PwC South Africa is a prominent professional services firm providing industry-focused assurance, advisory, tax, and legal services to public, private, and government clients.
Skills and experience
- Experience of supporting & configuring HCM, Compensation and/or Advanced Compensation.
- Experienced in underpinning Cross Product areas such as Security & Reporting.
- Current Workday Pro or Active Implementation Certification in Compensation functionality (desirable but not mandatory)
- The ability to listen to requirements and provide imaginative solutions.
- Strong analytical and problems solving skills with experience in being able to implement and deliver solutions
- Experience of using case management systems for incident tracking and managing SLAs.
Role Description and Responsibilities
- The Operate Digital HR Systems Practice are a team of People Technology professionals providing Application Evolution Services for our clients. Our primary objective is not simply to be a support provider who resolves ‘tickets’ but to partner with our clients to ensure that we are solving their business problems and maximising their investment in their chosen HR Technology Platform
- We require a Workday HCM & Compensation support analyst to join the HR Systems Practice in Operate Digital.
- As a configuration analyst in the team you will be responsible for working directly with our clients and service managers on a daily basis to deliver our managed services capability.
Responsibilities:
- Working as part of our Workday Application Evolution Services team using your expertise of Workday to help resolve incidents for our clients whilst also providing ongoing maintenance services.
- Soliciting client requirements, presenting and facilitating workshops, analysing data, and configuring solutions in Workday to ensure configuration remains current.
- Working at all levels within our clients’ organisations from C-suite to the back office operations teams
- Responsible for timely escalation to lead support analysts of challenges, risks or alternative functional design solutions when necessary
- Taking responsibility for your own development with more senior colleagues and the development of more junior colleagues through career coaching and mentoring.
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Additional Job Description
Qualifications/ Certifications required:
- Relevant professional qualification (Admitted attorney and/or Postgraduate studies in Tax) A post-graduate tax qualification would be ideal
Experience required:
- 3-7 years’ experience in a tax advisory environment with dedicated and notable experience in managing tax disputes for or against the South African Revenue Service (SARS).
Responsibilities of role:
- Act as operational client contact on a portfolio of corporate or high net worth clients
- Advising clients on complex and uncertain tax dispute matters in a team context;
- Liaison and management of various stakeholders in a tax dispute e.g. SARS,
- Counsel, subject-matter specialists. Interpretation and application of substantive and procedural tax legislation
- Drafting and reviewing of correspondences to SARS, tax pleadings etc.;
- Implementation of agreed advice with SARS Management of billings, debtors and assignment budgeting.
- Mentoring and professional development of junior staff members.
- Compliance with risk management procedures.
Skill sets required:
- Ability to provide solutions to business problems – analytical skills.
- Good client relationship management skills.
- Good communication, legal writing and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to prioritise and work under pressure towards deadlines.
- Organisation and time management skills.
- People management skills -
- Coaching and providing feedback and delegation skills.
- Ability to manage multiple assignments and multi-task.
Role related attributes:
- Results oriented with leadership qualities.
- Self-starter, confident.
- Lateral thinker.
- Self-motivated.
- Takes initiative and responsibility for personal development and updated technical knowledge.
- Positive attitude.
Industry experience required:
- Deep knowledge of, and experience in dealing with, tax administrative matters (including Tax Administration Act and Tax Dispute Resolution Rules) and SARS.
- Prior employment within a corporate advisory environment (e.g. Big-4 auditing firm and/or reputable law firm) and/or litigation experience is preferred
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Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and implement scalable automation solutions using Microsoft Power Automate.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and design automation workflows that streamline business processes.
- Integrate Power Automate workflows with other Microsoft applications (such as SharePoint, Teams, Dynamics 365, etc.) and third-party platforms as needed.
- Troubleshoot and debug automation workflows to ensure reliability and performance.
- Optimize existing workflows for efficiency and performance.
- Build ChatBots and Google Apps Scripts upon request.
- Provide technical guidance and support to end-users and stakeholders.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent work experience).
- Proven experience developing automation workflows using Microsoft Power Automate.
- Strong understanding of Power Automate connectors, actions, expressions, and data operations.
- Experience integrating Power Automate with other Microsoft applications and third-party platforms.
- Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, JavaScript or PowerShell is a plus.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Microsoft Power Automate certification(s) is a plus.
- Experience with UiPath, Power Apps, Power BI, and other Microsoft Power Platform tools is desirable.
- Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent work experience) or similar
EXPERIENCE
- Minimum 2-3 years in an Automation Developer role
- Minimum 1-2 years in a Microsoft Power Platform Developer role.
KEY KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
- Microsoft Power Automate Cloud & Desktop
- Automation
- Google Apps Script
- Processes and workflows
- Sharepoint Online
- Analysis & Support of Power Platform outputs
- Can function within an SDLC
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PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES
Accountabilities:
- Build meaningful relationships within a network of clients and partners.
- Craft new HR solutions.
- Deeply understand HR consulting, HR market and HR trends.
- Be connected to the P&O global network of experts.
- Lead, build, coach and manage an HR consulting team to deliver projects in terms of quality, scope and cost.
Attributes:
- A passion for the HR discipline.
- Deeply inquisitive about the world of work and the success of organisations.
- A keen sense of accountability for managing an HR consulting business.
- Have a deep understanding of one HR discipline.
- Deep expertise in specific HR consulting disciplines and good generalist expertise across the HR value chain.
- An eye for detail and a sense for market opportunities.
- Ambition to manage a HR consulting business or part of it.
- Ability to articulate HR solutions across a broad range of areas.
- Building internal and external relationships and networks.
- Ability to build a team around them.
- Communicating with impact and empathy.
- Acquiring and applying commercial and technical expertise.
- Managing projects and economics.
- The ability to work independently
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE KEY KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
- Relevant undergraduate
- Relevant Postgraduate degree preferrable
- At least 5 years of experience in a client facing/ consulting role.
- Working with C-suites and senior management.
- Ability to manage HR consulting teams.
Knowledge and expertise in the following areas:
- Organisation Change and Culture
- Organisation change & business transformation
- Leadership and programme governance alignment/engagement
- Organisation alignment
- Culture transformation and behavioural change
Psychometry Organisation Design and Effectiveness
- Organisation transition strategy
- Organisation diagnostic and design
- Operating model development
- Talent and Performance Optimization
Talent and performance management strategies
- Balance scorecard design and implementation
- Competency frameworks
- Employee value proposition
- HR Transformation
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Accountabilities:
- Build meaningful relationships within a network of clients and partners.
- Craft new HR solutions.
- Deeply understand HR consulting, HR market and HR trends.
- Be connected to the P&O global network of experts.
- Lead, build, coach and manage an HR consulting team to deliver projects in terms of quality scope and cost.
Attributes:
- A passion for the HR discipline.
- Deeply inquisitive about the world of work and the success of organisations.
- A keen sense of accountability for managing an HR consulting business.
- Have a deep understanding of one HR discipline.
- Deep expertise in specific HR consulting disciplines and good generalist expertise across the HR value chain.
- An eye for detail and a sense for market opportunities.
- Ambition to manage a HR consulting business or part of it.
- Ability to articulate HR solutions across a broad range of areas.
- Building internal and external relationships and networks.
- Ability to build a team around them.
- Communicating with impact and empathy.
- Acquiring and applying commercial and technical expertise.
- Managing projects and economics.
- The ability to work independently
PERSON PROFILE
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE KEY KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
- Relevant undergraduate
- Relevant Postgraduate degree preferrable
- At least 5 years of experience in a client facing/ consulting role.
- Working with C-suites and senior management.
- Ability to manage HR consulting teams.
Knowledge and expertise in the following areas:
- Organisation Change and Culture
- Organisation change & business transformation
- Leadership and programme governance alignment/engagement
- Organisation alignment
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- 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.
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Key Responsibilities:
- Create and maintain comprehensive architectural documentation within the domain, including architectural artifacts, diagrams, and domain-specific documentation to facilitate stakeholder understanding and support strategic decisions.
- Collaborate with change management teams to ensure the smooth implementation of architectural changes within the domain, educating and guiding stakeholders on the benefits and rationale behind these decisions.
- Conduct regular reviews and assessments to ensure compliance with standards within the domain. Additionally, you’ll tackle domain-specific architectural challenges by devising innovative and practical solutions.
- Define and maintain domain-specific architectural standards and strategies.
- Ensure that technology solutions comply with established EA principles and adhere to architectural standards.
- Engage with IT and business stakeholders to assimilate domain-specific needs and provide architectural solutions.
- Develop and oversee domain-specific architectural documentation and governance processes.
- Conduct reviews and assessments to uphold standards and compliance within the domain.
- Innovate and optimise solutions to meet domain challenges and enhance architectural effectiveness.
- Facilitate change management processes within the domain, ensuring stakeholders comprehend and adopt architectural changes.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce, Business Administration, Information Systems, or related fields.
- Preferred: TOGAF certification.
- Minimum of 3 years in systems and solutions design, with at least 2 years in a management role.
- Strong experience in enterprise architecture, particularly within the relevant technology domains.
- Demonstrated capability in leading architectural governance and strategy in complex environments.
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Relevant professional qualification:
Competencies / Skills :
- Specialist industry knowledge
- IFRS experience
- Display sound leadership skills
- Computer literate with all PwC’s software
- The ability to market our services and to establish contacts in the market place
- Ability to work with and easily converse with all levels of management
- Strong Intellectual curiosity and general scepticism
- Pro-active, able to take responsibility and multi-task
- Ability to work both as part of a team as well as independently
- Good organisational skills, methodical and analytical approach
- Able to prioritise work, work efficiently and accurately under pressure
- Maintains high level of professionalism
- Solution driven
Job Description:
- Manage a portfolio of clients in respect of attest
- Manage special projects
- Develop our practice by targeting new clients
- Risk management
- Monitors costs against budgets
- Contribute to office management team
- Contribute to development of staff
- Business development and client relationship building
- Manage Work In Progress and Debtors
- Staff management and appraisals
- Report writing
- Compliance with PwC audit Methodology
- Must be a SAICA Assessor, or willing to be registered as one if not already.
- Must be registered on the IRBA programme Audit Development Programme (ADP) as a Registered
- Candidate Auditor (RCA) and eligibility to register as a RA, or willing to be registered as one if not already.
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Qualifications / Certifications required:
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in either Psychology, HR Management, Business Management or similar
- 4-5 years working experience within the Recruitment Function - specialising in any of the following technology recruitment: Salesforce, SAP, Oracle, Workday, AWS, MS
Experience required:
- Screen, select and qualify candidates to produce a shortlist
- Scheduling and conducting interviews
- Negotiating salary packages
- Following the necessary processes in order to obtain the required internal approvals
- Setting up assessments and assessment feedback sessions
- Ensuring that all verifications are run on all successful candidates - prior to appointment
- Maintaining regular liaison with hiring managers to ensure that recruitment plans and headcount targets support and meet the business needs and objectives.
- Ensuring full business participation in the recruitment process and programmes
- Building and maintaining relationships with target candidates and stakeholders
- Ensure adherence to legal, regulatory, and firm compliance throughout the recruitment process.
Ad-hoc responsibilities:
- Attending career days, school fairs and webinars
- Be involved in aspects of programme recruitment drivers
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Qualifications /Certifications required:
- We will consider a range of university degrees and professional qualifications in a relevant subject matter area. However, on top of this, candidates will be expected to demonstrate experience in client delivery across one or a number of sustainability reporting requirements.
Experience required:
- Experience in Sustainability with exposure to Financial Services industries
- Experience aligned with the outlined activities
- Understanding of the sustainability regulatory and reporting environment as well as the links and connectivity between financial and non-financial information.
- Staying up-to-date with emerging regulations and standards (e.g., TCFD, TNFD, CRSD, ESRS, ISSB, SFDR, Taxonomy Regulations, SEC Climate Rule, PRA SS3/19, GRI, SASB, WEF IBC, UN Principles for Responsible Investment)
- Knowledge of value drivers within Sustainability
- Project management skills with a demonstrated ability to work on multiple engagements effectively
- Experience in a fast-paced environment
- Experience in managing and coaching teams
- Clear and effective communication skills
- Ability to build key stakeholder relationships, both internally and with clients
Responsibilities of role:
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the project team in various Sustainability reporting activities, including:
- Current state Sustainability reporting assessments
- Regulatory impact assessments and gap analysis
- Sustainability reporting landscape reviews and horizon scanning
- Sustainability materiality assessments
- Sustainability reporting maturity assessments
- Sustainability reporting implementation design
- Sustainability reporting assurance readiness assessments
- Manage client-facing and internal engagements, overseeing progress and budgets
- Serve as a subject matter expert on projects, specific topics, or reporting frameworks
- Stay updated on the latest reporting developments through continuous research
- Manage day-to-day relationships with key client and internal stakeholders
- Identify new client opportunities and contribute to the development of sales and marketing materials, including proposals and thought leadership
- Contribute to the further development of our Sustainability Reporting proposition and approach, including digital assets
People Responsibilities:
- Develop junior team members through effective coaching, supervision, and training
- Practise upward management and communication
- Foster a positive and inclusive team environment
Desirable skill sets include:
- Experience managing or delivering sustainability reporting within/for a company
- Assurance experience, including evaluating controls over financial and operational (non-financial) processes.
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- 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:
- Excellent Communication and drive collaboration with global teams.
- Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
- 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.
- 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 behaviour to build quality relationships.
- Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.
- Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
Preferred Knowledge/Skills:
- Demonstrates thorough knowledge of, and/or success in oversight roles involving, designing, implementing, and/or assessing security and controls as it relates to multiple versions of the Oracle Cloud application product suite (core financial, supply chain, human capital management, and/or industry specific modules), emphasis on understanding of the following areas:
- Possessing experience with Oracle Cloud role design across functional (ERP, EPM, OTBI) and technical (e.g. - Security Console, Setup & Maintenance, OIC) domain areas;
- Possessing experience with Oracle Cloud Risk Management Cloud (RMC) design, implementation or assessment experience including Advanced Access Controls (AAC), Advanced Financial Controls (AFC) and Financial Reporting Compliance (FRC);
- Possessing experience with Business process risk & control design, implementation or assessment across finance, supply chain and human resource business cycles;
- Managing and understanding project lifecycle for Oracle Cloud Finance implementations, and configurations - e.g. security and control, and/or optimizations of business process controls and application security;
- Leading Security/RMC and controls workshops on end to end Oracle Cloud ERP implementations
- Leading design, build, test and deploy phases in projects;
- Designing security for Cloud Financials, Supply Chain Management, Human Capital Management or Enterprise Performance Management;
- Identifying key risks and controls, knowledge of Sarbanes Oxley readiness, controls optimization, as well as configuration of controls around security, business process and within the Oracle Cloud RMC modules;
- Demonstrates thorough abilities and success with supporting large engagements that involve oversight of and coordination with staff and managers as they perform assessment or design of controls, application security, or analytic monitoring emphasising the following areas:
- Leading teams on client projects, understanding a client's business and technology in order to identify, and pursue opportunities for efficiency or improvement in delivery of services;
- Understanding clients' business, industry and/or technologies and leveraging project management skills including developing project plans, budgets, and deliverables schedules;
- Working directly with systems integrators in developing business requirements and business controls in Oracle Cloud-related and Oracle Cloud-related implementations;
- Promoting and creating a positive environment, monitoring team workloads to meet client deadlines; and,
- Respecting the work-life quality of team members including providing candid, meaningful feedback in a timely manner and keeping leadership informed of progress.
Minimum Years of Experience:
- 4 year(s) of Oracle risk & controls, auditing, consulting and/or implementing.
Preferred Fields of Study:
- Accounting, Accounting & Technology, Business Application Programming, Computer Applications, Engineering, Computer and Information Science, Finance, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Risk Management.
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- As a Manager, you will be an integral part of a collaborative team, dedicated to resolving intricate business challenges spanning from strategic planning to implementation.
Professional skills and responsibilities for this position include but are not limited to:
- Assist in the management and delivery of large projects by developing the project team, including local junior SATIC resources, assessing engagement risks and responding by leading mitigation activities
- Leading teams on client projects, understanding a client's business and technology in order to identify, and pursue opportunities for efficiency or improvement in delivery of services
- Shape and deliver projects to meet and exceed the expectations of our clients and our own quality criteria
- Be involved in the financial management and commercials of client engagement
- Proactively assist in the management of a portfolio of clients, while reporting to Senior Managers and above
- Train, support, and supervise team members
- Review work of others for quality, accuracy and relevance
- Demonstrate excellent stakeholder management and relationship building
- Demonstrate excellent communication and drive collaboration with global teams
- Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to serve as subject matter expert for our internal and external customers
- Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others
- Able to read situations and modify behaviour to build quality relationships
- Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct
- Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas
- Promote and create a positive environment, monitoring team workloads to meet client deadlines
- Respect the work-life balance of team members including providing candid, meaningful feedback in a timely manner and keeping leadership informed of progress
- Contribute to the development of your own and team’s technical acumen
- Continue to develop internal relationships and your PwC brand
Preferred Knowledge/Skills:
- Demonstrates thorough knowledge of, and/or success in oversight roles involving, designing, implementing, and/or assessing security and controls as it relates to multiple versions of the Oracle Cloud application product suite (core financial, supply chain, human capital management, and/or industry specific modules), with emphasis on knowledge, experience and skills in the following areas:
- Possessing experience with Oracle Cloud role design across functional (ERP, SCM, HCM, EPM, ORMB) and technical (e.g. - security console, setup & maintenance, OIC, OTBI reports) domain areas including knowledge on touchpoints of Oracle security with related process like joiners-movers-leavers and technologies like SSO, AD, SailPoint / Okta etc
- Possessing experience with Oracle Fusion Cloud Risk Management and Compliance (RMC) design, implementation or assessment experience covering Advanced Access Controls (AAC), Advanced Financial Controls (AFC) and Financial Reporting Compliance (FRC)
- Managing and understanding project lifecycle for Oracle Cloud Finance implementations, and configurations - e.g. security and control, and/or optimizations of business process controls and application security
- Leading requirements gathering, design, build, test, deploy and hypercare phases in projects
- Leading Security/RMC discovery, requirements gathering, design workshops, configuration activities, testing cycles (functional / system testing,SIT, UAT etc), user training and other user adoption activities including preparation and review of all required materials
- Ability to produce and review deliverables including but not limited to requirement and design documents, configuration documents, test scenarios and scripts, technical specifications etc
- Knowledge of Sarbanes Oxley readiness and adoption, optimisation of controls framework and organisation
Minimum Years of Experience:
- 5 year(s) of experience in Oracle security and RMC, Oracle risk & controls, auditing, consulting and/or implementing.
Preferred Fields of Study:
- Accounting, Accounting & Technology, Business Application Programming, Computer Applications, Engineering, Computer and Information Science, Finance, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Risk Management.
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