SATIC Finance Business Partner Support

Management Level

Senior 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.

Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team member’s unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same.

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

• Analyse and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system.
• Take ownership of projects, ensuring their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion.
• Partner with team leadership to ensure collective ownership of quality, timelines, and deliverables.
• Develop skills outside your comfort zone, and encourage others to do the same.
• Effectively mentor others.
• Use the review of work as an opportunity to deepen the expertise of team members.
• Address conflicts or issues, engaging in difficult conversations with clients, team members and other stakeholders, escalating where appropriate.
• 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.

About PwC and SATIC:

Within PwC's South Africa Technology & Innovation Centre (SATIC), the Finance Business Partner plays a pivotal role in driving organisational success by serving as a financial specialist and operational catalyst. This role involves aligning and executing finance related goals, in order to ensure accurate, timely and complete reporting of SATIC’s financial information, budgeting, forecasting, processing of financial data and reporting of financial data. Collaborating closely with key stakeholders, including Executive leadership of SATIC, PwC Internal Firm Services department and the CFO of SATIC. By ensuring adherence to PWC SA Firm & SATIC best practices and standards, the Finance Business Partner contributes to SATIC’s financial well being and compliance.

Summary:

To support the SATIC Finance CFO on delivery of SATIC business strategy, while being effective and demonstrating proficiency across financial performance management, decision support, business planning and forecasting.

Qualifications and Experience required:

• Bachelor’s degree. 

• 5 Years + in a Similar role

Responsibilities of the role:

Revenue/Billing/Collections:

• Custodian of the SATIC Take or Pay Billing process, responsible for the review of the billing model on a quarterly basis, including review of the true-ups. Including managing any queries from the relevant territories regarding their billing.
• Monitor and report on collections & billings.
• Prepare and process month end journals for revenue & deferred revenue.
• Review of invoicing for expense recovery, shift work, overtime, etc
• Initiating, obtaining approval and processing of charges between chargeable and non-chargeable project codes where relevant.

Month end Financial processes:

• Processing of month end journals to close off the period.
• Eg. Provisions, accruals, interest on shareholder loans, deferred revenue, expenses, etc.
• Liaise with the PwC IFS Finance department 0n various Finance matters relating to SATIC.
• Ensuring cost recoveries from SA Firm is done correctly and fairly.
• Monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
• Monthly general ledger reconciliations.

SATIC Financial reporting:

• Reporting on SATICs Management reports to PwC Global Finance Team including SATIC’s Leadership Team.
• Provide commentary and analysis on SATIC management reports and Business Unit reports e.g., Operating Statements, Utilisation, Debtors, expenses etc.
• Business Unit Operating Statement reporting on a quarterly basis, including monitoring and reporting of their expenses against budget.
• Treasury management, including weekly reporting on cash flows and cash forecasts for the business.
• Management of the financial data of SATIC on EPM, including actual, budgets and forecasts.
• Review of SATICs trial balance and general ledger postings.

SATIC Project reporting:

• Report and analyse on projects /contract & Utilisation
• Support staff in business with Timesheet management (Outstanding timesheets, Charge out Rates, etc.).
• Timesheet /WD headcount and Utilisation Reporting to SATICs stakeholders – provide feedback on queries and investigate discrepancies.
• Support with Client & Employee Data Quality & Maintenance (Workday, Oracle and rate card management).

SATIC Audits:

• Management of the external, internal and BEE Audit for SATIC, including managing the audit queries, timeline, budget, liasing with auditors, etc

General:

• Conduct ad-hoc tasks/projects to support business requirements.
• Develop an intermediate knowledge of the financial reporting systems, controls and processes that operate across business.
• Develop an understanding of the business’ financial reporting policies and risk management frameworks in order to assess compliance and guide interpretation and training in relevant areas.
• Ensure alignment of processes with organisational strategy and take accountability for relevant processes within the area of responsibility and ensure delivery and maintenance of standardised processes and controls.
• Support engagement teams with and resolve complex Oracle queries (Projects, Contracts & Invoicing).
• Ad hoc- Modelling scenarios and ratecard outcomes
• Preparation and calculation of the Provisional Tax for SATIC.
• Computation of the interest due on the shareholder loan, and processing of payment bi-annually.

Skills desired for the role:

• Advanced skills in financial planning and strategy development
• Skills in profitability management
• Financial performance reporting skills
• Advanced analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency with financial software systems (knowledge or previous experience of Oracle).
• Excellent computer literacy skills, including advanced MS Office skills.
• Practical and technical knowledge of legal and regulatory issues affecting contracts, financial policies and procedures.
• Experience leading, coaching and developing staff.
• Ability to liaise and widely communicate (written and verbal) with internal, external stakeholders and PwC network contacts 

Role-related attributes:

• Strategic Thinking: Ability to translate business objectives into actionable initiatives that support the SATICs goals. 

• Leadership: Capable of leading projects/programs and driving change management, fostering a high-performance culture, and supporting organisational development. 

• Effective Communicator: Facilitates clear dialogue and engages stakeholders across all levels. 

• Results-Oriented: Delivers measurable results with a focus on quality and efficiency. 

• Problem Solver: Diagnoses complex problems and implements sustainable solutions. 

• Adaptable and Resilient: Thrives in dynamic environments and adapts to shifting priorities. 

• Collaborative Team Player: Fosters an inclusive and cooperative work environment. 

• Organized and Detail-Oriented: Manages time and resources efficiently, ensuring accuracy. 

• Ethical and Compliant: Upholds integrity and ensures compliance with policies and regulations.

Mental & Environmental demands:

• This environment demands exceptional quality, attention to detail and ensure time frames are adhered to with performance under pressure. 
• Ability to deliver on a task independently 
• High level of resilience and persistence  
• Continues motivation of other to ensure timeous delivery 
• Managing conflicting priorities 

Business change accountability: 

Change adoption across Portfolio Accountability

Finance/Resource accountability: 

Portfolio Budgeting Support and Resource Planning 

Communication and Interaction required: 

Staff in own area (manager, subordinates, colleagues): Yes

Staff outside own area: Yes

Internal Firm Services (SA Firm): Yes

Territory Stakeholder: Yes

Vendors/Suppliers: Yes

Travel Requirements

Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Job Posting End Date

November 16, 2025