Career Opportunities at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Role Summary:

The successful applicant will provide executive reward services to our clients within the People and Organisation: Executive Reward and Share Scheme practice in Gauteng/ Cape Town.

Responsibilities of role:

• Preparation of formal legal documentation regarding the operation of long-term incentive / share plans e.g. plan rules, award letters, etc.;
• Ensuring legal/regulatory compliance with regard to long-term incentive / share plans e.g. JSE Listings Requirements, Companies Act. This may include liaising with sponsors, external lawyers, JSE contacts, etc of clients;
• Drafting employee communications regarding short-term and long-term incentives;
• Conducting critical reviews of client’s remuneration practices, and drafting papers including review outcomes and recommendations for new structures to clients (both executive management and remuneration committees);
• Analysis of remuneration reporting in light of King III / King IV and assisting clients with preparing remuneration reports and policies to be contained in the integrated annual report of the company;
• Monitoring of institutional investor voting patterns and regulation, and analysis of these trends with respect to both design and disclosure of all aspects of remuneration (in particular executive remuneration);
• An awareness of topical issues surrounding executive reward, both globally and locally, and the preparation of communication material to remuneration committees regarding this information, as well as providing ongoing advice;
• Research on technical, legal, tax, and topical issues arising in connection with executive reward and incentives;
• Drafting tax opinions in connection with executive reward and incentives, including broad-based employee schemes, trusts, long-term incentives / share plans, etc.;
• Advising PwC offices in other countries on the South African tax consequences of incentive arrangements, and liaising with foreign PwC offices to ascertain the implications of South African incentive arrangements in foreign jurisdictions, compiling responses and presenting to clients;
• Managing client relationships (under the supervision of more senior staff);
• Project managing client engagements;
• Responsibility for risk management procedures and managing costs/fees;
• Attending client meetings;
• Assisting with the preparation of client publications;

Qualifications / Certifications required:

• Must be an Admitted Attorney.
• BCom LLB, HDip Tax, or LLM in tax or commercial law would be highly desirable.
• Experience required:
• 1 to 5+ years of contractual / commercial law or commercial tax experience.

Role related attributes:

• Strong analytical tendency and logical thinking ability
• Technical research skills
• Excellent communication and writing skills
• Ability to deal with clients in a professional and cordial manner
• Numerical and Excel ability
• Client service and results oriented
• Ability to deal with multiple demands under tight client deadlines
• Good organizational and time management skills and the ability to work under pressure
• Very high attention to detail
• Comfortable building relationships and communicating with people at all levels
• Proactive and self-driven
• Ability to work as part of the team as well as independently
• Takes responsibility for personal development

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As a Manager, 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:

• Develop new skills outside of comfort zone.
• Act to resolve issues which prevent the team working effectively.
• Coach others, recognise their strengths, and encourage them to take ownership of their personal development.
• Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.
• Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations.
• Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm's/client's expectations.
• Use data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making.
• Develop a point of view on key global trends, and how they impact clients.
• Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.
• Simplify complex messages, highlighting and summarising key points.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Role summary:

The B&CM Waterfall division is looking for an Audit Manager with a strong auditing background. The ideal candidate will need to have experience on Large Clients in the industry.

Qualifications / certifications required:

CA(SA)

Experience required:

• Completed SAICA/SAIPA articles
• 4+ years of Audit experience

Responsibilities of role:

As a Manager, 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:

• Manage special projects
• Risk management
• Monitor costs and budgets
• Development of staff
• Business development and client relationship building
• Manage work in progress and debtors
• Staff management/Coaching
• Compliance with PwC audit methodology
• Report writing
• Roll out technology

Skill sets required:

• Specialist industry knowledge IFRS experience
• Display sound leadership skills
• Computer literate with al PwC software
• Ability to market PwC services and to establish contacts in the marketplace
• Self – motivated
• High attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and management skills
• Ability to multitask
• Analytic and solution driven
• Pro – active and committed to delivery
• Excellent time management skills

Role related attributes:

• We're very proud of our unique culture, and expect our people to demonstrate skills and behaviours that will support us in implementing our business strategy.
• This is important to the work we do, both for our business and our clients.
• These skills and behaviours are a strong component of our global leadership framework: The PwC Professional.

Industry experience required:

External audit knowledge

• Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)
• Degrees/Field of Study required:

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Job Description & Summary

A career within External Audit services, will provide you with the opportunity to provide a range of Assurance services and business advice to a variety of clients from small, fast growing clients to large entities. Our clients are often well known brands and many have broad international reach. We focus on using the latest technology to reduce the level of manual testing ensuring you’ll focus on the most valuable areas of client service and on enhancing corporate governance and the reliability of our clients’ information.

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.

As a Senior Associate, 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:
 

• Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
• Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
• Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
• Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
• Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
• Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
• Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
• Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
• Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Role summary:

To manage client portfolios, maintain sound client relationships and manage the audit team including the coaching and development of staff in the assurance division

Qualifications / certifications required:

• BCom degree / diploma
• Completing CA (SA) qualification

Experience required:

• 3 - 5 years relevant experience

Responsibilities of role:

• Manage a portfolio of clients in respect of attest
• Manage special projects
• Develop our practice by targeting new clients

Skill sets required:

• Display sound leadership skills
• Computer literate with all PwC’s software
• The ability to market our services and establish contacts in the market place

Industry experience required:

• Specialist industry knowledge
• IFRS experience

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)
Degrees/Field of Study required: