Audit Manager

PwC Careers Africa; Pietermaritzburg; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services firm in Pietermaritzburg is seeking a Manager for their audit and assurance team. The role involves overseeing audit projects and ensuring compliance with standards while fostering team development and mentoring. Candidates should possess strong analytical skills, demonstrate leadership abilities, and be effective in managing timelines and deliverables. This position offers the opportunity to contribute significantly to the success of the firm while working in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to take ownership of projects from planning to execution.
• Experience in mentoring and developing team members.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead audit projects ensuring quality and compliance with standards.
• Motivate and coach team members to achieve client expectations.
• Identify opportunities for business improvement in audit processes.

Skills

Analytical skills

Project management

Mentoring ability

Conflict resolution skills

Job description

Management Level

Manager

Job Description & Summary

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.

In financial statement audit at PwC, you will focus on obtaining reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes the auditor’s opinion.

Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team member’s unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same.

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

• Analyse and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system.
• Take ownership of projects, ensuring their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion.
• Partner with team leadership to ensure collective ownership of quality, timelines, and deliverables.
• Develop skills outside your comfort zone, and encourage others to do the same.
• Effectively mentor others.
• Use the review of work as an opportunity to deepen the expertise of team members.
• Address conflicts or issues, engaging in difficult conversations with clients, team members and other stakeholders, escalating where appropriate.
• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

Travel Requirements

Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Job Posting End Date

December 12, 2025