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  • Posted: Nov 16, 2023
    Deadline: Not specified
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    BDO helps a diverse range of clients with different needs. This is especially true of our Advisory Practice, which provides transaction, risk, wealth advisory, company secretarial, and HR services to clients navigating a range of challenges, changes, and opportunities. Our professionals are from a variety of multidisciplinary backgrounds, allowing us to del...
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    Associate Director - Gauteng

    Main Duties and Responsibilities:

    • Take ownership of, and manages work assignments (any budget or complexity) to completion within the allocated time frame and to an appropriate standard (quality), through:
    • proper planning before the assignment, appropriate coaching during the assignment,
    • attention to quality of the deliverable and the supporting documentation, adequately completing provisions,
    • managing the WIP appropriately and within budget, where applicable, billing the engagement, and
    • closing the engagement.
    • Is an effective project manager and coaches other to be effective project managers. Agrees development plan with the partner at the start of the assignment
    • Coaches the team in the writing of Management Letter Points (MLPs) of an appropriate standard for weaknesses identified. Discusses with the client and obtains their comments.
    • Reviews written documents to ensure that they are organised, well-written, referenced, and easy to follow.
    • Establish effective working relationships directly with key clients, and broader BDO stakeholders.
    • Understand what the company you are working on, actually does and how they make revenue. Bring industry insights and recommendations to the client during client discussions. Ensures value-added delivery to the client driving sustainability of client relationship and work allocation.
    • Drives up-selling and cross-selling opportunities at the client.
    • Reviews general IT control testing and documentation/assigned scope of work.
    • Understands the relevance of application controls workings and reviews the testing and documentation.
    • Leads meetings with the key client stakeholders and internal senior stakeholders in the absence of the partner. Review project risks, processes, and controls.
    • Develop a comprehensive understanding of the client’s processes and methodologies, including the reviews of process flows.
    • Can work in, manage and coach teams and effectively communicate across different levels within the organisation. Is able to run multiple engagements concurrently.
    • Mentor, coach, upskill and supervise managers.
    • Has a focus on building the business and be able to identify potential leads. Drives these with the client through to conclusion and winning the work.
    • Run with the end-to-end proposal and business development process. Coordinate and lead meetings with C-level client stakeholders.
    • Actively seek out new client opportunities and relationships as part of the team’s business development.
    • Has a strategic view of the business and, together with the partners, develops/evolves the business strategy, new initiatives. Drives these to operationalisation/business as usual. Has a strong strategic view of the business that encompasses more than client assignments.
    • Able to lead initiatives from commencement to conclusion with minimal coaching and mentoring. Understands when to request input or assistance.
    • Owns and drives an area of focus for the business under the guidance and coaching of the partners. Ensures sustainability and no key person dependency in the maturation of the allocation business area.
    • Provides coaching to managers responsible for operational roles in the business.

    Requirements

    Qualifications/Recognition of Prior Learning equivalent

    • BSc. Computer Science; or
    • BCom. Information Systems/Informatics; or
    • Bcom Accounting; or Equivalent

    Work Experience and Knowledge

    • Minimum 12 years’ experience in IT external audit, IT internal audit and/or IT advisory
    • Proficient in senior stakeholder management
    • CISA
    • Certification in IT management, IT Risk or CRISC is advantageous
    • Experience in Financial Services clients
    • Proven experience in dealing with senior IT executives advising on IT strategy and IT risks.

    Technical Competencies

    • IT external audit
    • IT internal audit
    • IT Risk management
    • Project risk assurance
    • Emerging technology risk assurance

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to BDO South Africa on bdo.mcidirecthire.com to apply

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