Assurance - Core Assurance Winter Intern (Nov 2024)

About PwC China

PwC China provides organizations with the professional service they need, wherever they may be located. Its highly qualified, experienced professionals listen to different points of view to help organizations solve their business issues and identify and maximize the opportunities they seek. The company's industry specialization allows it to help co-create solutions with its clients for their sector of interest.

Your role

About Assurance:

• Audit and Assurance Service (‘Assurance’) is the largest service line in PwC Mainland China and Hong Kong.
• Assurance service today isn’t only about compliance or merely following rules. It’s helping the clients to navigate regulatory complexity and strengthen trust and transparency.
• By providing a balanced, objective opinion on financial statements, the team helps build trust between companies/investment banks and their stakeholders, including investors.
• It requires the team to 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. 

Job description and responsibilities:

• In Assurance you’ll work along with experienced professionals to support different client projects and gain valuable insights into the business and culture and also have the opportunity to develop your business skills, knowledge, and relationships with your colleagues and peer group.  

Reporting structure and key relationships： 

• Reporting to: Assurance Senior Associate, Manager  

Training & development

PwC offers a variety of internal training and development courses to help you equip yourself with professional skills. On-the-job training, supervision, and mentoring from colleagues are also integral to enhancing your skills in the Internship program. PwC also offers comprehensive business and technical training, professional examination training support as well as an excellent environment for career development. 

Benefits

If you join as a full-time employee, you will get the following benefits:

• WeFlex policy (FlexiHour, FlexiLocation and FlexiDress)
• Wellness Reimagined App (One-stop wellness platform)
• Competitive paid leave package (annual leave, birthday leave, study and exam leave, sick leave, Christmas leave, etc.)
• Interest-free housing loan
• Long service award

Career progression

At PwC China, students with excellent internship performance will have the opportunity to be put through the Fast Track program; going directly to the partner interview stage, and be considered for a full-time offer.

Work-life balance

PwC is committed to making a place where “work-life harmony” is possible, where you can thrive personally and professionally in a sustainable way. WeFlex is a new and reimagined way of working that offers its people flexibility as to when, where, and how they work each day and is adopted differently by people throughout their careers with PwC. WeFlex policy includes:

• FlexiHour
• FlexiLocation
• FlexiDress

Culture & vibe

PwC is an organization that leads with the heart and prioritizes its people. This is why the company is focused on fostering a culture of belonging and equity where a diverse community of solvers can thrive and feel like they truly belong. PwC does this by acting as a voice and an accelerator for Inclusion & Diversity (I&D) change in each of its member firms, across the PwC network, for its clients, and in the wider societies in which the company operates.

About you

Requirements： 

PwC is looking for high-caliber tertiary students from any discipline who can demonstrate:

• Whole Leadership:  
  • Take ownership of personal development
  • Consistently deliver on multiple commitments and high-quality 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 that 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 writing
  • Strong recommendations of English, and 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, PowerPoint, etc.; Technical knowledge to improve audit methodology will be an advantage. 

How to apply

Application journey:

• Online Application
• Online Assessment
• Interview
• Receiving your offer
• Starting with PwC

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page.

• pwccn.com/en/careers/students.html
• pwccn.com/en/careers.html
• pwc.com/gx/en/about/diversity.html
• youtube.com/@pwcCNHK