IFS - Associate - FSSC Shared Services

At PwC, finance professionals provide financial advice and strategic guidance to clients, optimizing financial performance through analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and risk management. In financial operations, you will manage processes and ensure regulatory compliance, handling reporting, budgeting, and risk. As a curious and reliable team member, you'll adapt to diverse clients, take ownership, and deliver quality work. The purpose of this role is to support the Africa Accounts Receivable Lead in securing PwC revenue by verifying and posting receipts and resolving discrepancies.

Must Have

• Daily extraction of bank transactions and weekly Oracle receipt uploads for Nelspruit and Witbank office accounts
• Daily update of receipts received in the JHB bank account for Nelspruit & Witbank office
• Weekly receipt allocations for the Nelspruit office’s bank account in Microsoft Sheet
• Contact clients with outstanding accounts in Nelspruit and selected clients in Witbank
• Monthly sending of statements
• Send invoices as/when they are generated
• Address client account queries with managers and partners
• Assist managers/partners by providing customer statements, detailed ledgers, or invoice copies upon request
• Request invoices for secretarial services (CIPC invoices) upon request
• Request invoices for audit services rendered upon request
• Perform reconciliation on audit client invoices (requested vs billing sheet) upon request
• Request credit notes upon request
• Responsible for petty cash, summarizing expenses, and logging requests on SNOW for top-up
• Health & Safety representative
• Oversee company vehicle management including scheduling services, renewing licenses, and handling insurance claims
• Complete assigned ServiceNow tickets daily

Good to Have

• Experience working in a Shared Service Environment

Management Level

Associate

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, our people in finance focus on providing financial advice and strategic guidance to clients, helping them optimise their financial performance and make informed business decisions. These individuals handle financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and risk management. In financial operations at PwC, you will focus on managing financial processes and confirming compliance with regulations. You will handle tasks such as financial reporting, budgeting, and risk management.

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.

Purpose of Job

To support the Africa Accounts Receivable Lead to secure PwC revenue by verifying and posting receipts and resolving discrepancies.

Role Description

Responsibilities

Debtors

• Daily extraction of bank transactions and weekly Oracle receipt uploads for Nelspruit and Witbank office accounts.
• Daily update of receipt that was received in the JHB bank account for both Nelspruit & Witbank office
• Weekly receipt allocations for the Nelspruit office’s bank account in Microsoft Sheet.
• Contacts clients with outstanding accounts in Nelspruit and selected clients in Witbank
• Monthly sending of statements
• Send invoices as/when they are generated
• Addressing client account queries with the managers and partners

Managers/partner assistance

• Upon request - Assisting managers/partners by providing them with a customer statement, detailed ledger or copy of an invoice
• Upon request – Request invoice/s for secretarial services (CIPC invoices)
• Upon request – Request invoice/s for audit services rendered
• Upon request – Perform a reconciliation on audit client invoices, (invoices requested vs billing sheet)
• Upon request- request credit notes

Office responsibilities

• Responsible for petty cash. Summarizing expenses, log a request on SNOW for petty cash top up when needed
• Health & Safety representative
• Oversees company vehicle management including scheduling services, renewing licenses, and handling insurance claims.
• Complete assigned ServiceNow tickets daily

Key Competencies and Attributes

Knowledge, skills and abilities

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Solid computer skills and ability to use accounting software and applications, as well as Microsoft Office programs.
• Ability to work well in a team-oriented environment.
• Excellent communication, problem solving and analytical skills.
• Strong understanding of fundamental accounting principles, fair credit practices and collection regulations.
• Good knowledge of accounts receivable, accounting administration and procedures.
• Good customer service orientation and negotiation skills.

Qualification & Experience

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years’ cognate experience in a professional services environment.
• Minimum of first degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or any related discipline.
• Experience working in a Shared Service Environment is advantageous.

Travel Requirements

Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Job Posting End Date

November 28, 2025

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