Audit Senior – Trade, Industries & Services / Lugano

Line of Service

Assurance

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Assurance

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

A career in our Non Financial Services Audit practice, 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.

Our team helps organisations navigate regulatory complexity while strengthening trust and transparency in their business. While many of the rules of business have changed, the fundamentals haven’t. You’ll work alongside senior members of the client’s management team in planning the audit process from beginning to end, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and fair presentation of our client’s 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.

Audit Senior - Trade, Industries & Services

What you can expect from us.

• You will manage audit mandates for our clients’ active in the fields of commerce, industry and services (CO, Swiss GAAP FER and IFRS).
• You will supervise the implementation of audit tasks and draw up reports and recommendations.
• You will participate in and lead audit missions.
• You will be part of a team and lead various projects.
• You will develop new and extend existing relationships, and actively support the client in technical accounting matters.
• You will share your expertise and experience actively by teaching, coaching and mentoring others.

What we expect from you.

• You have a bachelor’s or master’s degree or a diploma in economics.
• You are a certified accountant or have another relevant qualification.
• You have two to five years’ audit experience.
• You are fluent in Italian and English (German and French knowledge is a plus).
• You are innovative and you enjoy team work and contact with clients.
• You have excellent analytical and summarising skills.

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Travel Requirements

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Government Clearance Required?

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