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The Personal Assistant provides extensive support inclusive but not limited to admin, secretarial and functional support associated with the specific role requirements. The Personal Assistant also assists in increasing and ensuring the office's efficiency in terms of the required administrative functions.
Specification
Tthe Personal Assistant will inter alia be responsible for.
- Providing professional and confidential administrative and support to the relevant department.
- Diary management for Partners and General Office Administration
- Manage the sending IFRS technical communication
- Providing support to the directors by setting up of reviews, scheduling review meetings and coordinating all the resources associated with reviews.
- Maintaining and setting up new templates
- Providing logistical support to the Partners in the execution of his/her duties
- Coordinating and providing training support to the directors including setting up of training on various platforms, sending out training communication, maintaining training registers for IRBA reporting, maintaining training calendar and updating of training information of HR systems
- Processing invoices (including credit notes and release of write off invoices).
- Organisation and booking of seminars and conferences for partners and staff including: bookings, expense requisitions, obtaining partner authorisation, follow up, sending to relevant partners
- Organising business and private travel arrangements
- Ensure financial statements are printed and audit reports are typed.
- Communicating verbally and electronically with internal and external clients.
- Liaising with courier services for both local and international deliveries as well as internal driver/messenger on deliveries
- Input of weekly timesheets and expenses (billings) onto Great soft and keep track of hours spent
- Dealing with Client queries and enquiries.
- Debt collection on requests from partners.
- Control of Petty Cash Management process
- General Administration and any ad hoc duties/projects that will be assigned from time to time.
Requirements
Qualifications:
- National Diploma - Administration and Office Support/ 3-year Degree in Office Management/Secretary studies desirable
Experience:
- 3-6 years of experience as a Personal Assistant
- Prior experience with a financial services company desirable
Skills and Competencies Required:
- Good interpersonal skills will be required to be successful in this role
- Organizational skills and the ability to multitask are essential
- Ability to prioritise and handle stress
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Must be able to communicate effectively at all levels
- Ability to work under pressure
- Fine attention to detail
- Assertiveness
- A high level of initiative and ability to work independently to meet deadlines.
- Professionalism
- Socially aware and able to work as part of a diverse team
Proficiencies:
- Microsoft TEAMS
- Microsoft 365
- Excellent MS Word especially developer function, PowerPoint
Closing Date: 30th, March 2022
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Specification
The Senior Audit Manager oversees and ensures that the project runs efficiently and profitably from inception to sign off, by managing all the relevant stakeholders in accordance with the Firm’s policies and procedures. The Senior Audit Manager further supports the Engagement Partner with clients' commercial management and business development initiatives.
Reporting to the Audit Partner you will inter alia be responsible for:
Business Development
- Negotiating budgets/fees and overruns for clients once fee base has been agreed with the partner
- Managing WIP, write offs, fee queries and debtors
- Ensure Timeous and accurate billing of clients
- Accurate and Timeous planning of audits
- Management and the Execution of audits
- Managing staff movements on and off the job and timeously communicate to all relevant parties
- Manage and control staff allocations on audit project
- Ensure completion and finalisation of audits
- Building of effective relationships with clients and staff
- Ensure Exceptional Client Service
- Decide on audit appropriateness of audit opinion by resolving issues which might impact on the audit opinion and ensuring that these are brought to the attention of the engagement partner and documentation thereof.
- Manage the client and ensure that the project is delivered within the scope agreed on
- Mentoring of trainees
- Timeous completion of performance reviews
Requirements
Qualifications and Experience Requirements
- CA(SA)
- At least 4 years post article Management experience with long term audit ambitions
- Must have listed companies experience
Competencies
- Strong Technical Ability
- Extremely high level of attention to detail and analytical and problem solving abilities
Closing Date: 6th, April 2022
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Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Keep abreast of regulatory changes impacting the workplace:
- Develop policies, procedures, frameworks and tools with specific focus on relevant legislation
- Ensure that all business policies contain the right content addressing legislative requirements.
- Collaborate with Risk and Legal departments to interpret data-related Legislation and Regulations, including, but not limited to the Protection of Personal Information Act and the General Data Protection Regulation
Data Governance:
- Create and implement an enterprise wide Data Governance Framework
- Create data governance policies, processes, standards and controls
- Deploy and enforce policies and procedures that ensure data is used and maintained properly
- Ensure that new systems and/or applications adhere to existing data management practices, policies, and procedures
- Serve as a liaison between Business and Functional areas and technology to ensure that data related business requirements for protecting sensitive data are clearly defined, communicated and well understood and considered as part of operational prioritization and planning
- Translate data compliance requirements to technical and business requirements for IT and data owners and data analysts to action
Serve as Privacy Champion for the firm:
- Monitor compliance with the BDO Global Privacy Policy and relevant local data protection legislation
- Inform, advise and issue recommendations on data protection processes within the firm
- Have due regard to the risk associated with the processing operations
- Provide advice on the need, methodology, safeguards and other elements of a privacy impact assessment (PIA)
- Maintain a record of all categories of processing activities carried out on behalf of controller
- Promote a data protection culture within the firm
Ensure that Data Quality is excellent throughout the lifecycle of the data:
- Define acceptable data quality levels in conjunction with business owners and define rules that the company must use to ensure data is available, at the right quality levels and accessed securely by authorised personnel
- Collaborate with data owners and data analysts to analyse data for data quality issues and define requirements for what quality measures needs to be tracked.
- Work with data analysts to investigate, and resolve data quality issues within enterprise applications, using various techniques while safeguarding against data loss
Business process improvement:
- Influence the enhancement of business processes and methodologies.
- Evaluating business processes, anticipating requirements, uncovering areas for improvement, and developing and implementing solutions
- Perform requirements analysis by gathering and interpreting requirements from key stakeholders in line with business analysis frameworks.
- Participate in the solution design process to make recommendations to create and enhance solutions that are innovative, repeatable, and sustainable and solve complex business problems.
- Performing user acceptance testing.
- Work with Project Team to manage projects, develop project plans, and monitor performance.
Other:
- Draft reports and share information in different ways to increase understanding
Requirements
Qualifications:
- Degree in Commerce (Risk Management, Business Administration, Finance, Legal, Information Systems preferred)
Experience:
- 2 - 4 years working experience in a similar role
Knowledge:
- Expertise in national data protection laws and practices
- Knowledge and operational skills in Data Governance and Data Quality will be advantageous
- Understanding of information technologies and data security
- Knowledge of business analysis frameworks
Technical Competencies:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Working knowledge of Microsoft programs including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook
- Ability to present information clearly and concisely at a level appropriate to the target audience
Behavioural Competencies:
- Ability to deal with and influence executives and senior leaders
- Critical thinking
- Time management
- Work independently as well as within a team
BDO Core Competencies:
- Relationships and Collaboration
- Exceptional Client Service
- Engaging people
- Leadership
- Quality, Risk management and Operational performance
Closing Date: 29th, March 2022
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Responsibilities and Main Duties:
- The key role of the Robotics Process Automation (RPA) Lead is to effectively manage and develop the RPA function within the Digital Advisory division by enabling the automation of manual processes and workflows for external clients and expanding the RPA practise. The incumbent will work closely with the Digital Advisory team to:
- Defines RPA development methodology and testing practices/standards
- Defines the RPA learning path for RPA modelers
- Setup and manage an RPA Centre of Excellence for clients
- Responsible for assignment, delegation and management of the RPA team to prioritized automation candidates
- Participates in design authority review sessions
- Participates in the automation candidate evaluation and prioritization process
- Identify process automation work within existing account and from new accounts
- Serves in Digital Advisory leadership team to provide guidance with formulating long-range development and growth plans for the RPA capability
- Define and manage projects to implement core RPA program capabilities, aspects of the operating model, RPA standards or measure adherence to RPA standards
- Ensures RPA work products are delivered in a timely manner and are of high quality
- Collaborates with business, compliance and technology to plan, manage and track projects evolving risks and issues
- Manage and develop RPA team members
- Defines and track metrics related to project or program and the overall RPA roadmap
- Reports progress on a regular basis to stakeholders and partners
- Documents and update materials for the RPA steering committee within client accounts
Requirements
Qualifications:
- Degree in Informatics or Computer Science or similar
- RPA certification added advantage
Experience:
- 3-4 years experience in a client facing position directly related to leading RPA implementations and growing RPA accounts minimum of 2 years experience hands on experience programming automation software set up and manage at least two (2) RPA Centres of Excellence
- 4-6 years application development experience and leading multiple development and testing teams (preferred)
General Competencies:
- Demonstrated strong project management and team management skills
- Strong time management skills with the ability to prioritise and manage competing deadlines effectively
- Demonstrated strong problem solving and interpersonal skills
- Deadline oriented and able to prioritise own work
- Client-centric solution mindset
- Sound risk and control knowledge and understanding
- Good grasp of the value of Automation for businesses
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
Technical Competencies:
- Developer/Project Manager/Lead (or similar) certification in at least one RPA platform
- Process automation expertise with at least Blue Prism, UiPath or Automation Anywhere
- Proficient with MS Office package e.g. MS Excel, MS Word and MS Powerpoint
- General development, testing and implementation of software solutions (SDLC)
- Identification and mapping of manual processes and innovative automation of these
Behavioural Competencies:
- Continuous learning mindset
- Curious and innovative
- Consistently delivers high quality work
- Ability to meet deadlines (reliable and dependable)
- Proven application of providing guidance to junior members of the project team
- Demonstrates readiness to take decisions
- Displays initiative and takes accountability for delivery of own work
- Supervises and monitors adherence to deadlines for self
- Attention to detail
- Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal
- Effective interpersonal and relationship building skills
- Sound mentorship and coaching ability with desire to develop self and others
- Strong client delivery focus
- Highly adaptable, managing change and ambiguity with ease
- Focus on quality and risk
- Sound problem solving ability
Closing Date: 29th, March 2022
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The Senior Applications Specialist is responsible for supporting and maintaining the various Applications in the Organization, of which Maconomy will be the biggest portion. From an end user support role to assisting with system functionality. Ensure Applications are available on machines in the organization and liaising with ITC on rollouts where needed. Manage requests using a Ticketing system and adhering to Service levels and ITIL or similar Framework. Utilizing Junior Applications Specialists in the Team to ensure first line support is delivered and assisting with more in-depth support, technical skills and knowledge.
The Senior Applications Specialist must maintain a culture within the firm whereby local support and assistance is available on site, and end Users feel comfortable asking for assistance. Working with the Senior Applications Manager, identify training gaps and provide feedback to the Development Team on functionality requests from Business users. Filtering this information down to the Junior Application Specialists to ensure a robust and effective support structure are built.
Doing this by:
- Daily working though the tickets logged on the Service Desk to provide support, ensuring the cadence of ticket closure is in line with the SLA and users expectancies and Business Projects.
- Adhering to and ensuring SLA levels are adhered to on the Service Desk.
- Use Teams or Remote software to share screens Nationally with end users to assist with tickets.
- Keep up to date on System changes and functionality to ensure the feedback they provide stays relevant and are best for the end User and Team.
- Keep track of daily occurrences or requests and give through to the Senior Application Manager to action more permanent solutions.
- Assist with onboarding / offboarding of Users (JML), ensuring Licenses are used optimally.
- Assist with rollout of new Software, Reports, or functionality
- Ensure tickets are closed timeously, keeping Users Informed at all times.
- Ensure familiarity with System capabilities and functionalities to provide the best assistance.
- Document support related matters and create Knowledge based articles to assist other Support staff to assist.
- Follow ITIL protocols Start to end to ensure best service rendered.
- Assist with upload files and Journals that needs to be processed each month. This includes but are not limited to – General Journals, WIP Provision files, Master Data upload files, User and Employee Creation
- with uploads.
- Assist in training and upskilling of staff and Champions in the various Business areas.
- Assist Administrators in Business with Invoicing, Credit notes, WIP Provisions and WIP Transfers where needed.
Requirements
Qualifications, Requirements & Knowledge:
- Relevant degree in Information Science, Computer Science or Commerce or relevant work experience.
- 2-3 years in a relevant environment or similar exposure to support and Service Desk environments
- Solid understanding of ERP systems, financial reporting and WIP management.
Competencies
Technical Competencies:
- Intermediate Excel skills
- Experience on working on a Service Desk.
- Understanding of ERP systems.
- ITIL Certification will be a bonus.
- Excellent fault-finding capability, Root cause Analysis
- Microsoft Teams / Team Viewer or similar software knowledge
Behavioural Competencies:
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to deal with senior employees
- Assertive
- Time management
- Work independently as well as within a team
BDO Core Competencies:
- Relationships and Collaboration
- Leadership
- Exceptional Client Service
- Business Growth
- Engaging people and working well as part of a team
- Inclusive Agile Leadership
- Quality, Risk management and Operational transformation
Closing Date: 31st, March 2022
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Specification
Reporting to the manager you will inter alia be responsible for:
- Identifying opportunities in which data science can aid/improve the project you are assigned to
- Working with stakeholders throughout the organization and with clients to identify opportunities for leveraging data to drive business solutions.
- Obtaining and analysing data from databases to drive optimization and improvement of client technology solutions.
- Assessing the effectiveness and accuracy of new data sources and data gathering techniques.
- Developing custom data models and algorithms to apply to data sets.
- Using predictive modelling to increase and optimize client experiences and other business outcomes.
- Coordinating with different functional teams to implement models and monitor outcomes.
- Developing processes and tools to monitor and analyse model performance and data accuracy.
- Identifying valuable data sources and automate collection processes
- Undertaking pre-processing of structured and unstructured data
- Analysing large amounts of information to discover trends and patterns
- Building predictive models and machine-learning algorithms
- Presenting information using data visualization techniques
- Proposing solutions and strategies to business challenges
- Collaborating with audit and product development teams
- Using strong business acumen, as well as an ability to communicate findings, and mine vast amounts of data for useful insights
- Using these insights to influence how an organisation approaches business challenges
- Using a combined knowledge of computer science and applications, modelling, statistics, analytics and maths to solve problems
Requirements
Qualifications and Experience:
- Ideally an undergraduate degree and Honours in a quantitative field, e.g. Statistics, Engineering, Maths/Finance, Actuarial Science, BSc Computer Science, BCom Information Systems / Informatics
- A postgraduate degree in any of the above is advantageous, but not essential
- Proven experience working with statistics and programming languages
- Experience with machine learning modelling and software development/programming is advantageous, but not essential
- Experience/knowledge of data governance, data lineage and other data management principles
Competencies:
- Must be a team player
- Have a passion and/or interest in emerging technologies for example: machine learning, cloud, Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics.
- Must be well-versed in SQL, Python, R or other coding languages
- Have a passion and/or interest in finance and the world of financial services, as this is a financial services-based position
- Professionalism
- Strong client orientation
- Attention to detail
- Ability to priorities and handle stress
- Task driven & delivery focused
- Ability to work with all levels within an organization
- Socially aware and able to work as part of a diverse team
- Must be interested to work with cloud-based technologies
BDO Core Competencies:
- Relationships and Collaboration
- Exceptional Client Service
- Business Growth
- Engaging people
- Leadership
- Quality, Risk management and Operational performance
Closing Date: 31st,October 2022
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The purpose of this position is to provide guidance and assistance to client Boards, on their Compliance and Governance to ensure that companies and Boards are compliant in terms of the relevant laws and regulations; supporting the promotion of business in order to achieve annual targets to support the organisation’s strategic objectives
Specification
The following list of Key Performance Areas (KPA) and activities are not exhaustive. Statucor may instruct the employee at any time to carry out additional duties or responsibilities, which may fall reasonably within the ambit of the job, or in accordance with operational requirements.
Functional Management:
- Ensure compliance of the provisions of Companies Law and rules made thereunder and other statutes and bylaws of client companies
- Provide advocacy to clients on King IV best corporate governance practice
- Monitor changes in relevant legislation and the regulatory environment and take appropriate action
- Sort and file various documents and/or returns as required under the provisions of the Companies Act
- Coordinate and facilitate accurate and timeous administration of client company records and registers including the lodgement of all documents with CIPC and the maintenance and updating of client company registers
- Maintain books and registers of client companies as required under the provisions of the Companies Act
- Ensure that legal requirements of the allotment, issuance and transfer of share certificates has been complied with for clients
- Maintain relevant statutory books as and when required for clients
- Consult and liaise with external regulators and advisers, such as CIPC, Auditors and the Master of the High Court
- Coordinate and deal with all correspondence between client companies and their shareholders
- Prepare board resolutions, taking minutes, lodging required forms and annual returns with CIPC for clients
- Prepare and organise agendas and papers for client Board meetings, committees and annual general meetings (AGM’s)
- Ensure the distribution of client annual meeting work plans and meeting packs
- Advise and attend client meetings to ensure that the legal requirements are fulfilled and provide such information as required
- Prepare and follow-up on matters arising from the client’s meetings attended
- Prepare Board Evaluation Questionnaires tailored for specific clients
- Draft client company Board Evaluation Reports for circulation
- Analyse and prepare Focus Area Reports for clients based on the Board Evaluation Outcome
- Review and draft Committee Charters as required for clients
- Prepare proposals to new prospective clients
- Prepare and follow up on engagement letters
- Analyse and respond timeously to emails from clients and relevant stakeholders
- Prepare Billing Sheet Schedule and Invoices as required
Risk and Compliance Management:
- Adhere to all relevant laws, policies and Standard Operating Procedures throughout the organisation
- Assist in identifying and adhering to fraud controls, risk prevention principles, sound governance and compliance processes, and tools to identify and manage risks
- Support and provide evidence to all internal and external audit requirements
- Maintain and enforce all related Service Level Agreements to minimise business risk and ensure business continuity
Stakeholder Management:
- Identify and mitigate internal systems and procedural barriers to enhance excellent customer service
- Build and maintain effective internal and external stakeholder relationships for the purpose of expectations management, knowledge sharing and integration, and to manage Statucor’s reputation
- Represent and participate in the organisation’s committees and tasks teams when required
- Implement timeous communication on progress and challenges in achieving the tactical work plans to impacted stakeholders
- Drive and manage the stakeholder communications with the selected stakeholders
Requirements
Qualifications:
- Diploma in Company Law, Corporate Governance or relevant equivalent
- Registered Compliance Officer
Experience:
- 2-3 Years in Board Secretarial or Governance position
Knowledge:
- Relevant legislation and regulatory frameworks
- JSE Listing Requirements
- Board Governance and Compliance Knowledge
- Company Secretarial protocols
- Business Acumen
- Providing advocacy to clients on King IV best corporate governance practice
- Knowledge of the Companies Act to advise on compliance
Skills:
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Conflict Resolutions
- Presentations
- Project Management
- Minute Taking
- Computer Literacy
Competencies:
- Planning and Prioritising
- Resilience
- Detail Orientation
- Innovative Thinking
- Customer Centric
- Results Focused
- Quality Focused
- Assertiveness
- Teamwork
- Problem Solving
- Judgement and Decision Making
- Analytical Thinking
- Flexibility and Adaptability
- Impact and Influence
Closing Date: 28th, March 2022
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The Junior Analyst will be joining an exciting Financial Services division within BDO and should be willing to learn how to identify and test key IT controls related to financial reporting in order to develop innovative audit solutions. These solutions should cater to the specific IT risks facing businesses within the Financial Services Industry. The candidate should be able to adapt and learn about new IT risks, which are emerging as a result of exponential technologies such as machine learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics.
Reporting to the manager you will inter alia be responsible for:
- General Information Technology Controls Testing
- Application Controls Testing
- Analyse information systems data to assess the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of transaction processing.
- Ability to develop an adequate understanding of client’s businesses and identifying risks and controls.
- Provide technical support to Engagement auditors where computer assisted audit techniques (CAATS) are required.
- Be knowledgeable or willing to learn data analysis using IDEA.
- Willing to learn IT risk management, IT governance concepts and best practice frameworks.
Requirements
Qualifications and Experience:
- BSc Computer Science, BCom Information Systems / Informatics, BCom Internal Auditing or Equivalent
- Honours in any of the above is advantageous but not essential
- COBIT, ITIL, ISO27001-2 and other models is advantageous
The Ideal candidate should be studying toward or wanting to study toward a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) qualification
Competencies:
- Have a passion and/or interest in emerging technologies for example: machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics.
- Professionalism
- Strong client orientation
- Attention to detail
- Ability to priorities and handle stress
- Task driven & delivery focused
- Ability to work with all levels within an organization
- Socially aware and able to work as part of a diverse team
BDO Core Competencies:
- Relationships and Collaboration
- Exceptional Client Service
- Business Growth
- Engaging people
- Leadership
- Quality, Risk management and Operational performance
Closing Date: 31st,October 2022
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The Junior Analyst will be joining an exciting Financial Services division within BDO and should be willing to learn how to identify and test key IT controls related to financial reporting in order to develop innovative audit solutions. These solutions should cater to the specific IT risks facing businesses within the Financial Services Industry. The candidate should be able to adapt and learn about new IT risks, which are emerging as a result of exponential technologies such as machine learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics.
Reporting to the manager you will inter alia be responsible for:
- General Information Technology Controls Testing
- Application Controls Testing
- Analyse information systems data to assess the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of transaction processing.
- Ability to develop an adequate understanding of client’s businesses and identifying risks and controls.
- Provide technical support to Engagement auditors where computer assisted audit techniques (CAATS) are required.
- Be knowledgeable or willing to learn data analysis using IDEA.
- Willing to learn IT risk management, IT governance concepts and best practice frameworks.
Requirements
Qualifications and Experience:
- BSc Computer Science, BCom Information Systems / Informatics, BCom Internal Auditing or Equivalent
- Honours in any of the above is advantageous but not essential
- COBIT, ITIL, ISO27001-2 and other models is advantageous
The Ideal candidate should be studying toward or wanting to study toward a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) qualification
Competencies:
- Have a passion and/or interest in emerging technologies for example: machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics.
- Professionalism
- Strong client orientation
- Attention to detail
- Ability to priorities and handle stress
- Task driven & delivery focused
- Ability to work with all levels within an organization
- Socially aware and able to work as part of a diverse team
BDO Core Competencies:
- Relationships and Collaboration
- Exceptional Client Service
- Business Growth
- Engaging people
- Leadership
- Quality, Risk management and Operational performance
Closing Date: 31st,October 2022
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The Junior Graphic Designer responsible for creating professionally designed documents and other design collateral aligned to identified USPs and to BDO Corporate Visual Identity. The Graphic Designer helps to position and strengthen the BDO brand through the creative and professional design of a range of marketing collateral. The Junior Graphic Designer will be reporting to the Proposal Manager and will be responsible for the following also:
Creation, design and production of all proposal collateral such as documents, agenda cards, electronic meeting backgrounds, presentations etc.
The creative interpretation of briefs and constant improvement in deliverable
“Please note that for your application to be considered, you need to include your professional portfolio. You can do this by going to your profile and clicking on “Document”. You will then be given the opportunity to add your portfolio as a document. Kindly ensure that your document adheres to the size limit of 2MB.”
Requirements
Qualifications & Experience :
- Design qualification pref. BA or BTech in Graphic Design or Multimedia
- 3-4 years’ experience in a design environment (Include a Portfolio of your design work)
Competencies:
- Proficient in InDesign and PowerPoint and some or all other programs of Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Premiere Pro etc.)
- Keynote and Word
- Excellent command of English, both written and spoken
- Socially aware, team player and prepared to pitch in on all aspects of design as required
- Skilled in client service management
- Must be able to work on your own, with attention to detail, think out of the box
- Ability to meet tight deadlines and work well under pressure
- Quality and detail oriented
- Multi-tasking and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritise tasks
BDO Core Competencies:
- Relationships and Collaboration
- Exceptional Client Service
- Engaging people
- Leadership
- Quality, Risk management and Operational performance
Closing Date: 31st, March 2022
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The Audit Manager oversees and ensures that the project runs efficiently and profitably from inception to sign-off by managing all the relevant stakeholders in accordance with the Firm's policies and procedures. The Audit Manager further supports the Engagement Partner with clients' commercial management and business development initiatives.
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:
Business Development:
- Assist in generating new client leads by using different tools and platforms e.g. networking, client base analysis; diversifying from a current project
- Assist with new client research, presentation and pitch preparation
- Participate in special assignment as and when required
Finance - WIP
- Managing WIP and write offs
- Timeous and accurate billing of clients, using fee arrangement letters in liaison with the partner
- Timeous follow up on fee queries
- Assistance with Debtors when requested
- Negotiating budgets/fees and overuns for clients once fee base has been agreed with the partner
Operations and Processes:
- Planning
- Timeously host the pre-audit meeting and ensure that the planning meeting is set up
- Ensure that the audit planning is signed off before commencement of the audit
- Prepare detailed time budgets, allocating the audit work to specific audit team members
- Communication of deadlines and budget to staff
- Assign staff to the audit engagement, determine the number of staff and the level of experience required, thereby ensuring that the project is adequately staffed
- Liaison with client and preparation of the schedule of audit requirements
Execution
- Oversee and ensure that all the project activities comply with the firm's policies and procedures
- Perform a review on all sections in the file
- On larger assignments perform full entity general review of lower risk subsidiaries
- Perform function of principal client contact and take full responsibility for the client relationship management and ensure that all queries are solved timeously
- Decide on audit appropriateness of audit opinion by resolving issues which might impact on the audit opinion and ensuring that these are brought to the attention of the engagement partner and documentation thereof
- Manage the project timelines and ensure that allocated resources are efficiently used (review timesheets to ascertain this and to also detect problem areas for individuals
- Manage the client and ensure that the project is delivered within the scope agreed on
- Review the work-in-progress and discuss with Partner for action. Prepare the audit efficiency checklist
- Ultimate responsibility for bringing audit to completion, sign-off and archiving in conjunction with the Engagement Partner
- Review the draft financial statements and ensure that they are IFRS complaint
- Ensure that an appropriate audit report is drafted
- Ensure that matters for Partners attention and Overs/Unders schedules have been prepared and discussed with the Partner and that the Partner has signed off the schedule
- Ensure that the documents pertaining to audit finalisation / completion has been completed and reviewed (Overs/Unders, Management letter, Representation letter)
- Ensure that the post balance sheet events review work and the going concern review is completed up to the date of the signing of the audit report
- Prepare audit committee documents, attend and present at audit committees (with audit partner discussion)
- Attend and facilitate wrap-up meetings
- Negotiate overruns and budgets
- Provide low level tech support too team and department as a whole
- Provide adequate on the job training, counselling and evaluation
Admin
- Be responsible for staff movements on and off the job (approval of leave) and timeously communicate to all relevant parties.
- Ensure that the files for archiving are done
People Development, Learning and Growth:
- Timeous completion of ANAs once completed by the trainee
- Relationship building with the trainee
- Timeous completion of PTS and LTS and ANAs
- Mentoring of trainees and seniors when required
- Assist with recruitment and selection e.g. interviews, VAC work
REQUIREMENTS:
- Completed a SAICA training contract
- CA(SA) or (eligible)
- +3 years experience in a Audit Manager role
COMPETENCIES:
- Communication (Verbal and Written / Negotiation)
- Personal Development (Emotional Intelligence / Continuous Development)
- Relationship Management (Building successful teams)
- Growing the Business (Entrepreneurial spirit / Looking for Business)
- Client Focus (Planning, organising and control)
Closing Date: 25th, March 2022
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BDO Cape Town has a vacancy for a Senior Internal Auditor in its Risk Advisory Services Department. Reporting to the Internal Audit Manager you will inter alia be responsible for:
Business development:
- Understand and be knowledgeable about the firms and Division’s products, services and our values.
Client Service:
- Knowledge of risk management, corporate governance concepts, key controls identification, business process models etc.
Planning of the engagement:
- Ensure that the Audit Programme/s is/are reviewed and signedoff by the manager/director.
- Ensure that system descriptions and related control mapping is complete and signed off prior to commencement of the audit.
Execution of the engagement:
- Perform those sections of the audit timeously as agreed with the manager / director.
- Highlighting and discussing findings with management to confirm, finalising and obtaining management comments.
Engagement supervision:
- Supervise junior staff members and provide on the job training as and when needed;
- Completion and finalisation of the engagement:
- Ensure that all work papers are complete, consistent, referenced and signedoff, and the correct templates have been used.
- Performing of all required administrative duties:
- Ensuring that time records are kept daily and are captured on Maconomy on a weekly basis.
- Relationship development:
- Building of effective relationships with clients and staff.
Competencies:
- Maintain professional appearance (manner, dress, behaviour, on time at client).
- Be approachable and available to staff and to management.
- Encourage a teamwork environment.
- High attention to detail. and ability to prioritize.
Requirements
Qualifications:
- B.Com in Internal Auditing; Accounting; or related discipline
- CIA completed, or be able to demonstrate evidence of working towards the designation
- CISA and IT Audit experience would be an advantage
Requirements:
- Minimum 3 years experience in consulting or similar environment.
- Must have experience in supervision and training of junior staff members
- Knowledge of Internal Audit Standards, Corporate Governance, key control identification and business process models.
- Reliable internet connectivity
Closing Date: 1st, April 2022
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The Audit Manager oversees and ensures that the project runs efficiently and profitably from inception to sign off, by managing all the relevant stakeholders in accordance with the Firm’s policies and procedures. The Audit Manager further supports the Engagement Partner with clients' commercial management and business development initiatives.
Reporting to the Audit Partner you will inter alia be responsible for:
- Business Development
- Negotiating budgets/fees and overruns for clients once fee base has been agreed with the partner
- Managing WIP, write offs, fee queries and debtors
- Ensure Timeous and accurate billing of clients
- Accurate and Timeous planning of audits.
- Management and the Execution of audits.
- Managing staff movements on and off the job and timeously communicate to all relevant parties.
- Manage and control staff allocations on audit project.
- Ensure completion and finalisation of audits
- Building of effective relationships with clients and staff.
- Ensure Exceptional Client Service.
- Decide on audit appropriateness of audit opinion by resolving issues which might impact on the audit opinion and ensuring that these are brought to the attention of the engagement partner and documentation thereof.
- Manage the client and ensure that the project is delivered within the scope agreed on
- Mentoring of trainees
- Timeous completion of performance reviews
Requirements
Qualifications and Experience:
- CA(SA)
- A minimum of 2 years post article management experience with long term audit ambitions – partner/director
- Listed companies experience will be an advantage.
Competencies:
- Strong Technical Ability
- Extremely high level of attention to detail and analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to communicate effectively - Verbally and Written
- Ability to relate to clients at executive level
- Ability to apply sound professional judgment.
- Demonstrate a commitment to self-development and growth through research and attending courses relevant to role.
- Promote teamwork within the Audit Teams
- Strong Planning, organising and control skills
Closing Date: 4th, April 2022
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The Senior Audit Manager oversees and ensures that the project runs efficiently and profitably from inception to sign off, by managing all the relevant stakeholders in accordance with the Firm’s policies and procedures. The Senior Audit Manager further supports the Engagement Partner with clients' commercial management and business development initiatives.
Reporting to the Audit Partner you will inter alia be responsible for:
- Business Development
- Negotiating budgets/fees and overruns for clients once fee base has been agreed with the partner
- Managing WIP, write offs, fee queries and debtors
- Ensure Timeous and accurate billing of clients
- Accurate and Timeous planning of audits
- Management and the Execution of audits
- Managing staff movements on and off the job and timeously communicate to all relevant parties
- Manage and control staff allocations on audit project
- Ensure completion and finalisation of audits
- Building of effective relationships with clients and staff
- Ensure Exceptional Client Service
- Decide on audit appropriateness of audit opinion by resolving issues which might impact on the audit opinion and ensuring that these are brought to the attention of the engagement partner and documentation thereof.
- Manage the client and ensure that the project is delivered within the scope agreed on
- Mentoring of trainees
- Timeous completion of performance reviews
Requirements
Qualifications and Experience Requirements
- CA(SA)
- At least 4 years post article Management experience with long term audit ambitions
- Must have listed companies experience
Competencies
- Strong Technical Ability
- Extremely high level of attention to detail and analytical and problem solving abilities
Closing Date: 7th, April 2022
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The Trainee Accountant vacancies are for 2026 first year trainees wanting to start their training contract within the BDO Audit division. The training contract will ensure that you achieve the SAICA competencies to register as a Chartered Accountant and equip you with generalist expertise and experience in a broad range of commercial sectors. As a BDO Audit professional, you’ll work in a fast-paced environment and help BDO to deliver exceptional client service.
We are looking for candidates who would like:
- Exposure to a broad range of client sectors;
- Hands on experience with clients and management;
- Open door policy with managers and partners;
- To learn about a broad range of businesses from listed entities to entrepreneurial start ups;
- A supportive environment that is focused on skills development and professionalism.
Requirements
- Honours / PGDA / CTA or equivalent level qualification at a SAICA recognised University.
Competencies:
- Keen willingness to learn and bring energy and aspiration to audit team;
- Strong technical ability;
- High level of attention to detail and analytical and problem solving abilities;
- Ability to communicate effectively;
- Ability to relate to clients;
- Ability to apply sound professional judgment;
- Demonstrate a commitment to self-development and growth;
- Ability to work within diverse teams;
- Strong organisational ability.
Please remember to submit your CV, ID, Matric Certificate and Academic Records.
Closing Date: 31st, December 2025
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The Trainee Accountant vacancies are for 2026 first year trainees wanting to start their training contract within the BDO Audit division. The training contract will ensure that you achieve the SAICA competencies to register as a Chartered Accountant and equip you with generalist expertise and experience in a broad range of commercial sectors. As a BDO Audit professional, you’ll work in a fast-paced environment and help BDO to deliver exceptional client service.
We are looking for candidates who would like:
- Exposure to a broad range of client sectors;
- Hands on experience with clients and management;
- Open door policy with managers and partners;
- To learn about a broad range of businesses from listed entities to entrepreneurial start ups;
- A supportive environment that is focused on skills development and professionalism.
Requirements
- Honours / PGDA / CTA or equivalent level qualification at a SAICA recognised University.
Competencies:
- Keen willingness to learn and bring energy and aspiration to audit team;
- Strong technical ability;
- High level of attention to detail and analytical and problem solving abilities;
- Ability to communicate effectively;
- Ability to relate to clients;
- Ability to apply sound professional judgment;
- Demonstrate a commitment to self-development and growth;
- Ability to work within diverse teams;
- Strong organisational ability.
Closing Date: 31st, December 2025
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The Durban office of BDO Advisory Services has a vacancy for an Intermediate Bookkeeper who will help in maintaining/managing portfolios of monthly and annual accounting clients.
Competencies:
- Perform the following annual engagements:
- Annual write-up of accounting records utilising the firms preferred software tool, i.e. Xero, SAGE Online, Pastel Partner
- Compilation Engagements in terms of ISRS 4410
- Accounting Officer Engagements in terms of Close Corporations Act
- Ensuring that proper planning is performed before execution
- Ensuring BDO Standard Operating Procedures are always followed
- Proposing journals to client (via Senior/Manager)
- Communicating with clients and making engagement arrangements, discuss engagement results
- Drafting AFS per IFRS and IFRS for SMEs
- Performing tax computations for companies, close corporations, and trusts (including SBC’s, special allowances (s12C, s12E, etc)
- Monthly accounting - processing accounting transactions and reconciliations to Balance Sheet, preparation of management accounts and calculation and reconciling of VAT and PAYE
- Managing own WIP and budgets on engagements
- Updating Manager and Partner on progress of engagements
- Mentoring junior staff both on the job and generally
- Assist other staff members where needed
- Outsourced projects when needed
- Other duties as may be required in line with the position.
Requirements:
- Studying towards or completed a related commerce qualification
- 3-5 years’ experience in an accounting/similar organisation
- Detailed knowledge of Caseware Working papers
- Ability to work in a team and independently
- Good communication skills, internal and external, both written and verbal
- Working knowledge of most commonly used accounting packages (for reporting purposes and ad-hoc processing)
Closing Date: 6th, April 2022
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Board support consultant is expected provide guidance and assistance to client Boards, on their Compliance and Governance to ensure that companies and Boards are compliant in terms of the relevant laws and regulations; supporting the promotion of business in order to achieve annual targets to support the organisation’s strategic objectives
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Functional Management
- Ensure compliance of the provisions of Companies Law and rules made thereunder and other statutes and bylaws of client companies
- Provide advocacy to clients on King IV best corporate governance practice
- Monitor changes in relevant legislation and the regulatory environment and take appropriate action
- Sort and file various documents and/or returns as required under the provisions of the Companies Act
- Coordinate and facilitate accurate and timeous administration of client company records and registers including the lodgement of all documents with CIPC and the maintenance and updating of client company registers
- Maintain books and registers of client companies as required under the provisions of the Companies Act
- Ensure that legal requirements of the allotment, issuance and transfer of share certificates has been complied with for clients
- Maintain relevant statutory books as and when required for clients
- Consult and liaise with external regulators and advisers, such as CIPC, Auditors and the Master of the High Court
- Coordinate and deal with all correspondence between client companies and their shareholders
- Prepare board resolutions, taking minutes, lodging required forms and annual returns with CIPC for clients
- Prepare and organise agendas and papers for client Board meetings, committees and annual general meetings (AGM’s)
- Ensure the distribution of client annual meeting work plans and meeting packs
- Advise and attend client meetings to ensure that the legal requirements are fulfilled and provide such information as required
- Prepare and follow-up on matters arising from the client’s meetings attended
- Prepare Board Evaluation Questionnaires tailored for specific clients
- Draft client company Board Evaluation Reports for circulation
- Analyse and prepare Focus Area Reports for clients based on the Board Evaluation Outcome
- Review and draft Committee Charters as required for clients
- Prepare proposals to new prospective clients
- Prepare and follow up on engagement letters
- Analyse and respond timeously to emails from clients and relevant stakeholders
- Prepare Billing Sheet Schedule and Invoices as required
Risk and Compliance Management
- Adhere to all relevant laws, policies and Standard Operating Procedures throughout the organisation
- Assist in identifying and adhering to fraud controls, risk prevention principles, sound governance and compliance processes, and tools to identify and manage risks
- Support and provide evidence to all internal and external audit requirements
- Maintain and enforce all related Service Level Agreements to minimise business risk and ensure business continuity
Stakeholder Management
- Identify and mitigate internal systems and procedural barriers to enhance excellent customer service
- Build and maintain effective internal and external stakeholder relationships for the purpose of expectations management, knowledge sharing and integration, and to manage Statucor’s reputation
- Represent and participate in the organisation’s committees and tasks teams when required
- Implement timeous communication on progress and challenges in achieving the tactical work plans to impacted stakeholders
- Drive and manage the stakeholder communications with the selected stakeholders
Requirements
Qualifications & Requirements:
- Diploma in Company Law, Corporate Governance or similar
- Registered Compliance Officer
- 2-3 Years in Board Secretarial or Governance
Competencies
Job Competencies:
- Detail Orientation
- Customer Centric
- Results Focused
- Quality Focused
- Problem Solving
- Analytical Thinking
Knowledge and Skills
- Relevant legislation and regulatory frameworks
- JSE Listing Requirements
- Board Governance and Compliance Knowledge
- Company Secretarial protocols
- Business Acumen
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Conflict Resolutions
- Minute Taking
- Computer Literacy
BDO Core Competencies:
- Communication skills
- Leadership Relationships and Collaboration
- Exceptional Client Service
- Business Growth
- Engaging people and working well as part of a team
- Inclusive Agile Leadership
- Quality, Risk management and Operational transformation
Closing Date: 31st, March 2022
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Main Duties and Responsibilities:
Project involvement:
- Act as a point of contact within the firm, for the client together with the director. This will include responding quickly to, as well as anticipating, client requests/needs, keeping clients informed of progress in relation to all aspects of the service provided, and maintaining regular contact with clients
- Manage advisory engagements under the supervision of the director, such as, transfer pricing setting strategies or advising foreign multinational companies on the tax implications of their operations in the region
- Manage compliance documentation engagements under the supervision of the director, such as, country-by-country reporting, master files and local files
- Manage accrual reviews and due diligences under the supervision of the director
- Drafting/managing proposals under the supervision of the director for engagements bearing in mind the expectations of our clients
- Developing and pursuing creative strategies while using latest technologies available or to be programmed with our technology department
- Manage billings and cash collection within the firms criteria
- Regular involvement with transfer pricing, tax planning and complex tax issues in conjunction with directors
- Ensure assignments are completed within agreed budgets and keep client/director informed of overruns and plan staff assignments in order to give an appropriate spread of experience
- Ensure that the BDO’s quality control procedures are adhered to including second director review
- Identify risk and technical matters, as well as selling opportunities, to the director, whilst exercising judgement within agreed parameters
Management:
- Must provide overall support to directors on client matters and assist in the management of clients and the team, this will include support at times for the recruitment and appraising of staff
- Will work as part of management team and be a vital member in the national transfer pricing and international tax team with other tax managers/directors within the business group, and provide support to the rest of the Tax team
- Actively participate in the management of the national transfer pricing and international tax team through director/manager meetings and by attendance at social functions
- Training must be provided to more junior staff both on the job and through monitoring and on the job performance, whilst consistently providing feedback
- Counsel, appraise, develop and motivate staff as appropriate
- Responsible for coaching and developing junior members of staff
Sales and Marketing:
- Should be able to recognise business and sales opportunities and progress these forward with director support
- Participate in bids/proposals for new work
- Able to take advantage of marketing/PR opportunities
- Develop own network of contacts internally and externally
Communication and representation:
- Develop contact with clients at senior level and maintain contact with other levels as appropriate to ensure the firm has the confidence of the client
- Act as a liaison between the client and other specialist service groups within BDO
- Contribute centrally by lecturing on internal courses
- Consult with colleagues and directors on technical and risk matters
Requirements
Qualifications, experience and requirements
- Preferably CA(SA), TA(SA), Attorney with completed M.Com, LLM (Tax Law) or HDip (Tax), or degree or post-graduate degree in economics
- At least 3-5 years’ experience in Transfer Pricing and preferably International Tax
- Maintain an in depth, up to date, knowledge of taxation
- Specialist knowledge and the ability to deal with complex tax issues
- Project management experience
- Staff management experience
- Ability to manage a substantial client portfolio profitably
- Actively seek opportunities for developing new clients and for selling new services to existing clients
Competencies:
- Excellent communication and listening skills
- Excellent writing skills
- Strong analytical and research skills
- Ability to build strong and effective relationships internally and with clients to ensure a professional and quality service that meets required expectations and needs
- Innovation skills to improve systems, processes and procedures
- Confidence and decisiveness with excellent planning and organizing abilities
- Ability to work under pressure and achieve reporting deadlines
- Adherence to principles and values
Closing Date: 22nd, March 2022
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Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Strategy Development and Implementation
- Implementation of the three year business strategy, and related business concepts of BDO drive
- Developing a business plan and internal process design to support the strategy.
- Implementation of the designed strategy supported by the adequate staff, projects planning and completed projects, effective resource planning and utilisation to reach fulfilment of service and business requirements.
Financial Management
- Providing Finance transaction processing & reporting services to BDO
- Drawing up & executing a budget & operating plan for BDO Finance that achieves the goal of service delivery excellence
- Responsible for the development and maintenance of excellent relationships with stakeholders - customers, suppliers, bank, procurement, Governance Board, regulatory authorities, auditors & employees
- Responsible for the development and execution of effective control systems regarding transaction processing & reporting
Providing leadership & guidance to the BDO Finance team
- Responsibility for allocated company within BDO group
- Reviewing monthly service line management accounts
- Performing/ ensuring that year end and month end procedures are completed timeously and accurately
- Adhering to the monthly calendar deadlines
- Processing entries as required
- Reviewing and reconciling accounts as required
- Reviewing monthly reconciliations
- Responsible for external audit of Companies, Financial statements and Tax return
- Authorising payments
- Cash flow forecasting compared to cash flow results
- Reporting anomalies to Head of Finance BDO
Assuming overall responsibility for several transaction streams
- Completing provisional and final tax calculations
- Review provisional and final tax returns
- Assisting with Internal and External Reporting
- Assisting with the implementation of controls, policies and procedures relating to the above
- Ensuring information is accurate and complete
- Responsible for maintaining and developing reports for the above
- Responsible for collating and distributing the month end reports
- Reviewing payroll nationally
- Facilitating the budget process
- Overseeing the import of the budget into Maconomy
- Prepares OPSCO / EXCO packs
- Reviewing VAT reconciliations and payments
- Attending to accounting queries
- Attending to service line queries
- Assisting in ad hoc projects
- Calculating and processing Intercompany interest journals
- Reviewing WIP and debtors for reasonability
- Managing external and other audits
- Managing the trade receivables function
People Development and Management
- Responsible for administration and management of several staff members.
- Monitoring, training and development of staff.
- Knowledge sharing and upliftment of finance team skills base
- Providing Financial Management Training as required
- Providing management training and guidance for team members in a supervisory role
- Reviewing the work of colleagues when necessary to identify compliance issues and provide advice or training as deemed necessary
Personal Development
- Keeping abreast of relevant changes on own field of work i.e. law amendments, new practice notes, attend technical meetings, etc.
- Identifying personal areas of development and engaging with the Head of Finance to upskill and improve through training, formal development programs and online self-development
- Writing thought leadership commentary/ blogs and technical articles for BDO, participating in interviews and panel discussions representing BDO and Finance initiatives
Requirements
Qualifications & Requirements:
- B.Com, B.Compt, BSc or other relevant qualification
- Registered as a CA(SA) with SAICA
- At least 6 years post-articles proven experience in Reporting/ Management accounting
- Advanced Excel skills
- Good knowledge of Financial systems environment and understanding of the interaction between different modules and functional areas
- Sound knowledge of IFRS, Tax and Companies Act
- Excellent knowledge of CI and KPI concepts and links to financial performance parameters
- Implementation of financial accounting philosophy and measurements within operational environments
- Has a well-developed knowledge of business operations
- Ability to identify key drivers and opportunities to improve business performance
Competencies
Job Competencies:
- Analytical Skills (for Finance Managers)
- Organisational skills and ability to prioritise
- Attention to detail
Closing Date: 31th, March 2022
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