Jobs at Mazars in South Africa

Purpose of the role

• To manage the audit team and to provide direction, supervision and review for each audit assignment.

Responsibilities

• Produce client reports (Audit Strategy Memorandum, Audit Completion Memorandum, Management letters etc.)
• Propose and finalise audit opinions (including Key Audit Matters where applicable)
• Review financial statements (separate and/or consolidated) in terms of IFRS, Companies Act and JSE Listing Requirements
• Audit assignment budget planning and project management
• Monitoring and evaluation of performance in relation to budget
• Conduct full audit file reviews and related reports to ensure the relevant files are ready for sign off and locked down within relevant period
• Manage resourcing and plotting of staff members on audit engagements
• Work allocations as required by individual audit assignments
• Ensure audit planning documentation is completed
• Managing team productivity
• Perform billings, manage WIP and debtor collections
• Performance management of staff members including, continuously providing feedback to staff
• Mentoring of team (Formal and Informal)
• Provide technical assistance to staff members
• Maintain excellent client relationships
• Business Development
• Solutions Oriented
• Contributing to and facilitating Learning and Development (self and team)

 Qualifications

• Qualified CA
• Minimum 2 years previous experience within an Audit Supervisor/Manager role
• Previous experience within the Public Interest Entity sector is preferable
• A thorough knowledge of IFRS, Companies Act and JSE Listing Requirements
• Initiative / pro-activity
• Team leadership
• Ability to develop talent
• Adherence to principles and values
• Writing and reporting skills
• Information gathering and problem analysis skills
• Able to demonstrate and exercise sound judgment skills
• Planning and organisational skills
• Quality and detail orientation
• Customer focused
• Able to work and cope under pressures and deal with setbacks
• Strong teamwork skills
• Experience managing teams larger than 10 member across more than 1 location
• Results driven and able to achieve work goals and objectives
• Entrepreneurial
• Management of large Group Audits

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Purpose of the role

• Your responsibilities will include managing the Corporate Finance Department, providing direction, supervision and reviewing of corporate finance reports/ assignments/ projects. This role reports to the Corporate Finance Director

Responsibilities

Individual outputs:

• Initiation of engagement process
• Presentation of reports to clients
• Fieldwork
• Produce initial / draft reports (incl. changes after reviews and client feedback): Valuations and reviews; Fairness opinions; Due diligence investigations/reports; Specialist reviews; Financial models; Viability studies and capital investment appraisal; Mergers and Acquisitions and Management buy-outs
• Manage individual productivity

Results accountable for:

• Review and final sign-off of all (initial, draft & final) reports
• Overall budget management
• Project / assignment budget management

Management:

• Capacity management, team structure and related roles –
• Job planning and allocation of work
• Resolve escalated queries
• Approve timesheets and leave
• Performance management
• On-going review / monitoring of work
• Career and succession management
• Employee management
• Department administration (ensure invoicing, cash collection and post engagement documentation are performed timeously)

Leadership:

• Strategic orientation
• Acts in alignment with the Mazars’ culture
• Communication
• Performance management (leadership component)
• On-the-job training, coaching and guiding
• Motivate and engage team members

Client outputs:

• ­Build and maintain professional client relationships
• Grow client portfolio

Qualifications

• Honours Degree (Finance / Accounting) or equivalent
• Registered as a CA(SA) will be beneficial
• Minimum of 5 years' corporate finance experience