Recent opportunities at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Conduct self in a professional manner and take responsibility for work and commitments.
• Flex approach to meet the changing needs of teams and clients.
• Identify and make suggestions for improvements when problems and/or opportunities arise.
• Learn about business needs are changing and consider the impact on services provided.
• Take action to stay current with new and evolving technology.
• Handle, manipulate and analyse data and information responsibly.
• Communicate with empathy and adapt communication style to meet the needs of the situation and audience.
• Anticipate the needs of others and take appropriate action.
• Embrace different points of view and welcome opposing and conflicting ideas.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Key responsibilities include: 

Executive assistance 

• Calendar management and scheduling meetings 
• Completing time and expense claims for Partners 
• Travel bookings - flights, accommodation and car hire, both locally and internationally 
• Compilation and typing of protocols, presentations and general correspondence 
• Assisting the team with all admin concerns, HC queries, OneTech queries etc 
• Operational support - Staff matters 
• Maintaining the staff planner and assisting with staff project allocation
• Managing workday compliance 
• Coordinate the renewal of professional subscriptions (collect information, renew and arrange payment) 
• Coordinate attendance of, and payment for conferences 
• Arranging annual wellbeing and culture related activities and events
• Managing the RAS social calendar, organising event and monitoring the budget 
• Arranging all aspects of recruitment events 
• Managing the Onboarding process for grads and experienced hires 
• Operational support - Project management 
• Monitoring ongoing project compliance with Risk management policies
• Assisting large project teams with project management activities
• Assisting the financial support with invoicing, debtors and 
• Requesting invoices and ensuring they are created timeously and accurately
• Managing the debtors including liaising with overseas debtors and local finance teams to have payments allocated correctly (including withholding tax certificates).

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 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.

Qualifications / Certifications required:

• Studying towards the CA(SA) qualification

Experience required:

• Completed 3 year SAICA traineeship. Post article experience is a benefit. 

Responsibilities of role:

• Perform a Senior role on audit assignments.
• Assist in managing a portfolio of smaller clients in respect of attest,
• accounting and consultation work.
• Manage special projects.
• Monitor costs against budgets.
• Contribute to the office management team.
• Contribute to development of staff.
• Staff management and appraisals.
• Report writing.
• Compliance with PwC audit methodology.

Skill sets required:

• IFRS knowledge.
• Display sound leadership skills.
• Computer literate with PwC software.
• Self-motivated.
• Pay attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and management skills.
• Ability to multitask.
• Analytical and solution driven.
• Pro-active and committed to delivery. Excellent time management skills.

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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

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 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.

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PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.
• Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.
• Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.
• Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.
• Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.
• Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.
• Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
• Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.
• Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

DESCRIPTION

• Maintain the highest degree of professional standards and strict client confidentiality
• Perform data acquisition, processing and analysis of financial and non-financial data  
• Assist in conducting data and computer forensic investigations 
• Investigate matters relating to economic crime, i.e. allegations of fraud, corruption and/or irregularities
• Assist in the document management of working papers that support analyses performed
• Assist in conducting integrity due diligence reviews using various open source databases
• Synthesize information and draft reports and appendices
• Deliver a high quality product within established timeframes and budgets
• Provide general support to team on a variety of tasks in connection with project execution
• Contribute to new business proposals and proposal development
• Capturing, sorting and electronic manipulation of financial and other data
• Assisting in the compilation of draft forensic reports and appendices
• Assessing and analysing financial and other data
• Recording of findings
• Project administration, including printing, indexing and filing

PERSON PROFILE

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS 

EXPERIENCE SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES

• A degree in or currently studying towards a BCom Honours in Forensic Accounting, BCom Honours Accounting, BCom Honours in Information Systems, Bachelor of Science degree with a focus on Computer Science, LLB
• 5 to 10  years work experience in a forensic services environment will be advantageous
• Good working knowledge of the following: 
• Microsoft (including Excel, Word, Access and PowerPoint)
• Computer hardware and operating systems
• EnCase v. 7 and other forensic tools (e.g. FTK, IEF, Kali Linux, tools in Kali, etc)
• Mobile device forensic tools (e.g. cellebrite, FTK, etc.)
• Demonstrated level of programming/scripting language will be highly beneficial 
• Building and sustaining relationships
• Being passionate about customer service
• Being curious – learning, sharing and innovating
• Leading and contributing to team success
• Communicating with impact and empathy
• Developing self and others through coaching
• Demonstrating courage and integrity
• Acquiring and applying commercial and technical expertise
• Managing projects and economics
• Being open-minded, practical and agile with change
• Strategic thinking
• Logical reasoning
• Analytical ability
• Judgment
• Problem solving
• Excellence orientation
• Influencing
• Drive and enthusiasm
• Rule orientation

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 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.

Role Description

• Coordinates Salesforce support, providing guidance and direction and delivering technical support as well as coaching and training
• Contributes to improved awareness of Salesforce business rules
• Ensures delivery of timely and high-quality responses to requests for Salesforce support
• Technical challenges are raised through ServiceNow
• Requests for training, coaching and other support services will be accessed through Africa CMD’s work management system
• Ensures collaboration within the Salesforce support team in the PwC Africa territory, and works to upskill these resources as needed
• Develops Salesforce uptake and data quality, demonstrating a good understanding of PwC Africa’s services, go-to-market priorities and strategy, ensuring that Salesforce delivers value to the business
• Has knowledge and aptitude to take a Salesforce training programme from concept through to finality
• Keeps up to date on Salesforce use trends, challenges and opportunities
• Identifies needs or problems and comes up with solutions
• Manages multiple projects of varying complexities and meets deadlines
• Adheres to rules, procedures, policies, instructions and agreements
• Manages realistic expectations and time pressure

Key Competencies and Attributes

Knowledge, skills and abilities

• Comprehensive understanding and extensive working knowledge of Salesforce
• Training and coaching skills
• Reporting and Analytics skills
• Time management, deadline-driven, ability to prioritise
• Works well under pressure
• Accuracy and an eye for detail
• Flexible, responsible mindset
• Proactivity, responsibility and ownership of team output
• Ability to take initiative and follow through projects to completion

Qualification & Experience

Requirements

• Degree/diploma in Business systems, Operations or related field and/or tertiary qualification
• 3-5 years’ experience
• Salesforce Admin Certificate 
• Exposure to Einstein Anayltics(CRM Analytics) would be a bonus
• Exposure to Salesforce Marketing would be a bonus