**Specialty/Competency:** Assurance **Industry/Sector:** Not Applicable **Time Type:** Full time **Travel Requirements:** Up to 20% A career in our Innovation Development practice, within Innovation services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients' redesign, redefine, and redeploy their assurance and/or tax departments to be a strategic asset across the enterprise. You'll focus on assisting clients as they incorporate increased automation, machine learning, data & analytics, Open Source technologies into their processes to deliver better quality output and contribute more strategically to organisational decision making. Our team helps our clients create a guided path to innovation by developing the right methods that generate insight based ideas, and to select, produce and commercialise the most valuable and viable results. You’ll focus on software driven innovation strategy, software technology diligence, operating model design, software product planning and management, and software architecture and cloud strategy. 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. Additional Responsibilities The Assurance Technology Testing Center is seeking an experienced assurance senior for a tour as a User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Facilitator. Individuals must be able to lead and motivate large groups of junior staff both in Tampa, virtually and offshore.Responsibilities include: - Coordinating software testing with product owners; - Facilitating testing by staff from the assurance practice; - Training testers on the software to be tested; and, - Investigating defects identified during testing. Basic Qualifications Minimum Degree Required (BQ) Bachelor's Degree Additional Educational Requirements (BQ) In lieu of a Bachelor's Degree, 12 years of professional experience involving either audit (core or risk assurance) or software quality assurance experience; 3 years leading multiple teams. Minimum Year(s) of Experience (BQ) 2 year(s) of either audit (core or risk assurance) or software quality assurance experience. Preferred Qualifications Certification(s) Preferred Candidates must maintain the credentialing requirements set for their respective home practice. Preferred Knowledge/Skills Demonstrates thorough abilities and/or a proven record of success in the following areas: - Demonstrates project management skills, leadership and collaboration on and with large teams, including prior success in roles leading and/or working with virtual teams; - Changes agility and the ability to develop and present innovative solutions, including a desire to improve processes; - Exhibits proven abilities and success with applying appropriate technical accounting and auditing standards, industry practices, and audit strategy development; - Implements innovation technologies to digitally enable processes (UiPath, Alteryx, Tableau); - Understands technical accounting and auditing standards knowledge, as evidenced by progressing at or above the senior level in the area of Technical Capabilities; - Understands the various Assurance applications used during the audit; and, - Demonstrates a high level of proficiency in technology (Google Drive, Windows, Microsoft Office, iOS and/or Android). Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. For positions based in San Francisco, consideration of qualified candidates with arrest and conviction records will be in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting is removed, unless otherwise set forth on the following webpage. Please visit this link for information about anticipated application deadlines: https://pwc.to/us-application-deadlines The salary range for this position is: $82,000 - $204,500, plus individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. For roles that are based in Maryland, this is the listed salary range for this position. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance