor and report on quality metrics and audit quality indicators.
• Facilitate root cause analysis (RCA) for quality issues.
• Liaise with quality review teams from PwC Network, regional RISQ team and regulators.
• Prepare reports and deliverables on quality management for reporting to various stakeholders.
• Research to acquire knowledge and consult in risk and quality management procedures.

As a Manager, 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:

• Develop new skills outside of comfort zone.
• Act to resolve issues which prevent the team working effectively.
• Coach others, recognise their strengths, and encourage them to take ownership of their personal development.
• Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.
• Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations.
• Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm’s/client’s expectations.
• Use data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making.
• Develop a point of view on key global trends, and how they impact clients.
• Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.
• Simplify complex messages, highlighting and summarising key points.
• Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.

REQUIREMENTS

• Degree in any discipline and/or a professional accounting qualification such as the ICAEW / ACCA / MICPA-CAANZ / CPA Australia.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in audit or risk management.
• Able to demonstrate analytical thinking and business acumen.
• A willingness to challenge points of views and opinion through presenting logical arguments.
• Good communication skills and influencing skills with both peers and senior individuals.
• Experience of managing people, workload and individual tasks.
  Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)
  Degrees/Field of Study required:
  Degrees/Field of Study preferred:
  Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

OPTIONAL SKILLS

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

Not Specified

As a Manager in the RISQ team, your role would include:

• Develop, implement, and maintain the firm’s system of quality management (SOQM) in accordance with network standards and regulatory requirements.
• Monitor and report on quality metrics and audit quality indicators.
• Facilitate root cause analysis (RCA) for quality issues.
• Liaise with quality review teams from PwC Network, regional RISQ team and regulators.
• Prepare reports and deliverables on quality management for reporting to various stakeholders.
• Research to acquire knowledge and consult in risk and quality management procedures

As a Manager, 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:

• Develop new skills outside of comfort zone.
• Act to resolve issues which prevent the team working effectively.
• Coach others, recognise their strengths, and encourage them to take ownership of their personal development.
• Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.
• Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations.
• Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm’s/client’s expectations.
• Use data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making.
• Develop a point of view on key global trends, and how they impact clients.
• Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.
• Simplify complex messages, highlighting and summarising key points.
• Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct