Graduate, Advanced Analytics Digital Audit, London 2020

Job description

What we do  

Technology is now at the heart of how our clients deliver their services. The complexity of systems, increasing use of data and the continuous investment in technologies by our clients, creates new challenges, but equally, opportunities, as to how we assess our client risks and build trust in society.   

As an audit practice, we invested significantly on bringing in innovative technology to understand how our client’s processes, technologies and systems operate in order to provide a fair view on how they address their risks.   

You’ll join the DA3 team, which is part of the larger UK Audit practice. As a team we provide and develop the innovation initiatives across a large array of our audit clients. We do this through the implementation of robotics, AI, machine learning and advanced analytics tools, leveraging the best technologies currently on the market.  

The team works with audit clients and internal audit stakeholders to generate crucial insights and find patterns in data to match with our understanding of client risk assessments.   We also build scalable automated solutions for existing audit processes across an array of industries. We often assure that information and data provided to the audit practice is accurate, complete and can be trusted.     

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How do I embed new technologies such as machine learning, AI and visualisation tools to enhance the audit process for our clients?   

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What are the risk and quality implications of utilising new technologies?  

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What cultural challenges may I face as I try to get the wider PwC UK Audit practice to use data analytics tools and emerging technologies?  

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How do I implement analytics within an audit in order to better manage pain points during busy periods?   

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What is the most suitable methodology to automate and reimagine audit?  

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What are the next emerging technologies we could look to implement and how would they add value to an audit?    

What you’ll do  

The DA3 team is a high performing and diverse team that leads the way in the implementation of advanced technologies within the PwC UK audit practice. As a trusted specialist, you will advise senior stakeholders on ways to automate and reimagine audits, implementing innovative technologies, such as Python, R, SQL, Alteryx, Power BI, Process Intelligence and Machine Learning. Building a strong understanding for the role data and analytics plays in the modern day audit.  

You’ll get to work on technical assignments enabling you to develop skills in Advanced Analytics, Machine Learning, Data Engineering and sophisticated visualisation tools to provide clients with the PwC digital audit experience. This means that you’ll develop the technical, business and soft skills around the topic of data and analytics that our clients are demanding today.  

As the leading analytics function in the PwC UK audit practice, you will get to work closely with audit clients across a broad range of industries (e.g. banking, insurance, asset and wealth management, oil and gas, manufacturing and telecoms).      Training and development  

Through our tailored training programme you’ll develop the foundations to become a highly skilled advanced analytics professional. You’ll also get the full support of your own Career Coach and experienced colleagues who’ll help guide and shape your career, so that you’re always delivering the best you can.  

We aim to make sure graduates gain relevant external business and technical accreditations. Together, these provide a good combination of business knowledge and technical skill that sets our advanced analytics professionals apart.        What you’ll need to get in    

If you're naturally inquisitive, have an analytical mind and enjoy solving problems in a rigorous and logical manner, for a variety of different businesses then this is the role for you. You’ll need to be on course for a 2 1 degree in any subject with an interest in data analytics, machine learning, data science, data mining & coding.       

Job ID

43829BR
Location

London
Programme Type

Graduate
Line of Service

Assurance
About Us

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Intake Year

2020
Start season

Autumn
Entry Route

Graduate jobs in Technology
Entry Route Group

Graduate opportunities
Local Region

London Region