Personal Assistant at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Essential skills and experience 

• 5 years administrative support within a professional services firm 

Required qualifications 

• Matric 
• Bookeeping / Executive secretarial diploma 

Desirable skills or attributes  

• Microsoft Office 
• Preparation of professional correspondence 
• Preparation of executive packs and presentations 
• Ability to communicate with high-level individuals. 

Responsibilities 

• Diary Management for Partners 
• Setting up of meetings and minute taking 
• Completion of time and expense claims for Partners 
• Travel bookings – flights, accommodation and car hire (local and international) 
• Compilation and typing of proposals, presentations and general correspondence 
• Other ad hoc personal tasks for the directors 

Administrative support to the Assurance Line of Service: 

• Downloading of risk reports for the team - circulating and attending to queries raised 
• Working with the SAICA Administrator to ensure Trainees are booked appropriately to ensure core hours are met. 
• Running of Job Costing reports for the line of service leader and providing any other information as required 
• Retain management: 
• Booking of clerks on jobs as requested by Managers 
• Attending resource requests from other offices – eg. Stock count requests 
• Resolving conflicts on jobs from retain perspective 
• Running of Reports pertaining to retain: 
• Availability reports – looking at gaps in trainees time and making sure they are booked on jobs to ensure available time is reduced.  Analysing this information against overtime information provided by Human Capital. 
• Provide some admin support to AD