Digital Assurance & Transparency - SAP - Manager

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Assurance

Management Level

Manager

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, our people in audit and assurance focus on providing independent and objective assessments of financial statements, internal controls, and other assurable information enhancing the credibility and reliability of this information with a variety of stakeholders. They evaluate compliance with regulations including assessing governance and risk management processes and related controls.

In business transformation digital solutions at PwC, you will assist clients with business transformations leveraging large scale digital solutions such as SAP, Oracle, OneStream, Workday, Identity and Access Management tools and other business applications. You will utilise innovative solutions to help clients assess and manage risk and controls during their transformation journey. Working in this area, you will assess the client’s approach for ERP security, business process and IT General Controls, while educating our clients on leading practice recommendations.

Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team member’s unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

• Analyse and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system.
• Take ownership of projects, ensuring their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion.
• Partner with team leadership to ensure collective ownership of quality, timelines, and deliverables.
• Develop skills outside your comfort zone, and encourage others to do the same.
• Effectively mentor others.
• Use the review of work as an opportunity to deepen the expertise of team members.
• Address conflicts or issues, engaging in difficult conversations with clients, team members and other stakeholders, escalating where appropriate.
• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

The Opportunity

As part of the Business Transformation Digital Solutions team you, you lead SAP controls assessment engagements, focusing on successful planning, staffing, budgeting, execution, monitoring, and completion. As a Manager, you guide and inspire your team, leveraging their unique strengths to meet client expectations while maintaining quality and timelines. You also collaborate with team leadership and cross line of service teams to achieve collective ownership of deliverables, and use your technical knowledge of SAP security and controls to improve client processes prior to go-live.

Responsibilities

- Lead and manage SAP controls assessment projects

- Guide and motivate team members to achieve client goals

- Utilize SAP security knowledge to improve client processes

- Make sure projects are completed on time and within budget

- Collaborate with leadership and cross-functional teams

- Maintain elevated standards of quality in deliverables

- Foster an environment of teamwork and accountability

- Drive continuous improvement in project execution

What You Must Have

- Bachelor's Degree

- 5 years of SAP controls auditing, consulting and/or implementing experience

- 5 years of SAP ERP (ECC and/or S/HANA) SOX controls assessing, auditing and/or implementation/integration experience

- Knowledge of SAP ERP modules FI/MM/SD, business processes (functionality, configurations), and Basis

- Knowledge of SAP security role and user setup (functionality) across business and Basis processes

What Sets You Apart

- Master's Degree in Accounting, Accounting & Finance, Business Administration/Management, Accounting & Technology, Finance, Finance & Technology, Economics and Finance & Technology, Economics and Finance, Computer and Information Science & Accounting, or Computer and Information Science preferred

- At least one professional certification related to controls (CISA, CIA, CPA)

- Leading SAP controls assessment engagements

- Driving engagement planning