Job Opportunities at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Job Description & Summary

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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Role Summary:

PwC continues to adapt its workforce models in response to the changing global landscape and opportunities that remote working has created. 

This role is a fully remote/virtual opportunity for individuals based anywhere in South Africa who are looking for a career in audit that provides more flexibility and exposure to international clients, whilst still being part of the PwC network and supported by a local team.

You will fulfill a supervisor role on PwC audit engagements in Netherlands, working remotely from South Africa, but as part of these international audit teams.  In doing so, you will be part of a growing local team that reimagines how global and local audits are delivered, whilst providing you with an opportunity to develop and build an alternative career in audit.    

Qualifications / Certifications required:

• CA(SA) or studying towards the CA(SA) qualification.

Experience required:

• Completed 3 year SAICA traineeship. Post article experience is a benefit. 

Responsibilities of role:

We are looking for passionate individuals to join our Audit department as an ambassador of the PwC brand and be responsible for delivering high quality audits.

You will:

• Have direct contact with clients.
• Work independently in close collaboration with experienced engagement teams.
• Execute and complete a variety of engagements.
• Continue technical development through report writing, management presentation and other client deliverables. 
• Develop and maintain ongoing work relationships with clients', middle and senior management. 
• Utilise the PwC methodology. 
• Collaborate on the planning of projects. 
• Distribute the work among less experienced team members, coach them and evaluate their performance. 
• Continually look for opportunities to help clients solve their complex business problems in an ever-changing environment. 
• Contribute to the development of your own audit team members and any other staff seeking performance or development coaching. 

Skill sets required:

• Proven analytical skills and organisational abilities. 
• A proactive approach to solving problems and delivering client solutions. 
• A proven track record of establishing and maintaining strong relationships.
• The ability to work autonomously and be an action-oriented self-starter.
• Experience in supervising and developing junior staff is a plus. 
• The ability to communicate clearly with colleagues and clients at all levels.
• Knowledge of IFRS 
• Excellent language skills in English. 

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Responsibilities: 

• Technical Analysis: Conduct thorough technical assessments of target companies, evaluating their technological landscape identifying areas of risk , synergies and opportunities related to a mergers and acquisition transaction. 
• Collaboration: Collaborate with deal teams and technical experts to ensure complete tech due diligence. 
• Report and Documentation: Draft detailed technical reports, spotlighting potential risks, opportunities, and areas of value creation for stakeholders. 
• Continuous Learning: Stay abreast of the latest trends in technology, M&A, and specific areas of technical specialization (e.g., cybersecurity, data science). Develop a horizontal understanding of the technology landscape Identify and Develop a specialised technology capability as a vertical. 
• Client Interaction: Support client meetings, workshops, and calls throughout the deal process. 

Requirements:

• 1 to 3 Years Experience Advisory/ Consulting Technology Industry.
• Preferred 1 to 3 Years Experience Advisory/ Consulting Mergers and Acquisitions.
• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Business, or related field Masters Preferred; And/Or Relevant technical certifications such as CISA, CISSP, TOGAF, AWS, Microsoft, IBM or other recognized Technology industry qualifications. 
• Experience in Technology & Business Analysis Preferred Proven experience in Technology due diligence in M&A. 
• Strong analytical skills and at least one area of technical specialization (e.g., enterprise architecture, data science). 
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities. 
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.

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Role Summary:

The role focuses on assisting PwC’s clients to navigate technology change, challenges and opportunities and falls within PwC’s Technology, Data and Alliances team. The team is focused on working with our clients to structure and solve technology and IT related issues and exploit opportunities that unlock business performance, and deliver technology, data and alliance enabled transformation.

The FS Technology Strategy, Transformation and Architecture Consultant forms part of an established team that works with a multitude of clients on activities such as: Architecture baseline and issue definition, simplification and optimisation in the face of business transformation, enterprise technology solution design, IT value delayering, IT strategy definition, cost optimisation and operating model resets.

The role requires exceptional consulting and relationship skills, the ability to assess and design technology architecture at a capability level, knowledge of technology fundamentals such as IT change delivery, cloud architecture infrastructure concepts, DevOps and integration architectures. These skills should be coupled with experience in Banking and a deep understanding of the various technology and data solutions leveraged in the industry. Beyond this, the ability to operate at the strategic level is critical, as well as the ability to deliver high quality outcomes in an iterative manner, under pressure.

Qualifications / Certifications required:

• 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, ITIL or relevant technologies are advantageous, not not required

Experience required:

• 2-3 years of management or strategic technology consulting experience
• 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
• Strong understanding of information technology topics, as well as general business concepts and terminologies.
• IT strategy definition and IT transformation design
• Technology solution crafting, design, costing, business case analysis
• Operating model design, transformation planning and commercial analysis
• Understanding and application of reference architectures, including modern architectural blueprints and trends

Responsibilities of role:

• Engage and support a multi-skilled technology consulting team in the delivery of services on delegated client engagements/ projects in order to bring insightful and pragmatic strategic guidance and solutions.
• Deliver complex IT strategy, architecture review and design, technology solution design and business case delivery tasks
• Investigate, analyze and bring new technologies and techniques to our clients, through innovative engagements, which have the potential to transform and improve their current IT architecture and processes
• Assist the technology consulting management team to identify and solve the most important client issues, while outlining opportunities that maximize value by conducting rigorous analysis, creating value and delivering world-class IT capabilities/solutions to support their strategic business needs
• Take responsibility to complete analysis, design and transformation planning outcomes across architecture, commercial, strategy, technology solution design, business case and operating model design tasks
• Analyse, design and deliver complex IT architectures to build insights into operations, diagnose issues and opportunities and outline hypotheses and business cases for architecture transformation
• 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.
• Develop strong relationships with business and IT stakeholders at our key clients, through developing a deep insight into their strategy, architecture and delivery models.

Skill sets required:

• A comprehensive understanding of enterprise technology models, architectures, operating model structures, processes, tools and notable trends and challenges
• Deep banking and financial services industry knowledge and experience. 
• Overview of common development methods and tools, DevOps, Cloud models and key enterprise technology processes
• Knowledge of the requirements to managed architectural debt and constant modernisation of the enterprise architecture
• Deep understanding of different integration patterns and best practices
• 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.

Role related attributes:

• Team player
• Self driven and able to perform tasks with minimal supervision
• Strong project delivery experience
• Ability to work across multi-disciplinary teams
• Ability to build relationships and network within the firm locally and globally

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Role Summary:

PwC is opening a new Technology and Innovation Center in South Africa that will deliver high quality technology solutions to consulting clients across the globe. The centre is looking to expand rapidly and we are looking for enthusiastic self-starters with a passion for technology and client delivery to help shape and form this new venture. 

You will report to the Solution Architect and will be an integral part of the team based in South Africa, as well as those delivering client transformation programmes across the PwC Global Network, including the UK and Africa (South, East and West Market).

Qualifications / Certifications required:

• Bachelor / University degree. SAP certification or relevant work experience.

Experience required: 

• At least 6 years’ experience in delivering supply chain projects.
• Experienced and comfortable in working as part of a global team; co creating solutions with consultants located outside of South Africa. 
• Identifying enhancement opportunities for our clients and delivering value in each stage of implementation and client engagements. 
• Assisting with solutioning and respective functional specification in the overall transformation context. 
• Actively engage with our people to develop junior resources within the firm to enable them to be valued by our clients as experts in their domain.
• Demonstrate care and commitment to the team and our business 
• Invest in your own personal development goals as a continued learning opportunity. 
• In depth understanding of SAP Supply Chain Planning processes

Responsibilities of role: 

Skill sets required and role related attributes:

As an SAP IBP Manager, you will play a key role in the following areas: 

• Support the Technical Practice by taking an active role in the SAP Team. 
• Delivering exceptional client service and solutions across technical areas as a functional lead. 
• Work with a global mindset with teams based in multiple countries. 
• Playing an active role in the delivery teams to deliver solutions that are on scope, time, quality and budget. 

Role Requirements: 

• Implementation and configuration of SAP IBP and related products 
• Detailed design discussions with clients with regards to business requirements, process improvements. 
• Detail functional and technical requirements for solution delivery 
• Ability to provide estimation of effort for functional tasks. 
• Ability to manage your own workload. 
• Responsible for issue resolution post go-live and transition to support. 

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Role Summary:

South African Technology & Innovation Centre (SATIC) is the latest part of PwC, a global brand delivering services for the biggest clients in the world.  PwC leads the way in human led, technology enabled professional services, working with clients to transform their business and make it fit for the future. 

We are looking for candidates who bring in-depth market experience, who see technology as a way to enable and drive human innovation and who want to be a part of a community of solvers, to tackle the biggest challenges in society. 

If you are looking for a career where every day is different, where challenges are complex and where you can make a real difference, then we want to hear from you.  By choosing to join SATIC, you are choosing to work with teams all over the world, harnessing the power of world leading tech and making a difference to real people’s lives.

You will be joining PwC’s Technology Consulting team where we help our clients define their Finance transformation journey enabled by the latest technology - generating insights to illuminate innovative ideas, creating valuable experiences for customers, achieving huge cost savings or embracing new collaborative mindsets.

PwC has a strong and growing EPM practise with key focus on EPM Strategy, technology, delivery and life cycle management. We are seeking enthusiastic and ambitious individuals to join our growing practise to be part of this transformation journey for our clients and our people. 

As a Senior Manager you’ll work with the latest technologies and valued clients of ours, on projects that are driving the future of those organisations. Our Senior Managers play key roles on client engagements, assist in creating new opportunities and contribute to knowledge sharing and the development of our people.

Qualifications /Certifications required:

• Bachelor's degree as a minimum
• Certified product knowledge and expertise in any of the EPM products.

Experience required:

• Experience at a senior capacity either within the Finance organisation or as part of a Consultancy 
• Proven implementation expertise in EPM products - Oracle (FCCS, E/PBCS, PCM, EDM, ARCS) or Onestream or Anaplan 
• Exceptional communication skills (both written and verbal) with a focus on the ability to influence and drive change through complex organisations
• Strong troubleshooting/problem-solving skills
• Strong meeting facilitation/presentation skills
• Strong client relationship skills and team development skills 

Responsibilities of role:

• As a Senior Manager, you will be responsible for: 
• Leading and delivering E2E EPM transformation projects for our clients consisting of applications in Consolidation, Planning, Allocations, Reconciliations and Master Data Management.
• Management of internal teams (including offshore) and client stakeholders. 
• Identifying enhancement opportunities for our clients and deliver value in each stage of implementation/delivery
• Building and maintaining deep and long lasting relationships with our clients.
• Leading our continued Finance Transformation thought leadership, working closely with colleagues in Strategy, Finance and Technology Consulting
• Developing the careers of the teams working with and reporting to you
• Identifying unique opportunities around you and the firm to develop our capability in newer areas of EPM
• Actively engage with our people to develop junior resources within the firm inorder to enable them to be valued by our clients as experts in their domain
• Demonstrate care and commitment to the team and our business 
• Invest in your own personal development goals as a continued learning opportunity.
• Thought leadership

Desirable skill sets

Include:

• Experience of working with EPM Cloud products such as EPBCS, PBCS, OneStream, Anaplan or Tagetik.
• Experience of working with other emerging technologies (e.g. Machine Learning, Robotic Process Automation, Blockchain, AI etc.).

Required:

• Min 1-3 years’ experience in delivering projects focused on EPM transformation on any one of the solutions including Financial Consolidation, Planning, Cost Management, and integrated reporting enabled by various EPM technologies such as Oracle, OneStream, and Anaplan
• Proven implementation expertise in EPM products - Oracle (FCCS, E/PBCS, PCM, EDM, ARCS) or Onestream or Anaplan 

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Role Summary:

South African Technology & Innovation Centre (SATIC) is the latest part of PwC, a global brand delivering services for the biggest clients in the world.  PwC leads the way in human led, technology enabled professional services, working with clients to transform their business and make it fit for the future. 

We are looking for candidates who bring in-depth market experience, who see technology as a way to enable and drive human innovation and who want to be a part of a community of solvers, to tackle the biggest challenges in society. 

If you are looking for a career where every day is different, where challenges are complex and where you can make a real difference, then we want to hear from you.  By choosing to join SATIC, you are choosing to work with teams all over the world, harnessing the power of world leading tech and making a difference to real people’s lives.

Qualifications /Certifications required:

• Bachelor / University degree. SAP certification or relevant work experience.

Experience required:

• At least 6 years’ experience in delivering supply chain projects.
• Experienced and comfortable in working as part of a global team; co creating solutions with consultants located outside of South Africa.
• Identifying enhancement opportunities for our clients and delivering value in each stage of implementation and client engagements.
• Assisting with solutioning and respective functional specification in the overall transformation context.
• Actively engage with our people to develop junior resources within the firm to enable them to be valued by our clients as experts in their domain.
• Demonstrate care and commitment to the team and our business
• Invest in your own personal development goals as a continued learning opportunity.
• In depth understanding of SAP Supply Chain Planning processes

Responsibilities of role:

• As an SAP PPDS Manager, you will play a key role in the following areas:
• Support the Technical Practice by taking an active role in the SAP Team.
• Delivering exceptional client service and solutions across technical areas as a functional lead.
• Work with a global mindset with teams based in multiple countries.
• Playing an active role in the delivery teams to deliver solutions that are on scope, time, quality and budget.

Role Requirements:

• Implementation and configuration of SAP PPDS/PP and related products
• Detailed design discussions with clients with regards to business requirements, process improvements.
• Detail functional and technical requirements for solution delivery
• Ability to provide estimation of effort for functional tasks.
• Ability to manage your own workload.
• Responsible for issue resolution post go-live and transition to support.

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Role Summary:

As a Senior Associate you’ll work with the latest technologies and valued clients of ours, on projects that are driving the future of those organisations. Our Senior Associates play key roles on client engagements, delivering the proven PwC quality outputs and contribute to grow our well established EPM practise.

Qualifications /Certifications required:

• Bachelor's degree as a minimum

Experience required:

• Minimum 1 year experience in EPM delivery 
• Strong technical mindset, enthusiasm for learning new technologies and keeping up to date with the latest trends
• Strong troubleshooting/problem-solving skills
• Strong meeting facilitation/presentation skills
• Strong client relationship skills

Responsibilities of role:

• Delivering on projects focused on EPM transformation including Financial Consolidation, Planning, Cost Management and integrated reporting enabled by various EPM technologies such as Oracle, OneStream, and Anaplan.
• Using our industry leading methodologies to transform client’s businesses. 
• Contributing to our practice development by supporting asset creation and knowledge sharing amongst the team
• Desirable skill sets

Include:

• Experience of working with EPM Cloud products such as EPBCS, PBCS, OneStream, Anaplan or Tagetik.
• Experience of working with other emerging technologies (e.g. Machine Learning, Robotic Process Automation, Blockchain, AI etc.).