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Business Unit: Information Protection and Business Resilience

Location:Johannesburg

Purpose Of The Job

IPBR advises clients in assessing, designing, integrating and monitoring all aspects of their organisational security processes, ensuring that these processes are well defined, managed and optimised in order to mitigate information risk and release value from information security.

Critical Technical Skills Or Competencies

• Strong IT security and IT technical knowledge as well as working experiences in any of the following areas:
• Network security controls including firewall, router, IDS/IPS security configuration and security review.Operating system configuration and security review for any of various platforms: Mainframe, Windows NT/20XX, UNIX, iSeries, Oracle/SQL databases. Performing vulnerability assessments by using scanning tools. Penetration testing at both network and application level. Security audit tools available such as Nessus, Nmap, Accunetix, etc. Identity and access management solutions and implementation.
• Strong working knowledge of control and governance frameworks, including COBIT.
• Understanding of business security practices, security controls and risk management concepts.
• ISO/IEC 17799:2005 and ISO/IEC 27001:2005 concepts.
• PCI DSS concepts.
• Data privacy/data loss protection.
• Security architecture (using common frameworks such as TOGAF) knowledge.
• SIEM and event and incident management knowledge.
• Related certifications are a plus e.g., CISSP, CISA, CCNA, SANS, GIAC, MCSE, MCP, ISO27001 lead auditor, etc.

Qualifications And Experience

Bachelor or Master Degree in Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, MIS and any IT related fields.
Minimum 5 years of working experiences in IT security, IT technical background and / or industry knowledge. Prior working experiences in Big 4 companies is preferable.

Critical Interpersonal Or Interactive Skills

• Strong analytical and problem solving capabilities.
• Excellent teamwork and inter-personal skills.
• Self-motivated individuals that are willing to develop solutions on their own or in a team of highly skilled professionals.
• Rapid learning capability and able to work under pressure.
• Demonstrated experience as a team leader.
• Ability to manage effectively multiple, concurrent projects and meet deadlines while working both independently and in a team environment.
• Strong in written and spoken English language.
• Relevant experience assisting with proposal development and presentations is an advantage.

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Job description

Job Description KPMG is a firm which provides you with an exciting and diverse experience during your articles.

We provide you with excellent support structures to ensure your wellbeing and personal development. This includes in-house board exams and a dedicated learning and development team committed to making you the best Chartered Accountant you can be.

Successful applicants for our audit practice will have the following qualifications:

• Certificate in the Theory of Accountancy (CTA) or equivalent from a SAICA accredited university.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines
• We offer a 36-month training contract, competitive remuneration package and professional challenges.
• You will also benefit from an opportunity to excel in an environment where professionalism and ability are the only criteria for success.

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Job Description

Senior Manager - IT Sourcing, Procurement and Bid Management, CIO Advisory Technology Consulting

Purpose Of The Job

KPMG Services (Pty) Ltd is looking for a Senior Technology Consultant to work as part of our CIO Advisory team within our Technology Advisory service line. The candidate should demonstrate a rounded set of skills and experience in the technology consulting domain.

Specialist Skills Required -

The specific set of expertise required for this role include IT Sourcing, Procurement and Bid Management skills. Therelated competencies for the successful candidate are made up of experience in:

• Business and IT strategy alignment of IT sourcing initiatives,
• IT due diligence and solution option analysis,
• Procurement strategies and vendor selection engagements,
• IT sourcing risk management and critical impact assessment,
• Bid management and vendor evaluation,
• Deal and contract negotiation,
• Contract and vendor management,
• Benefits realisation assessment and tracking of procured IT assets

Additional Skills And Competencies

In addition to the specialist skills required for this position, a mix of one/many of the following skills would be advantageous:

• IT Strategy development and Performance Management,
• Enterprise Architecture design and implementation,
• IT Governance and Service Delivery Management,
• IT Programme and Project Management,
• IT Change Management,
• Digital design and implementation.

Key Job Duties Or Responsibilities

Responsibilities will cover a wide variety of advisory tasks within the CIOA Advisory team. At the targeted level, specific focus is required on both client-facing and Internal responsibilities, these are not limited to - but should include:

Client-facing Responsibilities

• Manage large teams and related work effort(s) at client engagements, fulfilling services related to IT sourcing, procurement and bid management,
• Lead delivery of major CIO Advisory solutions, with specific onus on the individual to own the client engagement as a trusted advisor/subject matter expert,
• Manage and develop trusted client relationships through consistent value delivery and regular interaction,
• Participate in the selling of the CIO Advisory IT sourcing, procurement and bid management offering by means of proposal building, and other recognised go-to-market approaches,
• Identify and manage appropriate risks related to engaging teams and KPMG,
• Accountable for quality review and certification of packaged deliverables prior to client distribution.

Internal Responsibilities

• Management of allocated CIO Advisory team operational responsibilities,
• Participate in CIO Advisory team capability building activities (i.e. people, processes, knowledge and systems),
• Develop strong networks and relationships with colleagues from both within and outside of the CIO Advisory team,
• Mentor and guide allocated team counselees regarding performance and career development,
• Participate and contribute to the KPMG global CIO Advisory network,
• Develop a respected brand by means of contributing thought leadership write-ups and community participation.

Qualifications

Qualifications and Experience

BSc Computer Science or BComm Information Systems / Informatics or a similarly relevant Information Technology degree from a recognised university.

Other Relevant Qualifications

• Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) or related business qualifications,
• Recognised contract, procurement and supply management certifications,
• Project Management Professional (PMP) / Prince2,
• ITIL,
• CoBIT.

Experience

• A minimum of 6-8 years delivering consulting services within the technology advisory domain, with specific focus on IT sourcing, procurement and bid management responsibilities,
• Experience in 2 or more business verticals essential - preference to financial services, telecoms, public sector, healthcare or mining,
• Experience working and collaborating with senior level managers and C-level executives,
• Track record of successful IT sourcing, procurement and bid management project delivery, as well as relevant specialist consulting experience within larger transformational projects,
• Experience in all aspects of the sourcing life cycle (requirements definition, vendor selection, contracting, transition, operation, improvement),
• Experience in large deal contract negotiation, as well as a solid track record related to effective assurance and strategic oversight of benefits realised,
• Experience in management of vendors and IT suppliers in related IT asset bids,
• Track record in sales and business development experience including the writing and managing of proposal responses,
• Experience in leading, supervising and managing teams – as well as responsibilities related to operational and financial management,
• Experience in large scale collaborative engagements e.g. consortiums spanning over multiple clients/geographies and/or industry verticals,
• Experience and comfort with travel an asset. (Specifically within Africa).

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Job Description

Purpose of the Job:

• KPMG Services (Pty) Ltd is looking for an Associate Director to lead and deliver IT Transformational strategic programmes and projects to clients as part of our CIO Advisory Group
• The role is focused on assisting clients with the design and implementation of transformational strategies, execution roadmaps, governance structures, policies, processes, procedures and controls across the IT and business lifecycle. The role also entails assisting clients with the design and execution from design through to post migration of large system implementation projects.
• The role requires previous end-to-end experience in large scale ERP system implementations as a Programme lead or as a Senior in the Programme office from an IT and data perspective.
• Prior experience in ERP system implementations is a prerequisite for the role.

Key Job Duties Or Responsibilities

Responsibilities will cover a wide variety of advisory roles in the IT Transformation domain covering:

• Participate in the selling and delivery of Transformational Solution Offerings.
• Assist in driving the KPMG IT Transformation “go to market” strategy
• Assist in building the IT Transformation (i.e. people, processes, knowledge and systems) capability
• Participate in the development of specific activities, process and methods for defining or assessing transformational programmes for business and/or IT.
• Provide guidance and leadership to client teams, individuals.
• Lead the delivery of transformational solutions and teams to clients
• Develop KPMG’s transformational technical solutions and service offerings to the market
• Provide strategic oversight and guidance to client executives through the execution of System implementation projects and programmes

Critical Interpersonal Or Interactive Skills

• Leadership skills
• Team player
• Excellent communication skills
• Dynamic and flexible
• A self-starter
• Ambitious, self-motivated
• Ability to handle stress
• Ability to function in an unstructured environment

Qualifications And Experience

• Tertiary degree from a recognised university
• Experience addressing technology and strategic issues in large organizations
• Experience in developing IT Transformational strategies, delivery models, organisation design, and governance structures and processes.
• Experience in leading or playing a leading role in large scale IT system implementation programmes/ projects
• Experience in all aspects of the IT system development life cycle and business transformation initiatives
• Excellent communication and writing skills
• Experience working with senior level managers and executives
• Business acumen within one or more business verticals is an asset – especially financial services, telecoms, public sector, healthcare or mining.
• Consulting experience is a major asset.

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Job Description

Business Unit: Information Protection and Business Resilience, IT Advisory/ Privacy

Reporting to:IPBR Directors

Purpose Of The Job

IPBR advises clients in assessing, designing, integrating and monitoring all aspects of their organisational security processes, ensuring that these processes are well defined, managed and optimised in order to mitigate information risk and release value from information security.

Information Protection Services focuses on the governance and technical facets of information security, and services include the following, amongst others:

• Designing Information Security governance structures
• Information Security governance assessments and/or implementations
• Vulnerability assessments across various architectures and platforms
• Penetration testing across various architectures and platforms

Key Job Duties Or Responsibilities

• Supervision and mentoring of junior staff members, reviewing work, etc.
• Assist in compiling project / engagement plans, budgets, controlling billing, etc.
• Acting as a subject matter expert in defined fields
• Providing advice and recommendations to mitigate risks and release value from IT.
• Documentation of findings and developing recommendations based on aligning best practice and client business requirements.
• Client relationship management and business development.

Critical Technical Skills Or Competencies

One or more of the following skills would be advantaged:

• IT / Internal Audit experience, with special interest in IT Security
• IT security governance knowledge and understanding (Cobit, ITIL, ISO)
• Ability to track down process / system security risks to root cause and advise on improvements / solutions.
• Technical background in information security:
• Penetration testing / vulnerability management assessments
• Security infrastructure testing (physical, application, logical access, etc.)
• Information security standards design and implementations
• Cloud computing (background from a security perspective)
• Information security strategy design and governance assessments
• Information security management experience (records retention, information architecture, etc)
• Identity and access management implementations and reviews
• Data classification

Qualifications And Experience

• B degree (BComm / BSc) or other information security related degree required.
• A good understanding of general business issues
• CISA / CISM / CISSP is an advantage
• CPTE – Certified Penetration Testing Engineer
• Experience in IT audit and risk management advisory, with a special interest in IT Security.

Critical Interpersonal Or Interactive Skills

• Presentable, professional and confident.
• Diplomatic and tactful while remaining assertive.
• Ability to manage stress and work under pressure.
• High level of integrity.
• Ability to work in a team.
• Well spoken with good communication and listening skills.
• Ability to liaise at all levels.
• Emotional maturity.
• Focused and disciplined.
• Target/results driven with a sense of urgency to get things done.
• Desire to improve the status quo.
• Persistent, persuasive and tenacious.
• Has drive and resilience.
• Ability to take accountability and make decisions.
• High energy levels.
• Self starter.
• Flexible and innovative.
• Strong attention to detail/methodical/analytical.
• Problem solving ability.
• Ability to multitask.
• Ability to work unsupervised.
• Willingness to travel is essential as this role will involve local, national and possibly international travel.

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Job Description

Purpose of the Job: To assist the business unit with financial reports (formatting, interpreting and communicating financial information based on these reports to management), as well as general administration.

Key Job Duties Or Responsibilities

Business Unit Reporting

• NBA: Capture manager client and engagement assessments onto the system. Creating projects and BRO Rates
• Formatting reports, presentations and proposals
• Staff Planning (Xcel), update Manco Dashboard
• Understanding SIGS
• Analyse weekly WIP reports and advise management on budgets, disbursements, and resource hours. Advise management on client billing that’s due
• Manage/ update lockup reports and forecast dashboard
• Process expense claims for Managers
• Process timesheets for Transnet staff onto Transnet system

General Duties

• Tender document completion and managing proposal folders
• Zipple (file cupboard management)
• Event coordinating
• Managing MANCO diaries
• Travel arrangements for staff
• BU reports

Critical Technical Skills Or Competencies

Experience with MS Office, NBA, Oracle, CRM, Sentinel and MyPD will be an advantage.
The successful applicant should have project management skills, should be fully computer literate, proactive, able to analyse reports, and creative where the improvement of reports are concerned.

Qualifications And Experience

• The successful candidate will be trained on our internal processes and systems.
• Minimum criteria: Matric with Core Maths
• English: speak & write fluently