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.
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Role Summary:
- A junior restructuring capability that will support the PwC Africa Operational Restructuring Lead with the capability and practice build-out - mainly through business development - and project delivery excellence.
- The role will be professionally demanding, leading complex client situations - focussed on operational turnaround and performance improvement, across industry and business requirements.
Qualifications / Certifications required:
- Engineer or relevant professional qualification (e.g. MBA, APICS, CPIM)
Experience required:
- Experience of operational improvement programmes
- Advisory experience from a management consultancy, advisory firm or as an 'internal consultant' in a corporate
- Operations experience, across one or more sectors: engineering, financial services, retail, industrial, consumer, high tech, utilities, logistics, telecoms and energy
- Proven P&L analysis, cash flow and balance sheet work
- Competent with spreadsheets, financial and operational KPIs. Comfortable with financial analysis
- Track record in business development
Responsibilities of role:
- As a member of the PwC CARS (Capital Advisory and Restructuring Services) team, the candidate will be involved in a variety of restructuring and performance improvement projects across a diverse range of industries and will gain exposure to a wide range of clients.
- PwC CARS services a wide spectrum of clients ranging from large, listed multinationals through to entrepreneurial, owner managed businesses, covering both domestic and cross Africa border work.
- We are looking for an Associate to join our growing team to work on high-profile clients experiencing stress / distress to their business model and who require turnaround or transformation with a financial, and/ or an operational restructuring lens, spanning a broad range of industry sectors.
- You’ll provide advice and assistance around restructuring and/or turnaround.
Typically you will work with clients to identify and implement rapid, tactical and sustainable operational restructuring measures, for example you will advise on:
- Independent business reviews
- Turnaround strategies, with specific performance intervention measures and targets
- Strategic options analysis
- Contingency planning reviews
- Cost out and EBITDA optimisation initiatives
- Short-term cash flow reviews and forecasting, helping clients see and control their cash positions
- Cash levers to smooth cash flow/ conserve cash
- Working capital improvement plans
- Restructuring Office services - helping client management develop and implement turnaround programs
In addition to these services you’ll be expected to:
- Take on a “hands-on” role to manage stakeholders and inspire change
- Provide robust management and monitoring of change programmes
- Be responsible for the day to day leadership of projects with minimal oversight from a Director/Partner
- Interface directly with client management, financiers and other advisors
- Prepare presentations and/or reports to key stakeholders (e.g. Board, Private Equity investor, lenders, etc.)
- Work alongside other PwC teams, including specialist lines of service and sector experts.
You will also be expected to take an active part in our team and practice development and will typically:
- Take responsibility for one or more areas of internal team management
- Take the lead in areas of business development and origination efforts
- Become an active counselor, coach and role model to other team members
- Supporting the needs of the go-to-market strategy.
Skill sets required:
- To be successful in this role, strong financial analysis skills and commercial business acumen are critical.
- You will be able to demonstrate a high level of agility in a demanding environment and be able to effectively communicate with a broad range of stakeholders.
- Exceptional project management skills are considered fundamental together with critical thinking and a motivated and commercially astute approach to business restructuring needs.
Candidates will display the following competencies:
- Possesses a high degree of self-motivation and energy, agility and the ability to drive for high quality, meeting of deadlines and track record of setting and achieving goals
- Good interpersonal and client relationship skills and the ability to relate to people at all levels of an organisation
- A highly motivated, confident individual with presence
- A proactive and dynamic team player who can provide coaching and guidance to junior team members where appropriate;
- Problem solving capabilities / skills with the ability to think strategically, innovatively and “out the box”
- Ability to demonstrate a high level of agility in a demanding environment
- An interest in and knowledge of the financial markets and the significant turnaround opportunity across SMA and Africa
- A desire to build on commercial and industry knowledge
- A desire and motivation to apply interest and knowledge to proactive origination and account targeting
Financial analysis skills
- Astute negotiation skills with the ability to develop negotiation strategies
Conflict management skill
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential, including the ability to storyboard commercial solutions for clients including on projects and proposals - be able to write succinct, well-structured reports and client communications;
- Project and client management skill including the ability to run independently with projects when necessary;
- Highly rated with good academic credentials; and
- Proven ability to multitask and ensure effective delivery of the priorities to meet targets and objectives and who works effectively under pressure.
Travel Requirements
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Job Description & Summary
- A career in Information Technology, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to support our core business functions by deploying applications that enable our people to work more efficiently and deliver the highest levels of service to our clients.
- You’ll focus on managing the design and implementation of technology infrastructure within PwC, developing and enhancing both client and internal facing applications within PwC, and providing technology tools that help create a competitive advantage for the Firm to drive strategic business growth.
- Our Enterprise Infrastructure team helps PwC develop a competitive advantage through defining our technology objectives, assessing solution options, and devising architectural solutions that help us achieve both strategic goals and meet operational requirements.
- As a part of our team, you’ll help build software and design data platforms, manage large volumes of data, develop compliance procedures for data management, and continually research new technologies to drive innovation and sustainable change.
- 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.
Principal Accountabilities:
- Working with various operational teams, providing in-depth technical expertise.
- Directs teams of technical staff in the successful fulfilment of Enterprise System service delivery commitments.
- Coaches junior staff according to their PC&D planning.
- Oversees the detailed execution of enterprise technology standards, governance processes and performance metrics to ensure IT delivers value to the enterprise.
- Manages risk evaluation and compliance management processes.
- Drives on-premises and cloud infrastructure planning, engineering, deployment, and migration.
- Drives the formulation of IT policies, procedures, and performance management processes and measures.
- Validate remedial actions and ensure compliance with information security policy and regulatory requirements.
- Work with the Product Management Office as a Subject Matter Expert for Enterprise Systems and assist in discussions with Lines of Service.
Minimum Qualifications:
Any of these will be advantageous
- B.Sc or related I.T degree
- ITIL
- Nutanix
- VxBlock
- Azure
Experience:
- 8 years post qualification, hands-on experience in IT operational environment, with a minimum of 2 years in leadership role
Skill Required:
- Has led teams across multiple functions in the delivery of technology services
- Experienced vendor engagement, both from a new business and a managed service point of view
- Experience in managing infrastructure and operations
- Strong leadership capability, executing as appropriate in the areas of responsibility
- Extensive knowledge of infrastructure planning and operations, design, and deployment, as well as system life cycle management
- Expert knowledge of current and emerging technologies, technology directions and strategic application to business needs
- Basic knowledge of business operations and processes
- Project management skills, including the ability to effectively deploy resources and manage projects within the scope of Enterprise Systems
- Ability to improve operational efficiency and service delivery effectiveness across all lines of business and technology platforms
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to explain technology solutions in business terms, establish rapport and persuade others
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Qualifications and experience:
- Qualifications preferred: CA(SA)
- Experience required: Audit industry experience, Change/Project Management experience advantageous
Role Summary
- You’ll help South African audit engagements teams and individuals create value and improve the way they work.
- Challenges are better solved together! That’s why you’ll join a unique community of solvers to build trust in society and solve important problems.
- The Engagement Performance and Quality (EPQ) team brings this to life by helping engagement teams and clients further enhance financial performance, quality and their people's experience, alongside the delivery of audit services.
As a Project Manager in our EPQ internal consulting team your impact will be seen by:
- Designing and facilitating workshops involving a broad range of internal or external customers to ensure end-to-end customer experience and performance improvement strategies meet requirements
- Driving the EPQ change maker community to ensure continuous implementation and adoption of EPQ principles within the Assurance practice; and to provide focus to this community to support the achievement of the EPQ strategic objectives
- Improving the processes that underpin Assurance engagements by assessing problems, then co-developing solutions to benefit PwC audit engagement teams
- Executing special projects as needed in support of the EPQ programme and managing team content and product development
- Educating and sharing best practices with the Assurance practice and business leaders in relation to the project planning and execution of their audits
Key Accountabilities:
- Ensure the successful implementation of the EPQ strategy, responsibilities, services and deliverables.
- Monitor EPQ KPI reporting and assist the EPQ Senior Manager in reporting to business leaders.
- Deputise for the EPQ Senior Manager when required.
- Provide support and guidance to change maker community ‘EPQ drivers’ to ensure they have the tools and knowledge necessary to fulfill their roles.
- Provide support throughout EPQ workshop programmes, including facilitation support to the lead facilitator.
- Embed EPQ ‘project management’ and process improvement capabilities within the Assurance practice through the delivery of training, success stories and other continuous communication strategies
- Update and maintain the EPQ team Actions Log
Skills and Knowledge
- Excellent proven project management skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with minimal supervision
- Proven track record for planning, executing, controlling and closing projects
- Strong skills in creating and maintaining project plans, including risks, actions, and issues management
- Strong and demonstrated ability to build lasting relationships with key stakeholders
- Diplomatic ability to influence others at all levels of the business
- Excellent written/oral communication skills for workshop facilitation, reports and presentations
- Knowledge sharing and coaching capabilities
- Keen problem solver, with the ability to identify opportunities for change and to also convey the need for change
- Personable, proactive, professional and pursues excellence in all aspects of work.
- Highly proficient IT skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Microsoft tools
- Ability to work in a collaborative environment and also independently
- Takes full ownership of assigned tasks, ensuring timely completion and proactively managing deadlines
Travel Requirements
Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?
Job Posting End Date
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Role Summary:
- A junior restructuring capability that will support the PwC Africa Operational Restructuring Lead with the capability and practice build-out - mainly through business development - and project delivery excellence.
- The role will be professionally demanding, leading complex client situations - focussed on operational turnaround and performance improvement, across industry and business requirements.
Qualifications / Certifications required:
- Bachelor of Commerce with Honours in Accounting with CA (SA)
- Bachelor of Business Science with Honours in Finance / CA (SA)
- Engineer or relevant professional qualification (e.g. MBA, APICS, CPIM); or
- CFA, CIMA or other relevant related degree / professional designation.
Experience required:
- Experience of operational improvement programmes
- Advisory experience from a management consultancy, advisory firm or as an 'internal consultant' in a corporate
- Operations experience, across one or more sectors: engineering, financial services, retail, industrial, consumer, high tech, utilities, logistics, telecoms and energy
- Proven P&L analysis, cash flow and balance sheet work
- Competent with spreadsheets, financial and operational KPIs. Comfortable with financial analysis
- Track record in business development
Responsibilities of role:
- As a member of the PwC CARS (Capital Advisory and Restructuring Services) team, the candidate will be involved in a variety of restructuring and performance improvement projects across a diverse range of industries and will gain exposure to a wide range of clients.
- PwC CARS services a wide spectrum of clients ranging from large, listed multinationals through to entrepreneurial, owner managed businesses, covering both domestic and cross Africa border work.
- We are looking for an Associate to join our growing team to work on high-profile clients experiencing stress / distress to their business model and who require turnaround or transformation with a financial, and/ or an operational restructuring lens, spanning a broad range of industry sectors.
- You’ll provide advice and assistance around restructuring and/or turnaround.
Typically you will work with clients to identify and implement rapid, tactical and sustainable operational restructuring measures, for example you will advise on:
- Independent business reviews
- Turnaround strategies, with specific performance intervention measures and targets
- Strategic options analysis
- Contingency planning reviews
- Cost out and EBITDA optimisation initiatives
- Short-term cash flow reviews and forecasting, helping clients see and control their cash positions
- Cash levers to smooth cash flow/ conserve cash
- Working capital improvement plans
- Restructuring Office services - helping client management develop and implement turnaround programs
In addition to these services you’ll be expected to:
- Take on a “hands-on” role to manage stakeholders and inspire change
- Provide robust management and monitoring of change programmes
- Be responsible for the day to day leadership of projects with minimal oversight from a Director/Partner
- Interface directly with client management, financiers and other advisors
- Prepare presentations and/or reports to key stakeholders (e.g. Board, Private Equity investor, lenders, etc.)
- Work alongside other PwC teams, including specialist lines of service and sector experts.
- You will also be expected to take an active part in our team and practice development and will typically:
- Take responsibility for one or more areas of internal team management
- Take the lead in areas of business development and origination efforts
- Become an active counselor, coach and role model to other team members
- Supporting the needs of the go-to-market strategy.
Skill sets required:
- To be successful in this role, strong financial analysis skills and commercial business acumen are critical.
- You will be able to demonstrate a high level of agility in a demanding environment and be able to effectively communicate with a broad range of stakeholders.
- Exceptional project management skills are considered fundamental together with critical thinking and a motivated and commercially astute approach to business restructuring needs.
Candidates will display the following competencies:
- Possesses a high degree of self-motivation and energy, agility and the ability to drive for high quality, meeting of deadlines and track record of setting and achieving goals
- Good interpersonal and client relationship skills and the ability to relate to people at all levels of an organisation
- A highly motivated, confident individual with presence
- A proactive and dynamic team player who can provide coaching and guidance to junior team members where appropriate
- Problem solving capabilities / skills with the ability to think strategically, innovatively and “out the box”
- Ability to demonstrate a high level of agility in a demanding environment
- An interest in and knowledge of the financial markets and the significant turnaround opportunity across SMA and Africa
- A desire to build on commercial and industry knowledge
- A desire and motivation to apply interest and knowledge to proactive origination and account targeting
Financial analysis skills
- Astute negotiation skills with the ability to develop negotiation strategies
Conflict management skill
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential, including the ability to storyboard commercial solutions for clients including on projects and proposals - be able to write succinct, well-structured reports and client communications;
- Project and client management skill including the ability to run independently with projects when necessary;
- Highly rated with good academic credentials; and
- Proven ability to multitask and ensure effective delivery of the priorities to meet targets and objectives and who works effectively under pressure.
Travel Requirements
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Job Posting End Date
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