SAIPA Consultant

PwC - Global; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services firm based in Johannesburg is looking for an Associate in Audit and Assurance. The role involves capturing transactions, preparing financial statements, and performing reconciliations. The ideal candidate should have a financial accounting degree, excellent communication skills, and proficiency in MS Office and Pastel Partner. This position offers opportunities for professional development within a supportive team environment. You will be a key player in delivering quality service to clients, contributing to the firm's success.

Qualifications

• Completed or partially completed financial accounting degree.
• Great communication and interpersonal skills.
• Fluency in English; Afrikaans is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Capture transactions in accounting records.
• Perform reconciliations and bookkeeping.
• Prepare financial statements and tax returns.
• Assist managers with various client matters.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Computer literacy

Fluency in English

Knowledge of Pastel Partner

Education

Financial accounting degree (completed or partially completed)

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

Pastel Partner

Job description

Management Level

Associate

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.

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.

Overview

Our strategy is about how PwC brings together unique combinations of people, powered by technology, galvanising ourselves as a community of solvers to address those dual challenges. The foundation of the strategy is our multidisciplinary model, which allows us to help clients build trust and solve important problems by bringing together deep expertise across a broad range of capabilities. It is this combination of capabilities and the ability to look at things from different perspective s that is so essential to delivering high quality and real impacts for clients, stakeholders and society at large in Africa and globally.

We run our programme alongside the South African Institute of Professional Accountants (SAIPA). Our graduates in this programme serve their articles over three years in our Assurance practice and learn through hands‑on coaching and on the job experience. During your time with us you’ll gain exceptional business, personal and technical skills which you will be able to use across the business and throughout your career.

You will have the opportunity to perform all activities related to the accounting function, which may include the following:

• Capture transactions in accounting records
• Perform reconciliations
• Perform bookkeeping to balance sheets
• Prepare financial statements
• Perform tax calculations and complete tax returns
• Complete VAT returns
• Perform general accounting functions according to PwC methodologies
• Assist managers with various client matters, including administrative work

What are we looking for?

• A completed or partially completed financial accounting degree with the intention to qualify as a professional accountant.
• Great communication and interpersonal skills, and fluency in English—the ability to communicate in Afrikaans is advantageous.
• Computer literacy, with a good knowledge of Pastel Partner, MS Word and MS Excel.

How I lead and deliver value as a PwC Professional

Inspire

I understand my impact and people want to work with me

Empower

I coach and work side by side with others

Evolve

I grow as a person and guide PwC into the future

Champion

I commit to quality, integrity and inclusive behaviour

Builds

I apply a business mindset to my work to increase PwC’s success

Delivers

I collaborate across PwC to deliver quality and distinctive client experiences

About PwC

At PwC, we help clients build trust and reinvent so they can turn complexity into competitive advantage. We’re a tech-forward, people‑empowered network with more than 364,000 people in 136 countries and 137 territories. Across audit and assurance, tax and legal, deals and consulting, we help clients build, accelerate, and sustain momentum. Find out more at pwc.co.za

Travel Requirements

Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Job Posting End Date

January 17, 2026