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Job Description & Summary
- At PwC, our people in legal services offer comprehensive legal solutions and advice to internal stakeholders and clients, maintaining compliance with regulations and minimising legal risks. These individuals provide strategic guidance and support across various industries.
- In company secretarial and governance at PwC, you will provide advice and support on corporate governance, compliance, and regulatory matters to enable effective decision-making and transparency within the organisation. Your work will involve maintaining legal and ethical standards for the company.
- Focused on relationships, you are building meaningful client connections, and learning how to manage and inspire others. Navigating increasingly complex situations, you are growing your personal brand, deepening technical expertise and awareness of your strengths.
- You are expected to anticipate the needs of your teams and clients, and to deliver quality. Embracing increased ambiguity, you are comfortable when the path forward isn’t clear, you ask questions, and you use these moments as opportunities to grow.
Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:
- Respond effectively to the diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others.
- Use a broad range of tools, methodologies and techniques to generate new ideas and solve problems.
- Use critical thinking to break down complex concepts.
- Understand the broader objectives of your project or role and how your work fits into the overall strategy.
- Develop a deeper understanding of the business context and how it is changing.
- Use reflection to develop self awareness, enhance strengths and address development areas.
- Interpret data to inform insights and recommendations.
- Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.
Job summary:
- Responsible for the statutory compliance of a wide variety of clients
- Will work closely with audit teams and clients in performing statutory compliance health checks
- Will report to manager and senior manager
Key responsibilities:
Primary duties (non-negotiable):
- Responsible for the statutory compliance of a wide variety of clients
- Will work closely with audit teams and clients in performing Statutory Compliance Health Checks
- Secondary duties (desirable requirement):
- Provide support to team members and managers
Skills and competencies:
Core skills required:
(non-negotiable, essential skills required for the role, both technical and soft skills)
Minimum Qualifications and Experience:
- Grade 12
- 5 - 10 years in a similar role
- Solid understanding of how to navigate CIPC website
A working knowledge of and ability to complete the following transactions on the CIPC website:
- Director changes
- Change of registered office and postal address
- Change of financial year end
- Resignation and appointment of auditors
- Formation of a Company
- Formation of External Company
- Filing of Annual Returns and supporting documents
- Change of Name of a company
- Change of financial year
- Amendment or substitution of MoI
- Deregistration of a company
- Restoration of Company
Additional Competencies:
Candidate must be able to attend to the following transactions:
- Resignation and appointment of directors/secretaries
- Change of registered office and postal address
- Change of financial year end
- Resignation and appointment of auditors
- Transfer of shares
- Preparation of the AGM minutes, including dividend declaration for a company
- Allotment of shares
- Formation of Company
- Formation of External Company
- Filing of Annual Returns
- Change of Name of a company
- Appointment and resignation of Person Authorized to Accept Service (External Company)
- Change of financial year
- Replacement / Indemnity of Lost Share Certificates
- Increase of Authorized Share Capital
- Buy Back of shares
- Amendment or substitution of MoI
- Restoration of Company
- Arranging board meetings, preparation & distribution of Agenda & board packs and attending of meetings
- Preparation of minutes of meetings
- Attending to statutory compliance health checks/reviews
Other requirements:
Manage client expectations regarding deliverable:
- Negotiate/discuss deadlines and agree on respective roles/responsibilities of both parties
- Furnish client with regular feedback on progress made (e.g. weekly)
- Build strong positive relationships with clients
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Deliver quality work product requiring minimum re-work (almost free of errors)
- Interpret and apply theoretical knowledge to practical assignments
- Demonstrate ability to grasp and apply new technical concepts
- Approach client interaction in an organized manner
- Delivers clear requests for information
- Manage multiple tasks and deadlines, prioritizing time and communicating possible conflicts with manager
- Manage own workflow & meet deadlines with a minimum amount of supervision and support from a manager.
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Summary
- The Software Deployment Services (SDS) team delivers business application implementation, configuration and optimisation across a range of enterprise business applications.
- We are seeking individuals who are passionate about technology, business process improvement and system delivery, and who want to build a career helping organisations transform how they operate.
- This role provides the opportunity to work across multiple technologies and client environments rather than specialising in a single product. Candidates may bring experience of ERP, CRM, finance, property management or other business systems, and will develop broad implementation and consulting skills while working alongside experienced delivery teams.
- The team increasingly leverages emerging technologies, including AI-enabled tools and automation, to improve delivery quality, efficiency and client outcomes. Successful candidates will be open to adopting new technologies and exploring innovative ways of working.
Qualifications / Certifications required:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Business Management, Property Management, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
- Equivalent practical experience in business systems, technology, finance, or operational functions will also be considered.
Experience required:
- 0-2 years' experience in technology, business applications, ERP support, systems administration, finance, accounting, property management or related fields.
- Exposure to business systems through employment, internships, project work or university programmes.
- Experience working with business processes, operational data, reporting or transactional systems.
- Experience using Microsoft Excel for analysis, reporting or data management.
- Demonstrated interest in technology-enabled transformation and process improvement.
- Experience with one or more enterprise platforms such as Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics Business Central, Sage Intacct, Certinia, property systems or other business applications is advantageous but not required.
Responsibilities of role:
- Support the implementation, configuration and optimisation of business applications and enterprise systems.
- Gather, document and analyse business and process requirements.
- Participate in testing, defect resolution and solution validation activities.
- Support user training, adoption and post-deployment activities. · Create and maintain delivery documentation, process flows and system configurations.
- Work with senior consultants to translate business requirements into practical technology solutions.
- Support data migration, reporting and system improvement initiatives where required. · Develop knowledge across a range of systems and industries while building consulting and delivery skills.
- Support the adoption and effective use of AI-enabled tools, automation capabilities and emerging technologies to improve delivery efficiency and client outcomes.
Desirable skill sets include:
- Exposure to Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics Business Central, Sage Intacct, Certinia, Prophix, FloQast, Re-Leased, Xelix or similar enterprise applications.
- Understanding of business processes across finance, operations, customer management, professional services or property management.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Ability to learn new technologies and business processes quickly.
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Interest in consulting, technology implementation and client-facing delivery.
- Ability to work across multiple platforms and industries rather than specialising in a single technology.
Role related attributes:
- Curious and enthusiastic about technology and digital transformation.
- Adaptable and comfortable working across different systems, clients and industries.
- Collaborative team player with a proactive approach to learning.
- Strong organisational and communication skills.
- Motivated to build broad implementation and consulting expertise.
- Comfortable working in a fast-growing, multi-technology delivery environment
- Embraces innovation and is curious about emerging technologies, including AI and automation.
- Demonstrates a growth mindset and willingness to continuously learn new tools, platforms and delivery approaches.
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About the role
- Manage a portfolio of small clients in respect of audits, independent reviews and consultation work
Essential skills and experience
- 3 years completed traineeship OR similar experience IFRS (for SME’S) knowledge
- Display sound leadership skills Advanced computer literacy skills
- Self-motivated, pay attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong interpersonal and management skills
- Ability to multi-task Analytical and solution driven
- Pro-active and committed to delivery Excellent time management skills
Required qualifications
- Professional qualification – studying towards the CA(SA) qualification.
Responsibilities
- Perform a senior role on audit assignments
- Manage a portfolio of small clients in respect of audits, independent reviews and consultation work
- Manage special projects
- Monitor costs against budgets
- Contribute to office management team
- Contribute to development of staff Staff management and appraisals
- Report writing Compliance with PwC audit methodology
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About the job
- PwC is seeking an ambitious tax professional with M&A, and/or general tax consulting experience to join its fast-paced, high-impact Deals Tax team. As a Senior Associate, you will help clients navigate pivotal transactions and create value through practical, commercially focused tax advice, powered by leading technology, AI and data-driven approaches.
- You will advise corporate clients on the tax implications of acquisitions and disposals, group restructurings, refinancings, due diligence, BEE transactions and divestments. The role offers the opportunity to work on complex, time-critical matters alongside experienced deal teams, turning challenging tax questions into clear recommendations and helping clients move forward with confidence.
- Prior deals M&A and/or private equity related experience is preferable but not essential; curiosity, drive and a readiness to learn will enable you to thrive in this dynamic environment.
Qualifications / Certifications required:
- Relevant professional qualification: (Admitted Attorney – preferable and/or CA(SA))
- Minimum NQF level 8 qualification (LLB / Honours degree); a postgraduate qualification in Tax (e.g. LLM / MCom in Tax) would be advantageous
Experience required:
2–3 years’ experience in a Corporate/M&A Tax advisory environment, with exposure to the following and a desire to grow in a fast-moving deals setting:
- Advising clients on structuring business transactions, private equity transactions, restructures and M&A activity, translating complex tax implications into practical, value-creating recommendations;
- Drafting clear, persuasive tax opinions and/or structuring presentations that compare alternative courses of action;
- Supporting buy-side and sell-side tax due diligence reviews, identifying key risks, opportunities and value drivers;
- Researching complex tax issues, interpreting tax legislation and distilling findings into actionable advice;
- Engaging confidently with SARS and Counsel on complex or uncertain tax matters;
- Supporting the implementation of transactions, including reviewing transaction legal documents from a tax perspective and helping deal teams execute advice effectively.
- Demonstrated, hands-on use of AI tools—including generative AI and AI-enabled tax research or data analytics platforms—to accelerate research, sharpen analysis and enhance the quality of tax advisory outputs, with sound professional judgment applied to validate results.
Responsibilities of role:
In this fast-paced role, you will:
- Partner with managers and directors to deliver high-impact advisory engagements to an exceptional technical standard, meeting demanding timelines and creating practical value for clients;
- Drive detailed tax research and prepare initial tax opinions, memoranda and structuring presentations that turn complex issues into clear, actionable advice;
- Support buy-side and sell-side tax due diligence reviews, helping identify material risks, opportunities and deal implications and preparing clear, insightful due diligence reports;
- Review transaction legal documents from a tax perspective and translate technical findings into practical deal guidance;
- Shape client deliverables under the supervision and review of senior team members, contributing ideas that strengthen the quality and impact of our advice;
- Build trusted client relationships and collaborate effectively with colleagues across tax, legal, financial and commercial workstreams;
- Stay ahead of the evolving tax landscape through relevant technical training, self-study and active participation in the market;
- Use PwC’s digital tools, applications and AI-powered research and analytics capabilities as part of your everyday workflow; apply generative AI thoughtfully to accelerate deliverable preparation; and contribute to the development and continuous improvement of AI-enhanced tax solutions, templates and workflows while maintaining accuracy, confidentiality and professional judgment;
- Ensure adherence to internal risk management policies and quality standards while championing rigorous, technology-enabled ways of working.
Skill sets required:
- Ability to produce clear, concise, high-quality written and verbal work that distils complex tax issues into compelling, client-ready advice;
- Ability to prioritise, multi-task and perform calmly under pressure in a fast-paced, deadline-driven deal environment;
- Strong analytical, commercial and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret data and use analytics to connect tax analysis to transaction objectives;
- Ability to grasp, navigate and solve complex business problems with curiosity, sound judgment and a practical mindset, including proficiency in AI-powered tax research and analytics platforms;
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, a collaborative working style and meticulous attention to detail, with the ability to critically evaluate, verify and refine AI-generated outputs and integrate AI tools into day-to-day workflows while protecting confidentiality and data integrity.
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About the role:
- Join PwC South Africa’s SATIC team as a Legal Network Operations Senior Associate and drive operational excellence across PwC UK’s multi-jurisdictional legal network. Support governance, reporting, technology-enabled delivery, and project coordination in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
Key responsibilities:
- Coordinate governance, delivery tracking, and reporting for senior leadership.
- Manage Legal Network data, subscription records, and user administration.
- Oversee legal directory submissions (Legal 500, Chambers).
- Support Salesforce pipeline management and business development reporting.
- Lead logistics for programmes, events, and cross-border collaboration.
- Drive workflow improvements, standardisation, and automation.
- Liaise with internal teams, external partners, and global stakeholders.
Who you are:
- 3-5 years’ experience in legal operations, managed services, or legal project management within law firms, professional services, or corporate legal teams.
- Skilled in managing priorities and deadlines in complex environments.
- Proficient in Microsoft 365 and familiar with Teams, SharePoint, plus keen on legal tech including AI and automation tools.
- Strong communicator, comfortable engaging with senior, diverse stakeholders globally.
- Passionate about innovation and improving processes to enhance service delivery.
Why PwC SATIC?
- Influence global UK legal initiatives with impact.
- Collaborate across a dynamic, multi-disciplinary international network.
- Grow professionally with technology and operational leadership opportunities.
- Join a team committed to innovation, diversity, and continuous improvement.
Qualifications:
- LLB or relevant qualification.
- Project management (PMP, PRINCE2) or legal operations certifications (Advantageous).
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About PwC SATIC And The Role:
- Are you an experienced, ambitious legal professional ready to deepen your expertise or take the next step in your financial services career? PwC SATIC is looking for a Senior Associate to join our Managed Legal Services team supporting PwC UK Legal Advisory & Transformation - Financial Services.
- As we continue to grow our South African derivatives legal capability, this is an exciting opportunity to join a scaling team and further develop specialist expertise in a fast-evolving area of financial services law.
- You will be part of a fast-paced, high-performance, cross-border legal team delivering high-quality support to UK and multinational clients. You will work alongside experienced lawyers while taking on increasing independence in the delivery of sophisticated derivatives and related trading matters in a modern, technology-enabled legal environment.
Summary:
- You will independently review, draft, amend, negotiate and assess a broad range of financial services legal documents, including ISDA Master Agreements, Schedules, Credit Support Annexes, Master Repurchase Agreements, Securities Lending Agreements, Futures Trading Agreements, Clearing Agreements, Prime Brokerage Agreements, collateral and security documents, onboarding materials, amendments, framework agreements and related ancillary and execution documents.
- You will also apply client playbooks, templates, fallback positions and agreed legal and commercial risk parameters; prepare mark-ups, issue logs, summaries, negotiation positions and practical advice notes; identify, assess and escalate legal, commercial and execution issues where required; support matters across the transaction lifecycle, including approvals, execution and post-completion requirements; manage multiple live matters and competing deadlines; liaise confidently with internal stakeholders, clients, counterparties and other transaction participants; contribute to templates, clause libraries, know-how, training materials and process improvements; support technology-enabled legal delivery; and provide informal mentoring and support to junior colleagues where appropriate.
Location: Cape Town, Durban or Waterfall, Johannesburg.
Qualifications /Certifications Required:
- LLB or equivalent legal qualification.
Experience Required:
- 3–5 years’ relevant experience in a law firm, bank, financial institution, in-house legal team, managed legal services environment or similar setting.
- Experience drafting, reviewing, negotiating and assessing derivatives, repo, securities lending or other financial services documentation.
- Good working knowledge of ISDA documentation and related market practice.
- Strong understanding of derivatives transaction mechanics, including netting, close-out, collateral, margining, onboarding, execution requirements and post-completion considerations.
- Strong drafting, analytical, organisational and negotiation skills.
- Clear communication skills and the ability to provide practical, commercially focused advice to legal and non-legal stakeholders.
- Confidence using Microsoft 365, document comparison tools and legal technology-enabled delivery tools.
Desirable Skills Sets Include:
- Experience working in a high-volume, process-driven or managed legal services environment will be advantageous, as will exposure to the regulatory landscape affecting banks, insurers, funds, asset managers and other financial institutions.
- Admission as an attorney will be beneficial, but is not essential.
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About the job
- Join PwC SATIC’s Managed Legal Services team and work at the forefront of evolving global environmental and sustainability regulation.
- This role forms part of an integrated global regulatory capability, helping businesses navigate environmental and sustainability requirements across the product and supply-chain lifecycle, from sourcing and supply-chain due diligence through product design, packaging and labelling to waste, EPR and environmental taxation.
- This international, multidisciplinary regulatory focus is consistent with the underlying role profile.
Locations: Waterfall, Cape Town, and Durban, South Africa (Supporting UK and International Markets)
What Makes This Role Unique:
- Work at the intersection of law, policy, and sustainability within a globally connected, collaborative Managed Legal Services team
- Take ownership of key and impactful projects across some of the most rapidly evolving areas of global environmental and sustainability regulation, including product and packaging regulation, labelling and environmental claims, supply-chain due diligence, ecodesign and Digital Product Passports, environmental taxes, EPR and waste, climate disclosures and emissions, CSRD and ISSB.
- Prepare clear, client-focused advice notes, regulatory summaries and briefing materials, translating complex legal and regulatory requirements into practical, actionable and commercially relevant insights.
- Support and manage project delivery including planning, quality assurance, status reporting, and fee awareness, with guidance and mentorship along the way
- Communicate effectively with client and internal stakeholder, providing trusted advisory support
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary experts across UK and USA, boosting your global professional network
- Engage with technology-enable delivery methods including Microsoft 365 and merging legal tech line AI assisted review, to enhance advisory services and delivery
- Shape the future of legal and sustainability advisory in a fast-paced, evolving market
What You’ll Bring:
- 5–7 years’ experience in environmental, sustainability, ESG, regulatory, legal, policy or compliance advisory roles.
- A relevant degree in Law, Environmental Management, Sustainability, Commerce or Public Policy; postgraduate qualifications are an advantage.
- Strong research, analytical, drafting and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex regulation into practical advice.
- Strong organisation and judgement, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality work.
- Confidence working in cross-border, collaborative teams, with proficiency in Microsoft 365 and an interest in legal technology.
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About the job
- 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 in the Procurement Excellence team, 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.
- You will be owning the development of deliverables that may include implementing new digital tools, designing and creating procurement operating models, performing spend analyses to identify cost reduction and strategic sourcing opportunities, or designing and implementing procurement process improvements.
- You will take ownership of delivery on projects, ensuring high-quality deliverables, and client satisfaction. You will also play a key role in business development and building strong client relationships.
Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Take ownership of assigned workstreams and deliver high-quality solutions to clients
- Conduct spend analytics and operating model assessments, and support the development of client solutions
- Build strong client relationships and support senior team members in advising clients on procurement excellence matters
- Support business development activities, including proposal development and preparation for client pitches
- Contribute to practice development by supporting the identification of new opportunities and the expansion of existing client relationships
- Stay current with industry trends and best practices in procurement and supply chain management
- Collaborate with other PwC teams to deliver integrated solutions to clients
Preferred skills and qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or similar;
- Enrolled for or have completed a Procurement qualification such as CIPS would be advantageous
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly PowerPoint, Word, and Excel
- Experience with digital procurement systems and tools
- Knowledge of data analytics, SQL, VBA, or other programming languages
- Knowledge of the use of relevant AI tools
- Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Strong problem-solving and analytical capabilities
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment
Minimum years experience required:
2-4 years of experience in:
- Management Consulting
- Procurement
- Supply Chain Management
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About the job
- 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 in the Procurement Excellence team, 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.
- You will be owning the development of deliverables that may include implementing new digital tools, designing and creating procurement operating models, performing spend analyses to identify cost reduction and strategic sourcing opportunities, or designing and implementing procurement process improvements.
- You will take ownership of delivery on projects, ensuring high-quality deliverables, and client satisfaction. You will also play a key role in business development and building strong client relationships.
Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Take ownership of assigned workstreams and deliver high-quality solutions to clients
- Conduct spend analytics and operating model assessments, and support the development of client solutions
- Build strong client relationships and support senior team members in advising clients on procurement excellence matters
- Support business development activities, including proposal development and preparation for client pitches
- Contribute to practice development by supporting the identification of new opportunities and the expansion of existing client relationships
- Stay current with industry trends and best practices in procurement and supply chain management
- Collaborate with other PwC teams to deliver integrated solutions to clients
Preferred skills and qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or similar;
- Enrolled for or have completed a Procurement qualification such as CIPS would be advantageous
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly PowerPoint, Word, and Excel
- Experience with digital procurement systems and tools
- Knowledge of data analytics, SQL, VBA, or other programming languages
- Knowledge of the use of relevant AI tools
- Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Strong problem-solving and analytical capabilities
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment
Minimum years experience required:
2-4 years of experience in:
- Management Consulting
- Procurement
- Supply Chain Management
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About the job
- 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 in the Procurement Excellence team, 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.
- You will be owning the development of deliverables that may include implementing new digital tools, designing and creating procurement operating models, performing spend analyses to identify cost reduction and strategic sourcing opportunities, or designing and implementing procurement process improvements.
- You will take ownership of delivery on projects, ensuring high-quality deliverables, and client satisfaction. You will also play a key role in business development and building strong client relationships.
Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Take ownership of assigned workstreams and deliver high-quality solutions to clients
- Conduct spend analytics and operating model assessments, and support the development of client solutions
- Build strong client relationships and support senior team members in advising clients on procurement excellence matters
- Support business development activities, including proposal development and preparation for client pitches
- Contribute to practice development by supporting the identification of new opportunities and the expansion of existing client relationships
- Stay current with industry trends and best practices in procurement and supply chain management
- Collaborate with other PwC teams to deliver integrated solutions to clients
Preferred skills and qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or similar;
- Enrolled for or have completed a Procurement qualification such as CIPS would be advantageous
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly PowerPoint, Word, and Excel
- Experience with digital procurement systems and tools
- Knowledge of data analytics, SQL, VBA, or other programming languages
- Knowledge of the use of relevant AI tools
- Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Strong problem-solving and analytical capabilities
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment
Minimum years experience required:
2-4 years of experience in:
- Management Consulting
- Procurement
- Supply Chain Management
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About the job
- PwC's South Africa Technology and Innovation Centre (SATIC) is a human-led, technology-enabled delivery hub that supports PwC's global network by providing high-quality, scalable and risk-managed business services.
- The Integrated Risk and Resilience team helps to identify, assess, and mitigate risks within PwC UK that could create real or perceived conflicts and harm the firm’s reputation. It manages the firm’s relationships with regulators, plans for when disruptions to services occur, while also supporting the transformation and everyday operations of the Central Risk Management function.
- Within Integrated Risk and Resilience, the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) team plays a key role in helping the firm identify, assess and respond to significant strategic, operational, regulatory, and other risks. It provides risk analysis and insight to support firmwide governance and decision-making, including through the Executive Risk Committee, Risk Management Oversight Board, and Supervisory Board Risk Committee.
- The ERM team manages the firm’s enterprise risk management processes, including the Integrated Risk Review (IRR); covering risk reporting, monitoring and prioritisation; risk governance and disclosures, assurance mapping, Network Standards, risk technology initiatives and support for regulatory engagement.
- The role offers broad exposure to the UK firm and global network’s risk landscape and supports the team through governance coordination, high-quality research, analysis, drafting, and process improvement. The successful candidate will work with a varied and evolving workload, applying sound judgement, and escalating matters appropriately.
Summary:
- Support delivery of the team’s enterprise risk management activities through governance coordination, research, analysis, reporting, and stakeholder engagement.
- Complete allocated work independently to a high standard, adapting the approach to the complexity and criticality of the activity.
- Maintain accurate documentation, trackers, action logs, and governance records, and provide clear updates on progress.
- Contribute to the continual improvement of risk processes, reporting and ways of working, including the effective use of data, technology, automation, and AI.
Qualifications / Certifications required:
- Relevant degree in Risk Management, Business Management, Internal Audit, Governance, Compliance, Information Systems, Business Continuity or a related field.
- Project Management certification (advantageous)
Experience required:
- 3-5 years of experience in risk management and project coordination
- Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to plan, monitor, track and prioritise a varied workload.
- Confident working with data and technology, with proficiency in Microsoft and AI tools and a focus on using automation, analytics and AI to enhance risk management processes.
- Demonstrates initiative and accountability, working independently and proactively to deliver high-quality work within agreed timescales.
- Strong attention to detail, with the ability to review and refine outputs, identify inconsistencies, and maintain accurate records.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to synthesise large volumes of information and identify key themes, trends and insights.
- A clear, accurate and inclusive communicator, able to distil complex or incomplete information into concise, impactful reports, presentations and management information, and to engage confidently with a broad range of stakeholders.
- Intellectual curiosity and an interest in enterprise risk management, governance and regulatory matters, with a willingness to build knowledge across strategic and operational risk topics.
- Collaborative and adaptable, with experience of building effective relationships and contributing positively within a virtual team.
- Sound judgement, including knowing when to resolve matters independently and when to seek guidance or escalate for senior attention.
- High levels of integrity and discretion, with experience of handling confidential or sensitive information appropriately.
- An understanding of a large, complex organisation and the interdependencies between business areas would be beneficial.
Responsibilities of role:
- Support the IRR process, including coordinating information requests, consolidating stakeholder inputs, maintaining documentation, tracking actions, and supporting risk area prioritisation.
- Assist with the production of enterprise risk reports, risk intelligence packs, papers, presentations and briefing materials for risk committees, senior stakeholders and other governance forums.
- Support Network Standards activities by coordinating stakeholder engagement and project delivery, reviewing documentation, and providing system support.
- Support risk technology and continuous improvement initiatives, including the ServiceNow pilot, data analysis and reporting automation.
- Conduct research and analysis on strategic, operational, regulatory and emerging risk topics, drawing out key themes, trends and insights for review by the team.
- Support the effective operation of risk committees and governance forums by coordinating inputs, preparing materials, maintaining forward plans, and monitoring follow-up actions.
- Contribute to risk maturity assessments, risk appetite activity, assurance mapping and updates to the Risk Management and Risk Appetite Frameworks, methodologies, standards and guidance.
- Support the preparation and review of risk disclosures for the firm’s Transparency Report, Annual Report and other relevant reporting.
- Assist with preparation for regulatory engagement, by coordinating information and evidence, preparing meeting materials, and tracking resulting actions.
- Build effective working relationships across the business, respond to delegated requests, use sound judgement to resolve issues, and escalate matters where appropriate.
- Take ownership of personal and professional development through continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and requesting and acting on feedback.
Desirable skill sets include:
- Strong planning, prioritisation and organisational skills.
- Microsoft Office proficiency.
- Ability to work effectively in a virtual and distributed team environment.
- Sound judgement and decision-making capability.
- Ability to manage sensitive and confidential information appropriately.
Role related attributes:
- Detail-oriented and quality focused.
- Proactive and self-motivated.
- Strong sense of ownership and accountability.
- Resilient and adaptable in changing environments.
- Collaborative and stakeholder focused.
- Continuous improvement mindset.
- Strong professional integrity.
- Able to balance multiple priorities effectively.
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About the job
- Are you currently an Audit Manager in the Insurance and or Investment Space?
- Our Midrand practice is currently recruiting for a Senior Audit Manager , specifically with a background in Insurance or Investments and must have IFRS17 exposure
About the role
- The purpose of this role is to contribute to the PwC’s quality and efficiency objectives by providing internal support to Partners and their engagement teams in respect of assurance methodology, ATP and Aura matters.
- Projects which this role will be involved in will primarily be of an assurance methodology, ATP or Aura nature however as far as possible we will endeavor to involve this role in the other areas of assurance support, (e.g. L&E, Audit technical, Risk Management) to the extent that this is of a quality or efficiency nature.
- Providing support to Partners and their engagement will prove critical to address the quality, efficiency and value of all of our services and will create the capacity for growth. Initiatives to support these objectives will be globally and locally developed and implemented.
Essential skills and experience
- Minimum of 18 months post-Articles experience as an Audit engagement manager
Required qualifications
- Chartered Accountant (South Africa)
Desirable skills or attributes
- Well-developed writing and verbal skills.
- Strong presentation skills will be beneficial.
- Should be confident in their communication of information to the
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to, the following:
- Manage the implementation of assurance methodology, ATP and Aura projects to ensure quality and efficiency across assurance engagements. Overall management and responsibility will include reporting on implementation progress over the course of the various projects.
- Drive behavioral change amongst assurance Partners and their engagement teams through regular and targeted communication. The focus of the behavioural change will be at the forefront of the transformation objectives in an effort to ensure PwC is distinctive.
- Manage communication with the assurance methodology network under the direction of the team leader. Communication will take the form of facilitating learning interventions as well as writing alerts for release to the practice.
- Identify and manage local ATP initiatives with the sole responsibility of implementation, roll out and reporting.
- Ensure consistency of assurance methodology messages through regular interaction with the assurance methodology network.
- Support assurance teams in ensuring quality, whilst driving efficiency, and compliance to assurance methodology through performing of efficiency, CIR and audit quality reviews.
- Respond to assurance methodology, ATP or Aura queries and where possible assist assurance engagement teams with guidance on best practice to drive quality and efficiency.
Secondary / Ad hoc responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to, the following:
- Assist with the monitoring and reporting of the CIR programme for South market area and Africa as a whole.
- The establishment and facilitation of building working relationships within the African network.
- Liaise with key contacts with the East and West market areas.
- Support the core team the development and maintenance of Aura libraries;
- Support the core team the with the maintenance of the Template Manager database;
- Ad-hoc assistance with Audit Technical queries/projects
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