Digital Assurance – EcoShift Insights

Full Time

Digital Assurance & Transparency (DAT) Sustainability Intern - Summer 2024

Job Description :

Our Digital Assurance and Transparency practice (DAT) is at the forefront of innovation, supporting
both delivery of quality, tech-enabled solutions focused on trust and transparency and value-add
growth in business and social issues that are top of mind with our clients. You’ll work closely with
clients, your Digital Assurance and Transparency team, and our external audit teams to understand
the systems and technologies our clients use and how they can mitigate risk. As a Digital Assurance
and Transparency professional, you’ll be part of an organization with a focus on quality, value,
innovation, emerging technologies (e.g. cloud, digital assets), and growth and gain experience
across several of our specialized areas of focus throughout your career. A career within the
Environmental Social and Governance team in our Digital Assurance and Transparency practice
enables you to have the opportunity to work with a diverse team of professionals that have a blend
of sustainability, finance, accounting, and industry expertise who are focused on providing audit and
consulting services to our clients to help them build trust with their stakeholders. The practice
specializes in providing audit and consulting services in significant areas such as climate change,
greenhouse gas emissions, human capital, Environmental Social and Governance reporting
frameworks, and sustainable finance.

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.

Responsibilities

As an Intern / Trainee, 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:

Be curious and try new things.
Learn about how PwC works as a business and adds value to clients.
Think broadly and ask questions about data, facts and other information.
Support research, analysis and problem solving using a variety of tools and techniques.
Produce high quality work which adheres to the relevant professional standards.
Keep up-to-date with technical developments for area of specialism.
Handle, manipulate and analyse data and information responsibly.
Communicate confidently in a clear, concise and articulate manner - verbally and in materials produced.
Embrace different points of view and welcome opposing and conflicting ideas
Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Qualifications:

A career in our Digital Assurance & Transparency ESG practice will provide opportunities to assist
clients in identifying and prioritizing sustainability issues, setting goals that support alignment and
integration of the sustainability vision into the overall corporate strategy, implementing policies,
procedures, and controls to help companies operationalize and bring to life their sustainability
programs, and providing assurance on a company’s sustainability metrics.

Experience:

Client service intern positions are entry-level and job seekers are traditionally either in their 3rd year
of a 4 year degree program or in the 4th year of a 5 year program. Client service interns typically join
us during the winter/spring or summer prior to their intended graduation year.

Preferred Knowledge/Skills:

Demonstrate some proven knowledge and ability within the following areas:

Possessing abilities as team member; building relationships; communicating in an organized and knowledgeable manner; delivering clear requests for information; demonstrating flexibility in prioritizing and completing tasks; understanding personal and team roles; contributing to a positive working environment by building solid relationships with team members; proactively seeking guidance, clarification and feedback; and communicating potential conflicts to a supervisor;
Researching and analyzing of technical matters, while using problem-solving skills. This potentially includes the analysis of large and complex data sets, demonstrating an aptitude for conducting quantitative and qualitative analyses, and using the standard firm-issued suite of Microsoft Office software, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, to execute related deliverables;
Writing, communicating, facilitating, and presenting clearly when interacting with team members in a professional setting;
Possessing knowledge of ESG reporting frameworks (e.g., SASB, GRI, CDP); and
Helping clients develop their ESG strategies (such as climate risk, diversity, equity and inclusion) by identifying sustainability issues, setting goals and metrics to support alignment of the sustainability vision into strategy, tech enabling their ESG reporting through the implementation of processes, controls and systems, and providing assurance on ESG information.

Learn More:

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.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.

For positions based in San Francisco, consideration of qualified candidates with arrest and conviction records will be in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.