Job Vacancies at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Job Description & Summary

• A career in Learning and Development, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to contribute to the success of our people by developing quality and relevant learning initiatives that constantly improve the PwC experience. You’ll help us identify and source the best instructors, develop learning and performance improvement solutions across traditional and virtual classroom environments, and consult with other areas of the Firm to ensure our curriculums and initiatives support the PwC strategy.
• 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 an Intern / Trainee, 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:

Be curious and try new things.

• Learn about how PwC works as a business and adds value to clients.
• Think broadly and ask questions about data, facts and other information.
• Support research, analysis and problem solving using a variety of tools and techniques.
• Produce high quality work which adheres to the relevant professional standards.
• Keep up-to-date with technical developments for area of specialism.
• Handle, manipulate and analyse data and information responsibly.
• Communicate confidently in a clear, concise and articulate manner - verbally and in materials produced.
• Embrace different points of view and welcome opposing and conflicting ideas.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Role Summary:

• We believe that challenges are better solved together. That's why you'll join a diverse, global community of solvers - an unexpected mix of people that come together to build trust in society and solve important problems. In a place where you are encouraged to lead with your heart and values. And where your unique skills are developed and put to work in unexpected and exciting ways, superpowered by technology.

 
Your main purpose is to support the implementation of the Firmwide L&D team’s learning initiatives

 
Qualifications / Certifications required:

• HR Management diploma (without workplace experience) from a public TVET College.

Experience required:

• This is a workplace experience opportunity, therefore any workplace experience would be beneficial.

 
Responsibilities of role:

• Supporting all Firmwide L&D learning activities:
• Scheduling of learning events (in-person, virtual and blended)
• Communicate with curriculum manager and business area representatives
• Resource reservations
• Catering
• Arrangements with canteen
• Prepare and hand vouchers to the facilitator on the day of training.
• L&D logistics (e.g. nametags, materials, attendance registers, lunch vouchers)
• Monitor attendance.  Ensure that facilitators consolidated and confirmed attendance of each session
• Liaison with facilitators 
• Target Audience analysis
• Ensure that facilitators consolidated and confirmed attendance of each session
• Monitoring of bookings and feedback

Report on:

• Evaluations completed 
• Facilitator feedback
• Evaluation of content
• Reconciliation of catering costs (per event) against receipts from supplier
• Attend meetings with business
   

Skill sets required:

• English language skills (written and verbal)
• Communication skills
• Team player and ability to collaborate
• Ability to multitask
• Time management
• Attention to detail - critical skill
• Prioritizing skills
• Mature individual 
• Self-motivated and driven individual
   

Role related attributes:

• Understanding of HR and L&D

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Job Description & Summary

• A career in our Advanced Analytics practice, within Risk Assurance Compliance and Analytics services, will provide you with the opportunity to assist clients in developing analytics and technology solutions that help them detect, monitor, and predict risk. Using advanced technology, we’re able to focus on establishing the right controls, processes and structures for our clients to ensure that decisions are based on accurate information and assure that information provided to third parties is accurate, complete, and can be trusted.
• Our team helps organisations use their data to make better decisions and get faster results through the use of analytics, strategy, and data governance. In joining, you’ll focus on data strategies and analytical modelling, systems assessment, dashboard development, and developing tools for continuous data monitoring.
• 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.

This role is in support of development of analytics application/automation routines. It covers all aspects of the product lifecycle, including scoping, project management, development, testing, devops, and support. This job advertisement is for a developer.

Your opportunities include:

• Gain experience in the software development process.
• Work in the largest global assurance practice.
• Learn auditing and technical aspects of:
  • Key business processes and controls, including regulatory compliance and fraud prevention
  • Data acquisition/transformation (cleaning) routines
  • Operating systems such as Linux, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and Windows Server
  • Database management systems such as Oracle Database, Microsoft SQL Server, and SAP Hana
  • Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, such as SAP S/4Hana & Oracle EBS.
  • Building and maintaining internal and client design cloud based solutions/platforms in Azure.

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Job Description & Summary

• A career in our Oracle Risk Assurance practice, within Information Technology Risk Assurance will allow you to develop and apply strategies that help clients leverage enterprise technologies so they can get a higher return on their investment, mitigate risks, streamline processes, and find operational inefficiencies. The work revolves around creative problem solving and applying innovative technologies to enable strategies that increase the value of the applications that run our client’s business, mitigate risk and find operational inefficiencies. 
• Our focus is on creating effective and efficient design for the most important business, security and compliance processes for our clients. We touch on aspects of application security, areas prone to fraud and financial misstatement, and streamline processes that are part of our client’s core business so they can get a higher return on this key investment. Using innovative, and proprietary technologies, we help to bridge the gap between business stakeholders, compliance functions and Information Technology teams to assist in understanding how to embrace new ways of working, while limiting their financial and operational risk profile. We use knowledge of financial system design, risk mitigation, business process design, data integrity, security and use of data analytics.
• 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.

JOB PURPOSE:

• We are looking for candidates that have an interest in IT governance, developing data analytics, auditing general computer controls and risk processes.

JOB PROFILE

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• The successful individual will take responsibility for 
• The candidate should have done some of the following Internal Audit, External Audit and Risk Assurance assignments responsible as a supervisor or senior for IT or Internal Controls audits.

That would include:

• Review of IT controls within a General Computer Control environment such as system security, change control and system operations.
• Review of project management controls and solution design.
• Performing Data Analytics.
• Reviewing internal controls design and effectiveness of manual and automated controls.
• The candidate should be able to explain what goes into an audit plan and how to go about gather evidence through interviews and validation. The candidate should understand the PwC audit and risk management process for documenting work and findings. The candidate must follow up on review notes and assist with the clearance of findings including report writing.
• The candidate should be able to draft a budget and deal with the client economics.
• The candidate should be able to build relationships and understand opportunities.
• The candidate should understand Risk Assurance services.
• The candidate should be able to present audit findings to clients and understand the risks involved with report writing

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Should have obtained an IT or Internal Audit professional qualification.

MANDATORY CERTIFICATION NEEDED:

• CISA (Advantage)
• CA(SA) (Advantage)

EXPERIENCE:

• Excel Access SQL
• Understanding of structured programming or scripting
• Understanding of IT governance and risk(Cobit)
• Financial systems and intermediate level accounting
• Project management and planning

KEY KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:

• Be professionally presentable
• Good interpersonal skills and have the ability to facilitate and present
• Be a problem solver
• Ability to manage people
• Can function in a team environment and individually
• Have good report writing skills
• Must have managed people or staff before.
• Must be able to interview client staff that are of a technical or financial background.