Manager – Capital Markets & Accounting Advisory Services at PwC South Africa

About the role

• Capital Markets and Accounting Advisory Services is a transactions and accounting advisory business within Assurance providing assistance on deals accounting, capital markets assurance and advisory, IPO readiness and accounting standards change to clients in Southern Africa and the rest of Africa.
• The department is currently experiencing growth, driven by long term client relationships and a strong senior team. In order to take full advantage of the existing growth opportunities we are looking for an ambitious and highly motivated person to join our team.

Our service offerings include:

• Accounting advisory & standards change - Assisting clients and engagement teams in the practical implementation of complex accounting and financial reporting issues. Topic teams within the group include streamlining financial statements, financial instruments (including treasury & hedging), share-based payments, revenue and business combinations
• IPO/Exit readiness – Advice to clients in the initial stages of capital raising or private equity exits to identify areas that need to be addressed as the group prepares for a listing.
• Cross-border transactions – Assisting clients on international and local debt- raising
• transactions as well as initial public offerings
• Internal financial controls – Cross-line of service offering with Risk Assurance and Advisory. CMAAS provides financial reporting expertise in the assessment and implementation of financial control frameworks.
• Digital Finance & Reporting - We support organisations in automating and optimising their financial reporting functions by combining accounting expertise with IT skills. CMAAS can assist in digitising and automating various accounting, data collection, controls monitoring and attestation, management reporting and financial reporting functions, freeing up time for management to spend where it matters most.

Essential skills and experience

• Completed articles
• Newly qualified CA(SA) or more post articles experience
• Preference to be given to someone with Technical Accounting or Deals experience

Required qualifications

• CA (SA)

Desirable skills or attributes

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to take ownership of issues.
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Able to work as part of a team as well as independently in an unstructured environment
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Attention to detail / Accuracy
• Sound leadership skills.
• Ability to market our services and to establish contacts in the market place.
• Analytical and solution driven
• Intellectual curiosity
• Proactive and committed to delivery

Responsibilities

• As a Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution.

The successful applicant will:

• Develop new skills outside of comfort zone.
• Act to resolve issues which prevent the team working effectively.
• Coach others, recognise their strengths, and encourage them to take ownership of their personal development.
• Establish and maintain relationships with client management and other stakeholders within and outside the firm.
• Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.
• Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations.
• Collaborate with deals, consulting, risk, audit and other professionals to understand dependencies and integration points, as well as deliver comprehensive solutions for our clients
• Demonstrate an awareness of significant developments in all areas of IFRS and start demonstrating an in-depth knowledge in specialist areas of IFRS.
• Develop a point of view on key global trends, and how they impact clients.
• Demonstrate an ability to work on multiple engagements and for multiple partners at the
• same time, making sound judgements about balancing conflicting objectives.
• Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.
• Simplify complex messages, highlighting and summarising key points.
• Demonstrate the ability to run internal and external meetings, by communicating solutions in a professional and logical manner, demonstrating an understanding of the other party’s perspective.
• Take ownership for client relationships and work assignments.
• Demonstrate the ability to extend our service offerings to existing clients.
• Recognise the need for agility during change as the timing for certain outputs can be highly time sensitive.