Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Onsite
Management Level
Senior AssociateJob Description & Summary
At PwC, our people in risk and compliance focus on maintaining regulatory compliance and managing risks for clients, providing advice, and solutions. They help organisations navigate complex regulatory landscapes and enhance their internal controls to mitigate risks effectively.Focused on relationships, you are building meaningful client connections, and learning how to manage and inspire others. Navigating increasingly complex situations, you are growing your personal brand, deepening technical expertise and awareness of your strengths. You are expected to anticipate the needs of your teams and clients, and to deliver quality. Embracing increased ambiguity, you are comfortable when the path forward isn’t clear, you ask questions, and you use these moments as opportunities to grow.
Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:
About PwC SATIC and the role
PwC’s South African Technology & Innovation Centre (SATIC) provides critical support to global PwC teams, ensuring compliance with regulatory frameworks risk management. We are looking for an organised, dependable and delivery-focused Senior Associate with good attention to a detail to join our TAD+ (Technology, AI, Data and Third Parties) Risk Management team, supporting the execution of technology, data and third‑party risk assessments at scale.
The role will focus on performing and coordinating risk assessment activity in line with our established risk framework, working under the guidance of UK-based Managers and Senior Managers. This role is critical to enabling consistent, timely and high‑quality risk due diligence across the firm, to enable safe and effective services delivery and operations.
Summary:
Our TAD+ Risk Management team supports PwC’s client-facing and internal businesses to identify, assess and manage risks arising from:
• Developing, procuring, using and selling new technologies
• The sharing and use of PwC, client and third party data
• The onboarding and ongoing management of third parties
This enables the firm to operate safely, meet regulatory and contractual obligations, and deliver services with confidence.
Qualifications /Certifications required:
Qualification in Risk management, risk assurance or finance.
Data protection or security certifications would be advantageous.
Experience required:
Responsibilities of role:
What you will be doing
As a Senior Associate, you will be responsible for executing defined elements of risk assessments and supporting the smooth running of a broader assessment portfolio. Typical responsibilities will include:
Risk assessment delivery
• Conducting technology, data and third party risk assessments in line with our Risk Framework and documented process; you will work across Lines of Service
• Supporting review and analysis of information provided by business teams and third parties to identify potential risks.
• Ensuring risks, mitigations and outcomes are clearly and accurately documented in risk tooling and supporting documentation.
• Applying standard controls and guidance from specialist risk areas (e.g. Information Security, Privacy, Contracting) consistently and accurately.
Stakeholder and team support
• Acting as a day to day point of contact for standard risk assessment queries, escalating issues where judgement or senior input is required.
• Working closely with UK based team members to progress assessments efficiently, transparently and in line with agreed priorities.
• Coordinating inputs from the business, subject matter experts and various tools, ensuring dependencies are tracked and followed up.
• Supporting clear, professional written communications with business teams, aligned to guidance.
• Providing reliable workflow updates and supporting reporting needs.
Quality, consistency and continuous improvement
• Ensuring assessments meet defined quality, completeness and timeliness standards.
• Identifying recurring issues, common gaps or process inefficiencies and feeding these back to Managers to support continuous improvement.
• Supporting the maintenance of risk assessment guidance, templates and knowledge materials.
• Contributing to knowledge sharing and capability building across the team.
• Supporting the team’s drive for consistency across technology, data and third party risk domains
• Building awareness of incident indicators and escalating potential concerns promptly
Desirable skill sets include:
• Exposure to technology risk, data protection, information security or third party risk management.
• Experience working within an offshore or shared services delivery model.
• Familiarity with risk management tooling or workflow platforms.
• Relevant certifications or training (e.g. information security, data protection, risk or audit fundamentals).
• Experience supporting continuous improvement or process optimisation initiatives.
Role related attributes:
Who we are looking for
We are looking for someone who is methodical, reliable and comfortable working at pace, with a strong interest in technology, data and third party risk.
You will be:
• Confident working with frameworks, checklists and guidance.
• Comfortable handling multiple assessments in parallel and able to prioritise tasks.
• Detail focused, with a strong sense of ownership for assigned tasks.
• Collaborative, with clear communication skills
• Agile and able to escalate issues appropriately and work effectively as part of a distributed, onshore/offshore team.
Travel Requirements
Up to 20%Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?
NoJob Posting End Date
July 31, 2026Want to know if this job is worth applying to?