Senior Manager - Internal Audit

At PwC, our people in audit and assurance focus on providing independent and objective assessments of financial statements, internal controls, and other assurable information enhancing the credibility and reliability of this information with a variety of stakeholders. They evaluate compliance with regulations including assessing governance and risk management processes and related controls.

Job Description Summary

A career in our Risk Services Internal Audit, within our Consulting and Risk Services line of services, will provide you with the opportunity to assist clients in developing analytics and technology solutions that help them detect, monitor, and predict risk. Using advanced technology, we’re able to focus on establishing the right controls, processes and structures for our clients to ensure that decisions are based on accurate information and assure that information provided to third parties is accurate, complete, and can be trusted.

We are looking for motivated, enthusiastic individuals to join our team. People with the right blend of hands-on data/programming experience, a passion for innovation and an understanding of the markets in which we work. As a Senior Manager in our practice you’ll have the opportunity to develop your career whilst driving the growth of our business.

As part of a market-leading team, you’ll be helping new and existing clients deliver technology and data solutions to streamline their data management processes, gather insights and deliver engaging reporting tools and data visualizations.

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 of service, 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 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:

• 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.
• Management consulting experience in strategy and analytics. Familiarity with approaches of applying data and analytics to solve questions of business strategy for clients.
• Storytelling – building storyboards and other presentations targeted at senior business audience.
• Articulate and passionate verbal communicator – comfortable communicating with all of our stakeholders.

Additional Job Description

About the role:

The main purpose of the Senior Manager role is to design and develop analytical solutions, establish and maintain sound client relationships, manage the internal audit transformation and digitization team, including the coaching and development of staff on site. Ability to travel therefore is essential.

Essential skills and experience:

7 years’ experience in internal audit

Key Knowledge & Skills:

• Experience in external consulting
• Experience in data-driven audits, AI and/ or IT Audit
• Well-developed writing skills
• Fluent in both English and Afrikaans
• Strong presentation skills – written and verbal

Industry experience:

Experience in the following industries would be beneficial:

• Agriculture
• Financial services
• Consumer markets specifically Retail and Fast-Moving Consumer Goods

Required qualifications:

• Qualification in CA(SA)
• CIA

Desirable skills or attributes:

• Ability to perform research;
• Analytical skills;
• An assurance risk management mindset;
• Attention to detail;
• Ability to work both as part of a team, and independently;
• Ability to work under pressure, to prioritise and to meet deadlines;
• Ability to code functional prototypes, review code and develop marketing materials is an advantage.

Responsibilities:

As part of the team this person will be required to:

• Go to market Activities
• Manage work in progress, budgets and debtors
• Develop and maintain sound client relationships
• Training, coaching, development and mentoring of junior staff
• Staff management and performance appraisals
• Identify new potential work in business and risk management, and compile proposals