Vacancies at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

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:

• Strategy&, PwC’s global strategy consulting business, has an exciting opportunity available for a FFG Senior Associate that will provide you with the opportunity to help clients seize essential advantages by working alongside business leaders to solve their toughest problems and capture their greatest opportunities.
• Fit for growth is one of the most important strategic topics for client executives across all industries and a key component of PwC’s purpose statement to “Build trust in society and solve important problems”. This is a major focus and component of PwC’s strategy for the next decade.
• We work with some of the world’s largest and most complex companies to understand their unique business issues and opportunities in an ever changing environment. We help create sustainable change by stimulating innovation, unlocking data possibilities, navigating risk and regulatory complexity, optimising deals, and aligning costs with business strategy to create a competitive advantage.
• We are one of the top three strategy consultancies globally, bringing the very best strategic thinking to help clients solve their toughest problems, and build the differentiating capabilities they need to outperform their competitors. In joining, you’ll help develop strategies that translate into action and help our clients power ahead in fiercely competitive global markets.
• Strategy& has several distinct characteristics, including a unique career track, a world-class and globally defined training curriculum, structured mentorship programmes, and leading people processes.
• When you join Strategy&, you join a global team with a proud heritage of pioneering ideas and through leadership. Strategy& focuses on the development of high impact and pragmatic strategies to solve complex problems and maximise market potential and differentiation. This is achieved through leveraging and strengthening core capabilities within the business and driving sustainable shareholder/stakeholder value and bottom line and impact. Our strategies incorporate detailed analytics, global and local leading practices and case studies, innovation, industry and domain SMEs, design business architecture and design of journey.

Qualifications / Certifications required:

• Honours or Masters degree from a top tier University with supporting qualification

Experience required:

• 1 - 3 years working experience in support of an in-depth expertise
• Experience in Strategy and Consulting work and a solid understanding of the related regulation and market demands.
• Experience working for a strategy house or a consulting firm.
• Experience in leading and managing complex projects.

Responsibilities of role:

You will work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. Your responsibilities on client assignments will include:.

• Oversee client assignments through natural conclusion
• Manage client risks, governance and project administration (including financial management, project profitability, scope and timelines)
• Manage client, internal leadership and other relevant stakeholder relationships
• Manage, lead and inspire client engagements
• Support clients to implement organisational change through various types of client engagement and use of change management processes.
• Build productive and lasting relationships within Strategy& and PwC at all levels and be seen as a valued member of the office community
• High quality proposals and other business development initiatives.
• Be actively involved in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients
• Shape and deliver projects to meet and exceed the expectations of our clients and our own quality criteria
• Continue to develop internal relationships and developing your PwC brand

Skill sets required:

• Work cross functionally with PwC competencies in a seamless and cohesive manner
• Be culturally and diversity aware and supportive of our South African and African contexts
• Demonstrate deep knowledge and awareness of current market trends and activities of key competitors
• Develop and shape proposals and propositions across countries, functions, sectors and accounts
• Adhere to and promote quality and risk management standards
• Focus on improving profitability while managing business risk
• Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills to facilitate interaction across hierarchies and functions
• Demonstrate strong quantitative skills and attention to detail, at the same time as having the ability to step back and identify high level issues
• Possess the flexibility and commercialism to manage a diverse range of responsibilities in a dynamic and results oriented environment.
• Able to demonstrate flexibility in adjusting to highly varied projects and rapidly coming up the learning curve in unfamiliar industries and functions
• Proven track record of successfully completing different types of projects, ranging from strategy to implementation, across a number of unrelated industries

Role related attributes:

• Ability to lead teams in an autonomous strategic, consulting environment and be seen as a strong team player with excellent communication and client handling skills
• Self-motivated and capable of developing innovative approaches to difficult issues
• Excellent attention to detail
• Highly analytical mind and structured thinking with sound business judgment and maturity, including the ability to develop a “big picture” view (intellectual curiosity)
• Ability to build strong relationships at all levels of the organisation (client and internal), rapidly building rapport, establishing your credibility and gaining trust
• Good organisational, time management and planning skill
• Positive outlook and contributor to a healthy team environment

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Job Description & Summary
A career within Organisation Strategy services, will provide you with the opportunity to develop, design, and implement organisational transformation to improve performance and generate lasting growth for our clients. We help identify an organisation’s strategic goals, assess the fit of the organisation against those goals, and then identify and implement the change needed to create a fit for growth business.

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.

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Job Description & Summary

A career in our Human Resources, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to make a difference at PwC by helping to fully leverage the skills and talents of all our people. You’ll focus on helping the local offices in driving the Firm’s people strategy, creating a unique people experience for each individual, and supporting our Firm wide values by working with the core competencies that measure and drive individual and Firm wide success in the marketplace.

Our Human Resources teams support initiatives and programmes including, customer support, business operations, data and analytics, technology systems, recruitment services and on-boarding, workforce mobility, contingent workforce, and people and programmes support.

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 an 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:

• Invite and give in the moment feedback in a constructive manner.
• Share and collaborate effectively with others.
• Identify and make suggestions for improvements when problems and/or opportunities arise.
• Handle, manipulate and analyse data and information responsibly.
• Follow risk management and compliance procedures.
• Keep up-to-date with developments in area of specialism.
• Communicate confidently in a clear, concise and articulate manner - verbally and in the materials I produce.
• Build and maintain an internal and external network.
• Seek opportunities to learn about how PwC works as a global network of firms.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Purpose of Job

To manage and maintain accurate records and controls of confidential and sensitive staff information. To resolve business queries with a high attention to detail, ensuring policy and business rules have been adhered to.

Role Description

Responsibilities:

Administration

• Action requests sent to SNOW and liaise with stakeholders to resolve queries;
• Capture and submit accurate information on WD, and other HC databases;
• Check that information interfaced to business systems on a daily basis;
• Extract various reports as and when requested;
• Regular data clean ups;
• Telephonic confirmation of employment (external and internal);
• Draft and distribute quality letters of employment, statements of work, master agreements and various other staff contracts and letters;
• Ensure compliance with the firms security policies and standard operating procedures;
• Assist with firm on-boarding process;
• Assist with bulk projects as and when required;
• Provide evidence for HC control process

Key Competencies and Attributes

Knowledge, skills and abilities

• Excellent typing skills
• Excellent project- and time management skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Computer Literacy - Excel, Google sheets, Word
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong ethics
• Good in creating team spirit
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Able to work without constant supervision
• Good attention to detail
• Relationship management
• Good turnaround and delivery time
• Resilient in the face of obstacles
• Dynamic and innovative
• Enthusiastic and positive
• Data analyses
• Strategic
• Ability to multitask and meet deadlines

Qualification & Experience

Requirements

• Diploma or equivalent experience in Business, Human Resources, or related area
• 3+ years'' of experience working in Human Resources
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills

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 Corporate Tax services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients meet their tax obligations while managing the impact tax has on their business. You’ll advise clients on their local and overseas tax affairs, while acting as a strategic consultant related to business analysis, managing working capital, and profit sharing for partners. You’ll also help organisations understand the pricing implications of goods and services between related parties, as well as providing advice on tax implications of deals.

Our team helps our clients improve their tax function to control risk and facilitate better decision making. You’ll focus on helping businesses with tax strategy, ensuring tax compliance, increasing post tax profits, and providing application support to achieve the best corporate tax practices.

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.

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Job Description & Summary

A career in our Advanced Analytics practice, within Risk Assurance Compliance and Analytics services, will provide you with the opportunity to assist clients in developing analytics and technology solutions that help them detect, monitor, and predict risk. Using advanced technology, we’re able to focus on establishing the right controls, processes and structures for our clients to ensure that decisions are based on accurate information and assure that information provided to third parties is accurate, complete, and can be trusted.

Our team helps organisations use their data to make better decisions and get faster results through the use of analytics, strategy, and data governance. In joining, you’ll focus on data strategies and analytical modelling, systems assessment, dashboard development, and developing tools for continuous data monitoring.

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 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:

• Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.
• Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.
• Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.
• Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.
• Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.
• Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.
• Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
• Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.
• Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

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Job Description & Summary

A career within Tax services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients meet and manage their tax obligations across unique but ever changing tax specialties. You’ll advise clients on their local and overseas tax affairs, while acting as a strategic consultant related to business analysis, managing indirect taxes, dispute resolution, and global enterprise tax solutions.

Our team helps our clients identify and reduce tax risks, meet compliance obligations, implement tax strategies that complement business and operational objectives, resolve disagreements with tax authorities, and manage tax accounting and reporting issues. You’ll be engaged in projects dealing with International tax, mergers and acquisitions, state and local tax accounting, regulatory processes, tax reporting and strategy.

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 an 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:

• Invite and give in the moment feedback in a constructive manner.
• Share and collaborate effectively with others.
• Identify and make suggestions for improvements when problems and/or opportunities arise.
• Handle, manipulate and analyse data and information responsibly.
• Follow risk management and compliance procedures.
• Keep up-to-date with developments in area of specialism.
• Communicate confidently in a clear, concise and articulate manner - verbally and in the materials I produce.
• Build and maintain an internal and external network.
• Seek opportunities to learn about how PwC works as a global network of firms.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

JOB PURPOSE

• To perform administrative and secretarial activities to the Tax Partners, Associate Directors (“ADs”) and Staff

A. JOB PROFILE

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

Secretarial

• Diary management and coordination of meetings as well as logistics when required;
• Screen incoming calls and ensure that enquiries are resolved or escalated appropriately;
• Act as the point of contact between the Partner, ADs and team members and clients;
• Schedule and arrange meetings, teleconferences and videoconferences, including booking of venues/catering, preparation of agenda’s, ensuring that documentation is in order;
• Coordinate and arrange conferences, workshops and seminars, including arranging catering and liaising with service providers, as required;
• Welcoming clients to PwC functions;
• Produce reports, presentations and briefs in Microsoft PowerPoint and Word;
• Arrange all local and international travel bookings and reservations including travel documentations and arranging parking and transfers;
• Assist with professional membership updates;
• Assist with the update of the ITS and TP network booklets;
• Capture time and expenses for Partners and Directors on Oracle;
• Arrange all local and international travel bookings and reservations (including travel documentation and arranging parking) and transfers.

Administrative General

• Attend to photocopying, printing, binding and deliveries of documents by messengers and couriers;
• Prepare and type documents, mostly in Microsoft PowerPoint and Word, (for internal/external use) and presentations in accordance with established PwC standards and branding guidelines;
• Arrange payment of office expenses through payment requisitions;
• Assists with other ad‐hoc duties as and when required;
• Quality and consistency check on reports and letters;
• Source office supplies;
• Keep record of when staff will be on leave and training
• Manage relationships with client through Salesforce;
• Assist Partners and ADs where they experience technical difficulties with their equipment required to perform their duties (i.e. computers, telephones, headsets, etc.);
• Provide back-up support when other PAs are on leave or off sick.
   

B. PERSON PROFILE

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Matric
• Secretarial qualification

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in secretarial or administration roles.

KEY KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• Good customer relations
• Ability to multitask and prioritize daily workload
• Problem solving
• Discretion and confidentiality
• Target driven
• Able to work under pressure
• Attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills (Verbal and written)
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Self-motivated and proactive
• Salesforce
• ServiceNow (SNOW)
• Oracle
• Advanced G Suite & Microsoft Office skills

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Job Description & Summary
A career with Experience Consulting services, will provide you with a unique opportunity to help our clients change customer behaviours through the experience journey starting with a strategy, then through design, and eventually implementation. You’ll focus on bringing interactive tools in the form of mobile apps, websites, or other digital platforms to ensure our clients fully integrate customer and user experiences into their organisation.

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 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

A Functional Consultant must understand the clients business objectives and requirements so that they can map the requirements to the capabilities of the system they are implementing

A. JOB PROFILE

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

PwC Professional:

Whole Leadership

• Invite and provide evidence-based feedback in a timely and constructive manner
• Take ownership of my personal development
• Consistently deliver on multiple commitments, even when under pressure
• Learn from mistakes and apply learning from experiences that did not go as expected
• Share and collaborate effectively with others, creating a positive team spirit
• Make connections between what I do everyday and the firms purpose
• Uphold the firms code of ethics and business conduct
• Escalate inappropriate behaviour or activities and do the right thing
• Act as an ambassador for the firm at all times
• Use feedback and reflection to develop self-awareness, personal strengths and address development areas
• Apply strategies to build mental, emotional and physical resilience
• Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coach to help deliver results and proactively raise issues to improve effective team working
• Support peers and team members, demonstrating you care passionately about them and their wellbeing
• Get involved in activities which help to strengthen the brand, internally and externally
• Pursue opportunities to develop existing and new skills which are outside of my comfort zone
• Maintain positive energy in the face of obstacles or when dealing with complexity
• Support others when things don’t go as expected
• Coach others and encourage them to take ownership of their personal development
• Act to resolve issues which prevent effective team working, even during times of change and uncertainty
• Recognise others’ strengths and visible improvements in performance, and help them to realise their full potential
• Share and celebrate team successes
• Encourage and enable others to engage with the firms purpose and strategy
• Promote the firms values, ethics and policies so that they are recognised as central to success
• Initiate action to quickly resolve or escalate issues, which may put the firms reputation and brand at risk

Business Acumen

• Learn about how my business works and how they operate in the industry/ marketplace.
• Apply understanding of business models (including the firm’s)/corporate governance and/or regulatory frameworks of clients and identify opportunities for efficiencies and take action to implement them.
• Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends and propose innovative solutions to problems.
• Gather information from a range of sources when analysing and solving complex problems.
• Contribute to client account planning.

Technical Capabilities

• Escalate client requests that are in conflict with the firm’s values, standards and practices
• Test your own and others’ work for quality, accuracy and relevance and develop knowledge of the firm’s line of service capabilities and portfolio of offerings.
• Develop technically through on the job learning and exposure and draw on the firm’s subject matter experts to support your work.
• Share relevant thought leadership with my colleagues to enhance knowledge.

Global Acumen

• Seek opportunities which expose you to other businesses, industries and markets.
• Facilitate collaboration across virtual teams (utilising appropriate technologies when necessary).
• Build and maintain a professional internal and external network and articulate the competitive advantage of the firm’s Network.

Relationships

• Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing others.
• Read situations and am sensitive to others, modifying behaviour to build quality, diverse relationships.
• Seek and explore the background and views of others, especially when they are different to your own.
• Communicate with my clients, regularly updating them and sharing.

B. PERSON PROFILE

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

EXPERIENCE

KEY KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• 4+ certifications
• 5+ Years as a functional consultant
• Delivered 20+ projects
• Project lead 2 or more times
• Business Process Analysis (Requirements gathering, liaising with stakeholders)
• Organisational Skills (Juggle multiple priorities, meet goals and deadlines)
• Interpersonal Skills (Influence people, relationship management)
• Willingness to Share Knowledge (Training, mentor)
• Project Delivery Lead

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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 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:

• Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.
• Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.
• Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.
• Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.
• Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.
• Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.
• Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
• Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.
• Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

About the role

The purpose of this role is to contribute to the PwC’s quality and efficiency objectives by providing internal support to Partners and their engagement teams in respect of assurance methodology, ATP and Aura matters. Projects which this role will be involved in will primarily be of an assurance methodology, ATP or Aura nature however as far as possible we will endeavour to involve this role in the other areas of assurance support, (e.g. L&E, Audit technical, Risk Management) to the extent that this is of a quality or efficiency nature. Providing support to Partners and their engagement will prove critical to address the quality, efficiency and value of all of our services and will create the capacity for growth. Initiatives to support these objectives will be globally and locally developed and implemented.

Essential skills and experience

• Minimum of 18 months post-Articles experience as an Audit engagement manager

Required qualifications

• ∙ Chartered Accountant (South Africa)

Desirable skills or attributes

• Well-developed writing and verbal skills.
• Strong presentation skills will be beneficial.
• Should be confident in their communication of information to the

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to, the following:

• Manage the implementation of assurance methodology, ATP and Aura projects to ensure quality and efficiency across assurance engagements. Overall management and responsibility will include reporting on implementation progress over the course of the various projects.
• Drive behavioural change amongst assurance Partners and their engagement teams through regular and targeted communication. The focus of the behavioural change will be at the forefront of the transformation objectives in an effort to ensure PwC is distinctive.
• Manage communication with the assurance methodology network under the direction of the team leader. Communication will take the form of facilitating learning interventions as well as writing alerts for release to the practice.
• Identify and manage local ATP initiatives with the sole responsibility of implementation, roll out and reporting.
• Ensure consistency of assurance methodology messages through regular interaction with the assurance methodology network.
• Support assurance teams in ensuring quality, whilst driving efficiency, and compliance to assurance methodology through performing of efficiency, CIR and audit quality reviews.
• Respond to assurance methodology, ATP or Aura queries and where possible assist assurance engagement teams with guidance on best practice to drive quality and efficiency.

Secondary / Ad hoc responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to, the following:

• ∙ Assist with the monitoring and reporting of the CIR programme for South market area and Africa as a whole.
• ∙ The establishment and facilitation of building working relationships within the African network.
• ∙ Liaise with key contacts with the East and West market areas.
• ∙ Support the core team the development and maintenance of Aura libraries;
• ∙ Support the core team the with the maintenance of the Template Manager database;
• ∙ Ad-hoc assistance with Audit Technical queries/projects

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As an 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:

• Invite and give in the moment feedback in a constructive manner.
• Share and collaborate effectively with others.
• Identify and make suggestions for improvements when problems and/or opportunities arise.
• Handle, manipulate and analyse data and information responsibly.
• Follow risk management and compliance procedures.
• Keep up-to-date with developments in area of specialism.
• Communicate confidently in a clear, concise and articulate manner - verbally and in the materials I produce.
• Build and maintain an internal and external network.
• Seek opportunities to learn about how PwC works as a global network of firms.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

JOB PURPOSE

The primary focus will be to provide an array of tax consulting services to clients in the corporate tax (audit of tax) and deals tax team which offers its expertise to clients to enable them to deliver effective tax services in an array of services such as audit of tax, tax compliance, tax restructurings and tax due diligences.

A. JOB PROFILE

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

Responsibilities

• Participate in performing audit of tax procedures;
• Liaising with colleagues and clients to provide corporate tax consulting services;
• Producing high level tax opinions that add value to clients' businesses;
• Managing a range of tax assignments reporting to Managers and Directors;
• Performing tax reviews as part of statutory audits;
• Performing tax related research;
• Consulting and tax advice;
• Assessing commercial facts and applying the appropriate tax law;
• Interpreting tax legislation;
• Completing a tax computation and completing SARS tax returns
• Dealing with SARS and attending to SARS general queries and audits;
• Complying with risk management procedures;
• Billing client work;
• Performing general project administration.

B. PERSON PROFILE

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Honours in Tax or equivalent University Degree

EXPERIENCE

• Excellent IT skills;
• Good oral and written communication skills;
• Good organization and time management skills;
• Good interpersonal skills and work towards team goals;
• Pays attention to detail;
• Works to tight deadlines and has a sense of urgency;

KEY KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• Team player with leadership qualities;
• Client service and results oriented;
• Self-starter, motivator, enthusiastic;
• Takes ownership of personal development;
• Good at giving and receiving feedback;
• Has integrity and judgement about work and relationships;
• Must be confident, organised and able to work under pressure
• Must be able to multitask

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Job Description & Summary

A career in our Oracle Risk Assurance practice, within Information Technology Risk Assurance will allow you to develop and apply strategies that help clients leverage enterprise technologies so they can get a higher return on their investment, mitigate risks, streamline processes, and find operational inefficiencies. The work revolves around creative problem solving and applying innovative technologies to enable strategies that increase the value of the applications that run our client’s business, mitigate risk and find operational inefficiencies.

Our focus is on creating effective and efficient design for the most important business, security and compliance processes for our clients. We touch on aspects of application security, areas prone to fraud and financial misstatement, and streamline processes that are part of our client’s core business so they can get a higher return on this key investment. Using innovative, and proprietary technologies, we help to bridge the gap between business stakeholders, compliance functions and Information Technology teams to assist in understanding how to embrace new ways of working, while limiting their financial and operational risk profile. We use knowledge of financial system design, risk mitigation, business process design, data integrity, security and use of data analytics.

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 an 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:

• Invite and give in the moment feedback in a constructive manner.
• Share and collaborate effectively with others.
• Identify and make suggestions for improvements when problems and/or opportunities arise.
• Handle, manipulate and analyse data and information responsibly.
• Follow risk management and compliance procedures.
• Keep up-to-date with developments in area of specialism.
• Communicate confidently in a clear, concise and articulate manner - verbally and in the materials I produce.
• Build and maintain an internal and external network.
• Seek opportunities to learn about how PwC works as a global network of firms.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Risk Assurance

• Risk is a fact of life for business and it is growing in importance to businesses around the world. It exists in various forms, from potential cybersecurity breaches to possible breaks in the supply chain. Risk cannot be avoided altogether, but it can be managed and mitigated. And, a business can prepare for what may be lurking around the corner. That’s where PwC's Risk Assurance practice comes in.

To apply for the risk assurance programme:

• You may apply for the IT Risk Assurance programme at any time during the final year of your undergraduate degree or during your honours year.
• You will need a strong academic background and one or more of the following qualifications:
• Undergraduate or Honours degree in Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science and/or Engineering

Skills and behaviours we are looking for

• Good interpersonal skills
• Enthusiasm, drive, determination and output driven
• Leadership potential, professionalism and integrity
• Proficiency in English and good communication skills
• Deadline-driven
• Attention to detail
• Logical thinking
• Broader business knowledge, ability to think out of the box to deliver quality solutions that our clients seek
• Good knowledge of IT architecture

Responsibilities

You will work closely with IT, business, audit and risk to align business processes and risk to the business environment. You will identifying risks and recommend mitigating controls.

• Financial and operational business process controls and reviews
• Compliance with other regulatory requirements
• Due diligence on systems and controls
• Performance audits and auditing of performance information
• Quality assessment reviews
• Enterprise risk management and governance reviews