Financial Due Diligence Manager at PwC South Africa

Qualifications / Certifications required:

• CA (SA)

Skills and experience required: 

• Must have at least 1 or more year/s financial due diligence experience (not a newly qualified CA/(SA));
• Excellent financial analytical skills and commercial awareness;
• An interest in and knowledge of the financial markets;
• Good understanding of IFRS and accounting standards;
• Excellent report writing skills;
• Excellent excel skills;
• Good experience with Alteryx, PowerBI and other data analytics and visualisation tools;
• Adhere to and promote quality and risk management standards;
• Excellent communication skills;
• Good interpersonal and client relationship skills;
• A well-organised and self-directed individual who can relate to people at all levels of an organization;
• Proven ability to multitask and ensure effective delivery of the priorities to meet targets and objectives;
• A proactive and energetic team player, who works effectively under pressure and can deal with a dynamic work environment; and
• Industry experience in any of the following is advantageous: Retail, Manufacturing, Financial Services, Insurance, Banking, Renewable Energy, Fintech, Banking and Capital Markets, Mining, Utilities, Energy, Industrial Products, Logistics, Transport, Consumer, Leisure, Technology, Telecommunications, Media, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Real Estate, Facilities Management.

Responsibilities of role: 

• Perform and prepare financial analysis from structured and unstructured data sets using data tools;
• Be open to continuous learning and to embrace GenAI, technological enablement and personal upskilling in the firm's data and technological tools as they evolve;
• Develop visualisations to effectively communicate findings;
• Extract key commercial and deal insights from financial and non-financial data;
• Identify key drivers of a business and potential deal breakers (financial and non-financial);
• Write succinct, well-structured reports;
• Perform risk management activities;
• Effectively lead meetings with clients and senior personnel; and
• Interact and coordinate with workstreams other than financial DD, i.e. Tax DD, HC DD, IT DD, commercial DD, etc. 

Other:

• There is an expectation that work will occur mostly from the office, however remote working is possible.
• Occasionally, one will work on virtual UK projects to gain global deals experience.