It system and process assurance senior associate

Vacancy: IT System and Process Assurance Senior Associate

The Opportunity

PwC is currently looking for experienced people in IT and control areas to join our Systems and Process Assurance (SPA) team as Senior Associate. The SPA team is specialised in delivering security, risk and control solutions to a large national and international client base.

The Role

The successful candidates will deliver, together with senior staff, SPA (Systems and Processes) services for the following main areas:

• Provide support during financial audits, under the top-down, risk-based approach, develop an appropriate strategy for testing automated application controls, IT General Controls, and manual controls.

• Participate to projects for improving the IT governance and controls with focus on the following areas:
- information security to ensure the availability, integrity and confidentiality of critical information assets;
- availability of critical IT systems;
- continuity of IT services to support business operations.

• Assist clients during implementations of different IT applications (ERP, CRMs) in the following areas: project management, selection of the application and/or IT provider, review the customisations performed by the providers in order to be in line with the company’s business requirements and/or Romanian legislation.

• Perform quality reviews of data migrations, system settings and regulatory compliance for complex business applications.


What we are looking for from a candidate

• University degree in IT / economics / engineering;
• 2-3 years’ experience working in IT / IT audit experience;
• Data Assurance skill set (knowledge of SQL/ACL/Access) would be a plus;
• Information Security awareness eager to identify weaknesses in systems;
• Strong organizing and planning skills;
• Strong client service mind-set and experience dealing with clients;
• Mandatory to have good MS Office computer skills;
• Proficiency in written and spoken English;
• Ability to adapt to a fast and demanding environment;
• Ability to be agile in changing circumstances both internally and externally when dealing with client issues;
• Experience with IT applications implementations are a plus;
• Experience in managing and mentoring junior staff is desirable;
• Availability to travel up to 30% from the working time.

What we offer

• Challenging and rewarding work environment;
• Systematic education process to support professional and personal development and on-the-job training;
• Interesting career development options and challenging assignments for top Romanian and international clients;
• International mobility and short term projects abroad;
• A professional and team-oriented work environment;
• Great colleagues to work with;
• Up-to-date technologies and methodology.

How to apply. Please send your CV at the e-mail: Maria.Cenusa@ro.pwc.com no later than 31 July 2015. Please indicate the vacancy you apply for.