Job Vacancies at BDO South Africa

Description

As a Talent Acquisition Coordinator, you will play a vital role in supporting and improving our company’s talent acquisition efforts. The Talent Acquisition Coordinator assists in the hiring process by providing administrative support, assisting with compensation analyses, organizing candidate data, coordinating interviews, conducting background checks and assisting with reporting.

• Sourcing and Attracting Candidates: Collaborate with TA Specialsist to develop effective sourcing strategies, including job postings, online sourcing, networking, and employee referrals, and utilize various platforms and tools to identify potential candidates.
• Interview Coordination: Arrange and coordinate interviews between candidates and hiring managers. Manage interview schedules, travel arrangements, and logistics. Ensure a smooth and positive experience for all candidates throughout the interview process.
• Applicant Tracking System (ATS) Management: Maintain accurate and up-to-date candidate records in the company's ATS. Track candidate progress, update statuses, and generate reports as needed. Ensure data integrity and compliance with relevant privacy regulations.
• Recruitment Process Improvement: Collaborate with the Talent Acquisition team to streamline and improve recruitment processes, including identifying areas for automation, implementing best practices, and enhancing candidate experience.
• Employer Branding: Contribute to employer branding efforts by creating engaging job descriptions, social media posts, and other recruitment marketing materials.
• Administrative Support: Provide general administrative support to the Talent Acquisition team, such as scheduling meetings, maintaining files and records, preparing reports, and managing correspondence.
• Pre-Onboarding: Assist with the onboarding process, including coordinating background checks and completing paperwork.

Requirements

Qualifications

• A degree in human resources management, organizational psychology, or a related field.

Requirements

• Work experience as a Talent Acquisition Coordinator, HR Assistant or similar role is preferable
• Familiarity with Applicant Tracking Systems and resume databases
• Basic knowledge of Labour legislation
• Experience using professional social networks (LinkedIn, in particular)
• Excellent organizational skills
• Excellent planning and administrative skills 

Technical Competencies

• Knowledge and experience working in an ATS
• Knowledge and experience with using social media
• Demonstrable experience with candidate engagement and relationship building 

BDO Core Competencies

• Solid verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work with all levels in the organization and communicate effectively regarding sensitive and confidential matters.
• Excellent skills in attention to detail, ability to prioritise and handle stress and being task driven and delivery focused

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Description

We have an excellent opportunity for a Legal Assistant to join our team at BDO Wealth Advisers (Pty) Ltd. The team advises on Financial Planning, Estate Planning, Trust Law, Employee Benefits and Deceased Estate Administration.

Working as part of the legal department, you will play an integral role in assisting the In-house Attorney (Nationally).

• Drafting non-complex Wills and Codicils;
• Attendance to Registration, De-registrations and Administrations of trusts;
• Assisting with preparing Master’s Correspondence for notarial contracts;
• Assisting the In-House Attorney with research for opinion pieces;
• Client facing and maintaining relationships;
• Assisting with Legal processes within the business;
• Updating client records on various systems (DocFox, Elite Wealth)

Requirements

Qualifications and Experience:

• LLB graduate;
• Knowledge and experience in drafting Wills and understanding the Legislative contents thereof;
• Good Legal research skills;
• Good communication skills;
• Excellent proficiency in Microsoft Office and Adobe PDF.

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Description

BDO South Africa is looking for cybersecurity specialist to join their cybersecurity division. 

The role involves the provision of specialist cybersecurity consulting and advisory services to a range of clients in the public and private sectors to assess, deploy and manage security controls to protect IT resources against cyber threats effectively. The suitable candidate should have more than five years of experience in IT audit, cybersecurity and data analytics. In addition, the role will require proficiency in report writing, presentation and client management. The Cyber Specialist will support different engagements to perform the following activities:

Security Consulting and Assessment:

• Conduct security assessments involving technical and non-technical control assessment of IT infrastructure and systems to establish the security posture and identify risks and risk mitigation measures supported by best practices.
• Support clients to remediate identified risks to improve security posture and cyber readiness.
• Assist with deploying security controls, e.g., access control, encryption, data protection strategy, system logging and monitoring, etc.

Security Architecture and Implementation:

• Develop security framework and assessment tools to review the implementation of controls and their effectiveness.
• Design and implement security controls to enhance clients' control environment.

Security Strategy and Risk Management:

• Perform cyber security strategy and planning tasks, including risk assessment, risk quantification and cyber insurance stress testing.
• Develop and implement risk management frameworks and methodologies.
• Assist in developing incident response plans, business continuity plans, and disaster recovery strategies.

IT Audit and Data Analytics Support:

• Provide system audits, including review of IT general controls, BCM and DR reviews.
• Provide data analytics support to enhance reporting capabilities and perform specific audits such as data migration and CAATs reviews.

IT Security Training:

• Prepare training material relevant to specific cyber training requirements.
• Deliver cybersecurity training and phishing simulation as and when required.

Requirements
To qualify for the role, you must have:

• Minimum of 5 years experience 
• Experience in assessing an implementing security and risk standards including ISO 2700X, NIST, ITIL, COBIT
• Expereince in security risk assessment and planning using different frameworks and tools
• Expereince in penetration testing on infrastructure, network, wep applications, and source code review
• Expereince in cloud security benchmarking, risk assessment and cyber solutions
• Manage security configurations reviews on operating systems, databases and network devices
• Experience in cybersecurity awareness training.
• Expereince in data anlytics and CAAT's reviews.
• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related training in Information Security
• Industry certification  (e.g., CompTIA Security+, CEH, CISSP)

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Primary Purpose of the Job

• We are looking for a highly skilled and detail-oriented Report Writer and Database Administrator to join our team. This individual will be responsible for designing, developing and maintaining reports and databases for our organization. The successful candidate will be adept at writing high-quality reports, analysing large data sets, and managing databases

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Create backups and restore database
• Minimise database downtime and optimize database performance through data analysis, index optimization, and other techniques
• Ensure that all database systems meet the organization's requirements for data integrity, security, and availability.
• Monitor database performance, implement changes, apply new patches and versions when required
• Ability to write ad-hoc queries, create store procedures, functions and views
• Ability to establish ODBC connections between different types of databases and platforms
• Develop and maintain dashboards and reports to support the departmental needs.
• Troubleshoot data-related problems and resolve them in a timely manner.
• Collaborate with other departmental teams to ensure that the necessary data is available for reporting purposes.
• Manage deployment of databases and reports to various environments.
• Create and maintain documentation on database design, ETL processes, and report development.
• Work closely with the developers on projects to assistance with the database structure and relationships

Requirements

Qualifications

• Grade 12 
• Degree or Diploma in Computer Science or related field

Work Experience

• Minimum 3- 5 years’ relevant experience
• Proven experience in developing reports and databases

Knowledge

• Advanced in MS SQL Server BI Stack tools and technologies (SSRS, SSIS, TSQL, Power Query, Power Bi, Dax)
• Strong knowledge of Python
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills including Macros

Technical Competencies

• Excellent knowledge of data backup, recovery, security, integrity, and SQL.
• Experience in Crystal reports or similar business intelligence tools
• Strong understanding of data warehousing principles and ETL processes

Behavioural Competencies

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Proactive, self-starter with initiative to find ways to improve solutions, systems and processes
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to learn new software and technologies quickly.
• Ability to follow instructions
• Strong attention to detail

BDO Core Competencies

• Relationships and Collaboration
• Exceptional Client Service
• Business Growth
• Engaging people
• Leadership
• Quality, Risk management and Operational performance

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Description
 BDO has a vacancy for a National Legal Risk Officer. The successful incumbent will:

• Draft and negotiate contracts.
• Review existing contracts.
• Contract management.
• Ad hoc legal risk support.
• Ensure compliance with various laws and regulations.
• Review various company practices and processes to ensure that the company's compliance, particularly pertaining to the company's specific business.
• Make recommendations on improving efficiencies.
• Work with various different committees to improve company structure, governance and 

Professional service delivery:

• Negotiate, draft, review and vet contracts to meet the company’s requirements and ensure that these are aligned with corporate governance precepts - disclosure, transparency, risk management, regulatory requirements etc.
• Provide strategic legal advice, negotiate legal agreements, and draft the relevant legal documents.
• Identify the impact of changes in legislation, regulations and codes of practice on internal legal processes and policies.
• Proactively review applicable legislation and case law and remain up to date with legal trends.
• Analyse company policies and, where applicable, provide solutions that will ensure compliance with legislation and business imperatives.

Stakeholder relationship management:

• Interact with group business units, other group functions and external stakeholders on legal matters and disputes.
• Interact with the company's customers and suppliers and their legal advisors and/or attorneys.

Requirements

•  LLB (Law) Degree. 
• Admitted Attorney. 
• 3 to 5 years post qualification work experience as a legal advisor and/or in legal risk. 
• MS Office Suite at Advanced Level. 
• Previous experience in audit, advisory and tax firm is beneficial

Competencies

• Well versed in Commercial Law, Law of Contracts, Data Privacy laws (POPIA and GDPR), ISO 31022, ISO 27001, Financial Intelligence Centre Act (FICA), Auditing Profession Act of 2005 and the Companies Act of 2008.
• Review and create contracts, agreements and other legal documents.
• Negotiate in-house and external contracts.
• Analyse policies, procedures and practices for adherence to laws and regulations. 
• Organization, project management skills and attention to detail
• High level of commitment to quality work product and organizational ethics, integrity, and compliance
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, team environment
• Ability to work under pressure
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively communicate, both written and verbally
• Demonstrate decision making and problem-solving skills
• Detail-oriented with the ability to multi-task and meet deadlines with minimal supervision