Career Opportunities at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

As a Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
• Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
• Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
• Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
• Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
• Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
• Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
• Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
• Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Key Responsibilities:

• Works closely and collaboratively with the PfMO team to provide the necessary support and assistance to ensure the PfMO team can strategically fulfil and support all project / business requests
• Significant liaison with internal project and product teams to ensure all vendor and resource requests are met and project capacity levels are in line with anticipated demand
• Provide statistical data and reports to assist in PfMO decision making. For example collating client survey data
• Identifies opportunities to improve and works collaboratively with other teams and Africa Tech on service improvements
• Attending regular meetings (taking minutes where necessary)
• General administration (creation / maintenance, preparing reports, using pivot tables, email and calendar management)
• Document / record administration in systems such as ServiceNow and Azure DevOps
• Service support related activities identified by the PfMO team
• Assist teams with vendor / contract management such as on-boarding and off-boarding activities
• Provide project support to the project management team on strategic projects and major initiatives

What skills they need
All roles have essential skills, and some have desirable skills. Each skill has one of 3 skill levels associated with it:

• Foundational
• Intermediate
• Advanced

Closing Date: 13th, June 2022

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Job Description

Risk Assurance
Risk is a fact of life for business and it is growing in importance to businesses around the world. It exists in various forms, from potential cybersecurity breaches to possible breaks in the supply chain. Risk cannot be avoided altogether, but it can be managed and mitigated. And, a business can prepare for what may be lurking around the corner. That’s where PwC's Risk Assurance practice comes in.

To apply for the risk assurance programme:

• You may apply for the IT Risk Assurance programme at any time during the final year of your undergraduate degree or during your honours year.
• You will need a strong academic background and one or more of the following qualifications:
• Undergraduate or Honours degree in Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science and/or Engineering

Skills and behaviours we are looking for:

• Good interpersonal skills
• Enthusiasm, drive, determination and output driven
• Leadership potential, professionalism and integrity
• Proficiency in English and good communication skills
• Deadline-driven
• Attention to detail
• Logical thinking
• Broader business knowledge, ability to think out of the box to deliver quality solutions that our clients seek
• Good knowledge of IT architecture

Responsibilities:
You will work closely with IT, business, audit and risk to align business processes and risk to the business environment. You will identifying risks and recommend mitigating controls.

• Financial and operational business process controls and reviews
• Compliance with other regulatory requirements
• Due diligence on systems and controls
• Performance audits and auditing of performance information
• Quality assessment reviews
• Enterprise risk management and governance reviews

Qualifications:

• Diploma. A Bachelor's Degree is desirable.

Closing Date: 8th, June 2022