Senior Manager: CFO Advisory at KPMG South Africa

Description of the role and purpose of the job

KPMG South Africa is a multinational firm with an ambition to be the most trusted and trustworthy professional services firm in the world.

CFOs play a crucial role in organizations, supervising all financial activities such as accounting, financial reporting, tax, business control, and treasury. In Digital Consulting we are the CFO problem solvers, we develop and implement practical solutions to a range of complex accounting, reporting, financial and regulatory challenges.

Our business needs a dynamic senior manager that shares our passion for advancing the CFO agenda of our clients. This position provides opportunity to assist clients with:

Technical accounting and regulatory interpretation and implementation

• Audit readiness, assurance, and compliance assessments
• Financial and regulatory end-to-end reporting services
• Assessments, design, integration and implementation of financial and regulatory processes, controls, and functions
• Data quality and remediation
• Digital offerings for financial, regulatory, and non-financial reporting, development of innovative digital solutions and offerings across financial management functions
• At KPMG, providing clients with the best possible solution to the challenges which they face is paramount, thus the role will enable you to collaborate with a wide variety of staff members from other business units including Department of Professional Practice, Deals Advisory and Risk Management.
• This collaborative approach in everything that we do helps to distinguish us in the market place.

Key responsibilities

• Participate in market activities to grow the CFO Advisory services for the firm;
• Assist clients in technical accounting and regulatory implementation;
• Lead the delivery of finance & accounting transformation engagements, from visioning and target operating model development to implementation;
• Collaborate with other business units within the firm in delivering comprehensive solutions for clients;
• Develop and train team;
• Understand how technology enables the finance function of the future etc;
• Contribute effectively to the discussions around the “future of finance” and actively participate in generating creative ideas and thoughts; and
• Display diligence during the execution of any work of KPMG’s internal risk management processes at all times;
• Other ad-hoc tasks as assigned.

Skills and attributes required for the role

• Strong organisation skills; a self-starter with initiative, ability to foster innovative approach to problem solving;
• The ability to build collaborative relationships with good interpersonal skills and the ability to relate well to colleagues with differing levels of expertise and skills while championing inclusion and diversity;
• Client relationships management;
• High level of attention to detail and a desire to drive quality;
• High level of drive and resilience;
• Ability to multi-task and reprioritise tasks as and when required;
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines;
• Very good business writing skills, numerical skills, communication and interpretation skills;
• Excellent ability to compile PowerPoint decks and able to present with confidence and passion;
• Passionate about how technology enables the finance function of the future; and
• The ability to adapt to a changing work environment and accommodate changing client demands.

Minimum requirements to apply for the role:

• Minimum 7 years’ experience working in audit/finance and technical accounting environment;
• CA (SA)/ Equivalent professional qualification; and
• Passionate about working in finance projects and providing practical solutions to the CFO.