Senior Admin Consultant

Management Level
Senior Associate
Job Description & Summary
A career within External Audit services will provide you with the opportunity to provide a range of Assurance services and business advice to a variety of clients from small, fast-growing clients to large entities. Our clients are often well-known brands and many have broad international reach. We focus on using the latest technology to reduce the level of manual testing ensuring you'll focus on the most valuable areas of client service and on enhancing corporate governance and the reliability of our clients' information.
To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.
As a Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

Use feedback and reflection to develop self-awareness, personal strengths, and address development areas.
Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy, and relevance.
Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments, and perspectives.
Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

JOB PURPOSE
Support to the Audit Partners and Managers on the execution of various projects across the NER Assurance Practice.
Responsible for managing the Talent Link Portfolio in NER.
NER Region's SAICA management with SAICA rep.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

Social Club Events:

Confirm time, dates, ideas, and agenda with People Partner.
Arrange for food, drink, and draft the agenda where needed.
Events to be arranged via the Spar Account:
Cake for birthdays (when the staff member is in the office).
Monthly cocktail functions.


Monthly Birthday Functions:

Confirm with People Partner a week before the last Friday of the month whether the monthly birthday function will continue.
Remind staff to respond to the google invite.
Request discussion topics from managers and partners and draft the agenda (including birthdays, upcoming exams, and past exams).
Arrange drinks and snacks from the Spar account based on the attendees per the google invite and get the slip signed by People Partner.


Social Club Payments:

Nedbank Payments of Invoices approved by the social club.
Yearly IRBA submissions.
6 monthly Partner AQI Workload.
Ipad Management:
Obtain signed employee declaration (as and when the Ipad is requested via email).
Complete details on tracking sheet.
Send calendar invite for Ipad.
Issue and collect Ipad.


Salesforce Monthly Progress Updates:

Maintain Partner and Manager meeting Agenda.
Download Retain: Once a month and save for backup.
TalentLink/Retain Update - (Stock counts / leave updates).
Audit Leave approval: Consider staff leave requests (do they have manager approval, do they have enough leave available, is it in line with the company policy) and update the planning.
Utilization Reporting for the region.
Health & Safety: Training Planned as and when required.
Business Continuance Management: Attend training and keep BCM documents updated on a continuous basis.


Submit the plan to People Partner for signature on a 6 monthly basis and upload and sign off on Archer.
Implement IMT rehearsals when required by HQ.
Complete HQ questionnaires as and when they are due (generator questions, building assessments, evacuation drills, etc.).
Share flash alerts when they are applicable to the region.
Accounting Engagement Letter Review:
Accounting Salesforce Opportunities:

Obtain the necessary information from the manager/partner by completing the applicable sheet.
Request that admin Create the opportunity and mark in stage 3.
Allow the team to complete the CA and EA, once approved - ask admin to mark the opportunity as won.
Proceed to Easy Engage to request the job code.
Easy Engage: Request code for an opportunity that is marked as won.
Project Code Review: Review for exceptions.
Creation of Authorization for Services.
Upload new clients into Salesforce.
Marketing Events: Manage marketing events in the region.
Company Car Log Assessment: Assess Car Logs every first Monday of each month.
Company Car Billing: Oversee the logs provided by the administrator to finance.
L&D: Oversee target lists, proactive monitoring, non-compliance and approve training plans and expenses.
CSI Events: Implement the projects communicated by HQ for Witbank and communicate with Nelspruit Social club to ensure they do the same.
AG Submissions: Assist Partner with AG Documents, target training and availability of staff.
SAICA: Assist with SAICA admin.
Office Maintenance: Ensure that all maintenance is managed (i.e., lights, door, coffee machine, plugs, fridge, cleaning and sanitizing, etc.).
Wellbeing: Attend wellbeing calls, assist with Wellbeing initiatives in the region.
Lunch: Manage lunch invoices with Office support staff.
Manage small client engagements.



MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

BCom

EXPERIENCE

Five years of relevant experience.
Experience and knowledge of change management principles, methodologies, and tools.

KEY KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

Good understanding of business practices.
Project management skills, self-managing, and delivers timely.
Global acumen and relationship management.
Proactive in identifying opportunities, resourceful, and resilient.
Strong data analytics skills and experience with survey tools, Excel, Power BI, and Alteryx.
Flexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous, complex, and uncertain situations.
Able to work effectively at all levels in an organisation.
Must be a team player and able to work collaboratively with and through others.
Acute business acumen and understanding of organisational issues and challenges.
Proven track record in a similar role.
Passion for process improvement.
Openness to new ideas.
Problem solver who is results-oriented.
Passion for sharing knowledge and building a high-performance culture.

Travel Requirements
Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?
Job Posting End Date
November 30, 2024
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