PwC

Senior Manager - Audit

Mbabane Full time

Management Level

Senior Manager

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, our people in audit and assurance focus on providing independent and objective assessments of financial statements, internal controls, and other assurable information enhancing the credibility and reliability of this information with a variety of stakeholders. They evaluate compliance with regulations including assessing governance and risk management processes and related controls.

In financial statement audit at PwC, you will focus on obtaining reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes the auditor’s opinion.

Growing as a strategic advisor, you leverage your influence, expertise, and network to deliver quality results. You motivate and coach others, coming together to solve complex problems. As you increase in autonomy, you apply sound judgment, recognising when to take action and when to escalate. You are expected to solve through complexity, ask thoughtful questions, and clearly communicate how things fit together. Your ability to develop and sustain high performing, diverse, and inclusive teams, and your commitment to excellence, contributes to the success of our Firm.

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

  • Craft and convey clear, impactful and engaging messages that tell a holistic story.

  • Apply systems thinking to identify underlying problems and/or opportunities.

  • Validate outcomes with clients, share alternative perspectives, and act on client feedback.

  • Direct the team through complexity, demonstrating composure through ambiguous, challenging and uncertain situations.

  • Deepen and evolve your expertise with a focus on staying relevant.

  • Initiate open and honest coaching conversations at all levels.

  • Make difficult decisions and take action to resolve issues hindering team effectiveness.

  • Model 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 the role 
 
The purpose of this role is to contribute to the PwC’s quality and efficiency objectives by providing internal support to Partners and their engagement teams in respect of assurance methodology.  Providing support to Partners and their engagements will prove critical to address the quality, efficiency and value of all of our services and will create the capacity for growth. Initiatives to support these objectives will be globally and locally developed and implemented. 
 
 
Essential skills and experience 

  • Minimum of 36 months post-Articles experience as an Audit engagement manager 

 
Required qualifications 

  • Chartered Accountant 

 
Desirable skills or attributes 

  • Well-developed writing and verbal skills. 

  • Strong presentation skills will be beneficial. 

  • Should be confident in their communication of information to the 

 
Responsibilities 
 
Primary responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to, the following: 

  • Manage the implementation of assurance methodology to ensure quality and efficiency across assurance engagements. Overall management and responsibility will include reporting on implementation progress over the course of the various projects. 

  • Drive behavioural change amongst assurance Partners and their engagement teams through regular and targeted communication. The focus of the behavioural change will be at the forefront of the transformation objectives in an effort to ensure PwC is distinctive. 

  • Manage communication with the assurance methodology network under the direction of the team leader. Communication will take the form of facilitating learning interventions as well as writing alerts for release to the practice. 

  • Identify and manage local initiatives with the sole responsibility of implementation, roll out and reporting. 

  • Ensure consistency of assurance methodology messages through regular interaction with the assurance methodology network. 

  • Support assurance teams in ensuring quality, whilst driving efficiency, and compliance to assurance methodology through performing of efficiency and audit quality reviews. 

  • Respond to assurance methodology queries and where possible assist assurance engagement teams with guidance on best practice to drive quality and efficiency. 

  • Other adhoc responsibilities which include Learning and Development, Ethics, Team development and mentorship, etc  

  • Ad-hoc assistance with Audit Technical queries/projects 

Travel Requirements

Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Job Posting End Date

November 29, 2025