Manager/ Assistant Manager - Assurance Services - Accounting Reporting Advisory at Deloitte

Job Description

Our areas of expertise include advising on:

• Close, Consolidate and Report improvement initiatives, including process, policy, automation and digitisation of the month-end financial close
• Internal Controls over Financial Reporting as required by JSE Listing Rule 3.84k, including digital enablement
• Integrated Reporting and report refresh initiatives to help our clients report value driven by their ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) activities, including climate change
• End to End accounting and reporting implications of proposed or planned transactions (such as mergers, acquisitions, integrations, separations and restructuring), including post-merger / separation planning for day 1 readiness of the finance function
• Advice relating to changes in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) or other regulatory requirements, including digital enablement and change adoption
• Finance function operational support at month end, year-end, or ‘on call’ accounting services

About the Job

Apply core finance and accounting knowledge in an advisory context to assist our clients in enabling the success of their finance function.

• Improving the effectiveness and performance of finance functions, and finance processes.
• Supporting our clients to improve their controllership close-to-report cycle. This includes assessing their people, processes, and systems.
• Providing practical and pragmatic accounting solutions.
• Supporting clients during disruptive events (large transactions, such as IPO readiness, mergers and acquisitions, divestments, etc.)

Enough about us, let’s talk about you
Are you curious, practical, outcomes driven, love learning, client centric, relish a challenge, collaborative, thrive on working on a variety of diverse problems from clients in different industries and sectors and being part of a fun, professional team? If so, read on!
We’re looking for someone with some or more of the following attributes:

• Understanding of finance business processes (“as-is”, gap analysis, documentation, flowcharts)
• Internal controls design and testing to address risks identified within a process
• Experience in finance functions optimisation / improvements with ERP and reporting packages / systems (SAP, Oracle, SAGE, Hyperion, etc) experience.
• Understanding of the chart of accounts structure and design of month-end balance sheet reconciliation process
• Experience with advanced Excel – macros, etc.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Qualified CA (SA)

Minimum Experience

• 3 years auditing experience at an accredited audit firm.
• Knowledge of financial accounting, technical accounting, reporting, auditing and internal controls or SOX experience.
• 2 years post artticles experience

Added Advantage

• Banking & Insurance Client Experience

Additional Information

Technical Competencies 

• Technical expert in specific area and/or industry 
• Demonstrated project management skill 
• Consulting skills 
• Experience in drafting and presenting to clients 
• Good report writing skills 
• Sound financial knowledge and understanding 
• Demonstrates Innovative thinking

Behavioural 

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal 
• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills 
• Mentorship and coaching ability with desire to develop self and others 
• Strong client delivery focus 
• Adaptable, managing change and ambiguity with ease 
• Focus on quality and risk 
• Problem solving ability