Intern / Trainee

Job Description

About PwC’s Digital Assurance and Transparency Practice:

PwC’s Digital Assurance and Transparency (DAT) practice is at the forefront of innovation, supporting both the delivery of high-quality, tech-enabled solutions focused on trust and transparency, as well as value-add growth in business and social issues that are top of mind with clients. DAT professionals work closely with clients, their team, and external audit teams to understand the systems and technologies clients use and how they can mitigate risk.

As a DAT professional, you’ll:

• Be part of an organization focused on quality, value, innovation, emerging technologies, and growth.
• Gain experience across several specialized areas of focus throughout your career.
• Play a valuable role in evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of controls, providing clients with insights into their business processes and technology.
• Conduct controls and transaction testing, perform readiness assessments, and provide observations and recommendations to clients, including as it relates to their use of emerging technologies like cloud, AI, and cryptocurrencies.
• Review finance, operations, and technology processes, including monitoring controls over third-party providers.
• Potentially provide assurance over service organizations that provide technology, emerging, and business functions across ecosystems.
• Work collaboratively across segments, sectors, and specialty teams, with the opportunity to work on diverse projects.
• Drive innovation and power the future of end-to-end audits through the use of technology, with a focus on quality and value.

Job Description: Intern / Trainee in Digital Assurance & Transparency:

As an Intern / Trainee, you’ll join a team of problem solvers, helping to address complex business issues from strategy to execution. Your responsibilities will include:

PwC Professional Skills & Responsibilities:

• Be curious and try new things.
• Learn about how PwC works as a business and adds value to clients.
• Think broadly and ask questions about data, facts, and other information.
• Support research, analysis, and problem-solving using various tools and techniques.
• Produce high-quality work adhering to relevant professional standards.
• Keep up-to-date with technical developments in your area of specialization.
• Handle, manipulate, and analyze data and information responsibly.
• Communicate confidently in a clear, concise, and articulate manner – verbally and in materials produced.
• Embrace different points of view and welcome opposing and conflicting ideas.
• Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.

Specific Responsibilities as an Intern in DAT:

• Participate in select phases of the evaluation of internal controls in support of the external audit, specifically related to information systems and business processes, including planning, execution, and completion.
• Proactively seek guidance, clarification, and feedback.
• Demonstrate flexibility in prioritizing and completing tasks while exercising professional skepticism.

Qualifications:

• Basic Qualifications:
• Minimum Degree Required: Bachelor’s Degree
• Required Fields of Study: Accounting, Management Information Systems, Economics, Business Administration/Management, Business Analytics, Finance & Technology, Computer and Information Science & Accounting
• Required Cumulative GPA: 3.0
• Minimum Years of Experience: 0 year(s)
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Additional Educational Preferences: Client service intern positions are entry-level, and job seekers are typically in their 3rd year of a 4-year degree program or the 4th year of a 5-year program. Client service interns usually join PwC during the winter/spring or summer prior to their intended graduation year.
• Certification(s) Preferred: Before starting full-time with PwC, meet all educational requirements to be eligible for the primary credential license appropriate for the relevant practice area, such as meeting all educational requirements to satisfy the 150 credit hour requirement necessary for the CPA license in the state where your office will be located, or provide documentation satisfactory to the Firm that your CPA license can be obtained in the state where your office will be located through reciprocity based on either a CPA license held or CPA exam passed in another state; or the educational requirements to license for the Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) license.
• Preferred Knowledge/Skills:
• Understand the broad range of risks affecting companies and management decision making, complex IT environments, and/or all aspects of auditing.
• Possess a desire to pursue a career in Public Accounting.
• Have a basic understanding of one or more of the following: application controls, IT general controls, financial reporting concepts, and the external audit process.
• Demonstrate problem-solving skills and the ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks.
• Possess the ability to interact with various levels of client and firm management in both written and verbal form.
• Possess flexibility and a desire to travel, as client assignments require.