Job Openings at PwC South Africa

Line of Service

Assurance

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Assurance

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

A career within Assurance Support services, will provide the opportunity to support our engagement teams and clients by providing advice and counsel on accounting, financial reporting, and strategic business issues. In joining, you’ll help ensure a complete and relevant exchange of information among our consultants and in turn with engagement teams and clients, provide experts advice on a variety of specific topics, support engagement teams in resolving complex issues, and supporting clients and their subsidiaries in evaluating the potential impact of accounting and reporting standard setting initiatives. You’ll develop strong relationships with our engagement teams and established audit clients and enhance our ability to meet greater investor expectations with the challenges of an increasingly complex business environment.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Associate, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Proactively assist in the management of several clients, while reporting to Managers and above
• Train and lead staff
• Establish effective working relationships directly with clients
• Contribute to the development of your own and team’s technical acumen
• Responsible for the preparation of monthly management accounts (to prepare VAT returns), Final trial balances, Financial statements and tax computations for a portfolio of clients, in order to meet client, SARS and any other deadlines.  
• Time management through an electronic timekeeping system (time sheets)
• Responsible for monitoring the costs on the client jobs assigned to him/her.
• Prepare cost analyses and bills, upon completion of assignments.
• Keep up to date with local and national business and economic issues
• Be actively involved in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients 
• Continue to develop internal relationships and your PwC brand

Preferred skills

• Completion of VAT returns would be an advantage.
• Experience on Caseware would be an advantage.
• Experience with farmers and farming tax would be an advantage.
• An organised individual who is able to take responsibility for their portfolio with minimum supervision and multi task where necessary.
• Excellent communication and time management skills

Minimum years experience required

• Minimum 5 years bookkeeping experience in a professional environment.
• Must have worked with a portfolio of clients, having been responsible for client correspondence (speaking directly to clients to obtain information etc) as well as correspondence with third parties (eg. Banks).
• Able to gather all financial information required to prepare annual financial statements; drafting of year end journals; preparation of annual financial statements; compilation of tax computation and calculation of tax liability; and compilation of accounting working papers.  The above are required for individuals, partnerships, close corporations, small companies and trusts.
• Preparation of monthly management accounts on Pastel, including ability to reconcile bank and VAT control account to VAT return where necessary.
• Proficient at using Excel, Microsoft Word, email and Pastel. 
• Be able to work in a High-performance team.

Education

Degrees/Field of Study required: Diploma - Accounting & Finance

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Travel Requirements

Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

No

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Line of Service

Assurance

Industry/Sector

FS X-Sector

Specialism

Regulatory Risk & Compliance

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

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

As a Senior Associate, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Proactively assist in the management of several clients, while reporting to Managers and above
• Train and lead staff
• Establish effective working relationships directly with clients
• Contribute to the development of your own and team’s technical acumen
• Keep up to date with local and national business and economic issues
• Be actively involved in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients 
• Continue to develop internal relationships and your PwC brand

The PwC Deal

Our people make an impact through their dedication to client service, creativity, and high performance. Whatever your passion, the opportunities available to you at PwC will help you realise your career aspirations.

As an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we're open to a variety of flexible working styles. We're committed to collaboration and strong relationships that help our clients and our people realise their ambitions. Well known for our technical excellence, we're also a firm brimming with energetic and inspirational people who want to build a diverse career in a progressive, global organisation.

What's in it for you? The opportunity to join a diverse and progressive team, with the chance to learn from inspirational people committed to ensuring each and every interaction is an opportunity to learn, challenge and innovate.


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

Essential skills and 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

Required qualifications

Should have obtained an IT or Internal Audit professional qualification.

Desirable skills or attributes

• 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

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

Travel Requirements

Up to 60%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

Yes