Assurance Solutions 
 Your career in auditing and audit-related advisory services. 

Trust is more important than ever. 


In these challenging times, we help our clients to secure and increase the trust of their stakeholders. We know that the quality of information is the strongest lever for companies in acquiring and maintaining the confidence of stakeholders. In other words: Trust matters. Trust is more important than ever.

We stand side-by-side with our clients from finance (banks, insurance companies, asset wealth management) and industry. With our expertise and our high standards of quality, we make our contribution to greater stability and transparency in a rapidly changing world. All of us together, as a community of solvers.

Auditing responsibilities are multifaceted and offer you opportunities. You receive fascinating insights into a wide variety of sectors and topics ranging from family-run toy manufacturers and the public sector to international corporations.

Your overview: Get to know our Assurance Solutions Platform 

Practice group: Audit Services
Here you gain insight into the diversity of the topics in the Audit Services practice group and learn that traditional auditing represents much more today. Furthermore, you can search our jobs for your employment or internship here. 
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Practice group: Capital Markets & Accounting Advisory Services (CMAAS)
Find out all information here regarding how we provide our customers with accounting and capital market advisory services to guide them into the digital future of finance and reporting. You can also search our current openings for your employment or internship here. 
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Trainee programs and master’s facilitation
You can find additional options for starting your career here.
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Do you want to get to know us?
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 Practice group: 

 Audit Services 

Why should you start working in auditing?
Do you want to make an important contribution to the economy, environment, and society with your job? In a setting where you can grow and evolve as a person? And tasks which don't just involve numbers and instead focus on people?
Your entry opportunities in the Audit Services division 

Trust
With our activities, we ensure trust in both the financial and non-financial indicators of companies. Through the audit of annual and consolidated financial statements pursuant to national and international accounting standards and special audits (e.g. performance audits and credit assessments), we guarantee that partners, shareholders, banks, employees, and many other people can make good use of our clients' financial information and rely on it.

Far-reaching insight
When assisting our customers from a wide variety of sectors, we first have to understand their business models, company cultures, and potential in order to be able to interpret their numbers correctly. Up close and in conversations with people on site, you will get deep insight into what drives these various companies and makes them so special.

We guide companies in their transformation
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning & Robotic Process Automation – auditing is becoming more efficient and future-proof thanks to technological changes. We are using modern technologies on the way to auditing of the future. We are transforming from checkmarkers to data scientists – technical expertise has long taken the place of manual tasks. This has caused us to focus more on the use of innovative tools, but also to assist our customers with many entrepreneurial and business issues and provide them with consulting services in this context.

Diverse assignments and sustainability

 Furthermore, traditional auditing has evolved and changed in recent years. New methods, the use of digital auditing equipment, and new performance potential also give rise to new opportunities for your development within the job profile. For example, auditing sustainability information by performing comprehensive controlling and reporting – including of non-financial information – has opened up the opportunity for us to continue developing our work and make a meaningful contribution. In addition, we aim to make our auditing "greener" and more eco-friendly until it is a "green audit". 

Your entry options in Audit Services 

Placement student jobs in Audit Services
Accelerated Internship
Are you right at the beginning of your studies?

In an accelerated internship, we offer a unique opportunity to combine practice and theory throughout your entire course of study. You take center stage and gather far-reaching insight into auditing and consulting, all while earning good money. As part of a steady PwC team, you will experience daily work routines and can develop further with a customized training concept. Your personal buddy from the PwC network will accompany you from the very beginning. We offer flexibility to combine your studies with your work – you decide how much, when, and where you work. Later, you will be able to bring the practical experience you gather in your accelerated internship into your practical semester and other PwC programs in the long term, e.g. when you are employed here.
Take part in one of our FAQ sessions, get to know us, and get first-hand insight: 

  • Wednesday 26. March, 6-7 pm
  • Wednesday 30. April, 6-7 pm
  • Wednesday 28. May, 6-7 pm

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Student Delivery Model
You have already passed through an internship at PwC Germany and are interested in continuing to contribute during your studies as a placement student?

Audit teams can use the Student Delivery Platform to flexibly assign tasks to students. This innovative form of collaboration enables you to work from any location based on the amount of time you would like to invest. You are emailed the assignments and can decide flexibly which ones to accept.

Your e-contact person is available to answer any questions you may have, and after completing your assignments, you are paid for every hour you work. This means that you can accept new challenges steadily.

 Practice group: 

 Capital Markets & 
 Accounting Advisory Services (CMAAS) 

Accounting & Reporting

 We assist companies with all their questions relating to accounting and financial reporting (HGB, IFRS, US GAAP) and offer managed services. New standards and regulations must be understood and implemented in companies. Companies have to convert their accounting for various reasons. Sometimes they would like to make a targeted impact on their public image in their financial reporting. You consult companies – from the first-time application of accounting standards up to embedding them in accounting practice. This also encompasses the implementation of digital solutions in reporting.
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Digital Finance

 The digital and efficient establishment of processes in finance and accounting is currently one of the largest challenges. Within the scope of the finance transformation, we rely on software solutions and new technologies such as AI (Artificial Intelligence), data analytics, and chatbots, in addition to our broad expertise. You guide companies on the way into a digital future and advise them, for example in selecting and implementing digital solutions for specific accounting issues, the preparation of financial statements and (sustainability) reporting, and modern knowledge management.

Embedding Sustainability

 Sustainability is in the forefront of business and society and has led to non-financial reporting also playing an increasingly important role on the capital markets and for investors. Furthermore, policy has driven this development forward with new statutory regulations.  Companies have to take clear positions and report accordingly. We help our customers fulfill the increasingly stringent requirements in the area of non-financial reporting. In this context, you advise companies regarding the implementation of regulatory requirements, such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) or the EU taxonomy, including in connection with their implications for the strategy of a company.
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Deals / M&A / Carve Out

 Corporate transactions are a complex topic – including from an accounting point of view.  You support our clients within the scope of corporate acquisitions and sales with fascinating topics such as accounting questions (HGB, IFRS, or US-GAAP) as well as the preparation of the respective requirement financial information and ESG criteria throughout the entire lifecycle of the deal.

Initial Public Offering / IPO

 Whether relating to a traditional initial public offering or leveraging, sensitive advisory services are necessary when entering into the capital market to lead companies securely into the future (IPO services). You advise companies prior to, during, and after their initial public offerings, for example when preparing or auditing their pro forma financial information, when drawing up their profit projections, when executing IPO readiness assessments, and preparing a prospectus, including regarding SEC issues.

 Further departments 

Assurance Technologies
We focus on developing and deploying innovative technological solutions to optimize the audit and assurance process. This includes implementing advanced data analytics and automation tools that enable audits to be conducted more efficiently and accurately. We are working to integrate new technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning to gain deeper insights and better assess risks. The goal is to improve the quality and scope of assurance services and provide customers with added value through cutting-edge technological approaches.

National Quality Network
We support our colleagues in auditing and in the leadership team in solving complex issues relating to auditing, accounting and sustainability reporting or quality assurance. We work closely with other business areas to promote best practices and offer training that strengthens employees' quality awareness and professional competence. The aim is to guarantee the integrity of PwC Germany's services and thus secure the trust of clients.

Manager Qualitätsmanagement (w/m/d)
Consultant Audit Methodology (w/m/d)

 Trainee program and 
 facilitation of our master's program 
Do you want to get an overview first at the beginning of your career before making a commitment? Then our trainee programs are exactly the right thing for you. You will get to know several fields and can find out which one fits you best. Almost as an aside, you will discover so many interesting topics that you may not have expected at all. 
Further advantages of the trainee program

AuditXcellence - Your part-time master's degree program in auditing
Your part-time master's degree program in auditing, which also prepares you for your professional exam as an auditor.
You will benefit from the high quality and strong practical relevance of the course.
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 AuditXcellence 

 Your part-time master’s degree program 
One course of study – Two degrees: your part-time master’s degree program in auditing, which also prepares you for your professional exams to become a German Public Auditor. You benefit from the course of study's high quality and strong practical application. Furthermore, your academic performance in business administration/economics are credited for the German Public Auditor exams, facilitating your path towards being appointed a German Public Auditor.
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Beginning
Annually, November 1 at the latest (practical phase), studies begin the following May

Duration
3,5 years

Locations
All PwC locations (studies take place at a partner university)

Course of the AuditXcellence master’s program
  • The program begins on November 1 at the latest with a practice phase at PwC spanning at least six months. 
  • At the same time, you sit for the entrance exams at the university in January. They comprise two exams and cover the subjects of general business administration/economics, business auditing, company valuation, professional law, and tax law.
  • If you pass, the course of studies lasting three and a half years begins in May, with alternating practical and studies phases during the part-time master’s degree program.
  • From November until the end of April, you will be assigned to your local office, where you will work with your audit team at your customers' premises. You decide right at the beginning whether you want to work in the Industrial Services or Financial Services practice group. 
  • From May until the end of October, you are at the university and have the flexibility you need to fully concentrate on your studies. 
  • You will complete your AuditXcellence master’s program with the internationally recognized academic degree of "Master of Science" or "Master of Arts", respectively. This degree is state-recognized and accredited pursuant to Section 8a of the Public Accountant Act (Wirtschaftsprüferordnung – WPO).
  • Once you have graduated, you will take your German Public Auditor exams at the next possible opportunity. The written exams are held in August, while the oral exam is conducted in December. Right at the beginning you will be given a permanent employment contract and will also work for PwC Germany following graduation.

 Your advantages with AudtiXcellence 

Professional experience for the German Public Auditor exams
The contents of the AuditXcellence course of studies are oriented towards the reference framework of the Wirtschaftsprüferkammer (Section 8a WPO). The professional experience you gain at PwC Germany will allow you to fulfill all the practical requirements to be admitted to take the exams to become a German Public Auditor.

Recognition of your academic achievements
The credits you have earned in the general business administration/economics and law modules during your course of studies are recognized for your subsequent exams to become a German Public Auditor. This cuts your workload down to tax law, business auditing, company valuation, and professional law.

Tuition payment
PwC takes care of all the tuition, including remote exam courses and revision courses. You just have to pay the exam fees.

Permanent employee contract
You are given a permanent employee contract from the very beginning.

Structured training
We offer you a combination of on-the-job and off-the-job training with many courses relating to professional topics and advancing your soft skills.

Network establishment
Meet our colleagues in the PwC network and make valuable contacts.

 Get to know our 
 Community of Solvers 

Meet us at our career events

A relaxed atmosphere, exciting topics and plenty of room for personal exchange: our events are your chance to gain first-hand insights, get to know us better and network.
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 Versprochen. 
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What is it like to work at PwC Germany?

Have you heard about our "Versprochen" career podcast? Would you like to take a peek behind the scenes? What is it like to work at PwC Germany? What topics are addressed in auditing and audit-related consulting? How is the PwC culture? How are the employees? Listen to our episodes on all popular podcast players. 
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„Uni-Ulm“ podcast collaboration

We have been pleased to have multiple opportunities to speak to the Ulmer Forum für Wirtschaftswissenschaften e.V. on their "Careers in auditing" podcast. 
  • Katharina Deni, herself a German Public Auditor and Assurance People & Partner Matters Leader, gives fascinating insight into her daily work in the season „Wirtschaftsprüfung kann mehr - Zukunft machen“ relating to the future of auditing. 
  • In the „Perspektivisch denken“ series on thinking ahead, Rüdiger Loitz, German Public Auditor, CPA, and tax consultant, as well as a partner in Assurance Technology & Innovation joined other colleagues to discuss the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on auditing now and in the future and how the work of auditors can become more efficient with higher quality with the assistance of AI-based systems.
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Your contact person

Amelie Paintner

amelie.paintner@pwc.com

+49 1514 6340194