Personal Assistant at PwC South Africa

Essential skills and experience  

•  Minimum of 5 years’ administrative support experience within a professional services firm.

Required qualifications  

• Matric
• Bookkeeping or Executive secretarial diploma

Desirable skills or attributes 

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Strong ability to prepare and format professional correspondence, reports, and presentations.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage with senior executives and high-level stakeholders.
• Strong organisational and multitasking abilities.
• Attention to detail and ability to handle confidential information with discretion.

Executive Support:

• Manage Partners’ and Directors’ diaries, including scheduling and coordinating meetings.
• Arrange travel bookings (local and international) including flights, accommodation, and car hire.
• Prepare and format proposals, presentations, client deliverables, and general correspondence.
• Coordinate and book internal events such as functions, lunches, and breakfasts.
• Handle supplier management, subscription payments, invoicing, and client billing.
• Assist with the ordering of IT peripherals/accessories, booking training rooms, and arranging printing and stationery.
• Support Partners, Directors, and allocated managers with administrative tasks, including completion of time and expense claims, training and CPD documentation.
• Provide ad hoc personal and administrative support to Partners, Directors, and allocated managers.

 Administrative support to the Assurance Line of Service:

Assurance Line of Service Support:

• Assist audit teams with client acceptance procedures, including risk research.
• Collaborate with the SAICA Administrator to ensure trainees are appropriately scheduled to meet core hour requirements.
• Run job costing reports and provide required financial insights for the Line of Service Leader.
• Respond to resource requests from other offices (e.g., stock count requests).
• Assist with administrative support for the Manager Concierge Service (administrative tasks for the assurance line of service managers).
• Assistance with performance review and other Human Capital related administrative tasks. 
• Provide general administrative support to the Assurance Division.