Jobs at PwC South Africa

A career in Learning and Development, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to contribute to the success of our people by developing quality and relevant learning initiatives that constantly improve the PwC experience. You’ll help us identify and source the best instructors, develop learning and performance improvement solutions across traditional and virtual classroom environments, and consult with other areas of the Firm to ensure our curriculums and initiatives support the PwC strategy.
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.
   

Job Description: 

• Responding to accounting technical queries for both IFRS and IFRS for SME frameworks through written reports that cover accounting opinions
• Assisting with the preparation and presentation of accounting updates and training on IFRS in Western Cape - internal and external 
• Resolve technical IFRS and IFRS for SME queries 
• Completion of independent IFRS reviews 
• Attendance of accounting conference calls 
• Staying up to date with developments in both local standards and IFRS through internal research and involvement on local topic teams and market interest groups
• Holding of TEE off meetings for Assurance 
• Liaison on technical queries with National ACS 
• Provide input into Quarterly Assurance R&Q meetings 
• Maintenance of library, ordering of publications and financial statements

Job Description;  Qualification Level: CA (SA)

• Experience: 0-18 months

Competencies / Skills:

• Good working knowledge and understanding of IFRS
• Technical research skills - being able to evaluate a situation broadly and to consider all aspects, including IFRS, JSE requirements, Companies Act and other applicable legislation 
• Ability to answer  IFRS and IFRS for SME based enquiries and consultations with thoroughly documented technical references to the accounting standards and PwC’s Manual of Accounting 
• Good verbal and written communication as well as presentation skills 
• Ability to identify critical components of legal documents, contracts and other sources in order to establish a pertinent set of background facts that then feed into a robust technical conclusion.
• Ability to work with and easily converse with, all levels of management (partners, managers and staff) 
• Good literacy in English with strong report writing skills 
• Highly computer literate with intermediate to advanced knowledge of Excel, Word and Powerpoint as well as Google Docs 
• Good interpersonal and relationship skills 
• Intellectual curiosity – ask questions, challenge,  as well as apply professional scepticism 
• Self starter able to take responsibility and multi-task 
• Ability to work both as part of a team as well as independently with minimal supervision 
• Well organised with an analytical and methodical approach 
• Able to prioritise work, work efficiently and accurately under pressure 
• Professional individual 
• Pay attention to detail

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A career in Learning and Development, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to contribute to the success of our people by developing quality and relevant learning initiatives that constantly improve the PwC experience. You’ll help us identify and source the best instructors, develop learning and performance improvement solutions across traditional and virtual classroom environments, and consult with other areas of the Firm to ensure our curriculums and initiatives support the PwC strategy.
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.

Part of our strategy in Digitising our Business is to have talented individuals (Digital Accelerators "DAs") go through additional upskilling to lift their digital capabilities and influence to the next level and help us drive digital transformation on our engagements

Digital Accelerators will enable the business to achieve on improving margings. The Digital Accelerator will be placed on engagements in the Western Cape Assurance practice with a specific focus of taking hours out of assurance engagements by building and utilising digital assets and solutions. This will mean that DAs are deployed back into the business, but not just simply back into their existing roles - the DA focus means it is a change from "business as usual" with their involvement on the various assignments (not all existing and potentially some cross-industry) helping to drive digital client and engagement solutions.

Other accountabilities

• Participate in the Digital Transformation programme
• Complete four month nanodegree from Udacity
• Application of their newly acquired, specialist skills to complete a predetermined project

Minimum Qualifications & Skills

• CA (SA)
• 3 Years Audit Experience
• Digital skills
• Highly computer literate with advanced knowledge of Excel, Word and Powerpoint
• Advanced Power BI, UiPath and Alteryx skills
• Good verbal and written communication as well as presentation skills
• Ability to work with and easily converse with, all levels of management (partners, managers and staff)
• Good literacy in English with strong report writing skills
• Good interpersonal and relationship skills
• Intellectual curiosity – ask questions, challenge, general scepticism
• Self starter able to take responsibility and multi-task
• Pay attention to detail

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A career within Cybersecurity and Privacy services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients implement an effective cybersecurity programme that protects against threats, propels transformation, and drives growth. As companies pivot toward a digital business model, exponentially more data is generated and shared among organisations, partners and customers. We play an integral role in helping our clients ensure they are protected by developing transformation strategies focused on security, efficiently integrate and manage new or existing technology systems to deliver continuous operational improvements and increase their cybersecurity investment, and detect, respond, and remediate threats.
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.

Responsibilities

• Assignment planning and budgeting
• Manage junior consultants in the RAS practice
• Provide risk, security and controls related consulting services to clients
• Help grow the RAS practice with focus on consulting and audit related services through assistance with business development, including writing of proposals.
• Manage client service delivery
• Ensure quality of service delivery
• Identify, test and review IT general controls over the following IT domains: program changes, access to programs and data, program develop, computer operations and IT governance
• Identify, test and review manual and automated application controls
• Information Security assessments (across people, manual and automated processes) including the identification of gaps and formulating recommendations on remediation
• Draft reports for management, articulating the risks of the issues identified, and providing meaningful and practical recommendations
• Effectively communicate results of assessment findings, rational and recommendations
• Document interviews, develop findings and recommendations;
• Document the results of fieldwork, review the work of juniors
• Ensure compliance to firm's risk management policies
• Perform assessments in a thorough, efficient and professional manner;
• Obtain the required domain knowledge to conduct the assessments or remediation
• Technical skills required will vary depending on the specialist group within RAS (e.g Digital Trust, Digital Trust (SAP specific), Cyber security, Internal Audit, Data Analytics etc)

Desirable skills or attributes

• Proven ability to build and sustain key relationships
• The ability to market our services
• Manage projects including managing teams
• Communicate with impact and empathy
• Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation and persuasion skills
• Strong planning, co-ordinating and team facilitation skills
• Good conceptual thinking skills
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a bigger team
• Ability to learn quickly and multitask at any given time
• Self-motivated, pay attention to detail
• Good working knowledge of the PwC Audit methodology
• Display sound leadership skills
• Strong interpersonal and management skills
• Be passionate about service delivery

Qualifications

• Qualification Level: BSc, BCom, BAcc or Honours
• Additional Qualification Level:  Professional qualification:  CA(SA), CIMA, CISA, CIMA, Data Science Certificate(s) or CIA