SATIC- Risk and Quality Senior Associate

PwC - Global; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 500,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC is looking for a Senior Associate in their Risk & Quality team to provide advisory services and manage risks for clients across various sectors. The ideal candidate will have a strong educational background in finance or risk management, alongside 2-3 years of relevant experience in regulated environments. The role involves developing client relationships and providing valuable insights to ensure compliance and risk mitigation.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of relevant professional experience.
• Preferably experience working in a regulated business.

Responsibilities

• Advising client teams on Risk & Quality issues.
• Managing risks on engagement opportunities.
• Supporting client-facing teams with risk mitigations.

Skills

Critical Thinking

Communication

Relationship Building

Problem Solving

Education

Degree in Commerce/Accounting/Finance/Business/Law/Risk Management

CA(SA) qualification

Job description

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, our people in risk and compliance focus on maintaining regulatory compliance and managing risks for clients, providing advice, and solutions. They help organisations navigate complex regulatory landscapes and enhance their internal controls to mitigate risks effectively.

As a risk management generalist at PwC, you will provide advisory and practical support to teams across a wide range of specialist risk and compliance areas.

Focused on relationships, you are building meaningful client connections, and learning how to manage and inspire others. Navigating increasingly complex situations, you are growing your personal brand, deepening technical expertise and awareness of your strengths. You are expected to anticipate the needs of your teams and clients, and to deliver quality. Embracing increased ambiguity, you are comfortable when the path forward isn’t clear, you ask questions, and you use these moments as opportunities to grow.

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

• Respond effectively to the diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others.
• Use a broad range of tools, methodologies and techniques to generate new ideas and solve problems.
• Use critical thinking to break down complex concepts.
• Understand the broader objectives of your project or role and how your work fits into the overall strategy.
• Develop a deeper understanding of the business context and how it is changing.
• Use reflection to develop self awareness, enhance strengths and address development areas.
• Interpret data to inform insights and recommendations.
• 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.

Role Summary:

South Africa Technology & Innovation Centre (SATIC) is the latest addition to the PwC global technology delivery network. PwC leads the way in human-led technology enabled regulated, professional services, working with clients to transform their business and make them fit for the future. We are seeking a dynamic and visionary leader who brings in-depth market experience, who sees technology as a way to enable and drive human innovation and who wants to lead, develop and bring together a community of solvers, to tackle the biggest challenges in society.

If you are looking for a career where every day is different, where challenges are complex, and where you can make a real difference, then we want to hear from you. By choosing to join the SATIC, you are choosing to work with and lead teams across territories, harnessing the power of world leading tech and making a difference to real people's lives.

The Risk & Quality Senior Associate role falls within the risk management team supporting the PwC UK Risk business. The Risk business delivers an incredible variety of services to clients, including cyber security, financial services, AI and modelling, technology implementations, transformation, internal audits, controls advisory, structuring, actuarial, forensics, deals advisory and regulatory impact. The Risk & Quality team is a group of Risk Management professionals working strategically, hand in hand with the business, partners and teams helping them navigate the numerous and often unexpected challenges that developing and delivering exceptional client service brings. You will be joining a high performing risk management R&Q team with a wealth of experience.

Qualifications / Certifications required:

Preferred: Degree in Commerce/ Accounting/ Finance/ Business/ Law/Risk Management or CA(SA) qualification

Experience required:

• 2-3 years of relevant professional experience

• Preferably experience working in a regulated business

Responsibilities of role:

The role in managing the firm’s risks and quality includes a variety of responsibilities, including:

• Providing support to the business through our query advisory service, advising client facing teams with regard to Risk & Quality issues, such as managing contractual and delivery risks on engagement opportunities.
• Involvement in advising teams on the risks related to proposed work at the client and engagement acceptance stage.
• Advising and supporting client facing teams in considering the wide range of risks related to their client engagements (from before accepting a company as a client, to the end of delivering the services) and helping to manage appropriate risk mitigations.
• Opportunities to advise teams on the risks associated with their use of technology and provide support for teams who are proposing to launch new services.

Desirable skill sets include:

• Communicating with impact and empathy
• Developing self and others through coaching
• Building and sustaining relationships with “internal clients”
• Being passionate about client service
• Being curious – learning, sharing and innovating
• Leading and contributing to team success
• Demonstrating courage and integrity and professional skepticism
• Acquiring and applying commercial and technical expertise
• Being open-minded, practical and agile with change

Role related attributes:

• Develop and maintain strong relationships built on trust
• Analyse complex issues, use multiple sources of information to develop solutions and provide pragmatic recommendations
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to drive, manage and deliver multiple tasks
• Effective oral and written communication with the ability to provide well-reasoned and pragmatic responses to all levels of staff, including at the most senior levels.
• Take initiative but keep others informed of progress and escalate issues where appropriate.

Travel Requirements

Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Job Posting End Date

July 31, 2025