Current Vacancies at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Job Description & Summary

A career within Deals Business Recovery Services, will provide you with the opportunity to support our clients survive an imminent crisis or simply fix gaps in their organisation. We help clients, reduce balance sheet stress, generate cash and reduce costs or refinance to find the best source of capital to support their business objectives. Whatever the solution, we help them manage challenges until the job is done.
To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Senior Manager, 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:

• Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.
• Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.
• Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.
• Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.
• Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.
• Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.
• Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
• Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.
• Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Commerce with Honours in Accounting with CA (SA); or
• Bachelor of Business Science with Honours in Finance / CA (SA).

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Job Description & Summary

Our Contingent Worker - Client Services team comprises of temporary employees that support client engagement projects during high volume periods.
To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Senior Manager, 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:

• Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.
• Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.
• Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.
• Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.
• Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.
• Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.
• Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
• Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.
• Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

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Job Description & Summary

A career in Capital Programs Excellence, within Operations Consulting, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients understand where they might have vulnerabilities and develop solutions to manage the risks involved. We prevent, respond to and remediate a wide range of business threats, risks and complex issues.

Our team helps organisations deliver on their large scale capital programs and portfolios by providing assurance, tax, consulting, deals and forensics services across the capital program lifecycle. As part of the team, you'll utilize technology solutions to help our clients analyse, design and implement business changes related to their large scale capital programs.
To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Manager, 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:

• 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.
• 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.
• Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm's/client's expectations.
• Use data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making.
• Develop a point of view on key global trends, and how they impact clients.
• Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.
• Simplify complex messages, highlighting and summarising key points.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Qualifications / Certifications required:

• BSc in Civil or Mechanical Engineering

Experience required:

• 3-5 years working experience, specialising in the water sector focusing on water infrastructure,  operational improvements i.e. operations of water treatment plants, wastewater treatment plants, infrastructure asset management
• Working with Government - local, provincial and national, 
• Experiencing in water demand management and non revenue water reduction 
• Experience in management consulting is required

Responsibilities of role:

• Keep up to date with water and environmental policies and development relating to water and ESG (Environment, Social, Governance)
• Gathering and analysing information, formulate solutions to respond to client mandates, and developing and communicating recommendations
• Develop client deliverables to the highest possible standards
• Drafting of proposals for water and infrastructure projects 
• Project management of water and infrastructure projects 

Skill sets required:

• Technical capabilities aligned to your qualifications and work experience
• Self-motivated and comfortable dealing with ambiguity
• Portfolio Programme and Project Management
• Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively – both verbally and in writing
• Excellent Presentation and Excel skills
• Financial analysis skills
• Report writing skills
• Role related attributes:
• Team player
• Communication skills

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JOB PROFILE

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

What you will do:

As a Technical Strategy Consultant, you will partner and work with a Tech Lead and Management team to drive the strategic engagements in the Technology consulting space, also participate in strategic projects across a range of topics that are short-term and high impact as assigned by the Partner that will require agility and speed in delivery. These projects will vary across industries and subjects, from future-looking technology trends, tactical organizational assessments and enterprise-wide architecture. Working on our client’s strategic direction, you will directly contribute to shape the transformation of our client’s business by applying technology frameworks and principles to analyze our clients’ strategic challenges, solving complex problems, and helping them realize their business strategy through the right use of new technologies.

Responsibilities

Technology Strategy Consultants typically complete the following

• Deliver efficient, timely, and reliable service to support business partners and the Technology Consulting team, and have the ability to prioritize and think critically on tight deadlines.
• Managing deliverables with self-direction and a commitment to quality.
• Build knowledge of, and research the current IT environment and industry IT trends to evolve the Technology Consulting Strategy as and when needed.
• Support execution of key projects, including engaging in proposal writing, workshop facilitation sessions and proposal documentation for our clients.

Technical Responsibilities:

• Create detailed target state technical, architecture designs incorporating modern technologies demonstrating value proposition for clients.
• Conduct full technical discovery, identifying pain points, business, and technical requirements, “as is” and “to be” scenarios.
• Apply methodology, reusable assets, and previous work experience to deliver consistently high-quality work.
• Stay educated on new and emerging technologies/patterns/methodologies and market offerings that may be of interest to our Clients.
• Adapt to existing methods and procedures to create possible alternative solutions to moderately complex problems.
• Understand the strategic direction set by senior management as it relates to team goals.

General

• Can do attitude.
• Innovative and interested in learning new technologies.
• Resilient.
• Cope well under tight deadlines and work well under stress.
• Strategic and big picture thinking.

EXPERIENCE KEY KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• Bachelor’s degree that has given you an opportunity to grow your problem-solving skills (Computer Science, Informatics, BSc IT, BSc Eng., BEng or relevant technology discipline).
• Certifications in TOGAF, Project Management or relevant technologies are a plus.
• Business Analysis diploma is a plus.
• Master’s degree is a plus.
• Minimum 3 to 5 years of relevant experience
• Relevant experience includes, but not limited to Technology-related consulting, Strategy planning and execution, Business Analysis, Architecture.
• Must have a technology background and experience in supporting and communicating with executive leaders and an ability to translate complex technical information into understandable content for the right audience (e.g., corporate executives, business partners, technical clients etc)
• Strong understanding of information technology topics, as well as general business concepts and terminologies.
• Ability to write about technical topics in a simple and clear manner applicable to a variety of audiences.
• Must be able to comprehend, analyze and interpret documents with the ability to note critical takeaways.
• Knowledge on latest technology advancements (in a certain technology area and/or industry) based on previous experience and interest in the latest innovations.
• Outstanding problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively, in both written and verbal formats, with senior executive-level leaders.
• Works independently while keeping management informed.
• Ability to elicit requirements in order to document client’s requirements and needs.