Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

A career in our Investigations and Fact Finding practice, within Fraud, Investigations and Regulatory Enforcement (FIRE) 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 businesses detect and investigate fraudulent activities or irregularities within their organisation. As part of our team, you’ll help investigate issues such as corporate irregularities, whistleblower allegations, asset misappropriation, regulatory violations, patent and copyright infringement and financial reporting fraud.

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 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, 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.

Main purpose of the role

 Provide data analysis services for client assignments and analytics support for investigations being performed by the forensics teams; and
 Enable the use of new technology to aid investigations in terms of analytics.

Key Performance Areas

 Provide support on forensic investigations in terms of Advanced Data Analytics; and
 Assist with drafting reports based on the work performed.

Qualifications

 Dip, B.Tech, BsC Computer Science, Bcom IT or other relevant qualifications.
 Applied mathematics / statistics or similar qualifications would be advantageous

Experience

 2-3 years’ experience in data analytics is a requirement;
 Forensic Data Analytics would be an advantage;
 Experience in Software Development would be advantageous;
 Experience in Machine Learning would be advantageous; and
 Consulting experience would be advantageous

Key Competencies:

 The ability to draw insights from diverse data sets to aid investigations;
 Decent SQL Scripting skills;
 Fairly skilled on SSAS and SSIS packages;
 Working knowledge of Visual Studio;
 Programming skills;
 Data visualisation;
 Pro-active and committed to delivery;
 Ability to perform under pressure;
 Planning and organising ability;
 Conflict management;
 Analytical and solutions driven;
 Flexible and adaptable to change; and
 Report writing

Drivers Licence

Essential (Non-negotiable). Own transport is required.

Forensic Data Analytics

Overtime

In some instances, overtime will be required to meet project deliverables.

Travel

Travel will be required during client engagements where necessary.

Language

The incumbent must be fluent in English. Fluency in any other official language(s) would be advantageous.

Travel Requirements

Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Job Posting End Date

November 30, 2024