Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Role Summary: 

• Financial Services is looking for a technically strong and strategically minded Associate Director to join our team in Cape Town. This role is critical to sustaining and growing our audit portfolio and deepening our IFRS 17 expertise. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in insurance audits and IFRS 17. 

Qualifications / Certifications required: 

• Chartered Accountant (South Africa) 

Experience required: 

• Minimum 6-8 years post article experience 

Responsibilities of role: 

• Manage audits alone reporting directly to the partners 
• Manage special projects alone reporting directly to the partners 
• Risk management 
• Technical and methodology sign off of the Financial statements 
• Strong ownership of the audit file 
• Monitor costs/budget/forecasting 
• Development of staff of all levels 
• Business development and client relationship building 
• Staff management 
• Compliance with PwC audit methodology 
• Report writing 

Skill sets required: 

• Specialist industry knowledge (Insurance and IFRS 17) 
• IFRS experience 
• Display sound leadership skills 
• Computer literate with all PwC software 
• Ability to market PwC services and to establish contacts in the market place 
• Self – motivated 
• High attention to detail 
• Excellent communication skills 
• Strong interpersonal and management skills 
• Ability to multi task 
• Analytic and solution driven 
• Pro – active and committed to delivery 
• Excellent time management skills 

Job Posting End Date

September 9, 2025