Career Opportunities at EY

The Role Description

As a manager in our Strategy & Transformation team you will work across Business Consulting and EY Parthenon Strategy to define and lead end to end transformation engagements.

You will work with client executive teams to design, define and establish large scale agile transformation programs that drive growth and deliver long term value. You will support business development, creating proposals and participating in solution development and helping delivering market leading ideas and proposals to clients.

You will manage high performing teams, coach junior team members and develop the careers of colleagues.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Assist leading organisations develop corporate or divisional strategies that accelerate growth and deliver long term value.
• Define the roadmaps and strategic plans that will implement strategy.
• Design, reinvent and innovate business models that will create long term value and disrupt markets.
• Design and build operating models.
• Define and advise on the business model portfolios in which organisations should invest to create sustainable, long term value.
• Design, establish and operate innovation programs, including agile or lean approaches to developing new innovations in products, service, experiences or business models.
• Lead and manage large scale cross functional projects and strategic transformations.
• Analyze data and provide recommendations to client executives on strategic initiatives and transformations.
• Enable the implementation of concepts, solutions and systems that have been defined through research, strategy, ideation and innovation.
• Drive business development, build and grow the pipeline.
• Build client relationships and establish the team as a trusted advisor in the market place.
• Collaborate across EY service lines to increase value for our clients, contributing to building a better working world.

Skills And Attributes For Success

• A passion for people — our people are our greatest asset. We need you to be able to lead project teams to bring out the best in our people and help them to develop and grow.
• Ability to build exceptional client relationships — our clients are at the centre of what we do. Through the delivery of engagements, you will be responsible for managing key client relationships to make sure that we deliver quality and value.
• Ability to think strategically and to solve complex problems. You will demonstrate strong critical thinking skills focused on developing solutions, creating logical arguments or analysis, assimilating complex information, identifying or anticipating issues or challenges.
• Ability to communicate, making complex systems and situations simple to understand. You’ll communicate visually, verbally and in written reports.
• Ability to manage projects –we help our client solve their complex business challenges. Experience in managing transformation or innovation programs.
• Ability to learn new ideas and capabilities rapidly through self–driven learning and research. You’ll need to be able to assimilate new ideas and information rapidly, making sense of the world around you and at clients.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Leadership capabilities that accept responsibility, build high performing teams, scale through appropriate delegation and teamwork, share clear direction, gain support and commitment from others, provide feedback openly and learn from feedback from others whilst admitting mistakes in order to learn.
• Knowledge of leading innovation, transformation and strategy frameworks or methods with practical experience in having developed or implemented projects using these frameworks.
• Strong commercial awareness and proven ability to present technical information in a meaningful manner to executive stakeholders.
• Experience in strategy, innovation or transformation consulting.
• Experience working across multiple functions in an organisation or at clients to better understand the inter-related nature of solving complex challenges in an organisation.
• Intellectual curiosity and passionate about solving complex problems. We are looking for people who are purpose driven and ask better questions to seek better answers
• An entrepreneurial and growth-oriented mindset. What you know matters. We are looking for people who are innovative and can contribute to developing EY’s position and our team in the market
• Enthusiasm and ability to collaborate well in teams. We are looking for inclusive people who value differences and have a real desire to both learn and coach others
• Relevant certification from recognised institutions in project or program management, such as PMP, PgMP and Prince II is beneficial but not a pre-requisite.

  Your career at EY

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for al

What We Look For

We are looking for passionate leaders with strong vision and collaborative commitment to teamwork to bring deep transformation and innovation expertise to our clients. If you have a genuine desire to help businesses achieve their full potential and to drive real–world strategy, then this role is for you.

What We Offer

• Success as defined by you: we’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Build a business and develop teams: an empowering, entrepreneurial working environment in which you will be rapidly building and growing a Strategy & Transformation business that make a real impact in the market. You will inspire, coach and develop other team members to create a high performing business.
• Continuous learning: personalised career development including coaching, experiences and formal learning so you’ll develop the mindset and skills you’ll need to thrive in the future.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

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Job purpose

Responsible for driving legal projects and activities relating to the General Counsel’s Office function, servicing 13 countries across Africa with special emphasis on reviewing and negotiating various contracts and providing internal legal advice to other teams across service lines while adhering to EY’s internal policies (both locally and internationally).

The candidate will report to the General Counsel, Africa Region.

Duties and responsibilities will include the following:

 General Counsel Office (GCO):

The Commercial Lawyer (Senior Manager) will assist the GCO with the following tasks across the Africa Region of EY, and across all service lines in the EY Africa Region -

• General - Drafting and negotiating various agreements across audit and advisory service lines, including global framework agreements, local implementation agreements, service level agreements, technology agreements, intellectual property agreements, procurement agreements, confidentiality agreements and data usage agreements.
• Strategic adviser - Reviewing and determining firm strategy on engaging with clients (i.e. types of agreement templates and the contents of the agreement templates based on various risk parameters).
• Reviewing and drafting firm policies including authority and delegations framework.
• Acquisitions – Assisting with major cross border acquisitions including working with external counsel on deal structure and acquisition agreements.
• Litigation - Managing litigation matters (including risks and prospects analysis and briefing external legal counsel).

Providing advice to business units on potential claims as well as forming part of special ad hoc panels to manage the risk of potential claims. 
Providing input/reporting to legal risk committee

Assist the GCO in the rendering services of the following service areas to the service lines:

Reviewing and negotiating Engagement letters suggested clients changes to of amendments to EY’s standard terms and conditions,
Terms of Business, Reviewing, negotiating and drafting various agreements across various service lines (including Advisory, Tax, Transactions, and Assurance) including but not limited to – Hold harmless letters,
Confidentiality and Request for Tenders, Bid submissions or Request for Proposal,
Sponsorship Agreements
Non-disclosure agreements

• Service level agreements
• Global framework agreements
• Responses to requests for proposals/bids 
• Teaming agreements
•  Consortium agreements
• Subcontractor agreements
• Service provider Agreement
• Secondment Agreements
•  Memorandum of Understanding
• Any other bespoke agreement required by the service lines
• Negotiating limitation of Liability – request to exceed normal limit,
• Provision of internal legal opinions to as requested by the service lines or the General Counsel negotiation, drafting/reviewing of agreements and other legal documentation.
• Assistance dealing  with managing disputes and litigation matters(commercial) , and compliance, legislative and regulatory requirements as requested by the General Counsel,
• Consultations and drafting of all types of contracts and agreements but specifically those in respect of business relationships, consortia, subcontracting arrangements, alliances and secondments,
• Dealing with subpoenas and claims brought against the firm
• Manage the Master Template Database of contract and other legal precedents,
• Assist in the maintenance of a register of legal work done’
• Assist in the maintenance of register of deviations from standard contract terms,
• Drafting and research for legal opinions. Research on matters as required by the General Counsel,
• Assistance with Projects as undertaken by the GCO;
• Assistance with the notification of claims and circumstances project (which happens twice a year)
• General administrative responsibilities that ensure the smooth running of the General Counsel Office, Liaison with external legal practitioners, and Ernst & Young (EMIA) and Global (EYG), where appropriate.
• Attending to data privacy review of EY applications
• Assistance with selected areas of compliance issues, and 
• Assistance with all Company secretarial duties 
• Assistance with the Firm’s Annual General Meeting
• Liaison with ASA staff to coordinate input on documents sent out for comments.
• Assist with legal support to the ASA EY practices on various legal matters.
• Responsible to keep the Global Corporate Database updated and schedule of ASA entities (Regular update projects are run by Global), Manage Gift and Hospitality register, Manage a Schedule of Contracts).

 Qualifications

• Minimum bachelor of laws degree (LLB).
• Admitted attorney with at least 7 years plus post admission experience
• Solid commercial drafting, reviewing and negotiating skills
• Business acumen
• Experience within a similar industry sector and/or financial services
• Exposure across the African continent would be beneficial
• Top administration skills with a high proficiency in the use of Microsoft office programmes and Lotus notes
• Excellent relationship skills which sometimes may be tested when dealing with pressure situations.
• Assertive, proactive and energetic.
• Willingness to work overtime when necessary.
• Strong team player.
• Strong organisational and project management skills.
• Well rounded corporate and commercial experience.
• Experience in an auditing firm and with compliance and company secretarial matters will be an advantage
• Adaptive and ability to think on your feet
• Decision making capabilities
• Ability to manage with matters with little or no assistance
• Flexibility to travel if required