at PwC in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Specialty/Competency: Oracle
Industry/Sector: Not Applicable
Time Type: Full time
Travel Requirements: Up to 40%
A career in Information Technology Risk Assurance will allow you to develop and apply strategies that help clients leverage enterprise technologies so they can get a higher return on their investment, mitigate risks, streamline processes, and find operational inefficiencies. The work revolves around creative problem solving and applying innovative technologies to enable strategies that increase the value of the applications that run our client’s business, mitigate risk and find operational inefficiencies. Our focus is on creating effective and efficient design for the most important business, security and compliance processes for our clients. We touch on aspects of application security, areas prone to fraud and financial misstatement, and streamline processes that are part of our client’s core business so they can get a higher return on this key investment. Using innovative, and proprietary technologies, we help to bridge the gap between business stakeholders, compliance functions and Information Technology teams to assist in understanding how to embrace new ways of working, while limiting their financial and operational risk profile. We use knowledge of financial system design, risk mitigation, business process design, data integrity, security and use of data analytics.
Our clients make large investments in enterprise financial systems and they need to design those systems to meet the needs of their business while providing capabilities to improve end user experiences while managing risk. As a part of our team, we help our clients balance these critical factors to lead their organizations and get the most value out of their Oracle investment.
To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.
As a Senior Associate, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:
+ Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
+ Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
+ Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
+ Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
+ Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
+ Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
+ Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
+ Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
+ Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
+ Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.
Job Requirements and Preferences :
Basic Qualifications :
Minimum Degree Required :
Bachelor Degree
Minimum Years of Experience :
3 year(s) of Oracle controls auditing, consulting and/or implementing.
Preferred Qualifications :
Preferred Fields of Study :
Accounting & Finance, Accounting & Technology, Business Administration/Management, Computer and Information Science & Accounting, Computer and Information Science, Economics and Finance & Technology, Economics and Finance, Management Information Systems & Accounting, Management Information Systems, Economics
Preferred Knowledge/Skills :
Demonstrates knowledge of, and/or success in oversight roles involving, designing, implementing, and/or assessing security and controls as it relates to multiple versions of the Oracle Cloud application product suite (core financial, supply chain, human capital management, and/or industry specific modules). Emphasis on understanding of the following areas:
+ Possessing experience with Oracle Cloud role design across functional (ERP, EPM, OTBI) and technical (e.g. – Security Console, Setup & Maintenance, OIC) domain areas;
+ Possessing experience with Oracle Cloud Risk Management Cloud (RMC) design, implementation or assessment experience including Advanced Access Controls (AAC), Advanced Financial Controls (AFC) and Financial Reporting Compliance (FRC);
+ Possessing experience with Business process risk & control design, implementation or assessment across finance, supply chain and human resource business cycles;
+ Identifying key risks and controls, knowledge of Sarbanes Oxley readiness, controls optimization, as well as configuration of controls around security, business process and within the Oracle Cloud RMC modules;
+ Managing and understanding SDLC for Oracle Cloud product implementations, and configurations – e.g. security and control, and/or optimizations of business process controls and application security;
+ Possessing experience with Oracle Security, Controls and RMC AAC;
+ Possessing experience leading end to end Oracle Cloud Security implementations and controls integration projects;
+ Possessing experience leading design, build, test and deploy phases in projects;
+ Possessing experience in leading/managing teams;
+ Possessing experience in leading security/RMC design workshops with client stakeholders;
+ Possessing experience in designing security for Cloud Financials, Supply Chain Management, Human Capital Management or Enterprise Performance Management;
+ Possessing experience in configuring and implementing RMC Modules – AAC, AFC, FRC; and,
+ Possessing experience with business process risk & control design.
Demonstrates abilities and success with supporting large engagements that involve oversight of and coordination with staff and managers as they perform assessment or design of controls, application security, or analytic monitoring emphasizing the following areas:
+ Leading teams on client projects, understanding a client’s business and technology in order to identify, and pursue opportunities for efficiency or improvement in delivery of services;
+ Understanding clients’ business, industry and/or technologies and leveraging project management skills including developing project plans, budgets, and deliverables schedules;
+ Working directly with systems integrators in developing business requirements and business controls in Oracle Cloud-related and Oracle Cloud-related implementations;
+ Promoting and creating a positive environment, monitoring team workloads to meet client deadlines; and,
+ Respecting the work-life quality of team members including providing candid, meaningful feedback in a timely manner and keeping leadership informed of progress.
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PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.
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