Jobs at PwC South Africa

A career within Deals Transaction Services, will provide you the opportunity to help organisations realise the potential of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures and capital markets. In short, we help some of the world’s leading companies originate, create, execute, and realise value from deals. Through data driven insights we help our clients move in the right direction ensuring maximum value for their company.
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.

Deals Vacancy

Main purpose

• PwC Deals is a leading corporate finance and transaction services advisory business in South Africa, experiencing growth driven by long term client relationships and a strong senior team.  In order to take full advantage of the existing growth opportunities, we are looking for ambitious and highly motivated deals practitioners to join our team.
• The successful candidate will have a support role to play in the Deals team and will be mainly involved in due diligence investigations and the valuation of business enterprises, expert opinions, financial reporting valuations and the valuation of intangible assets such as brands, trademarks, customer relationships, software, proprietary technology and licences.
• The candidate will gain exposure to a wide range of clients, from global multinationals through to entrepreneurial, owner managed businesses, covering both domestic and cross border work.
• The right individual will have an excellent opportunity to develop their skills in a supportive and collaborative team environment.

Responsibilities/ output
The successful candidate will have a support role to play in the team across a broad range of transactions including:

• Due diligence investigations
• Profit forecast reviews
• Working capital reviews
• Valuations
• Acquisitions and disposals support

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A career within Actuarial Services, will provide you with the opportunity to contribute general insurance advice and consulting services to clients such as insurers, banks, regulators, and third party administrators. You’ll provide advice covering solvency, economic capital, risk management, mergers and acquisitions, company restructuring and risk control, financial modelling, underwriting, new legislation, and the efficiency of claims or reporting processes. Simply put, you might help analyse the impact that new regulation will have on an insurance company’s balance sheet or you could be revising businesses’ projections and making sure they have adequate reserves.
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 PURPOSE

Ongoing growth is ARQ requires an increasing number of resources to service client requests. Working on a range of quantitative risk projects such as valuation, accounting and regulatory model development and review. In the short term there is a need for resources with IFRS9, Basel capital and IFRS17 related experience although the longer term need is for a candidate that can solve a range of quantitative problems.

JOB PROFILE

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

• The principle accountabilities will be:
• Developing and maintaining client relationships
• Management of audit support engagements
• Forming part of quantitative risk project teams
• Researching and staying up to date with financial service related regulations
• Development of risk IP such as cashflow projection models

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS 

• Mathematical, statistical or actuarial degree Mathematical or statistical honours or masters or professional qualification such as FRM, CFA or Actuarial

EXPERIENCE

• Team player
• Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Excellent verbal and written English skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong leadership skills (determination), some experience in technical matters preferred
• High energy levels and superior debating skills
• Strong business acumen
• 4 to 10 years in financial services environment 

KEY KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• Knowledge of financial services environment including credit risk, advanced analytics or insurance risk
• Ability to program. Ideally in SAS, Matlab, R, Python or VBA

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A career within Actuarial Services, will provide you with the opportunity to contribute general insurance advice and consulting services to clients such as insurers, banks, regulators, and third party administrators. You’ll provide advice covering solvency, economic capital, risk management, mergers and acquisitions, company restructuring and risk control, financial modelling, underwriting, new legislation, and the efficiency of claims or reporting processes. Simply put, you might help analyse the impact that new regulation will have on an insurance company’s balance sheet or you could be revising businesses’ projections and making sure they have adequate reserves.
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 PURPOSE

Ongoing growth is ARQ requires an increasing number of resources to service client requests. Working on a range of quantitative risk projects such as valuation, accounting and regulatory model development and review. In the short term there is a need for resources with IFRS9, Basel capital and IFRS17 related experience although the longer term need is for a candidate that can solve a range of quantitative problems.


JOB PROFILE


PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

• The principle accountabilities will be:
• Developing and maintaining client relationships
• Management of audit support engagements
• Forming part of quantitative risk project teams
• Researching and staying up to date with financial service related regulations
• Development of risk IP such as cashflow projection models
  
   

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS 

Mathematical, statistical or actuarial degree Mathematical or statistical honours or masters or professional qualification such as FRM, CFA or Actuarial


EXPERIENCE

• Team player
• Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Excellent verbal and written English skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong leadership skills (determination), some experience in technical matters preferred
• High energy levels and superior debating skills
• Strong business acumen
• 4 to 10 years in financial services environment 

KEY KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• Knowledge of financial services environment including credit risk, advanced analytics or insurance risk
• Ability to program. Ideally in SAS, Matlab, R, Python or VBA

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They will gain exposure to a wide range of clients, including global multinationals, listed companies and entrepreneurial, owner managed businesses, covering both domestic and cross border work. 

The successful candidate will have a junior dealmaker role within the team and be responsible for the following activities on a day to day basis:

• Proposal generation and business development including detailed research and market analysis to understand market drivers and identify potential targets;
• Detailed report writing to support suggested transaction structures and funding mechanisms;
• Leading the compilation of key transaction documentation including teasers, information memorandums and management presentations for sell-side mandates and investment committee papers and bid documentation for buy-side mandates;
• Undertaking financial modelling as part of a transaction valuation, merger or acquisition model and for any funding models required;
• Project management including risk management, driving a transaction in accordance with its timetable, liaising with key parties including clients, bidders, targets, other advisors etc.; and 
• Providing inputs into legal agreements and monitoring of conditions precedent.

Qualification requirements:

Relevant qualification with Financial Literacy, including, but not limited to:

• B Com Investment Management Honours
• B Com Finance Honours
• B Business Science Finance
• Qualified CA (SA)

Experience requirements:

• We prefer candidates with Corporate Finance experience from an investment bank, or boutiques.
• Qualified CA’s need 3+ years Corporate Finance experience.
• Other graduates need 4 years Corporate Finance experience.