Senior Associate - Project Risk Assurance at PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC) Nigeria

PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC) Nigeria has been operating in Nigeria since 1953 through its predecessor firms of Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse. We're one of the leading professional services firms in the country with offices in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt, over 1000 staff and 31 resident partners.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Associate - Project Risk Assurance

Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• As a Senior Associate in PwC Digital Risk assurance practice, you will lead Information Technology project risk assurance and project quality assurance engagements for our clients.
• You will support the improvement of PwC current methodologies and modes of engagement delivery.
• You will provide value-added insights that help to improve project risk management practices across various organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead IT project risk and project quality assurance engagements.
• Assist organizations to improve project management practices
• Support clients to ensure that quality is delivered, and risks managed at key stages of IT project delivery.
• Conduct post implementation reviews of newly implemented systems and solutions.
• Any other responsibilities assigned to you on a day-to-day basis.

Education / Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in one of the following: Accounting, Finance / Economics, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and / or other business fields of study.
• Minimum of 4 years relevant work experience
• Certification(s): Agile and (or) waterfall Project Management methodology certification (Scrum, PMP, IPMA or similar certifications).

Experience and Attributes Required:

• Experience leading IT Project Quality Assurance engagement in environments where a variety of technology platforms have been deployed such as: Application Software (mobile, web, on Premise and Cloud based ERP systems such as Oracle, SAP S4 HANA, SAP ByD and Microsoft Dynamics), API's and other Cloud-based hosting arrangements.
• Experience and sound understanding of Agile and Waterfall project management concepts / methodology.
• Experience with automated software testing tools and data analysis methods / tools.
• Experience with requirements elicitation and prioritization.
• Sound understanding of business processes, risks and controls.
• Ability to form strong interpersonal relationships with a wide range of stakeholders both within PwC and at client organizations.
• Excellent communication skills (both written and oral), ability to persuade and influence team outcomes, a genuine interest in providing high quality service to clients, strong commercial awareness, initiative and strong project execution focus.
• Good organization skills with influencing skills / leadership potential, energy and drive.
• Flexibility to travel for out-of-town assignments.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
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