Accounting Advisory Services - Financial Instrument Specialist at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Essential skills and experience 

• Qualified CA(SA) with more than 5 years post articles experience 
• Preference to be given to someone with Financial Instrument Technical Accounting, Derivative and Hedge Accounting, and Derivative Valuations experience. 
• IFRS 9 practical application experience.

Required qualifications 

• CA (SA). 
• Financial Risk Management or Financial Instrument Valuation certificates/credentials or similar qualifications advantageous.

Desirable skills or attributes 

• Strong written and verbal communication skills. 
• Ability to work under pressure. 
• Able to work as part of a team as well as independently. 
• Ability to take ownership of issues. 
• Excellent organisational and time management skills (self and others). 
• Ability to coach other staff members on complex issues. 
• Attention to detail / Accuracy. 
• Strong report writing skills. 
• Analytical and solution driven. 
• Pro-active and committed to delivery. 
• Intellectual curiosity.

Responsibilities 

The successful applicant will: 

• Establish and maintain relationships with clients and other stakeholders within and outside of the network to identify and take advantages of opportunities. 
• Plan, manage and participate in various engagements primarily focused on financial instruments and derivatives.
• Support audit teams as well as clients with the review or implementation of financial instrument accounting and associated reporting matters.
• Upskill managers in financial instrument and derivative technical accounting and other reporting issues.
• Conduct industry research on the application of IFRS 9, review financial and governance processes, and provide IFRS application support.
• Prepare and review deliverables tailored to client needs.
• Collaborate with valuations, IT, risk, and other professionals to understand dependencies and integration points, as well as deliver comprehensive solutions for our clients.
• Understand the treasury and financial risk management environment and recognise key performance drivers, business trends, new technical and industry developments.
• Demonstrate an awareness of significant developments in all areas of IFRS and start demonstrating an in-depth knowledge in a specialist area of IFRS.  
• Demonstrate an ability to work on multiple engagements and for multiple partners at the same time, making sound judgements about balancing conflicting objectives.
• Use technology to continually learn, share knowledge with team members, and enhance service delivery.
• Attend training programs and technical forums to continually develop skills required to continue to deliver quality service offerings to our external clients and other internal PwC service lines.