Job Vacancies at PwC

About the job

We have an opportunity available for a Finance Manager within our Internal Firm Services division of PwC, where you will be responsible for supporting the delivery of Line of Service (Assurance) business strategy, while being effective and demonstrating proficiency across financial performance management, decision support and business planning and forecasting.

A career in Finance, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to help PwC in all aspects of our Finance internal function including financial planning and reporting, data analysis, and assisting leadership with overall strategy. You’ll focus on recording and analysing financial transactions, paying and receiving invoices, maintaining financial statement ledger accounts, and preparing analysis and reconciliations of bills to detect fraud.

Responsibilities:    

• Plan, budget and forecast at sub-LoS and Cost Centre level.

• Provide support on opportunity pricing and budgeting.

• Liaise with the CoE (Centre of Excellence) and/or In country finance lead on complex and cross border transactions such as withholding tax, exchange control, etc.

• Provide commentary and analysis on LoS management and engagement reports e.g. Operating Statements, WIP (Work In Progress), Debtors, etc.

• Act in the capacity as the liaison for billing and project setup, maintenance, provisions and adjustments for the assigned LoS (s)

• Be the subject matter expert and consultant to the LoS on issues such as contract and project creation, WIP valuations and general NIC management

• Update project budgets in Oracle

• Oversee the local finance project support role to ensure procurement and region/cost centre specific financial administration is up to date.

• Drive communication and collaboration between the Line of Service and the different finance teams

• Report and analyse on project, contract, Partner, LoS, Cost centre and client levels

• Conduct ad-hoc tasks/projects to support business requirements

• Develop an intermediate knowledge of the financial reporting systems, controls and processes that operate across business within the business at LoS and Cost Centre level.

• Provide support on opportunity pricing and budgeting.

• Develop an understanding and input into the development of the business’s financial reporting policies and risk management frameworks in order to assess compliance and guide interpretation and training in relevant areas.

• Ensure alignment of processes with organisational strategy and take accountability for relevant processes within area of responsibility and ensure delivery and maintenance of standardised processes and controls.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 7 years’ experience in financial management in a professional services environment.

• Minimum of first degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or any related discipline.

• Relevant professional certifications e.g. Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), CA (SA), Association of Certified and Chartered Accountants (ACCA), or its equivalent is advantageous.

• Advanced skills in financial planning and strategy development

• Skills in profitability management

• Financial performance reporting skills

• Advanced analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills.

• Proficiency with financial software systems (knowledge or previous experience of Oracle).

• Excellent computer literacy skills, including advanced MS Office skills

• Practical and technical knowledge of legal and regulatory issues affecting contracts, financial policies and procedures.

• Experience leading, coaching and developing staff.

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About the job

We have a vacancy in our KZN branch for an IT Risk Assurance Manager.

A career 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.

Responsibilities:

• 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

Requirements to be met:

• Should have obtained an IT or Internal Audit professional qualification (degree level).

• Relevant IT Audit certifications

• Minimum 4 years working as an IT Auditor

• Working experience on 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

• 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.