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PwC - Biggest provider of audit, accounting and tax services to the companies listed in the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Also provides internal audit, forensic audit, corporate finance, corporate governance services, sustainable assurance services and others.
Job Description & Summary
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.
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 Senior Associate, 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:
Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.
Job Description & Summary
A career in Change and improvement , within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to support our core business functions by deploying best practice business processes flows that enable our people to work more efficiently with less disruption.You'll focus on managing the design and updating of the business process models. Identifying and addressing gaps. As a part of the team, you'll help optimise opportunity cost, document the right requirements to create solutions that meet user needs, improve efficiency by reducing rework, and shortening project timelines
Role Description
As a Senior Associate, 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 level include but are not limited to:Creating a detailed business analysis, outlining problems, opportunities and solutions for a business
Work on solutions supporting multiple business areas, integration points and a large number of affected components
Gather and interpret requirements from the business
Participate in the solution design process
Prepare the requirements specifications
Define the success criteria for solution testing
Analyse and decompose relevant business processes
Performing business analysis and process improvement within assigned solution project
Provide assistance to solution delivery on implementation and training.
Assist (when necessary) with systems testing
Ensure that proposed test solutions cover all aspects of delivered business specification
Resources and Accountabilities
Geographical span
x- Africa
Key Competencies and Attributes
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Demonstrates extensive knowledge of, and/or proven record of success in, roles as a Business Analyst working on software development projects, preferably for a global network of professional services firms.
Understanding of requirements from the business or stakeholder's perspective and translating the requirements into the appropriate deliverables in an Agile/Scrum delivery model;
Understanding of all phases of applications systems analysis and the System Life Cycle Development methodology and Business Process Modeling
Analyzing business and user needs, establishing clear business value objectives, documenting requirements, and revising existing system logic or business process difficulties to select, build or modify large, complex or mission critical information systems to achieve business value;
Performing Business Analyst responsibilities working on large and complex software development, infrastructure, SaaS and/or Cloud solutions;
Applying analytical skills to evaluate and document accurate business requirements and present these requirements in a manner that is concise, measurable and flexible enough to meet project and stakeholder needs;
Developing and guiding the documentation of requirements and test cases so that the requirements and test cases are unambiguous, aligned, consistent and not in contradiction with each other;
Working collaboratively within a delivery team at all levels including stakeholder management, with considerate ability to take ownership of tasks and complete them with minimal direct supervision
Qualifications
Preferred Fields of Study: Bachelor of Commerce or equivalent;
Information Technology; Computer Systems Analysis; Management Information System
Business Administration
Certifications
Certification(s) Preferred:
Business Change Life Cycle
System Development Life Cycle (Waterfall, Agile, RUP)
Quality Management
Risk Management
Business process flows( Visio, and Lucidchart and Casewise
Business Process Analysis certifications
Experience
Experience with Business process mapping and business flows
3 - 4 years’ experience as Business Analyst
Experience in communicating with clients and facilitating workshops
Business Process Modeling/Engineering based on BPMN/Lucidchart/Visio
Business Writing Skills
Presentation and Facilitation Skills
Data Modeling based on Entity Diagram Mapping
Experience with ERP systems processes
Job Description & Summary
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.
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.
Purpose of Job
To support the delivery of Line of Service business strategy, while being effective and demonstrating proficiency across financial performance management, decision support and business planning and forecasting.
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.
Knowledge, skills and abilities:
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.
Qualification & Experience:
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 an advantage.
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.
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 Director, 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:
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
Capital Markets and Accounting Advisory Services is a transactions and accounting advisory business within Assurance providing assistance on deals accounting, capital markets assurance and advisory, IPO readiness and accounting standards change to clients in Southern Africa and the rest of Africa. Due to ongoing demand for IFRS 17 skills, we are currently looking for an associate director to drive the Africa IFRS 17 Centre of Excellence (CoE). The CoE is responsible for developing and managing the deployment of our IFRS 17 subject matter experts and digital accelerators across assurance and accounting advisory projects.
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