Job Vacancies at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

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.

Job Posting End Date

April 17, 2023

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Job Description & Summary

• A career within Capital Markets Accounting Advisory Services, will provide you with the opportunity to be responsible for complex financial reporting issues around deals and other transformational events. You’ll tackle client’s needs with a solution oriented approach that creatively addresses complex financial reporting problems for high profile transactions and you’ll have significant interaction with senior company management teams, bankers, lawyers and other advisers.
• Are you ready to build a career in a rapidly changing world? Developing as a PwC Professional means that you will be ready to create and capture opportunities to advance your career and fulfill your potential.

What will you do if you work in CMAAS at PwC?

• You'll ask questions and test assumptions.
• You'll help determine if companies are reporting information that investors and others can rely on.
• You'll help businesses solve complex issues faced by management and boards.
• You'll serve the public interest and the capital markets by providing quality assurance and advisory services.
• The world is quickly changing, that's why PwC is quickly adapting.
• We're capitalizing on trends that will impact corporate reporting.
• We combine skills and experience to help our clients address their challenges.

Roles & Responsibilities

• As a member of the Capital Markets practice within CMAAS, you will help clients navigate through complicated transactions and events, from evaluation through integration, in a multifaceted business environment.
• PwC helps clients negotiate with confidence. Some of the world's most prestigious companies rely on our buy-and-sell side due diligence capabilities and turn to us for advice on financial reporting, valuation and tax issues.
• We also provide advice and project management for capital raising events such as initial public offerings, secondary listings and private placements.
• For companies in distressed situations, we advise on crisis avoidance, financial and operational restructuring and bankruptcy.
• Clients rely on PwC to help them make informed and empowered decisions to invest, divest, raise capital or reorganize.
• As our clients execute on their chosen strategy, our focus turns to helping them extract value.
• PwC's CMAAS practice advises our clients in moments of exceptional change around deals and accounting change helping them shape strategy and transformation.
• We advise our clients across the deal spectrum to capture value.
• CMAAS employs a team based structure to tackle clients' needs with a solution oriented approach to creatively address complex financial reporting problems.
• We work on high profile transactions with significant interaction with senior company management teams, bankers, lawyers and other advisors.
• We have a coaching environment with both formal and informal systems in place as well as continuous on the job training to ensure industry leading personal and professional development.

Our main areas of focus within the capital markets team include:

• Capital markets such as IPOs, spins, debt raisings and capital structure advice;
• Acquisitions;
• Alliances such as enter/exit JVs, strategic alliances, licenses, collaborations, etc.;
• Divestitures;
• Crisis, restructurings and restatements; and,
• Deal strategy and readiness including navigating fundraising and M&A options.

Position/Program Requirements

• Minimum Year(s) of Experience: 6
• Minimum Degree Required: Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or other business field of study, including an acceptable NASBA foreign education equivalent.
• Certification(s) Required: Passed either ACA or AACA Exam or the equivalent accounting or finance certification exam in the selected individual's home country.

Knowledge Preferred:

• Participate as an individual contributor and a team member with senior CMAAS practitioners & other professionals (e.g. bankers, lawyers, auditors, advisors) on complex financial reporting and regulatory matters related to deals & other transformational events on a daily basis in areas of focus listed above.
• This includes demonstrating an extensive knowledge of and/or a proven record of success in the following areas.

Advising multi-national, publicly-traded companies & private equity firms on a broad range of financial reporting, & capital markets topics including:

• IPOs, debt offerings, private placements;
• Carve-outs and/or spin-offs; and
• Acquisitions, alliances/joint ventures, post deal matters.
• Demonstrates a strong interest in deals, capital markets, and other transactions-based activities and should expect to operate in a high pressure, fast-paced work environment.

Skills Preferred:

• Demonstrates proven extensive abilities and success with managing teams in a professional services consulting firm, including, but not limited to, the following areas:

Technical Capabilities:

• Applying extensive know-how of technical requirements for listing locally in Nigeria (bonds and equity) and cross-border such as the JSE, LSE, and NYSE.
• Reinforcing firm compliance requirements and applying to client engagements

Business Acumen:

• Continuously deepening and broadening business know-how - how it is changing and why this matters in order to articulate a relevant point of view
• Developing and sharing a point of view on strategic business issues and trends, anticipating the impact of technology developments on client needs, and surfacing relevant behavioral patterns as potential trends
• Integrating frameworks and models into an analytical approach to develop insight into organizations
• Coaching team members on problem-solving techniques and guiding them to use more sophisticated tools and frameworks

Global Acumen:

• Modelling and encouraging team members to learn about cultures that differ from their own
• Articulating a perspective on relevant global trends and how they impact client challenges
• Applying global industry-leading practices, global economic perspectives, and local territory cultural nuances to shape solutions and recommendations

Leadership:

• Motivating others, helping them to understand and visualize goals
• Helping others plan their development
• Displaying respect and fairness when managing others, bringing conflict into the open to enhance the quality of decisions and team effectiveness
• Evaluating the performance of team members on the basis of merit and skill, addressing performance issues in-the-moment

Relationships:

• Building and sustaining relationships to create exceptional client and people experience
• Helping team members determine the impact of their communication styles on others and coach their abilities to collaborate with and respond to clients and individuals
• Targeting and expanding a network of internal and external relationships
• Demonstrating integrity, ethical decision-making and behaviors that build trust across teams and with clients
• Creating an environment that encourages improvement, innovation, and inclusion, and challenges traditional approaches

Job Posting End Date
April 30, 2023

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Role summary:

• 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:

Qualifications / certifications required:

• BCom or Bachelor of Business or equivalent degree.

Experience required:

• 2 - 4 years’ experience in Internal Audit

Responsibilities of role:

• 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
• Preparation of Audit planning memo's and/or scope letters
• Preparation of ORCA document (Objectives, Risk, Controls and Alignment)
• Assessing key controls in terms of control design adequacy
• Assessing key controls in terms of control effectiveness
• Assessing business processes (financial and operational) in line with leading practice, as well as ability to identify gaps in processes
• Assessing business processes in line with approved policy and procedure documents (Compliance)
• Preparation of Audit findings, and the discussion of these with key client personnel
• Preparation of Audit findings templates and draft reports

Skill sets required:

• Extensive experience in external consulting.
• Experience in CAATS; Visio and or IT Audit will be an added advantage, and will be a requirement in terms of the PwC Our Tomorrow initiatives i.e. to drive the PwC digital strategy
• Well-developed writing and verbal skills.
• Strong presentation skills will be beneficial.

Role related attributes:

• Ability to perform research;
• Analytical skills;
• An assurance risk management mindset;
• Attention to detail;
• Ability to work both as part of a team, and independently;
• Ability to work under pressure, to prioritize and to meet deadlines
• Competent in risk identification and analysis
• Competent in control assessment, design and recommendation
• Good communication skills
• Fluent in English

Industry experience required:

• Consumer Markets or Financial Services Industry exposure (advantageous)

Job Posting End Date
April 17, 2023

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JOB PURPOSE

• Work within the VAT Compliance division of PwC and provide comprehensive document management (docman) support to the VAT Compliance team, including the maintenance of computerised VAT compliance databases and the managing of correspondence.
• The position will be filled at our Tax Centre of Excellence (CoE) based in Port Elizabeth and will serve both national and international clients.
• Due to the nature of the compliance business, i.e. large number of clients with relatively low fees and a large amount of correspondence, risk management and documentation that needs to be attended to, this can be done more efficiently through using a docman.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Client database:

• Upload and create new users/clients/profiles on the relevant “VAT Compliance databases/systems (these databases include: Salesforce, SARS e-filing, Engagement Centre (“EC”), various VAT compliance management databases/Sheets, etc.);
• Manage, organise and maintain the client data on the VAT Compliance Databases, including both incoming and outgoing correspondence;
• Create new assignments and maintain current assignments on the VAT Compliance database/systems;
• Be actively involved in project meetings relating to new developments on the current and new VAT Compliance databases and systems;
• Track client assignments with regard to workflow, timelines and deadlines;
• Assist with document formatting and preparation, including reports, presentations and proposals;
• Assist in completing all documents for SARS with regard to VAT registrations, de-registrations, change of address, change of public officer, etc;

Billing:

• Ensure that monthly invoices and ITB’s (inter-territory bills) are raised for all clients;
• Emailing monthly invoices/statements to clients;
• Update client billing details;
• Assist in drawing WIP reports and monitoring WIP and debtors;

Risk management:

• Responsible for working with the Horizon SDC team to ensure that risk management is kept current and up to date for both new and existing clients/engagements;
• Responsible for working with the SDC Horizon team to ensure new client codes are opened and to review the codes to ensure that the codes have been opened correctly;
• Filing of risk management documentation;
• Assist in gathering the relevant documentation for the annual risk management reviews;

Documents:

• Manage, direct and track incoming and outgoing correspondence with SARS;
• Responsible for the timely and accurate uploading of documents to the relevant VAT Compliance databases/systems;

SARS efiling:

• Responsible for the accurate and timely delivery of the deliverables to both the client and SARS;
• Be proactive in following up any outstanding documents/information required from clients/staff;
• Responsible for resolving e-filing queries with SARS;
• Responsible to manage and update staff SARS e-filing profiles;
• For all filings during the month and ad-hoc assignments, ensure that the required deliverables and manager and client signoffs filed;

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Grade 12
• A related tertiary qualification would be highly advantageous
• At least 2 years’ experience in a similar role

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:

• Excellent attention to detail
• Methodical worker
• Problem solver
• Self-motivated
• Able to work under minimal supervision
• Ability to prioritise and work under pressure
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Client focus driven
• Takes initiative on personal development

KEY KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:

• High level of computer literacy
• Excellent MS Excel and Word skills
• Excellent Google G-Suite skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and management skills
• Ability to multi task
• Pro-active and committed to delivery
• Attention to detail is imperative, due to high level of clientele.
• Self-starter with the ability to provide solutions to business problems
• Excellent time management skills and ability to work in a high pressured environment and handle confidential matters with tact and professionalism

Job Posting End Date
April 16, 2023