An opportunity to help ease uncertainty....deliver confidence and trust #auditorproud

In my 27 years as an audit professional I have never seen a level of ambiguity and uncertainty like the last 18 months. It has impacted our work, our homes, our leisure time and our relationships. There is so much that we used to think we "controlled" - and now we don't. It has been humbling and we begin to emerge from the "delta lockdown" phase of this pandemic there is much we have learned. As time passes we then turn our minds to the future, how we apply those learnings and what excites us, personally and professionally. That's opportunity.

The time for trust and confidence is now...

When reflecting on #auditorproud week this week, it's important to do so in the context of where we find ourselves. Australians are living with more uncertainty and making some really important personal decisions about their future when predicting anything with confidence is difficult. What school should I send my child to? Should I travel overseas when borders open or wait a while? Which companies and products represent safer investments for the long-term future of my family? Should I buy or sell a home in this unpredictable market? What is the appropriate aged care facility for my parents?

In the business context it's the same. Senior executives, CFOs, CEOs and Boards are making some of the biggest decisions of their careers, indeed some are actually career-defining. Keeping their teams safe, acquisitions and disposals, significant restructuring, imagining the future of their workforce, resetting their cost base and ensuring their business model is future fit.

We have all experienced making decisions, personal or professional, when they involve significant judgement. They're not binary decisions, there is nuance and ambiguity everywhere. It drives emotions that can be uncomfortable....caution, doubt, anxiety. As humans, we then search for information that may take some of that away, however this unprecedented time means we don't necessarily have a body of evidence to fall back on.

The word "assurance" means to provide confidence. To remove uncertainty and doubt. To create or increase trust. Has there ever been a time when we've needed the feeling of assurance more than we do today at work and at home?

....and at PwC we're priviliged to be able to provide it.

It is a privilege to lead the Assurance team at PwC - a team of over 2,000 people that together are responsible for a brand that stands for trust, confidence and integrity. In the past 18 months we have had only two non-negotiable priorities....the safety and wellbeing of our team and the quality of our work. While I don't have all of the answers as to how the future will play out for all of us, I do know that by prioritising these two things our team knows we have their back and that we're doing everything within our power to lead in a way that lives our values and is always "our best". This simplicity has helped us focus on the things that drive both trust and sustainability. Combined with the extraordinary talent of the PwC Assurance team and our colleagues across PwC, in the last year we have helped provide:

• confidence over the quality and adequacy of on-site care to aged care providers
• assurance over the accuracy and use of funding applied by schools, including to students with a disability
• independent assurance that financial information released to the market by public companies is prepared on a consistent and fair basis with external standards, helping Australians invest with confidence
• project management and assurance over the nation's COVID-19 vaccine rollout
• specialised technical advice delivering insight and trust to organisations improving their cyber security framework

Aged Care, Health, Financial Services, Education, Cyber. We're in a privileged position to be providing confidence and trust on the issues that matter to Australians at a time when we need it the most.

The opportunity for you......come and help us with trust and confidence

There has never been a better time to join?PwC - a team that’s at the centre of helping businesses and communities build trust and confidence in a digital and disrupted world.?

You might find yourself providing assurance in managing cyber risk or involved in managing huge transformations and technology implementations. You might help us provide confidence over the quality of aged care facilities or assurance over a company’s public statements on their environmental sustainability plans. You might also play a key role in helping ensure that our families’ futures are safe through their superannuation investments, giving investors confidence that the financial information they base their decisions on is prepared appropriately.??

Whether you're looking for your first job after school or University or you are already and experienced professional, we have an opportunity to discuss with you. If you agree the time is right now and you are, or want to be, an external auditor, internal auditor, advisor to CFOs, accounting structuring expert, digital trust and cyber expert, a project assurance specialist, data analyst or risk management professional - and you have a drive to make a difference and at the same time explore new potential for yourself and your career - then the next phase of your career with the PwC Assurance team makes a lot of sense.?

So, if you'd like to come and join a team with clear purpose and great energy - and in addition you’d like to access some of the best employee benefits in the professional services sector - then either:

(i) click on the link below and apply to join us in the PwC Assurance team?Join us now?,

(ii) drop me a direct message through LinkedIn, or

(iii) email me directly at [email protected]?and I’ll connect you with our team.

Best wishes - stay safe and well. Matt