Assurance - Core Assurance Associate - Graduate Programme

Position: Associate

Location: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Qingdao, Ningbo, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Shenyang, Suzhou, Tianjin, Jinan, Wuhan, Xi'an, Xiamen, Changsha, Zhengzhou, Hefei, Kunming, Haikou, Guiyang, Zhuhai, Hong Kong, Macau, Weihai

Line of Service: Assurance

Type of employment: Permanent - Full-time

About Assurance
Audit and Assurance Service (‘Assurance’) is the largest service line in PwC China and Hong Kong. Assurance service today isn’t only about compliance or merely following rules. It’s helping our clients to navigate regulatory complexity and strengthen trust and transparency. By providing a balanced, objective opinion on financial statements, we help build trust between companies/investment banks and their stakeholders, including investors. It requires us go beyond the objectives and develop real judgment and insights into a client’s markets, technology, people and management, as well as its finances, drawing on both technical knowledge and commercial experience.

Assurance practice also includes a team of specialists serving the clients with specific language capabilities (for example, Japanese and Korean), focusing on Capital Markets and Accounting Advisory Services (CMAAS) or Financial Services Risk and Regulatory (FSRR) in some of our markets.

PwC China and Hong Kong have approximately 10,000 Assurance professionals in 26 cities. By in depth understanding of public and private companies internal operating model, we help our clients address the challenges of today’s rapidly changing world and strengthen their businesses with our professional expertise.

Job description and responsibilities
In Assurance you’ll be part of the team that really interacts with every aspect of clients’ activities; understanding what their business to identify where our high-quality audit can add insight and value. It’s critical work that enhances corporate governance and plays an important role in ensuring the reliability and relevance of business information.

As you work with some of our most prestigious clients, you’ll develop the business skills, knowledge and relationships you need to do well in a career that’s about so much more than numbers. Put simply, our PwC Assurance teams ask questions, test assumptions, and evaluate whether companies are reporting information that investors and others can rely on.

To work as part of a team of professional business advisors and accountants to meet the needs of our clients:

• To review clients' accounts and report to shareholders on the financial status of the company;
• To appraise the effectiveness of clients' financial systems;
• To consult and assist clients to solve other complex business problems; and

• To assist in providing advice and assurance services to companies raising debt or equity and other capital market transactions.

  Reporting structure and key relationships
  Reporting to: Assurance Manager

  Requirements
  We are looking for graduates from any discipline who can demonstrate:

Whole Leadership:

• Take ownership of personal development;
• Consistently deliver on multiple commitments and high quality of work, even when under pressure;
• Share and collaborate effectively with others, creating a positive team spirit;
• Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct;

Business Acumen:

• Think broadly and ask questions about data, facts and other information to solve the problems;
• Make constructive suggestions for improvements;
• Has the courage and ability to embrace change, and add value to client service;

Technical Capabilities:

• Produce high quality work which adheres to the relevant professional standards;
• Seek opportunities to learn new things and knowledge;
• Global acumen:
• Respect diversities and differences;

Relationship:

• Communicate confidently in a clear, concise and articulate manner – Verbally and in written;

Strong recommend of English, other languages (e.g. Japanese, Korean, etc.) are also preferred. Additional language capability will be utilized for some dedicated clients; and

Strong in Microsoft Offices, i.e. excel, word, power point etc.; Technical knowledge to improve audit methodology will be an advantage.

We offer comprehensive business and technical training, professional examination training support as well as an excellent environment for career development.

If you wish to apply for this position, please click the button "Apply" and submit your application.

We are looking forward to seeing you in PwC.