Line of Service

Assurance

Industry/Sector

Banking and Capital Markets

Specialism

Assurance

Management Level

Manager

Job Description & Summary

PwC Malta services a variety of clients including credit and financial institutions as well as investment firms. Due to the growing demands of the local banking market, our Banking External Audit team is expanding.

A career within our Banking assurance team will give you the opportunity to provide a range of assurance services and business advice to a variety of clients within the banking and financial services industry, ranging from small, fast growing clients to large well established entities, a number of which have broad international reach.

Responsibilities

As a Manager within our Banking assurance team, 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.

As part of a network of firms committed to delivering quality assurance, advisory and tax services, PwC Malta is ideally placed to provide access to a wide range of clients and a vast well of experience and knowledge to build upon.

 

An experience within a highly regulated industry such as banking will also provide you with the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment providing significant exposure to various technical aspects of financial reporting as well as regulatory matters.  We focus on using the latest technology to reduce the level of manual testing ensuring you will focus on the most valuable areas of client service and on enhancing corporate governance and the reliability of our clients’ information.

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Proactively oversee the management of a portfolio of clients, where you will be responsible for the day-to-day management client liaison and technical issues management

Being involved in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients along with building and maintaining strong relationships with clients.

Business development activities such as building relationships with target clients or involvement in pitch situations

Being responsible for the coaching and development of team members reporting to you

Developing strategies to solve complex technical challenges and contribute to the development of your own and your team’s technical acumen

Assisting in the management and delivering of large projects, ensuring that key deadlines are met

Keeping up to date with local and national business and economic issues

Being a key contact throughout the year for our clients, ranging from listed financial institutions to businesses in the infancy of their life cycle

Reporting directly to the Assurance Partner and having a number of direct team members report to you

Building strong relationships with other specialist teams within PwC to ensure that a full service offering can be provided to our clients

Actively taking part in office-wide initiatives and teams, contributing to a strong overall team morale

The requirements for this role include:

An ACCA, ACA or a recognised Accounting Master’s Degree.

A minimum of 5 years of external audit experience within a Big 4 firm.

Knowledge of relevant accounting and auditing standards (IFRS and ISAs)

Experience of external audit planning, risk and control identification and performing, reviewing and directing external audit testing.

Experience identifying and effectively reporting any issues and recommendations for improvement to clients

Experience of coaching, supervising and managing staff members

Strong written and verbal English communication skills.

An ability to work to tight timelines and manage well under pressure

Team player with a positive mindset

Open minded, practical and agile with change

Drive to stay up to date with industry and market trends

A proven track record of establishing client relationships

The ability to work on own initiative

A desire for continuous improvement

Highly developed listening and questioning techniques

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)

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards, Accounting Policies, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Platform, Auditing, Auditing Methodologies, Client Management, Coaching and Feedback, Communication, Compliance Auditing, Complying With Regulations, Creativity, Data Analysis and Interpretation, Data Ingestion, Data Modeling, Data Quality, Data Security, Data Transformation, Data Visualization, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy {+ 29 more}

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

No

Job Posting End Date