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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 with an initial focus on the Tax Service Line -
- 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;
- Ability to advise leadership team and engagement teams on all current commercial contracts( eg. Structuring, development of templates);
- Reviewing and contributing to drafting firm policies including authority and delegations framework;
- Supporting the Assurance service line on all legal matters;
- Acquisitions – current legal work on local acquisitions including working with external counsel on deal structure and acquisition agreements, coordination with other members of Legal for cross-border acquisitions;
- Corporate law – Advise regional cluster leader and manage co-sec legal compliance work on all legal entities;
- Litigation – Coordination of litigation matters in close relationship with Africa Regional General Counsel and relevant Quality Service Line Leader (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 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,
Reviewing various agreements inclusive of the following type of agreements:
- 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
- Consider the legal risks in the agreements inclusive of 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);
- 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;
- Assist with legal support to the Africa EY practices on various legal matters;
Qualifications
- Minimum bachelor of laws degree
- Solid commercial drafting, reviewing and negotiating skills
- Extensive experience in negotiating software agreements
- 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
- Excellent relationship skills which sometimes may be tested when dealing with pressure
- 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
Key Requirements
- Qualified to practice law in South Africa.
- At least 7 years of post-qualification legal experience, preferably with an international law firm and/or multi-national corporation with at least a significant portion of such experience occurring in South Africa.
- Ideally, in-depth experience of the professional services industry.
- Developed commercial awareness with an outcome orientated approach and the ability to apply legal principles pragmatically.
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Your client responsibilities
- Work effectively as a team member, sharing responsibility, providing support, maintaining communication and updating senior team members on progress.
- Assign and manage tasks with other team members considering engagement needs and identified business outcomes, and organize own work such that important items get done first.
- Build strong internal relationships within EY and with other services across the organization.
- Research client industry, company structure, key customers and suppliers and possible insight into operations and the various processes
- Develop and maintain productive working relationships with client personnel.
- Collaborate with the client to identify critical project outcomes, work products, barriers to success, and changes in expectations or scope.
- Manage own time in line with budgets
- Prepare or review business process descriptions through interviews with the client’s middle and senior management and documenting understanding of business process and confirm the business process descriptions by performing a walkthrough of the process.
- Identifying possible business risks and control weaknesses from the business processes under review.
- Drafting detailed audit programmes to test controls in place.
- Identify basic data analytic procedures
- Assessment of design and implementation of key controls as well as the operating effectiveness, accuracy and validity thereof.
- Compilation of working papers substantiating scope and results of testing.
- Provide a coaching / mentoring role.
- Review sections prepared by junior staff
- Draft individual sections of documents and presentations to explain issues and solution options and implications.
- Display a logical thought process in understanding client challenges and exploring possible solutions.
- Identify and escalate potential risks and issues to project manager along with suggested preventive or mitigating actions.
- Draft audit findings for review by EY Senior Management.
- Assist with presenting findings to client
- Assist with drafting proposals
Your people responsibilities
- Act as a visible role model for our people.
- Coach and mentor junior team members.
- Give honest supportive feedback to colleagues.
- Take personal responsibility for own performance and career development.
- Play an active role in EY and Service line team activities.
- Understand and follow workplace policies and procedures.
Technical skills requirements
- Must have Honours in Internal Audit, Accounting, Business, Finance or other related field
- Must have CIA or equivalent
- Minimum of 7 years of related work experience
- Related audit or applicable business experience specifically within a financial services environment
- Proficient in Microsoft office (including Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint).
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Your client responsibilities
- Work effectively as a team member, sharing responsibility, providing support, maintaining communication and updating senior team members on progress.
- Assign and manage tasks with other team members considering engagement needs and identified business outcomes, and organize own work such that important items get done first.
- Build strong internal relationships within EY and with other services across the organization.
- Research client industry, company structure, key customers and suppliers and possible insight into operations and the various processes
- Develop and maintain productive working relationships with client personnel.
- Collaborate with the client to identify critical project outcomes, work products, barriers to success, and changes in expectations or scope.
- Manage own time in line with budgets
- Prepare or review business process descriptions through interviews with the client’s middle and senior management and documenting understanding of business process and confirm the business process descriptions by performing a walkthrough of the process.
- Identifying possible business risks and control weaknesses from the business processes under review.
- Drafting detailed audit programmes to test controls in place.
- Identify basic data analytic procedures
- Assessment of design and implementation of key controls as well as the operating effectiveness, accuracy and validity thereof.
- Compilation of working papers substantiating scope and results of testing.
- Provide a coaching / mentoring role.
- Review sections prepared by junior staff
- Draft individual sections of documents and presentations to explain issues and solution options and implications.
- Display a logical thought process in understanding client challenges and exploring possible solutions.
- Identify and escalate potential risks and issues to project manager along with suggested preventive or mitigating actions.
- Draft audit findings for review by EY Senior Management.
- Assist with presenting findings to client
- Assist with drafting proposals
Your people responsibilities
- Act as a visible role model for our people.
- Coach and mentor junior team members.
- Give honest supportive feedback to colleagues.
- Take personal responsibility for own performance and career development.
- Play an active role in EY and Service line team activities.
- Understand and follow workplace policies and procedures.
Technical skills requirements
- Must have Honours in Internal Audit, Accounting, Business, Finance or other related field
- Must have CIA or equivalent
- Minimum of 7 years of related work experience
- 2-3 years Internal audit experience in Mining and Metals
- Related audit or applicable business experience specifically within a financial services environment
- Proficient in Microsoft office (including Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint).
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Your key responsibilities
- As a Manager, you will participate in and help supervise multiple and challenging tax engagements and to deliver innovative tax planning ideas and solutions for our diverse clients.
Skills and attributes for success
- Provide timely and high-quality services and work products that exceed client expectations.
- Coaching and mentoring more junior staff to execute assignments with accuracy and completeness
- Enhance technical skills by remaining up to date on trends, new legislative developments and tax authority decisions, and apply them to complex situations relevant to the client
- Identify opportunities for providing tax planning and other special services
- Demonstrate professionalism through a positive and cooperative attitude and by maintaining the confidential and proprietary nature of client relationships and related work products
- Thoroughly and accurately analyze information.
- Participate in and contribute to achieving team goals.
- Identify and sell opportunities for tax planning and other special services.
To qualify for the role you must have
- A BCom Honours degree but preferably a BCom Honours degree in accounting/accounting sciences, with a completed or in progress higher diploma / master’s degree in taxation favourable, plus a minimum of 5 years South African Corporate tax experience
- Big 4 firm experience preferable
- Excellent supervisory, analytical, and leadership ability
- A commitment to learning in a tax technology environment
- Strong project management and organizational skills
- Ability to work with tight deadlines
- Process oriented with excellent documentation skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
- Mature, proactive, committed, highly motivated and driven team player
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Your key responsibilities
- Analyze business, financial and IT systems, and other data processing problems to identify risks and improvements in computer systems and IT-enabled business processes.
- Leading and supporting the on-site coordination during engagements by planning and briefing teams on the client's IT environment as well as industry IT trends, communicating with the clients and completing audit engagements.
- Assist clients in strengthening internal controls and improve IT and business performance. Collaborate with other members of the engagement team to plan the engagement and develop work program timelines, risk assessments, and other planning documents.
- Ensure high quality in client service by directing daily progress of fieldwork, informing supervisors of engagement status, and managing staff performance.
- Demonstrate and apply strong project management skills, inspire teamwork and responsibility with engagement team members, and use current technology and tools to enhance the effectiveness of deliverables and services.
- Maintain long-term client relationships and networks. Cultivate business development opportunities.
- Demonstrating the ability to discuss and resolve audit issues and recommendations with client management.
- Demonstrating thorough understanding of complex information systems and applications to client situations
Skills and attributes for success
- Strong skills in project management and engagement closure
- Strong analytical, interpersonal and communication skills and a strong desire to work in a team environment
- Demonstrated integrity, values, principles, and work ethic
To qualify for the role you must have
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, information systems, business and/or other related major.
- A minimum of 4 years of experience in managing and/or leading projects, information technology operations, internal audit or internal controls; experience with the financial services sector is mandatory.
- Application control testing and/or implementation experience.
- Program and project delivery skills, including design, management and reporting.
- Possession of, or be actively pursuing, information systems auditing certifications or accounting designations such as Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), Certified Management Accountant (CIMA), and Certified General Accountant (CGA).
- 5 years of experience in the field of IT auditing, IT Security, information technology operations or internal audit.
Ideally, you’ll also have
- Experience with the following topics would be considered a strong asset:
- Cyber Program Management; Cyber Threat Management; Identity and Access Management; Data Protection and Privacy; Business Resilience; Data Analytics or Business Intelligence (design and/or execution); SAP and/or Oracle
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Your client responsibilities
- Work effectively as a team member, sharing responsibility, providing support, maintaining communication and updating senior team members on progress.
- Assign and manage tasks with other team members considering engagement needs and identified business outcomes, and organize own work such that important items get done first.
- Build strong internal relationships within EY and with other services across the organization.
- Research client industry, company structure, key customers and suppliers and possible insight into operations and the various processes
- Develop and maintain productive working relationships with client personnel.
- Collaborate with the client to identify critical project outcomes, work products, barriers to success, and changes in expectations or scope.
- Manage own time in line with budgets
- Prepare or review business process descriptions through interviews with the client’s middle and senior management and documenting understanding of business process and confirm the business process descriptions by performing a walkthrough of the process.
- Identifying possible business risks and control weaknesses from the business processes under review.
- Drafting detailed audit programmes to test controls in place.
- Identify basic data analytic procedures
- Assessment of design and implementation of key controls as well as the operating effectiveness, accuracy and validity thereof.
- Compilation of working papers substantiating scope and results of testing.
- Provide a coaching / mentoring role.
- Review sections prepared by junior staff
- Draft individual sections of documents and presentations to explain issues and solution options and implications.
- Display a logical thought process in understanding client challenges and exploring possible solutions.
- Identify and escalate potential risks and issues to project manager along with suggested preventive or mitigating actions.
- Draft audit findings for review by EY Senior Management.
- Assist with presenting findings to client
- Assist with drafting proposals
Your people responsibilities
- Act as a visible role model for our people.
- Coach and mentor junior team members.
- Give honest supportive feedback to colleagues.
- Take personal responsibility for own performance and career development.
- Play an active role in EY and Service line team activities.
- Understand and follow workplace policies and procedures.
Technical skills requirements
- Must have Honours in Internal Audit, Accounting, Business, Finance or other related field
- Must have CIA
- Minimum of 5 years of related work experience
- Related audit or applicable business experience
- Proficient in Microsoft office (including Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint).
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Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage process engineering projects with a focus on lean principles and Six Sigma techniques, from inception through to successful completion.
- Perform comprehensive analysis of current processes, pinpoint areas for enhancement, and devise innovative strategies to boost efficiency and productivity.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure process engineering solutions are in alignment with broader organizational goals.
- Offer technical expertise and mentorship to clients and team members, promoting a culture of knowledge exchange and continuous improvement.
- Foster and sustain robust client relationships, understanding their unique needs and delivering outstanding service to ensure satisfaction and repeat engagements.
- Champion the integration of new technologies and methodologies to stay at the forefront of industry advancements and maintain our competitive edge.
- Mentor and cultivate junior engineers, aiding in their professional growth and ensuring their effective contribution to project success.
- Prepare and present persuasive presentations and reports to clients and stakeholders, articulating the benefits and impact of process engineering initiatives.
- Oversee project budgets, resources, and schedules, guaranteeing profitability and operational excellence.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field; a Master's degree is preferred.
- Professional Engineering (PE) license or equivalent is highly desirable.
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in process engineering, with a strong emphasis on lean engineering and Six Sigma in a consulting and client-facing capacity.
- Demonstrated leadership and management experience in engineering projects, with a proven track record of successful implementation.
- Solid analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to think creatively and strategically.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of effectively engaging with clients and team members at all levels.
- Proficiency in process simulation and optimization software, as well as standard office applications.
- Willingness to travel as necessary to engage with clients and oversee project execution.
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Your Key Responsibilities
- Assist leading organisations to prepare and respond to the transformation required in building a modernised grid infrastructure and enable digital utilities marketplace.
- Design, reinvent and innovate business models that will create long term value and disrupt markets.
- Design and build operating models, including process, governance, organisation, technology and the supporting ecosystem.
- Develop the technical specifications of innovative technology, determine the communications, networks and infrastructure of the technical solution architecture.
- Design, establish and operate the implementation programs, including agile or lean approaches to design, build and launch new products, service, experiences and business models.
- Analyse data and provide recommendations to client executives on strategic initiatives and transformations.
- Lead the development of proposals – from understanding the client’s requirements, defining the approach, methods and timeline to determine the team and commercials to deliver the engagement.
- Follow the appropriate quality and risk management processes in EY to protect the reputation of the firm and manage risks of engagements and clients proactively.
- Manage project teams, project financials budgeting and invoicing process.
- Responsible for quality deliverables and leveraging EY thought leadership, delivery methods and tools to deliver products and outcomes.
- 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
We are looking for passionate leaders with strong vision and collaborative commitment to teamwork to bring deep transformation and design expertise to our clients. If you have a genuine desire to help businesses achieve their full potential and to make a positive impact, then this role is for you.
- 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.
- 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.
- Strong commercial awareness and proven ability to present technical information in a meaningful manner to executive stakeholders.
- 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. Purpose-driven and able to ask better questions to seek better answers.
- A keen traveller to travel within South Africa, other African countries as well as globally for exciting project opportunities.
- An entrepreneurial and growth-oriented mindset.
- 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
Technical Requirements
- Minimum 5 years management consulting experience
- 5-10 years working experience
- Bachelor degree in Engineering (Industrial, Mechanical, Civil or Chemical preferred)
- A post graduate degree will be considered beneficial but not a pre-requisite.
- Relevant certification from recognised institutions in project or program management, such as PMP, PgMP, Agile and Prince II is beneficial but not a pre-requisite
- Lean six sigma qualifications will be beneficial
- Valid passport needed for travelling
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