Intern / Trainee, Digital Assurance & Transparency
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Job Description
About PwC’s Digital Assurance and Transparency (DAT) Practice:
PwC’s DAT practice is a leading innovator in providing tech-enabled solutions focused on trust and transparency. They support clients in addressing key business and social issues. The team works closely with clients and external audit teams to understand client systems and technologies, helping them mitigate risk. The practice emphasizes quality, value, innovation, and emerging technologies (cloud, digital assets). A career in DAT offers exposure to various specialized areas, including evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of controls, providing insights into business processes and technology, conducting controls and transaction testing, performing readiness assessments, reviewing finance, operations, and technology processes, and providing assurance over service organizations. The work involves collaboration across segments, sectors, and specialty teams, with opportunities for diverse projects and driving innovation in audit processes through technology. PwC emphasizes its PwC Professional framework for leadership development, focusing on skills like curiosity, critical thinking, data analysis, communication, and ethical conduct.
Detailed Job Description for Digital Assurance & Transparency Intern/Trainee:
As an intern/trainee, you’ll be part of a team solving complex business issues. Responsibilities include:
• Participating in various phases of internal control evaluations: This includes planning, execution, and completion of audits related to information systems and business processes in support of the external audit.
• Seeking guidance and feedback proactively: A willingness to learn and actively seek clarification is crucial.
• Demonstrating flexibility and professional skepticism: The ability to prioritize tasks, manage multiple projects, and maintain a critical perspective is essential.
Specific tasks may include:
• Evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of controls within client systems.
• Performing controls and transaction testing.
• Conducting readiness assessments for new technologies.
• Reviewing finance, operations, and technology processes, including controls over third-party providers.
• Providing assurance over service organizations across various business functions and ecosystems.
• Utilizing technology to enhance audit efficiency and effectiveness.
• Supporting research, analysis, and problem-solving using various tools and techniques.
• Communicating findings clearly and concisely, both verbally and in written materials.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
• Minimum requirement: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Management Information Systems, Economics, Business Administration/Management, Business Analytics, Finance & Technology, or Computer and Information Science & Accounting.
• Minimum GPA: 3.0
• Preferred: Third or fourth-year student in a four or five-year degree program, respectively.
• Preferred Certifications: Progress towards obtaining a CPA license or CISA certification is preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Basic understanding of application controls, IT general controls, financial reporting concepts, and the external audit process (preferred).
• Flexibility and willingness to travel (as client assignments require).
• Understanding of a broad range of risks affecting companies and management decision making, complex IT environments, and/or all aspects of auditing (preferred).
• Desire to pursue a career in public accounting (preferred).
The internship is an entry-level position, with the expectation that interns will contribute to team projects under the guidance of senior staff.
