Openings at PwC

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.

Job Purpose:

To drive business development initiatives in our Stellenbosch office (with intermittent support to our Worcester and Robertson offices as well when required), including targeting initiatives, proposal support, client feedback and satisfaction programmes, and marketing and corporate social investment activities, all with the aim of developing our existing client base and securing new work, and ultimately promoting our company, services and brand in the market.

Responsibilities:

• Driving targeting initiatives relating to prospective clients, including market research
• Management of priority accounts (both existing clients and targets)
• Proposal support on small and mid-tier proposals, including proposal writing and preparation for client meetings and pitches
• Driving client feedback and satisfaction programmes relating to priority clients
• Driving the broadening of relationships at existing clients, and connecting new opportunities to the right lines of service and solutions
• Driving any other initiatives that form part of the Private Company Services strategy for the Western Cape, as it pertains to business development.

Systems:

• G Suite
• Microsoft Office
• Salesforce *
• PowerBI *
• Various web-based resources * (e.g. CIPC, Who Owns Whom, etc.)
• Training on Salesforce, PowerBI and relevant web-based resources will be provided - existing knowledge of these systems is not a prerequisite for applying.

Previous experience in the following would be beneficial:

• Project management
• Proposal writing
• Account management
• Marketing activities

Key Knowledge and Skills:

• Knowledge of PwC as a firm and its service offerings
• Knowledge and experience of accounting standards and audit methodologies
• Basic knowledge of tech innovation in audit
• Experience in budgeting and reporting
• Experience in leading meetings and training would be an added benefit
• Interest in digitally upskilling yourself
• Strong business and global acumen - up to date on news and current events
• Self-starter, with a positive, ‘can do’ attitude
• Strong people skills and the ability to build strong networks
• Ability to communicate well and professionally with all grades of PwC staff, as well as external stakeholders such as clients, suppliers and beneficiaries
• Strong communications skills (verbal and written)
• Commitment to high-quality outputs and presenting the client (whether it’s a PwC client or the firm itself) with the best possible product
• Commercially and risk aware
• Structured and well organised
• Strong project management skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-performing environment
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to collaborate and work effectively with many different people and liaise cross line of service
• Focused and goal-driven
• Consultative approach – able to provide independent, supported recommendations, while knowing when to ask the help of other team members
• Creative and innovative

Closing Date: 5th June 202

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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.

Principal Accountabilities:

The successful individual will take responsibility for :

• The candidate should have done some of the following Internal Audit, External Audit and Risk Assurance assignments responsible as a supervisor or senior for IT or Internal Controls audits.
• That would include:
• Review of IT controls within a General Computer Control environment such as system security, change control and system operations.
• Review of project management controls and solution design.
• Performing Data Analytics.
• Reviewing internal controls design and effectiveness of manual and automated controls.
• The candidate should be able to explain what goes into an audit plan and how to go about gather evidence through interviews and validation. The candidate should understand the PwC audit and risk management process for documenting work and findings. The candidate must follow up on review notes and assist with the clearance of findings including report writing.
• The candidate should be able to draft a budget and deal with the client economics.
• The candidate should be able to build relationships and understand opportunities.
• The candidate should understand Risk Assurance services.
• The candidate should be able to present audit findings to clients and understand the risks involved with report writing

Minimum Qualification:

• Should have obtained an IT or Internal Audit professional qualification.

Experience:

• Excel Access SQL
• Understanding of structured programming or scripting
• Understanding of IT governance and risk(Cobit)
• Financial systems and intermediate level accounting
• Project management and planning
• 6-10 years of experience

Key Knowledge & Skills:

• Be professionally presentable
• Good interpersonal skills and have the ability to facilitate and present
• Be a problem solver
• Ability to manage people
• Can function in a team environment and individually
• Have good report writing skills
• Must have managed people or staff before.
• Must be able to interview client staff that are of a technical or financial background.

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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.

Key Responsibilities:

• Works closely and collaboratively with the PfMO team to provide the necessary support and assistance to ensure the PfMO team can strategically fulfil and support all project / business requests
• Significant liaison with internal project and product teams to ensure all vendor and resource requests are met and project capacity levels are in line with anticipated demand
• Provide statistical data and reports to assist in PfMO decision making. For example collating client survey data
• Identifies opportunities to improve and works collaboratively with other teams and Africa Tech on service improvements
• Attending regular meetings (taking minutes where necessary)
• General administration (creation / maintenance, preparing reports, using pivot tables, email and calendar management)
• Document / record administration in systems such as ServiceNow and Azure DevOps
• Service support related activities identified by the PfMO team
• Assist teams with vendor / contract management such as on-boarding and off-boarding activities
• Provide project support to the project management team on strategic projects and major initiatives

What skills they need

All roles have essential skills, and some have desirable skills. Each skill has one of 3 skill levels associated with it:

• Foundational
• Intermediate
• Advanced

Closing Date: 5th, June 2022