Overview
Forensics Services Manager Jobs in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa at PwC South Africa
Title: Forensics Services Manager
Company: PwC South Africa
Location: Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Key Performance Areas:
- Independently scope, plan and execute forensic investigations, fraud prevention projects, integrity due diligence reviews and other forensic assignments.
- Investigate economic crime matters, including allegations of fraud, corruption, procurement irregularities, conflicts of interest, misconduct and other irregularities.
- Identify key issues, formulate investigation hypotheses, develop investigation procedures and identify relevant evidence.
- Perform and oversee the acquisition, processing and analysis of financial and non-financial information using appropriate forensic technology and data analytics tools.
- Conduct or support investigative interviews, including preparing interview plans, assessing evidence and documenting outcomes.
- Synthesize evidence and draft clear, evidence-based forensic reports and appendices, with a focus on factual accuracy, evidence linkage and defensible conclusions.
- Oversee document management, working papers, evidence handling and review processes supporting analyses performed.
- Supervise, mentor and develop junior team members, including overseeing fieldwork execution and building forensic capability within the team.
- Manage client relationships, understand client needs, deliver value-added forensic services and identify opportunities to contribute to proposals and business development.
- Independently manage assignment timelines, budgets, commercial aspects, client expectations and quality deliverables.
- Ensure adherence to assignment mandates and compliance with the firm’s risk management policies and procedures.
- Exercise sound professional judgement in sensitive and high-risk matters while maintaining strict confidentiality and the highest professional standards.
- Brief senior stakeholders clearly and professionally on investigation progress, findings, risks and recommended next steps.
- Demonstrate a genuine commitment to forensic investigations as a long-term career, with curiosity, persistence, ethical courage and passion for high-quality investigative work.
Qualifications / Education:
- CA – qualified or
- BCom Accounting, BCom Forensic Accounting (Hons), LLB relevant Postgraduate
- CFE or FP/SA preferable.
Experience:
- Minimum 5–8 years’ experience in forensic investigations, forensic accounting, fraud risk management, litigation support, internal investigations, regulatory investigations, or related assignments.
- At least 2–3 years’ experience managing forensic assignments, including planning, fieldwork, evidence review, reporting, client engagement, budgets and timelines.
- Experience investigating allegations of fraud, corruption, bribery, procurement irregularities, conflicts of interest, financial misconduct, asset misappropriation and/or other economic crime matters.
- Good understanding of risks and internal controls
- Document management
- Accounting/legal/ forensic background
- Good working knowledge of the following:
- Microsoft (including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint,
- Microsoft Power Bi, Alteryx and/ or other data analysis tools advantageous
- Computer hardware and operating systems