Personal Assistant – PwC Johannesburg
Location: Johannesburg
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Requisition ID: 636804WD
Posted: 15 days ago
Closing Date: June 30, 2025 (5 days remaining)
Travel Requirement: Up to 20%
Visa Sponsorship: Not available
Management Level: Administrative
About the Role
PwC is seeking a Personal Assistant to deliver high-level administrative support to Partners within the Assurance Line of Service. This role ensures the seamless operation of the business by effectively managing schedules, meetings, travel arrangements, and confidential communications.
You’ll be a key player in driving organisational efficiency and facilitating professional interactions. The role demands someone who is adaptable, proactive, and skilled in working under pressure while maintaining high standards of service.
Key Responsibilities
Executive Support:
- Manage Partner diaries, schedule meetings, and take minutes
- Handle local and international travel arrangements (flights, accommodation, car hire)
- Complete time and expense claims
- Prepare professional correspondence, proposals, presentations, and executive packs
- Assist with ad hoc personal tasks for directors
Administrative Support to Assurance Line:
- Download and circulate risk reports, address queries
- Coordinate with SAICA Administrator to ensure trainee bookings meet required hours
- Run job costing reports and provide other requested reports
Retain Resource Management:
- Book clerks on jobs as requested by managers
- Respond to inter-office resourcing requests (e.g., stock counts)
- Resolve scheduling conflicts in the retain system
- Generate availability and overtime reports; analyse to optimise trainee time usage
- Provide general administrative support to Associate Directors
Required Qualifications & Experience
- Matric certificate
- Bookkeeping or Executive Secretarial Diploma
- Minimum 5 years’ administrative experience in a professional services environment
Preferred Skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong organisational and multitasking abilities
- Capable of engaging with senior-level professionals
- Experience preparing professional documents and presentations
Ideal Candidate Attributes
- Self-driven and proactive with a learning mindset
- Highly professional and accountable
- Effective communicator who adapts to different audiences
- Strong problem-solving and prioritisation skills
- Flexible and resilient in a fast-paced, changing environment
- Familiarity with PwC’s standards and code of conduct is a plus
To Apply: Submit your application before June 30, 2025. Join PwC and help drive excellence through exceptional support services.
