IFS - OGC - Manager

Management Level

Manager

At PwC, our people in legal services offer comprehensive legal solutions and advice to internal stakeholders and clients, maintaining compliance with regulations and minimising legal risks. These individuals provide strategic guidance and support across various industries.

Those in contracting at PwC will oversee, draft, and negotiate contracts to assist in compliance and mitigate risks for the organisation. Your work will involve strong analytical and communication skills to effectively manage contractual agreements.

Translating the vision, you set the tone, and inspire others to follow. Your role is crucial in driving business growth, shaping the direction of client engagements, and mentoring the next generation of leaders. You are expected to be a guardian of PwC’s reputation, understanding that quality, integrity, inclusion and a commercial mindset are all foundational to our success. You create a healthy working environment while maximising client satisfaction.

You cultivate the potential in others and actively team across the PwC Network, understanding tradeoffs, and leveraging our collective strength.

• Lead in line with our values and brand.
• Develop new ideas, solutions, and structures; drive thought leadership.
• Solve problems by exploring multiple angles and using creativity, encouraging others to do the same.
• Balance long-term, short-term, detail-oriented, and big picture thinking.
• Make strategic choices and drive change by addressing system-level enablers.
• Promote technological advances, creating an environment where people and technology thrive together.
• Identify gaps in the market and convert opportunities to success for the Firm.
• Adhere to and enforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance) the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

PwC’s purpose is to build trust in society and solve important problems. The firm’s purpose is underwritten by its values and strategic objectives.

The position is for a Manager:
Office of the General Counsel. The role reports to the Associate Director responsible for Contracting, a key pillar within the PwC in‑house legal team. The role supports PwC’s client facing business and internal teams during contracting with clients and third parties and is expected to identify, help manage and mitigate contracting and legal risks to the firm by applying sound commercial principles, relevant laws and internal policies.

• Solid and demonstrable understanding of commercial and contract law and the ability to apply such legal principles in commercially practical way when providing advice to PwC and its lines of service (Assurance, Tax, Deals and Consulting & Risk Services).
• The drafting and negotiating of agreements governing contractual relationships with, amongst others, clients, suppliers, other professional services firms and joint business relationships.
• Reviewing and negotiating a variety of contracts, including non‑disclosure agreements, client services agreements, supplier and sponsorship agreements, licensing and technology related agreements.
• The ability to provide practical legal advice to PwC and its lines of service, including key interpretation of legislation, contracts and regulation, affecting lines of service (and its clients).
• Knowledge of Data Protection legislation and Intellectual Property as it relates to professional services.
• Experience in reviewing and negotiating Software as a Services Agreements (SaaS) and understanding of SaaS arrangements – i.e. procuring and selling SaaS.
• Conducting legal research and opinion writing.
• Providing legal support on internal local or global projects.
• Ability to identify items that may pose legal or reputation risk to PwC.

LLB or equivalent, 3–5 years’ PQE commercial legal experience. Admitted attorney or advocate (whether practising or non‑practising) in South Africa. Experience of working in a law firm, private legal practice, or as in‑house corporate counsel. Experience with in the professional services / consulting industry is…