New Jobs at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

What’s going to be expected of you: 

• Sell and deliver end-to-end strategy-based transformation projects across industries. 
• Conduct deep-dive diagnostics into business operations, cost structures, and organizational effectiveness. 
• Develop and present strategic recommendations supported by data-driven insights and industry benchmarks. 
• Face-to-face engagement and interaction with client and team  
• Lead business development efforts, including proposal development, client relationship management, and opportunity identification. 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders to ensure alignment and successful delivery. 
• Mentor and develop consultants, fostering a high-performance and inclusive team culture. 
• Demonstrate resilience, agility and adaptability across client contexts and sectors. 
• Experience in leading a team in the delivery of client engagements

Minimum Requirements: 

Education: 

• Post graduate degree from a top tier University in either Engineering, Finance, Mathematics and/or Actuarial Science. 
• CFA level 1/MBA - advantageous. 

Experience & Technical Skills: 

• Minimum 7 - 10 years’ strategic work experience with a reputable consulting firm. 
• Demonstrated experience across the full consulting lifecycle: sales, delivery, and project closure 
• Consulting experience in Financial Services, Telecommunications and Infrastructure Sectors. 
• Advanced proficiency in analytics tools including excel, python etc. 
• Proven track record in cost reduction, digital transformation, operating model redesign, and performance improvement. 

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Primary Responsibilities for this Role 

The role requires:  

• sound knowledge of the SA Companies Act, POPIA, Audit Professions Act;   
• solid and demonstrable understanding of commercial and contract law and technology in business; 
• the drafting and negotiating of agreements governing contractual relationships with, amongst others, clients, suppliers, other professional services firms and joint business relationships; 
• reviewing and negotiating a variety of contracts, including non-disclosure; agreements, client agreements, supplier and sponsorship agreements, licensing and technology related agreements; 
• the ability to provide practical legal advice to PwC and its lines of service, including key interpretation of legislation, contracts and regulation, affecting lines of service (and its clients); 
• basic knowledge of Intellectual Property; 
• conducting legal research and opinion writing;  
• providing support on special projects. 

Competencies / Skills 

•  LLB or equivalent   
• 2 – 4 years’ PQE commercial legal experience 
• The ability to think critically and solve problems efficiently and practically; 
• Able to identify and articulate potential legal and/or regulatory concerns; 
• Self-motivated and attention to detail; 
• Curious and driven to find practical solutions to complex problems; 
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to interact with staff at various levels;
• Strong networking qualities; 
• Ability to multitask and prioritise; 
• Analytical and solution driven; 
• Pro-active and committed to delivery; 
• Excellent time management skills; 
• Able to work independently and as part of a team; 
• Professional services experience advantageous; 
• Minimal travel.   

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Responsibilities: 

Administration: 

• Action requests sent to SNOW and liaise with stakeholders to resolve queries. 
• Capture and submit accurate information on WD and other HC databases. 
• Check that information interfaces to downstream systems on a daily basis. 
• Extract various reports as and when requested. 
• Regular data clean-ups. 
• Telephonic confirmation of employment (external and internal). 
• Draft and distribute quality letters of employment, statements of work, master agreements, and various other staff contracts and letters. 
• Ensure compliance with the firm’s security policies and standard operating procedures. 
• Assist with the firm onboarding process. 
• Assist with bulk projects as and when required. 
• Action requests sent to the HC Operations and liaise with stakeholders to resolve queries. 
• Draft various contracts and letters (e.g. letters of employment, transfer contracts, bursary contracts, promotion letters, etc.). 
• Extract various reports as and when required by HC Operations Leaders. 
• Maintain HC Operations checklists for record and control purposes. 
• Draw regular data clean-up reports to ensure data integrity. 
• Ensure compliance with the firm’s security policies and standard operating procedures. 

HR Operations Support: 

• Provide comprehensive administrative support across various HR functions, including recruitment, employee onboarding, benefits administration, performance management, and offboarding. 

Employee Records Management: 

• Oversee the maintenance and accuracy of employee records in compliance with data protection regulations. 

Onboarding and Offboarding: 

• Coordinate the onboarding process for new hires, including preparing orientation materials and collecting required documentation. 
• Ensure that staff members are offboarded and signed off timeously. 

Data Reporting and Analysis: 

• Compile and generate HR Operations-related reports, analyse trends, and provide insights to support decision-making. 
• Utilise Workday and relevant tools effectively. 

Compliance and Policies: 

• Stay updated on HR-related laws and regulations related to employment contracts. 
• Facilitate the administration of employment contracts, as well as the signing of said contracts and maintaining the records. 

Process Improvement: 

• Identify opportunities to enhance HR processes, streamline workflows, and optimize efficiency. 

Qualification & Experience: 

Requirements: 

• Diploma in HR Management or Business Administration or related. 
• Minimum 1-2 years proven working experience as an HR administrator or in a similar HR support role. 
• Solid understanding of HR processes, policies, and best practices. 
• Proficiency in HRIS (Workday preferable) software and MS Suite. 
• Working experience on Service Now (SNOW) and MIE will be highly advantageous. 
• Discretion and integrity in handling sensitive HR information. 
• Ability to multitask and manage priorities effectively. 
• Problem-solving aptitude and a proactive approach to challenges. 
• Knowledge of employment laws and regulations is advantageous

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Responsibilities 

• Execution of accounting activities related to the receipt of funds from PwC’s clients. 
• Perform billing adjustment related activities 
• Ensure the processing of accounting receivables and incoming payments comply with financial policies and procedures.  
• Ensuring accurate capturing and allocating of customer receipts is complete and concise within required SLA.   
• Follow-up and administration as per assigned bank statements.   
• Generate journal entries as appropriate. 
• Investigate and solve problems making sure to follow through until resolved. 
• Perform other duties as assigned/ ad hoc tasks to support relevant and related business requirements.  
• Perform daily update of bank receipts. 
• Assist EM Lead with month end duties.  
• Attend to query emails from partners/managers 
• Managing Accounts Receivable Processes, Including following up on Unapplied and Unidentified receipts from PwC Clients 

Qualification &  Experience  

Requirements  

• Minimum of 3 years’ cognate experience in a professional services environment. 
• Minimum of first degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or any related discipline. 
• Experience working in a Shared Service Environment is advantageous. 

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Essential skills and experience 

• 5 years administrative support within a professional services firm 

Required qualifications 

• Matric 
• Bookeeping / Executive secretarial diploma 

Desirable skills or attributes  

• Microsoft Office 
• Preparation of professional correspondence 
• Preparation of executive packs and presentations 
• Ability to communicate with high-level individuals. 

Responsibilities 

• Diary Management for Partners 
• Setting up of meetings and minute taking 
• Completion of time and expense claims for Partners 
• Travel bookings – flights, accommodation and car hire (local and international) 
• Compilation and typing of proposals, presentations and general correspondence 
• Other ad hoc personal tasks for the directors 

Administrative support to the Assurance Line of Service: 

• Downloading of risk reports for the team - circulating and attending to queries raised 
• Working with the SAICA Administrator to ensure Trainees are booked appropriately to ensure core hours are met. 
• Running of Job Costing reports for the line of service leader and providing any other information as required 
• Retain management: 
• Booking of clerks on jobs as requested by Managers 
• Attending resource requests from other offices – eg. Stock count requests 
• Resolving conflicts on jobs from retain perspective 
• Running of Reports pertaining to retain: 
• Availability reports – looking at gaps in trainees time and making sure they are booked on jobs to ensure available time is reduced.  Analysing this information against overtime information provided by Human Capital. 
• Provide some admin support to AD 

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The successful applicant will:

• 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.
• Establish and maintain relationships with client management and other stakeholders within and outside the firm.
• 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.
• Collaborate with deals, consulting, risk, audit and other professionals to understand dependencies and integration points, as well as deliver comprehensive solutions for our clients
• Demonstrate an awareness of significant developments in all areas of IFRS and start demonstrating an in-depth knowledge in specialist areas of IFRS.
• Develop a point of view on key global trends, and how they impact clients.
• Demonstrate an ability to work on multiple engagements and for multiple partners at the
• same time, making sound judgements about balancing conflicting objectives.
• Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.
• Simplify complex messages, highlighting and summarising key points.
• Demonstrate the ability to run internal and external meetings, by communicating solutions in a professional and logical manner, demonstrating an understanding of the other party’s perspective.
• Take ownership for client relationships and work assignments.
• Demonstrate the ability to extend our service offerings to existing clients.
• Recognise the need for agility during change as the timing for certain outputs can be highly time sensitive.

Essential skills and experience

• Completed articles
• Newly qualified CA(SA) or more post articles experience
• Preference to be given to someone with Technical Accounting or Deals experience

Required qualifications

• CA (SA)

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Responsibilities/Output 

• Junior Software Engineer reporting to stream Technical Lead/Portfolio manager. 
• Code advanced/specialized  solutions according to specifications 
• Automation of the build pipeline with Azure DevOps 
• Implementation of Kubernetes and Docker would be preferable 
• Assist with applications architecture as well as the general software development landscape 
• Ensure that processes are followed and participate in operational duties such as:​ 
• Grooming User Stories 
• Executing assigned tasks 
• Helping to ensure that tasks are completed in a timely manner 
• Take ownership of projects, liaise with development team and regularly reporting to Technical Lead and Development Manager 
• Assist in the enforcement of policies and procedures for the development team 
• Understand and adhere to Development Processes and be involved in continuous maturing of adherence of said processes 
• Create supporting documentation (Technical design, Test Plans, Implementation plans etc) 
• Ensure correct usage of Templates for documentation 
• Ensure quality of development artifacts 
• Communicate effectively with business stakeholders such as Portfolio Managers/Business Analysts 
• Adhere to good coding practices and procedures. 
• Proactively learn the necessary skills in the Cloud development area to continuously improve your knowledge 

Competencies/Skills 

• HTML 5 
• CSS 
• C# 
• Blazor (Preferred) 
• JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax, JSON (Advantageous) 
• Agile Software Development (Scrum) 
• Serverless Architecture 
• DevOps  (Preferred) 
• .NET 8 or latest (Preferred) 
• Microsoft SQL (Preferred) 
• .NET MAUI (Advantageous) 
• Cloud Deployment and Automation (Advantageous) 
• SQL Server (Advantageous) 
• Object Oriented programming background (Advantageous) 
• Object Oriented Analysis and Design (Advantageous