Career Start in Audit – Banking – Autumn 2027

Key facts

What you bring

• You are nearing the completion of your degree or hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in economics, (business) informatics, STEM, or a comparable field of study.
• You have an interest in the financial sector and want to build your knowledge in accounting, financial reporting, auditing, and the regulatory foundations of the financial sector.
• You possess analytical strength, work meticulously, analyze financial data, and want to learn how to assess complex matters in a structured way.
• You have excellent German and English language skills.

Your tasks

• Audit financial statements: Audit consolidated and annual financial statements, balance sheets, income statements, and internal controls, thereby creating trust in financial reporting.
• Analyze financial institutions: Analyze financial data and business processes, identify audit risks, and develop an understanding of the economic contexts behind the numbers.
• Understand regulation: Learn how regulatory requirements shape the business activities, auditing, and reporting of banks, insurance companies, and asset managers.
• Use data purposefully: Apply data analysis, digital audit methods, and AI-assisted tools to identify anomalies and prepare audit actions on a well-founded basis.
• Assess reports: Depending on the mandate, participate in regulatory audits or the auditing of sustainability information and document your findings in a comprehensible manner.
• Build relationships: Collaborate with experienced colleagues and contacts at banks, insurance companies, and asset managers, right up to CFOs, and build your professional network.

What they offer

• Your path to the diploma: Your career start combines practical mandate work in the financial sector with a clearly structured training program.
• Learn the profession: After your onboarding, you will work directly in audit teams, learn our audit methodology and audit software, and gradually take on your own audit areas.
• Achieve your diploma: We support you on your path to becoming a qualified auditor (dipl. Wirtschaftsprüfer:in) and provide financial and time-related support for your training.
• Paid study days, self-study, and exams are combined with your practical work.
• At PwC, you are not just starting your first job. You are learning a recognized profession, working with clients early on, and gaining insights into the financial sector and different management levels.
• At the same time, you will be specifically supported on your path to becoming a qualified auditor (dipl. Wirtschaftsprüfer:in).

About the role

Numbers tell stories, and we help make them credible and trustworthy. Together, we audit the consolidated and annual financial statements of national and international companies and gain unique insights into their business models, strategies, and future plans. This is about more than just balance sheets and financial information: through our work, we create trust, promote transparency, and make an important contribution to a strong economy. From the very beginning, you are part of the team, work on exciting client mandates, and grow step by step with the support of experienced colleagues into your role as a future qualified auditor (dipl. Wirtschaftsprüfer:in).

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