Audit Manager at PwC South Africa

Job Description & Summary

• At PwC, our people in audit and assurance focus on providing independent and objective assessments of financial statements, internal controls, and other assurable information enhancing the credibility and reliability of this information with a variety of stakeholders. They evaluate compliance with regulations including assessing governance and risk management processes and related controls.
• In financial statement audit at PwC, you will focus on obtaining reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes the auditor’s opinion.
• Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team member’s unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm.
• You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

• Analyse and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system.
• Take ownership of projects, ensuring their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion.
• Partner with team leadership to ensure collective ownership of quality, timelines, and deliverables.
• Develop skills outside your comfort zone, and encourage others to do the same.
• Effectively mentor others.
• Use the review of work as an opportunity to deepen the expertise of team members.
• Address conflicts or issues, engaging in difficult conversations with clients, team members and other stakeholders, escalating where appropriate.
• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

Role Summary: 

• Perform a senior role on audit assignments on a permanent basis. Assist in managing a portfolio of smaller clients, maintain sound client relationships and assist in managing the audit team. 

Qualifications / Certifications required:

• Qualified CA(SA) 

​​​​​​​Experience required:

• At least 2-4 years post articles experience 

Responsibilities of role:

• Proactively assist in the management of a portfolio of clients, while reporting to Senior Managers and above; 
• Be involved in the financial management of clients; 
• Be actively involved in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients; 
• Contribute to the development of your own and team’s technical acumen; 
• Develop strategies to solve complex technical challenges; 
• Assist in the management and delivering of large projects; 
• Train, coach, and supervise staff; 
• Keep up to date with local and national business and economic issues; 
• Continue to develop internal relationships and your PwC brand; 
• Manage portfolio of clients in respect to attest work; 
• Manage special projects; 
• Risk Management; 
• Contribute to office management team; 
• Monitor Costs; 
• Business Development and client relationship building; 
• Manage work in progress and debtors and 
• Compliance with PwC audit methodology and report writing. 
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• Skill sets required
• Specialist industry knowledge, IFRS experience; 
• PwC audit methodology; 
• Display sound leadership skills; 
• Computer literate with all PwC software; 
• Ability to market our services and to establish contacts in the market place; 
• Self – motivated; 
• Attention to detail; 
• Excellent communication skills; 
• Sound interpersonal and management skills; 
• Ability to multitask and 
• Analytical and solution driven. 

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

• Prior experience with Eastern Cape audit clients is a benefit. 

Travel Requirements

• Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

• No

Job Posting End Date

• October 4, 2026