
IT Audit/SOX - Experienced Associate
Houston, TXJob$63–140K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 1w ago
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The IT Audit/SOX Experienced Associate supports audit and assurance work focused on internal controls, compliance, and governance. The role contributes to client engagements by evaluating controls, documenting processes, testing control effectiveness, and analyzing financial and operational data. Associates prepare workpapers and draft observations, assist with walkthroughs and remediation tracking, and apply auditing methods and IT audit concepts across client engagements.
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The Opportunity
As an IT Audit/SOX - Experienced Associate you will support audit and assurance work focused on internal controls, compliance, and governance processes within our Advisory practice. As an Associate you will contribute on client engagements by learning from senior team members, adapting to changing scope, taking ownership of assigned tasks, and developing skills in research, data interpretation, and clear communication.
In this role at PwC, you will help evaluate internal control activities, document process flows, test control design and operating effectiveness, and gather information from a range of sources to analyze facts and identify patterns. You will build commercial awareness, respond to diverse client needs, and contribute to projects that support internal audit services, internal controls over financial reporting, and controls transformation across a variety of industries.
Responsibilities
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Supporting internal audit and SOX testing activities across financial reporting, controls documentation, and compliance reviews
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Reviewing process narratives, risk and control matrices, and control design to identify gaps and improvement opportunities
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Testing key controls, documenting results, and tracing evidence to support control effectiveness conclusions
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Analyzing financial and operational data to identify patterns, exceptions, and control breakdowns
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Preparing clear workpapers and draft observations that summarize findings, root causes, and recommended actions
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Assisting in walkthroughs, issue follow-up, and remediation tracking for control deficiencies
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Applying auditing methods, internal controls knowledge, and IT audit concepts across client engagements
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Using data analysis, digital tooling, and report writing skills to support control testing and deliverables
What You Must Have
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At least a Bachelor's degree
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At least 1 years of experience
What Sets You Apart
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Preference for at least one of the following fields of study: Accounting, Analytics/Data Science, Business Administration/Management, Computer Science/Information Systems, Economics, Engineering, Finance, Financial Mathematics/Quantitative Finance, Health Administration/Public Health, Law/Legal Studies, Mathematics/Statistics
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At least one of the following: Current pursuit of or an active CPA, CIA or CISA license
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Gaining internal audit or SOX testing experience in client settings
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Applying auditing methodologies across controls, compliance, and issue management
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Gathering and interpreting data from multiple sources
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Communicating clearly, asking questions, and adapting to changing scope
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Developing commercial awareness and accountability through team-based learning
The salary range for this position is: $63,000 - $140,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance
As PwC is an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity); age; disability; genetic information (including family medical history); veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or, any other status protected by law.
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.
Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work
For only those qualified applicants that are impacted by the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable, arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with these laws. At PwC, we recognize that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to responsibilities such as accessing sensitive company or customer information, handling proprietary assets, or collaborating closely with team members. We evaluate these factors thoughtfully to establish a secure and trusted workplace for all.
How this job compares
Set against the 613 open Internal Audit jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$63–140K/yr
- Texas median$124–177K/yr27 salary ranges
- US median$109–165K/yr361 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $102K, is 31% below the Texas median midpoint ($148K) — in the lowest quarter of Internal Audit salary ranges in Texas.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 57 open Internal Audit jobs in Texas and 613 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- JPMorgan Chase7 open
- PwC (this employer)6 open
- Capital One4 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Internal Audit postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 453 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 320 of the 613 open Internal Audit jobs (52%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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