Qualifications / Certifications required:

• Bachelor of Commerce with Honours in Accounting with CA (SA); or
• Bachelor of Business Science with Honours in Finance / CA (SA); or
• Engineer or relevant professional qualification (e.g. MBA, APICS, CPIM); or
• CFA, CIMA or other relevant related degree / professional designation.

Experience required:

• Experience with data analysis;
• Experience with data analytics tools e.g. Power BI, Alteryx;
• Experience of operational or financial improvement from a management consultancy, corporate finance advisory firm or as an internal consultant in a corporate;
• Operations experience, across sectors: engineering, financial services, retail, industrial, consumer, high tech, utilities, logistics, telecoms and energy;
• Competent with spreadsheets, financial and operational analysis.

Responsibilities of role:

• As a member of the PwC CARS team, the candidate will be involved in a variety of financial advisory and restructuring projects across a diverse range of industries and will gain exposure to a wide range of clients. PwC CARS services a wide spectrum of clients ranging from large, listed multinationals through to entrepreneurial, owner managed businesses, covering both domestic and cross Africa border work.
• We are looking for a Senior Associate to join our growing team to work on high-profile clients experiencing stress / distress to their business model and who require turnaround or transformation with a financial or operational restructuring lens, spanning a broad range of industry sectors.
• You’ll provide analysis and business assessment support to the team for restructuring and/or turnaround projects.  Typically you will work with our clients information to help our teams identify and implement rapid, tactical and sustainable financial and operational restructuring measures, for example you will be part of the team advising on:
• Financial restructuring and exit strategies,
• Financing and debt advisory related services,
• Turnaround strategy,
• Independent business reviews,
• Strategic options analysis,
• Contingency planning reviews,
• Short-term cash flow reviews and forecasting, helping clients see and control their cash positions
• Cash levers to smooth cash flow/conserve cash
• Cost out and EBITDA optimisation initiatives
• Working capital improvement plans;
• Restructuring Office services - helping client management develop and implement turnaround programs

In addition to these services you’ll be expected to:

• Take on a “hands-on” role to manage stakeholders and inspire change
• Provide robust data analysis and baselining support for change programmes
• Interface directly with client teams to collect, analyse and develop insights into their business
• Prepare presentations and/or reports to key stakeholders (e.g. Board, Private Equity investor, lenders, etc.)
• Work alongside other PwC teams, including specialist lines of service and sector experts.
• You will also be expected to take an active part in our team and practice development and will typically:
• Support with one or two areas of internal team management
• Work with team members in areas of business development and origination efforts
• Supporting the needs of the go-to-market strategy