Virtual Assistants for PWC | Hybrid Jhb

Job Description & SummaryA career within Customer Consulting services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients design customer strategies that address the customers’ underlying needs and desired outcomes. We help build bridges between digital and analog mediums, delivering personal and contextual experiences powered by technology and analytics, and driving the total experience by engaging the customer, product, partner, and employee experiences.

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 an 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:

• Invite and give in the moment feedback in a constructive manner.
• Share and collaborate effectively with others.
• Identify and make suggestions for improvements when problems and/or opportunities arise.
• Handle, manipulate and analyse data and information responsibly.
• Follow risk management and compliance procedures.
• Keep up-to-date with developments in area of specialism.
• Communicate confidently in a clear, concise and articulate manner – verbally and in the materials I produce.
• Build and maintain an internal and external network.
• Seek opportunities to learn about how PwC works as a global network of firms.
• Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.

Our new South Africa Technology & Innovation Centre (SATIC) is the latest part of PwC, a global brand delivering both technology and business services for the biggest clients in the world. We are excited to be in a position to advertise Executive Support opportunities within SATIC Johannesburg team. Successful applicants will support UK based stakeholders and play a key role in supporting the growth of our team on an international basis.

We have a range of opportunities available at the Senior, Assistant and Administrative levels within Executive Support based in the Johannesburg office and welcome applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds. Key skills that are applicable across all role levels are:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build rapport and establish positive relationships with team members and stakeholders who will be working remotely to you
• Ability to collaborate effectively sharing workload to support the success of the team
• A true team player who is willing to work hard to build strong and productive relationships with the ability to upwardly manage stakeholders at all levels within the Business Unit, Line of Service and wider firm.
• Ability to work under pressure with high levels of confidentiality and resilience due to the busy nature of the role.
• High level of attention to detail 
• Forward thinking with a proactive, self-starting attitude and strong problem solving abilities 
• Strong organisational skills with experience of prioritising and managing multiple stakeholder requests to meet deadlines whilst maintaining an exceptional quality of work 
• Experience in coordinating/managing projects
• Strong technical skills with experience of using the Google / Microsoft Office Suites 
• A curious mindset with the ability to embrace and adapt to new technology in a fast moving tech environment.

To ensure consistency across time zones candidates must be comfortable aligning to our UK team’s working hours from Monday-Friday (daylight savings dependent):

• 10.00am-6.30pm during the period 28th March-31st October
• 11.00am-7.30pm during the period 31st October-28th March when the time zone changes in the UK

Please note candidates will also be aligned to the UK public holiday calendar, not the South African calendar. Where public holidays are not the same, we will apply PwC’s overtime and leave policy.

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.