Forensics Investigator at PwC South Africa

PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.
• Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.
• Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.
• Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.
• Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.
• Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.
• Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
• Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.
• Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

DESCRIPTION

• Maintain the highest degree of professional standards and strict client confidentiality
• Perform data acquisition, processing and analysis of financial and non-financial data  
• Assist in conducting data and computer forensic investigations 
• Investigate matters relating to economic crime, i.e. allegations of fraud, corruption and/or irregularities
• Assist in the document management of working papers that support analyses performed
• Assist in conducting integrity due diligence reviews using various open source databases
• Synthesize information and draft reports and appendices
• Deliver a high quality product within established timeframes and budgets
• Provide general support to team on a variety of tasks in connection with project execution
• Contribute to new business proposals and proposal development
• Capturing, sorting and electronic manipulation of financial and other data
• Assisting in the compilation of draft forensic reports and appendices
• Assessing and analysing financial and other data
• Recording of findings
• Project administration, including printing, indexing and filing

PERSON PROFILE

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS 

EXPERIENCE SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES

• A degree in or currently studying towards a BCom Honours in Forensic Accounting, BCom Honours Accounting, BCom Honours in Information Systems, Bachelor of Science degree with a focus on Computer Science, LLB
• 5 to 10  years work experience in a forensic services environment will be advantageous
• Good working knowledge of the following: 
• Microsoft (including Excel, Word, Access and PowerPoint)
• Computer hardware and operating systems
• EnCase v. 7 and other forensic tools (e.g. FTK, IEF, Kali Linux, tools in Kali, etc)
• Mobile device forensic tools (e.g. cellebrite, FTK, etc.)
• Demonstrated level of programming/scripting language will be highly beneficial 
• Building and sustaining relationships
• Being passionate about customer service
• Being curious – learning, sharing and innovating
• Leading and contributing to team success
• Communicating with impact and empathy
• Developing self and others through coaching
• Demonstrating courage and integrity
• Acquiring and applying commercial and technical expertise
• Managing projects and economics
• Being open-minded, practical and agile with change
• Strategic thinking
• Logical reasoning
• Analytical ability
• Judgment
• Problem solving
• Excellence orientation
• Influencing
• Drive and enthusiasm
• Rule orientation