Manager - Audit at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Line of Service
Assurance
Specialism
Assurance
Management Level
Manager
Job Description & Summary
A career within External Audit services, will provide you with the opportunity to provide a range of Assurance services and business advice to a variety of clients from small, fast growing clients to large entities. Our clients are often well known brands and many have broad international reach. We focus on using the latest technology to reduce the level of manual testing ensuring you’ll focus on the most valuable areas of client service and on enhancing corporate governance and the reliability of our clients’ information.
To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be an authentic and inclusive leader, at all grades/levels and in all lines of service. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

Responsibilities
As a Manager, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• 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
• Contribute to develop internal relationships and your PwC brand

About the role
The main purpose is to manage a client portfolio, maintain sound client relationships and manage the audit team, including the coaching and development of staff.

Essential skills and experience

• Relevant professional qualification
• 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
• Analytical and solution driven
• 3 - 4 years experience

Required qualifications

• Bachelor of Commerce Honours
• CA (SA)

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of clients in respect to attest work
• Manage special projects
• Develop practice by targeting new clients
• Risk management
• Contribute to office management team
• Monitor costs
• Contribute to development of staff
• Business development and client relationship building
• Manage work in progress and debtors
• Staff management
• Compliance with PwC audit methodology and report writing

Education

• Degrees/Field of Study required:Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Travel Requirements
Not Specified
Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?
No
Government Clearance Required?
No
Job Posting End Date
May 31, 2020