Transactions Services Manager

PwC South Africa; Wes-Kaap; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC South Africa is recruiting a Manager to lead financial due diligence workstreams for buy-side and sell-side transactions. You will analyse financial and non-financial data, prepare comprehensive due diligence reports, and present findings via our cloud-based platform to support deal decisions.

You will interact with senior management, investment advisors, and business owners to understand historic and projected performance and broader commercial issues.

Qualifications

• 3rd year articles clerk eligible to register as a CA (SA) in 2027 or CA (SA) (1 year post qualification).
• Strong financial analytical skills and commercial awareness.
• Knowledge of IFRS and accounting standards.
• Experience with data analytics and visualization tools (Alteryx, PowerBI).
• Proficiency with GenAI tools (prompting, agents, deliverables).

Responsibilities

• Perform financial analysis from structured and unstructured data sets using data tools.
• Embrace GenAI and upskilling in data/tech tools as they evolve.
• Develop visualisations to communicate findings effectively.
• Extract key commercial and deal insights from financial/non-financial data.
• Identify drivers of a business and potential deal breakers.
• Write succinct, well-structured reports.
• Lead meetings with clients and senior personnel.
• Coordinate with other due diligence workstreams (Tax, HC, IT, commercial).

Skills

Financial analysis

IFRS knowledge

Data visualization

GenAI tools

Client relationship skills

Multitasking under pressure

Industry exposure

Education

CA (SA) or APC eligibility

3rd year articles clerk

Tools

Alteryx

PowerBI

Copilot

Harvey

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join as a Manager in a dynamic team to do financial due diligence. You will analyse financial and non-financial information supporting our client’s investment and deal hypothesis. You will prepare comprehensive financial due diligence reports and communicate due diligence findings using our cloud-based platform to assist our clients with their deal related decision making.

You will also be responsible for interacting with senior management, investment advisors and business owners to understand areas of historic and projected business performance among wider commercial issues.

Additional Job Description

Team summary:

In PwC Transaction Services South Africa (TS), we support a wide range of clients including corporate clients, private equity firms and investment funds on merger, acquisition and divesture transactions throughout the lifecycle of the deal. We work on both buy-side and sell-side transactions, where our people develop specialist sector and due diligence experience. We have an excellent reputation of bringing deep industry expertise and actionable insights through analysis and deals experience.

Qualifications / Certifications required:

• 3rd year articles clerk that has passed the 2026 APC exam that is eligible to register as a CA (SA) in 2027, or CA (SA) (1 year post achieving the qualification)

Skills and experience required:

• Excellent financial analytical skills and commercial awareness;
• An interest in and knowledge of the financial markets;
• Good understanding of IFRS and accounting standards;
• Good experience with Alteryx, PowerBI and other data analytics and visualisation tools;
• Proficiency in the use of generative A.I tools such as Copilot, Harvey etc (prompting, Agents, deliverable and analysis generation).
• Adhere to and promote quality and risk management standards;
• Good interpersonal and client relationship skills;
• A well-organised and self-directed individual who can relate to people at all levels of an organization;
• Proven ability to multitask and ensure effective delivery of the priorities to meet targets and objectives;
• A proactive and energetic team player, who works effectively under pressure and can deal with a dynamic work environment; and
• Industry experience in any of the following is advantageous: Retail, Manufacturing, Financial Services, Insurance, Banking, Renewable Energy, Fintech, Banking and Capital Markets, Mining, Utilities, Energy, Industrial Products, Logistics, Transport, Consumer, Leisure, Technology, Telecommunications, Media, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Real Estate, Facilities Management.

Responsibilities of role:

• Perform and prepare financial analysis from structured and unstructured data sets using data tools;
• Be open to continuous learning and to embrace GenAI, technological enablement and personal upskilling in the firms data and technological tools as they evolve;
• Develop visualisations to effectively communicate findings;
• Extract key commercial and deal insights from financial and non-financial data;
• Identify key drivers of a business and potential deal breakers (financial and non-financial);
• Write succinct, well-structured reports;
• Effectively lead meetings with clients and senior personnel; and
• Interact and coordinate with workstreams other than financial DD, e.g. Tax DD, HC DD, IT DD, commercial DD, etc.

Other:

• This is a hybrid role, the firm operates on a minimum weekly three day in office model. However, where required (as necessitated by client deliverables) an in-office presence may be required in excess of this.