Management Level

Associate

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, our people in people strategy focus on developing and implementing long-term strategies to align the organisation's human capital with its overall business objectives. This involves analysing workforce trends, applying the latest HR strategy, long-term workforce planning and improving overall employee experience.

Those in total rewards at PwC will design and implement compensation and benefits programmes to attract and retain top talent. Your work will focus on making sure employees are rewarded fairly and competitively for their contributions to the Firm.

Driven by curiosity, you are a reliable, contributing member of a team. In our fast-paced environment, you are expected to adapt to working with a variety of clients and team members, each presenting varying challenges and scope. Every experience is an opportunity to learn and grow. You are expected to take ownership and consistently deliver quality work that drives value for our clients and success as a team. As you navigate through the Firm, you build a brand for yourself, opening doors to more opportunities.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

Apply a learning mindset and take ownership for your own development.Appreciate diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others.Adopt habits to sustain high performance and develop your potential.Actively listen, ask questions to check understanding, and clearly express ideas.Seek, reflect, act on, and give feedback.Gather information from a range of sources to analyse facts and discern patterns.Commit to understanding how the business works and building commercial awareness.Learn and apply professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), uphold the Firm's code of conduct and independence requirements.

Role Summary:

PwC South Africa is seeking an analytical and dynamic accounting graduate to join our Reward Practice, which is a specialist team within the firm’s wider Tax and Legal Department. Our team helps organisations set their compensation strategies through analysis of industry benchmarks, company policies and culture, and employee performance. As a member of our team, you’ll help our clients determine their compensation structures with a specific focus on the analytical aspects thereof.

Qualifications / Certifications required:

Accounting graduates who successfully completed an NQF Level 8 Qualification (BCom
Honours Degree) majoring in any of the below:
 Management Accounting: e.g. BCom Honours Degree
 Financial Accounting: e.g. BCom / Accounting Honours Degree
 Tax Accounting: e.g. BCom Honours Degree

Experience required:

Newly graduated students will be considered.

Responsibilities of role:

 Collecting and analysing remuneration data for PwC’s internal remuneration

database;
 Performing executive and non-executive director benchmarking and assistance in determining an appropriate comparator group;
 Conducting critical reviews of client’s remuneration practices, and drafting papers including review outcomes and recommendations for new structures to clients (both executive management and remuneration committees);
 Drafting of market practice papers on various elements of remuneration
 Performing indicative financial modelling for variable incentive schemes to assist clients in understanding the cost versus benefit implications thereof;
 Performing various wage gap analysis to assist clients with their fair pay analysis
 Assistance with the so-called single figure remuneration reporting;
 An awareness of topical issues surrounding executive reward, both globally and locally, and the preparation of communication material to remuneration committees regarding this information, as well as providing ongoing advice;
 Managing client relationships (under the supervision of more senior staff);
 Project managing client engagements;
 Responsibility for risk management procedures and managing costs/fees;
 Attending client meetings;
 Assisting with the preparation of client publications;

Skill sets required:

 Ability to provide solutions to business problems – logic analytical thinking.

 Strong analytical and logical thinking ability
 Strong numerical skills
 Technical research skills
 Excellent communication and writing skills
 Ability to prioritise,multitask and work under pressure.
 Organisation and time management skills.
 Ability to work to deadlines.
 Pays attention to detail.

 Role related attributes:

 Results oriented with leadership qualities.
 Self starter, confident.
 Lateral thinker.
 Self motivated.
 Takes initiative and responsibility for personal development and updated technical knowledge.
 Positive attitude

Independence requirements to be taken into consideration:

Standard PwC risk management restrictions apply

* Industry experience required:

Relevant knowledge of executive and non-executive reward structures will be advantageous

Travel Requirements

Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Job Posting End Date

November 17, 2024