Senior Associate Forensics

PwC • Other • Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa • $400 - $500 / year • 4h ago

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.

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.

DESCRIPTION

Assist in the performance of fraud investigations, fraud prevention projects and other forensic assignments.
Capturing, sorting and electronic analysis of financial and other data.
Assisting in the compilation of draft forensic reports and appendices.
Assessing and analysing financial and other data.
Recording findings and project administration, including printing, indexing and filing.
Deal with sensitive and demanding situations.
Understand customer needs and translate them into opportunities.
Proactively assist in the management of several clients, while reporting to Managers and above.
Manage small teams of junior staff and be responsible for their career development.
Maintain the highest degree of professional standards and strict client confidentiality.
Perform data acquisition, processing and analysis of financial and non-financial data.
Conduct 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.
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.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

CA - qualified 2015/2016.
BCom Acc, LLB Post Graduate or CFE is advantageous.

EXPERIENCE

3 Years accounting experience.
Good understanding of risks and internal controls.
Document management.
Accounting/legal background.
Good working knowledge of Microsoft (including Excel, Word, Access and PowerPoint) and computer hardware and operating systems.

SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES