Finance Officer at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

• As a finance consulting generalist at PwC, you will possess a broad understanding of various aspects of finance consulting. Your work will involve providing comprehensive guidance and support to clients in optimising their financial performance, improving decision-making, and achieving their financial goals. You will be responsible for analysing client needs, developing financial solutions, and offering recommendations tailored to specific business requirements.
• Driven by curiosity, you are a reliable, contributing member of a team. In our fast-paced environment, you are expected to adapt to working with a variety of clients and team members, each presenting varying challenges and scope. Every experience is an opportunity to learn and grow. You are expected to take ownership and consistently deliver quality work that drives value for our clients and success as a team. As you navigate through the Firm, you build a brand for yourself, opening doors to more opportunities.

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

• Apply a learning mindset and take ownership for your own development.
• Appreciate diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others.
• Adopt habits to sustain high performance and develop your potential.
• Actively listen, ask questions to check understanding, and clearly express ideas.
• Seek, reflect, act on, and give feedback.
• Gather information from a range of sources to analyse facts and discern patterns.
• Commit to understanding how the business works and building commercial awareness.
• Learn and apply professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), uphold the Firm's code of conduct and independence requirements.

Role Summary: 

• South Africa Technology & Innovation Centre (SATIC) is the latest addition to the PwC global technology delivery network. PwC leads the way in human led, technology enabled professional services, working with clients to transform their business and make them fit for the future. We are seeking a dynamic and visionary leader who brings in-depth market experience, who sees technology as a way to enable and drive human innovation and who wants to lead, develop and bring together a community of solvers, to tackle the biggest challenges in society.
• If you are looking for a career where every day is different, where challenges are complex and where you can make a real difference, then we want to hear from you. By choosing to join the SATIC, you are choosing to work with and lead teams across territories, harnessing the power of world leading tech and making a difference to real people’s lives.

As the Finance Officer of SATIC, you will need to meet the following requirements:

Qualifications / Certifications required: 

• Finance Diploma (minimum)

Experience required: 

• 1- 3 years’ experience in a similar role

Responsibilities of role: 

• Responsible for tasks, processes or entities in the area of Financial Reporting which includes solving of problems and response to ad hoc queries for assigned areas.
• Responsible for Financial Reporting of P&L and Balance Sheet accounts in all valuations. Analysis of the movements, aggregation of accounting technical & business analysis and explanation to internal clients / stakeholders.
• Demonstrate an expert knowledge of accounting treatment of underlying business products, external and internal transactions in a multi-valuation environment and combines methodology with business knowledge
• Ensuring the effectiveness of Financial Reporting and Finance processes by proposing improvements to own tasks and processes.
• Work collaboratively to drive ideas/solutions with peers and managers which will improve Client and PwC’s efficiency.
• Developing close relationships with key stakeholders
• Managing your own workload, including reporting on progress and issues
• Developing the ability to be agile and support a range of client/projects
• Be able to implement and adapt to new or changing processes quickly.
• Proactively build relationships with all team members within PwC including engagement with client teams as well as customers of our clients.

Desirable skill sets include:

• Knowledge of US GAAP and Insurance or Reinsurance accounting experience (beneficial)
• Knowledge of investment products and financial markets

Role related attributes: 

• Financial Reporting Expertise
• Problem-Solving and Ad Hoc Queries
• Accounting Knowledge
• Process Improvement
• Collaboration and Teamwork
• Self-Management
• Agility and Adaptability

Industry experience required:

• Knowledge or an interest in the Crypto Industry