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Date Posted: Friday, June 17, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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About PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC)
• PricewaterhouseCoopers is one of Kenya's leading professional services firms focused on providing Audit & Assurance, Advisory and Tax services. Our primary strategic goal is to create value for our clients and deliver a competitive advantage to their operations. Our blend of international and Kenyan expertise is fundamental to the high quality of advice and assistance that we offer. As elsewhere in the world, PricewaterhouseCoopers in Kenya uses the benefit of its hands-on experience to provide a strong level of local understanding and support, in accordance with the international professional standards of the PricewaterhouseCoopers worldwide organisation. With over 350 employees we stand firm on our commitment to provide highly qualified professionals to assist private companies and public institutions with our first-hand knowledge and expertise-within Kenya and internationally.

Job Description & Summary
• Our Risk Assurance team helps clients improve the governance, risk management and compliance of their operations. This solutions-based service help clients solve a diverse set of structure, function, relevant business risks by utilizing our deep understanding of governance, risk management/ compliance, IT systems and internal controls in businesses. The unique resources contained within the practice have proven knowledge and provide a hands-on approach to business problems – and can be deployed rapidly to address risk-based issues.

• Working with our leading clients in key industries in the Risk Assurance team, you will gain exposure to a wide variety of complex operational and systems environments, challenges and learning opportunities. Assignments will include performing risk assessments, business process / application controls reviews, and other controls and assurance related work.

• Provide management over a portfolio of clients and deliver high quality IT audits, IT risk management and internal audit engagements, including preparing and reviewing audit / engagement plans and work.
• Achieve team and individual budgets and business plan/ performance objectives.
• Manage project financials, including budgets, WIPS, timely billing and collection.
• Maintain the highest technical and professional standard.
• Think strategically about client needs by understanding their business and key risks.
• Address situation before they become crises and develops solutions to avoid recurrence,
• Providing additional help and guidance to clients on a consultancy basis.
• Participate in the development of ways to meet client needs, contributes to proposal delivery.
• Identify ways to maximize the relationship with clients and deliver added value.
• Take a leadership role in professional, business or corporate social responsibility initiates.
• Coach, train and develop staff.
• Be seen as a role model for the profession.
• Carry out practice management activities e.g. resourcing client billing etc.
• Undertake wider office activities, as required.

Preferred skills

• Highly confident and resilient, comfortable asserting yourself with senior clients (Executive and Board level)
• Strong technical IT audit, IT risk management, IT governance or project management knowledge (i.e. 5 years + experience) and proven ability developing and implementing practical risk management processes and frameworks
• Solid financial and commercial acumen and understanding
• Excellent presentation skills and experience planning and facilitating workshops / risk exercises with senior level audiences
• Robust diligence, ability to pay close attention to detail and strong report-writing skills
• Familiarity with common risk management techniques,
• Ability to innovate and think laterally
• Strong inter-personal communication skills with ability to build trust and rapport with diverse internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects
• Proven team management skills, including coaching and development of junior resources
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently with little management oversight
• Commercially focused and strong business development skills.

Minimum years experience required
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent (Second Class Honors and above) from a reputable institution.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce, Accounting, Computer Science, Economics, Information Technology
• 6+ years of relevant experience in IT risk and controls auditing.
• IT audit experience preference

Additional application instructions

• Preference shall be given to the candidates having CISA, CISM, CPA, CIA, PMP, PRINCE 2, CDPSE

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 72

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

• Interested and qualified? Go to https://www.pwc.co.za/en/careers/regional-job-search/description.html?wdjobreqid=344911WD&wdcountry=KEN&jobtitle=ITRA%20-%20Manager&wdjobsite=Global_Experienced_Careers&utm_  to apply
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