Career Opportunities at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Overview 

• Our strategy, The New Equation, is about how PwC brings together unique combinations of people, powered by technology, galvanizing ourselves as a community of solvers to address those dual challenges. The foundation of the strategy is our multidisciplinary model, which allows us to help clients build trust and deliver sustained outcomes by bringing together deep expertise across a broad range of capabilities. It is this combination of capabilities and the ability to look at things from different perspectives that is so essential to delivering high quality and real impacts for clients, stakeholders and society at large in Africa and globally. 
• Sustainability is one of the most prominent topics in current political and economic discourse. Our Sustainability and Climate Change (S&CC) team advises our clients on their sustainability strategies and how to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into their business models. We provide assurance on key sustainability performance indicators and also assist clients and statutory audit teams on matters related to safety, health and environment (SHE). 
• Experience in auditing sustainable development, financial and non-financial data, providing assurance of sustainability reports, integrated reports, and other relevant related standards in accordance with ISAE 3000.
• As an associate, you will be required to have a basic understanding of environmental legislation and its application. You will be required to perform decommissioning, mine rehabilitation and closure liability assessments and audits in support of the financial audit. You will be required to perform environmental license and permit condition compliance reviews.

We’re looking for:

• A BCom / BSc degree, preferably with Honours in: 
• Social Science (e.g. Sociology, Economics, Geography) 
• Environmental Science (e.g. Geography, Geology, Geophysics, Environmental Science/Management, Climate Science, Hydrogeology, Hydrology) 
• To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us needs to be an authentic and inclusive leader. We therefore look for candidates with the following qualities: 

Whole leadership 

• I lead myself and others to make a difference and deliver results in a responsible, authentic, resilient, inclusive and passionate manner. 

Business acumen 

• I bring business knowledge, innovation, and insight to create distinctive value for clients, PwC and other stakeholders. 

Technical capabilities 

• I apply a range of technical capabilities to deliver quality and value for clients, 
• PwC and other stakeholders. 

Global acumen 

• I operate and collaborate effectively with a mindset that transcends geographic and cultural boundaries. 

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JOB PROFILE

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Maintain a full product life cycle perspective for all products in relevant product line(s) with a focus on value and viability.
• Establish and maintain relationships with the key business and technology stakeholders
• Provide full transparency of the vision, mission, strategy, backlog, trade-offs, costs and value of all products in their portfolio
• Manage the backlog of future capabilities or products needed to meet business demand
• Link products with relevant business strategy and related profit and loss goals
• Orchestrate internal and external stakeholders to validate and refine product definitions and roadmaps
• Define product roadmap based on business outcomes
• Build the business case for a product and ensure the product is delivered in a manner that best achieves financial or other goals
• Help to identify the functional and manageability requirements for the business application
• Key contact for impactful incidents, communicating and liaising with stakeholders to understand the impact and working with specialists to resolve the problem.
• Responsible for ensuring that we deliver services into operations and production systems are operationally reliable, available and secure inline with Information Security Standards and requirements. Innovate within these  standards utilizing ITIL, Agile and DevOps practices to their full value.
• Can demonstrate compliance with Information Security Policy Controls Standards, providing necessary evidence to support audit activities as required.
• Ensure preparedness to deliver and support the entire business capability of a product, including all its human, organizational, process and physical aspects
• Build and improve the strategy and governance for products and applications
• Bring the product to market in collaboration with the marketing and change teams
• Ensure ongoing product success as defined by the business case
• Maintain the necessary knowledge and experience in the team in order to provide optimum product support
• Provide communication on the product performance to relevant stakeholders
• Manage product decommission and lessons learned for other product areas and the organisation 

DIMENSIONS FINANCIAL

STAFF ORGANOGRAM

• Multiple Business analysts and Developers, depending on product requirements. 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS 

EXPERIENCE

KEY KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Business Administration or Business Management or similar. 
• Product Management qualification
• ITIL Foundation (or other ITSM qualification)
• 5+ years in IT within product, project, analysis or application management
• Familiarity with the principles of design thinking and agile software delivery
• Engaging executive stakeholders
• Experience of product / application  management discipline
• Experience in guiding IT Operations in the ongoing operational management of applications and products
• Business acumen and enterprise knowledge
• Relationship building
• Customer centric focus
• Ability to diagnose and resolve technical failures
• Time management
• Prioritisation 
• Leadership and influence
• Facilitation and persuasion skills
• Collaboration with delivery teams
• Excellent communication skills
• Visionary / Holistic Thinking
• Strategic planning and thinking
• Outcome driven orientation

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Main Purpose 

• The position requires the incumbent to provide VAT, Estate and Trust Administration

Key Performance Areas 

• Liasing with colleagues and clients to provide tax consulting services
• Managing a range of tax assignments reporting to managers and directors
• Performing VAT reviews as part of statutory audits
• Performing VAT related research
• Interpreting VAT legislation / submission of VAT objections
• Liasing with SARS and hanling queries raised by SARS
• Estate administration including correspondence with the Master of the High Court and SARS
• Compilation of Trustdeeds, registering trusts and assisting with trustees appointments.
• Implement methodologies, standards and processes on all assignment to ensure quality.
• Identify opportunities and understand business 
• Complying with risk management procedures
• Billing client work
• Performing general project administration

Requirements

Qualification / Education 

• Graduated

Experience 

• At least 2-3 years experience

Key Competencies 

• Motivated individual who are passionate about tax
• Commercial awareness and business acumen
• Strong reseach skills
• Ability to provide solutions to business problems
• Analytical skills
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to prioritise and work under pressure
• Organisation and time management skills
• Ability to work to deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple assignments and multitask
• Fully bilingual (Afr & Eng)
• Proactive, able to work independently and deliver precise and accurate work

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Role Description

• Support the marketing team with planning, implementing, and monitoring marketing campaigns
• Assist in creating and updating content on multiple platforms, including website, social media accounts and emails
• Project management of the marketing/project plan and implementation of relevant elements within that plan, ensuring all deadlines are met
• Oversee marketing calendar for assigned portfolio to ensure on-time delivery of quality deliverables
• Prepare reports on marketing and sales metrics
• Contribute to collaborative efforts and organise marketing activities
• Managing integrated marketing campaigns across offline and online tactics on the allocated LoS/industry
• Be responsible for collecting content for bi-monthly LinkedIn newsletter
• Brainstorm and develop ideas for creative marketing campaigns
• Maintain awareness on best practice marketing techniques/tools to achieve successful campaigns and promotions
• Write content for different internal and external platforms when required
• Provide administrative and project support for a variety of marketing programs
• Assist in the marketing of thought leadership pieces for the Line of Service/Industry
• Assist in marketing events and thought leaderships in the allocated areas
• Assist in briefing the studio as well as the various specialists (web, media etc.)
• Be a brand custodian, thus understanding how to use the brand correctly, keeping abreast of brand updates and "policing" communication that goes to internal as well as external channels
• Handle ad hoc projects
• Understanding and continuously maintaining an in-depth knowledge of the issues affecting industries relevant to the Line of Service/Key clients
• Understanding and continuously monitoring key competitors

Key Competencies and Attributes

Knowledge, skills and abilities

• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Good organisational, time management, and project management skills
• Meticulous attention to detail and the ability to work under pressure
• Must have a strong understanding of customer service standards.
• Strong technical skill, especially in digital marketing software, and social media platforms
• Creativity
• Good teamworking skills

Qualification & Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, business, or related field preferred
• 1+ years of experience in marketing
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Superior organisational and time management skills
• Knowledge of relevant marketing tools and applications is a plus
• Good understanding of office management and marketing principles
• Demonstrable ability to multi-task and adhere to deadlines
• Well-organized with a customer-oriented approach
• Good knowledge of market research techniques and databases
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office, marketing computer software and online applications (CRM tools, Online analytics, Google Adwords, etc.)
• Exquisite communication and people skills
• High School diploma; BSc in Marketing, Business or relevant field is a strong advantage