Vacancies at PwC

PwC Forensics has been helping organizations deal with the issues such as fraud, corruption and dishonesty, both in proactive and reactive situations. Our Forensics Cape Town team have assisted organizations to manage these issues and focus on outcomes that address reputation protection, asset recovery and prevention.
PwC Forensics Cape Town provides first-hand experiences in assisting clients with serious business needs. We have developed methodologies and strategies that help clients handle difficult circumstances.
We are seeking for ambitious team players with exceptional analytical skills and a well-rounded personality to become part of our dynamic team in Cape Town.
Your role as an Associate will focus on the delivery of client engagements, by understanding objectives for clients and PwC, aligning your own work to objectives and setting personal priorities, teaming with others across businesses and borders and taking accountability for own and team results. In this role, you will build relationships and exercise your communication skills in order to positively influence your peers and other stakeholders. You will commit to personal learning and development by actively seeking opportunities for growth, you will share knowledge and experience with others, and act as a strong brand ambassador.

If you are willing to work under pressure with strict client and PwC deadlines, gain exposure to conducting investigations and Global Intelligence assignments across a wide range of industries and client portfolio (both local and international), have strong analytical capabilities and strive for continuous attention to quality – This role is for you.

Responsibilities 

• Investigate matters relating to economic crime, i.e. allegations of fraud, corruption and/or irregularities including document review, research, quality control, and perform accounting, economic, and financial statement analysis within established timeframes and budgets allocated
• Summarise, analyse, and prepare reports and findings in a clear, logical, and concise manner and appendices
• Provide general support to team on a variety of tasks in connection with project execution, and communicate with clients and other sources for the purpose of obtaining relevant information and documents
• Assist in conducting integrity due diligence reviews using various local and international online public sources and databases
• Maintain the highest degree of professional standards and strict client confidentiality
• Contribute to new business proposals and development for Forensic Services

The successful candidate will need to complete a CFE Learnership

Essential competencies and attributes:

• Passionate about client service
• Self-starter and motivated
• Innovative and creative mind-set
• Ability to cope with multiple conflicting client demands through managing time and prioritizing deliverables and tasks
• Excellent attention to detail and problem solving skills
• Logical reasoning and analytical ability
• Ability to work under pressure whilst delivering high quality products
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Ability to build and sustain relationships
• Acquiring and applying commercial and technical expertise
• Open-minded, practical and agile with change
• Leading and contributing to team success

Relevant qualifications

• A degree or postgraduate qualification in Forensic Accounting, Accounting, Risk Management or Law, though candidates without degrees will also be considered if they demonstrate relevant experience

Experience requirements

• 1 to 2 years work experience in a forensic services environment will be advantageous
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills - Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Good working knowledge of data analytics
• Excellent report writing skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication

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A career in our Investigations and Intelligence practice, within Forensic Accounting services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients understand where they might have vulnerabilities and develop solutions to manage the risks involved. We prevent, respond to and remediate a wide range of business threats, risks and complex issues.

Our team helps organisations gain clarity and confidence in fraud investigations by offering our clients and their counsel strategic advice and advanced forensic technology. You’ll help to collect and analyse evidence, locate witnesses, conduct interviews, perform computer forensics, and gather intelligence.To really stand out and make us ?t for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be an authentic and inclusive leader, at all grades/levels and in all lines of service. 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 and coach to help deliver results.
•  Develop new ideas and propose innovative solutions to problems.
•  Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current trends in business area.
•  Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
•  Share relevant thought leadership.
•  Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing others.
•  Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality, diverse relationships.
•  Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.

DESCRIPTION
As a Senior Associate, 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. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Proactively assist in the management of several clients, while reporting to Managers and above

• Conduct fraud risk management projects under the guidance provided by our managers. The fraud risk management engagements, include, but are not limited to:

• Fraud risk assessments;
• Ethics risk assessments;
• Fraud and Ethics Awareness training; and
• Development, review and drafting of fraud risk guiding documents, inter alia including Fraud prevention and detection plans/strategies

• Conduct investigations under the guidance provided by our managers
• Train and lead staff
• Establish effective working relationships directly with clients
• Contribute to the development of your own and team’s technical acumen
• Keep up to date with local and national business and economic issues
• Be actively involved in business development activities (including compiling proposals and engagement letters) to help identify and research opportunities on n
• new/existing clients 
• Continue to develop internal relationships and your PwC brand

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS 

• BComm or similar qualification, or LLB

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• Design, direct and coordinate the creation of a world class Experience Center - facilitation and solution design capability;
• Create, maintain and execute on a business development & relationship strategy and create and a client engagement pipeline that will meet – and exceed - required utilisation levels and revenue;
• Be responsible for the commercial management of Sandbox engagements and targets, as well as quality control of experience delivery;
• Lead and contribute to business development and client pursuit activities as a BxT subject matter expert;
• Direct the Experience Center, and specifically The Sandbox team, to develop repeatable, scalable, market relevant  Experience Center service offerings;
• Drive the development and activation of of standardised BxT programs and materials to ensure  companywide adoption of the program;
• Engage and confidently communicate with senior stakeholders, demonstrating the ability to translate complex issues into coherent problem and opportunity statements;
• Be up to date with relevant market and industry trends;
• Be able to influence and persuade clients and stakeholders through a practical, co-creative approach to solve important problems and attain stakeholder buy-in and support;
• Encourage and facilitate collaboration across all units and disciplines and promote a diverse and inclusive working environment;
• Create and maintain ecosystem relationships with individuals, groups or organisations which will generate leads, enhance the client experience or lead to the further development of the business;
• Identify, escalate and resolve client engagement risks and issues according to PwC protocol; and
• Establish and maintain a global network of BxT and Experience Center champions within the organisation that will contribute to the identification and dissemination of new and innovative ways of working.
   

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS 

• Bachelor degree with expertise in Design Thinking, Digital strategy, Customer strategy, Business strategy.
• Post-graduate qualification in the innovation domain will be a distinct advantage, as well as qualifications/ certifications in the digital transformation domain (e.g. Agile Coach, Scrum Master etc.)

EXPERIENCE 

• At least 10+ years professional experience in a management consulting or other professional services environment
• Team building and management
• Cross-industry and -sector knowledge and experience with a solid grasp of standard business value chains
• Digital transformation/ product service development experience, ideally in a start-up or corporate innovation context
• Solid commercial and sales acumen
• Organisational Change Management (stakeholder management and communication, training)
• Project Management
• Design Thinking
• Large group facilitation
• Operating model design and implementation
• Customer experience mapping/ journey mapping

SKILLS 

• Demonstrated  leadership experience, especially in building teams or in a start-up environment
• Demonstrated people management and communication skills (verbal and writing)
• Ability to develop and leverage key ecosystem relationships
• Experience in a position where change management and consistent delivery has been a prerequisite to success
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders with competing priorities
• Ability to identify, empathise with and successfully navigate client realities and challenges, especially at a C-suite level
• Strategy, innovation and human-centered design expertise
• Development of collaborative session designs to support a client/ team in:
  • Better understanding their challenge through a broadening of their exposure to aligned market trends, case studies, examples and leading practices
  • Supporting the client in bringing to bear an awareness of options that will drive significant change in relation to the challenge
  • Creating tactical and practical steps for resolution 
  • Supporting the alignment of groups through collaborative activity in co-developing solutions 
  • Generating momentum and a sense of engagement and excitement around the proposed solutions 
• Ability to identify, develop and convert service-related opportunities in the digital domain
• Cultural and political awareness
• High level of EQ and resilience