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:
- Our non-attest division offers an integrated range of non-audit business services, aimed at positioning the firm as a trusted business advisor to owner-managed businesses.
- The position includes fulfilling the engagement leader role on a portfolio of private clients consisting of individuals, trusts, close corporations and companies, signing independent review and compilation reports.
- Beyond these engagement specific responsibilities, the individual will support the partner in leading this division, by providing oversight of the managers and staff, coordinating the day-to-day operations and identifying and pursuing opportunities for growth.
- This is a senior position, taking ownership of an important part of our PwC business and being an integral part of our PwC regional leadership team in the Eastern Cape.
Qualifications / Certifications required:
Experience required:
- A minimum of 8 years' relevant experience in an accounting environment, preferably within an audit or similar organization.
- Must have a good understanding and working experience in IFRS, IFRS for SMEs and taxation.
Responsibilities of role:
- Participate as a member of the Assurance Leadership team for the PwC Eastern Cape region.
- Engagement leader for portfolio of clients.
- Provide oversight of managers and staff, including allocation of work, coaching and training, review of outputs and performance management.
- Interactions with clients, including identifying and executing opportunities for growth.
- Tax planning and calculations
- Other operational functions.
Skill sets required:
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Able to work as part of a team as well as independently.
- Ability to take ownership of issues.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills (self and others).
- Ability to coach other staff members on complex issues.
- Attention to detail / Accuracy.
- Strong report writing skills.
- Analytical and solution driven.
- Pro-active and committed to delivery.
- Intellectual curiosity.
- Proven leadership abilities.
Independence requirements to be taken into consideration:
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Job Description & Summary
- The Private division is looking for an Audit Manager with a strong auditing and review background. The ideal candidate will need to have experience on Small to Large Clients.
- As a Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. You will manage a portfolio of clients and manage the relevant staff on these assignments
- The Private division is looking for an Audit Manager with a strong auditing and review background. The ideal candidate will need to have experience on Small to Large Clients. As a Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. You will manage a portfolio of clients and manage the relevant staff on these assignments
- Please note that this role is based at our Worcester practice in the Western Cape and you will be required to be based either in or around Worcester
Qualifications / Certifications required:
Experience required:
- 24 months or more post article experience.
- Must have a thorough understanding and working experience in auditing, reviews and accounting (IFRS and IFRS for SMEs)
Responsibilities of role:
- Manage portfolio of clients
- Manage and review work of staff
- Relationship building with clients and staff
- Planning of work and staff allocations
- Coaching and training of staff
- Performance appraisals of staff
- Monitor cost and drive efficiencies
- Compliance with PwC audit methodology and ensure quality
- Proposals for new work
- Comply with and drive risk management
- Compliance with audit methodology
- Report writing
- Invoice clients for work done
- Collection of outstanding debtors
- Other administrative functions
Skill sets Required
- Self-starter and motivated
- Display sound leadership skills
- Ability to manage multiple activities, with a strong ability to prioritize tasks
- High attention to detail and problem solving skills
- Logical reasoning and analytical ability
- Ability to build and sustain relationships
- Sound administration skills
- Good communication skills
- Strong interpersonal and management skills
- Analytic and solution driven
- Pro – active and committed to delivery
- Excellent time management skills
- Fluent in English and Afrikaans
- Sound knowledge of AURA, MS Word and Excel
- Must have excellent technical knowledge and experience in Auditing, Reviews, Accounting (IFRS and IFRS for SME)
- Must be able to work overtime when necessary
- Valid driver's license and own transportation.
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Role Summary:
- Our PwC Africa Assurance Multi-Territory Delivery Centre (AA MTDC) has an opportunity available for a Financial Statement Specialist with completed SAICA CA(SA) Articles who will be responsible for rendering audit support services.
- The main duty will include the performance of financial statement reviews against disclosure requirements of IFRS and IFRS for SME reporting standards on behalf of audit teams.
- This is a remote opportunity - candidates within South Africa will be considered
Qualifications / Certifications required:
or
- Completed IAC exam (preferred)
or
- Chartered Accountant (SA) (preferred)
Experience required:
- Experience on large and/or listed companies will be advantageous.
- Post article working experience will be advantageous.
Responsibilities of role:
- Performing financial statement disclosure checklists. This includes financial statements prepared using IFRS and IFRS for SMEs reporting frameworks.
Skill sets required:
- Strong sense of responsibility
- Learning agile
- Computer literate (MS Office)
- Accurate and organized, with strong attention to detail
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Must be able to work under pressure
- Very deadline driven
- Fluent in English
- Good internet access - Remote working is available as an option for this role on condition that you are in an area that has good network / connectivity (Laptop and 3G will be provided).
Independence requirements to be taken into consideration:
- Independence from all PwC clients will be required. Financial interests will need to be declared and scrutinized for compliance with independence policies.
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About the Role
- We have a number of exciting opportunities across a range of roles and disciplines to join our expanding Guidewire/Insurance team. As a Guidewire Developer you will be responsible for participating in business requirements, review meetings and providing design & solutions on user stories to be implemented on Guidewire projects.
- Estimate the development effort during sprint planning meetings (Configuration and Integration story cards and design, develop, unit test and document for new and existing software solutions as per requirements).
What will you do?
Senior Developer
- Develop software solutions that are to the high performing technical standards and created using Guidewire best practices.
- Create test data and unit tests to ensure that software solutions meet requirements.
- Perform defect triage and fixes during System Testing, and User Acceptance Testing.
- Ensure non-functional, security, regulatory and compliance requirements are met for all development activities.
- Participate in code reviews and assist in resolution of technical issues.
- Prepare and produce software releases.
- Participate in daily standup meetings, sprint planning and retrospective.
- Lead POC to support new opportunities.
- Guide and mentor junior developers.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of team processes.
What are we looking for?
Senior Developer
- 4 plus years software development experience
- 2 years Experience in Insurance domain, preferably in Property & Casualty / General Insurance.
- 2 years Working experience in at least one of the Guidewire InsuranceSuite products (PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter, BillingCenter or Digital Portals) Configuration/Integration.
- 2 years Experience working with GOSU, JAVA 5/ J2EE, Web Services (Axis 2), XML, SQL, Gradle, Spring, Hibernate, Castor, REST/ JSON and Enterprise Messaging System.
- Experience in using Configuration management tools like Git, Tortoise SVN, Source Tree, Perforce, Plastic and ticket management tools like Azure DevOps, JIRA, HPQC.
- Knowledge of the AGILE methodology/Scaled Agile Framework, SDLC processes will be an added advantage.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
What is nice to have?
- Prior client facing and design experience
- Azure/AWS Cloud experience
- Expertise in Product Designer / Rating integration will be an added advantage.
- Guidewire Certification on latest version
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Job Description
- 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 in the Procurement Excellence team, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution.
- You will manage multiple sourcing projects simultaneously, ensuring high-quality outcomes, stakeholder satisfaction, and continuous process improvement. You will also play a key role in developing strategic supplier relationships and implementing procurement best practices.
Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Managing sourcing projects from identification of requirements through to contract establishment and supplier onboarding
- Conducting market analysis and supplier evaluations to identify optimal sourcing opportunities
- Leading tender processes including pre-tender clarification meetings, commercial adjudication, and post-tender negotiations
- Developing and maintaining strategic supplier relationships across various commodity categories
- Ensuring compliance with organisational policies, procedures, and ethical standards throughout all procurement activities
- Collaborating with internal stakeholders including finance, operations, and technical teams to deliver integrated procurement solutions
- Monitoring supplier performance and managing contract lifecycle including variations, escalations, and renewals
- Implementing process improvements and driving procurement transformation initiatives
- Maintaining accurate procurement records and producing performance reports for management
- Supporting business development by identifying cost reduction opportunities and strategic sourcing initiatives
Preferred skills and qualifications:
- Degree in Finance/Supply Chain/Procurement/Project Management or NQF 7 equivalent (Desirable)
- Enrolled for or completed procurement qualification such as CIPS would be advantageous
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Experience with sourcing systems, particularly SAP Ariba or Coupa
- Strong commercial knowledge of market commodities and services
- Excellent negotiation, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
- Attention to detail with ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Experience in stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration
Minimum years experience required:
- 7+ years of experience in:
- Procurement or sourcing roles
- Contract management and supplier relationship management
- Commercial operations within a corporate environment
- We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive procurement team that drives commercial excellence and stakeholder value creation.
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Role overview
- We are looking for a high-performing Legal Due Diligence Project Manager to support the management and delivery of legal due diligence reviews, large-scale contract reviews, and related legal transaction support projects in global transactions.
- The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering quality legal due diligence on a wide variety of M&A transactions and corporate reorganisation projects throughout their whole lifecycle, from proposal and engagement stage all the way through to final delivery of reports.
- The role will frequently involve working as part of multi-disciplinary advisory team and as part of a global legal team. It requires experience supporting the delivery of large, complex projects within a law firm, Big Four, alternative legal services provider, or similarly sophisticated legal delivery environment. This includes large-scale contract reviews and offers high levels of responsibility and the satisfaction of working on interesting and challenging assignments across different industries.
- The successful candidate will work closely with senior legal and advisory stakeholders in the UK, while being based in South Africa, to help plan, coordinate, track, and deliver matters efficiently and to a high-quality standard.
- The role is ideal for someone who combines sound transactional legal exposure with strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and an interest in improving legal delivery.
The ideal candidate will have the following skills and competencies:
- Good understanding of legal due diligence in the context of M&A, disposals, restructurings, and corporate reorganisations
- Strong organisational and project coordination skills
- Ability to manage large teams across multiple legal workstreams (both in the UK and overseas) utilising strong organisational skills
- Ability to implement methodical “best practice” approaches to the management of projects and the ability to flex that approach to meet client and transactional needs, while ensuring full compliance with risk and quality control requirements
- Ability to support effectively to meet the legal team’s document review requirements, utilising a forensic mind-set and attention to detail
- Ability to manage Q&A processes and management of virtual data rooms
- Ability to meet tight deadlines, ability to manage multiple tasks and to thrive in a fast-paced deals environment
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Ability to build strong and lasting relationships with clients, legal colleagues at all levels and other professionals at PwC
- Ability to use initiative and a willingness to embrace innovation and continuous improvement
- Interest in innovation and continuous improvement, including the responsible use of GenAI to deliver better services, faster
- Clear, articulate and confident written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
- Hardworking and enthusiastic with a “can do” attitude
- Commercial awareness and the ability to identify issues requiring escalation
- Strong academic background
Key responsibilities
- Matter coordination and project delivery
- Support the day-to-day management of legal due diligence and contract review matters
- Assist with matter planning, work allocation, progress tracking, status reporting, and issue escalation
- Maintain trackers, action lists, issue logs, review protocols, and delivery timetables
- Monitor deadlines and follow up with stakeholders to keep matters on track
- Support the coordination of internal teams, reviewers, and where relevant, local counsel across jurisdictions
Legal due diligence support
- Support the delivery of legal due diligence on M&A transactions, disposals, restructurings, and corporate reorganisation matters
- Coordinate the review of legal documents, including commercial contracts, constitutional documents, financing agreements, employment documents, licences, property-related agreements, and litigation summaries
- Assist with the preparation of red flag reports, issues lists, summaries, and final due diligence reports
- Help ensure consistency, quality, and completeness across review outputs
Contract review management
- Support or manage defined workstreams within large-scale contract review exercises, including change of control reviews, abstraction projects, remediation exercises, and post-transaction review work
- Assist with preparing reviewer guidance, templates, and quality control checks
- Help manage review teams to ensure outputs are accurate, consistent, and delivered on time
Data room and Q&A management
- Manage or support virtual data room processes, including document tracking, organisation, and follow-up
- Coordinate legal Q&A processes and maintain clear records of information requests and responses
- Identify gaps, missing documents, or inconsistencies and escalate appropriately
Stakeholder engagement
- Work closely with legal colleagues, partners, directors, and other professionals across PwC
- Build strong working relationships with internal stakeholders and, where relevant, clients and external counsel
- Communicate clearly on progress, risks, dependencies, and delivery issues
Innovation and continuous improvement
- Contribute to improving templates, processes, and ways of working across the legal team
- Use legal technology and GenAI tools responsibly to support efficient and high-quality delivery
- Identify opportunities to improve consistency, speed, and reporting
Requirements
Qualifications and experience
- Relevant legal qualification required, such as an LLB or equivalent or admitted attorney
- Admitted attorney status is preferred but not essential, depending on experience
- Approximately 4–5 years’ relevant experience in one or more of the following:
- corporate/M&A legal practice
- legal due diligence
- legal project management
- managed legal services
- large-scale contract review delivery
- Experience in a law firm, Big Four, alternative legal services provider, or similarly complex legal delivery environment is advantageous
- Advantageous experience
- Exposure to multi-jurisdictional matters, including cross-border Africa transactions
- Experience working in multidisciplinary advisory teams
- Experience preparing DD reports, issues trackers, and review protocols
- Experience coordinating reviewer teams or managing defined review workstreams
What success looks like in this role
- Matters are well coordinated and delivered on time
- Review outputs are accurate, consistent, and commercially useful
- Stakeholders are kept informed and issues are escalated appropriately
- Data room and Q&A processes are managed efficiently
- The candidate takes ownership of defined workstreams and contributes positively to overall matter delivery
- Delivery processes improve over time through practical suggestions and disciplined execution
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About the Role
- We are seeking a commercially minded and analytically strong Manager / Senior Manager, Sustainability & Strategy to join our Economics and Sustainability Strategy team.
- This role sits at the intersection of sustainability, economic analysis, risk and business strategy, supporting senior decision-making across sectors including mining and energy, manufacturing, financial services and the public sector.
- The role has a strong focus on ESG implementation, regulatory response and climate and value chain risks, with particular depth in social and governance topics such as supply chain risk, human rights due diligence and regulatory compliance and / or climate and nature risk. You will lead the translation of sustainability and regulatory requirements into practical implementation programmes across business functions, working closely with economists, strategists and sector specialists.
- The role also requires close collaboration with the Sustainability Reporting team to ensure alignment between strategy, implementation and disclosures.
- The position is structured to accommodate both Manager and Senior Manager levels, with responsibilities scaling based on experience, including leadership, client ownership and business development.
Key Responsibilities
ESG Strategy, Implementation & Regulatory Advisory
- Lead and deliver ESG strategy and implementation programmes, including operating model design, governance structures and execution roadmaps.
- Support regulatory readiness and compliance programmes (e.g., CSRD, CSDDD, EUDR and related frameworks).
- Translate regulatory requirements into clear, actionable workplans across functions such as procurement, sustainability, HR, risk and legal.
- Perform gap assessments, maturity assessments and impact analyses, with practical recommendations.
- Embed ESG requirements into procurement and supplier management processes, including supplier segmentation, onboarding and monitoring approaches.
Value Chain, Supply Chain & Risk
- Lead or support value chain and supply chain risk analysis, including environmental, social and governance risks.
- Conduct due diligence assessments, including human rights and environmental due diligence (e.g. HREDD).
- Support implementation of human rights due diligence frameworks aligned to emerging regulations.
- Support development of policies, controls and governance mechanisms.
- Support end-to-end regulatory programme delivery, from interpretation to implementation and reporting.
Sustainability Analysis & Insights
- Deliver targeted sustainability and ESG analysis, including risk and opportunity assessments.
- Analyse policy, regulatory and market developments and translate these into sector-relevant insights.
- Contribute to scenario analysis and strategic assessments where relevant.
- Support development and interpretation of ESG metrics and performance tracking.
Strategy, Advisory & Thought Leadership
- Provide strategic advice to internal and external stakeholders on ESG, sustainability and regulatory topics.
- Work with economists and strategists to embed sustainability into economic modelling, sector strategies and business cases.
- Contribute to thought leadership, proposals and client presentations.
Sustainability Reporting & Alignment
- Collaborate with the Sustainability Reporting team to ensure alignment between implementation, strategy and disclosures.
- Support reporting readiness and regulatory alignment.
- Provide analytical input to strengthen the quality and credibility of reporting.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Facilitate workshops and stakeholder engagements.
- Engage with clients, regulators and industry bodies.
- Prepare executive-level materials and decision-support packs.
Team & Project Leadership
- Manage and deliver multiple projects or workstreams.
- Lead teams and provide coaching and mentoring.
- Contribute to service offering development.
- Lead client relationships, originate work and support growth of ESG services.
Required Qualifications
Education
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Sustainability, Business, Engineering or a related field.
- Further qualifications will be an advantage.
Experience
- Manager: 5–8 years relevant experience.
- Senior Manager: 8–12+ years relevant experience.
- Experience in ESG strategy, regulatory advisory, supply chain risk or governance.
- Technical Expertise
- Understanding of ESG frameworks and regulations.
- Experience with due diligence, risk assessments and implementation.
Skills
- Strong analytical, communication and project management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- ESG-related certifications (climate and nature; reporting and regulation etc).
- Experience working across geographies.
Additional Details
- Location: Johannesburg or Cape Town
- Employment Type: Full-time
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Summary:
- This role supports and sometimes leads defined workstreams on client Workday implementations, contributing across the full lifecycle from design to deployment.
- Working under the guidance of Managers and Senior Managers, this role configures HCM modules, participates in requirements workshops, and helps translate business needs into robust, scalable system designs.
- The Senior Associate assists with managing ticket queues and executing unit, end-to-end, and regression testing, ensuring quality and adherence to project timelines.
- Success in this role requires foundational HCM system expertise, an understanding of end-to-end HCM processes and data needs, strong communication skills, and a proactive, collaborative approach to working within HR and HCM transformation teams.
Qualifications / Certifications required:
- HCM Systems experience (i.e. SAP or Oracle).
- Workday HCM Core Services Certification or Workday HCM Pro preferred but not necessary.
- Additional Pro Certification (Payroll, Absence, Time Tracking, Compensation) is highly advantageous
Experience required:
Responsibilities of role:
- Contributing to and/or leading our client facing Workday projects, supporting one or more functional areas, from design through to deployment, as part a project team
- Configuring HCM modules under guidance of M or SM.
- Understanding of conducting working sessions to gather and analyse business requirements; translate into scalable configuration designs and managing ticket queues
- Understanding of HCM information process flows to ensure scalable and efficient solutions
- Assist with unit, end to end and regression testing
Desirable skill sets include:
- A background in Human Capital or IT related fields
- Ability to understand E2E HCM business processes and gather data requirements to support the data migration process flows
- Good communication and presentation skills
- Open-minded seeking for innovative solutions
- Self-Starter Attitude
- Collaborating with your colleagues across our HR and HCM transformation teams, and wider PwC network to identify and create solutions that bring value to our clients
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Summary:
- This role supports and sometimes leads Integration workstreams on client Workday implementations, contributing across the full lifecycle from design to deployment. Working under the guidance of
- Managers and Senior Managers, this role configures integrations, participates in requirements workshops, and helps translate business needs into robust, scalable system designs. The Senior Associate assists with managing ticket queues and executing unit, end-to-end, and regression testing, ensuring quality and adherence to project timelines.
Qualifications / Certifications required:
- Integrations Systems experience (i.e. SAP or Oracle).
- Workday HCM Core Services Certification or Workday HCM Pro preferred but not necessary
Experience required:
Responsibilities of role:
- Contributing to and/or leading our client facing Workday projects, from design through to deployment, as part a project team
- Configuring integrations under guidance of M or SM.
- Understanding of conducting working sessions to gather and analyse business requirements; translate into scalable configuration designs and managing ticket queues
- Understanding of HCM information process flows to ensure scalable and efficient solutions
- Assist with unit, end to end and regression testing
Desirable skill sets include:
- A background in Human Capital or IT related fields
- Ability to understand E2E HCM business processes and gather data requirements to support the data migration process flows
- Good communication and presentation skills
- Open-minded seeking for innovative solutions
Self-Starter Attitude
- Collaborating with your colleagues across our HR and HCM transformation teams, and wider
- PwC network to identify and create solutions that bring value to our clients
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- The Workiva Implementation Specialist will be an integral member of the Workiva
- implementation team, focusing on the configuration of the financial reporting modules within the Workiva platform.
- Workiva is a leading cloud based corporate reporting platform that brings together financial reporting, ESG reporting, GRC, internal audit, SOX. Data collection, validation/ verification through to external reporting is centralised and secure.
- PwC has a strategic alliance with Workiva, which this team of implementation specialists will support.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with the client engagement team in the UK to implement and configure the Workiva financial reporting modules which includes, annual financial reporting, statutory reporting and management reporting modules.
- Set up and configure Workiva documents and spreadsheets.
- Identify and link data points throughout the Workiva platform to ensure seamless data flow.
- Map imported data to the appropriate financial statement tables (Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statement).
- Perform data validation checks and Reconcile data points across different sources to maintain consistency.
- Participate in the testing of financial reports within Workiva to ensure data integrity and report accuracy.
- Assist with training end-users on the Workiva platform as needed.
Essential Skills:
- Excel Proficiency: Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel, including the use of complex formulas. Ability to manage large datasets and perform complex functions within Excel is crucial.
- Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret financial data and identify discrepancies.
- Attention to Detail: Meticulous attention to detail and the ability to produce accurate and high-quality work under tight deadlines.
- Communication Skills: Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
- Adaptability: Ability to adapt to new technologies and quickly learn new software applications, specifically Workiva.
- Teamwork: Strong team player with the ability to collaborate with colleagues across different functions of the organisation.
Qualifications:
- Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
- 1-2 years of experience in financial reporting or a related field.
- Familiarity with financial reporting standards and compliance requirements.
- Experience with Workiva or other financial reporting tools is a plus.
Personal Attributes:
- Proactive and self-motivated with a strong work ethic.
- Eagerness to learn and grow within the finance function.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
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