Career Opportunities at Ernst & Young Global Limited (EY)

Position Summary:

The Junior Graphic Designer will support the delivery of the Africa market leadership strategy and business objectives through creative design that accurately reflects the firm’s brand and corporate identity. The Junior Graphic Designer role is within the EY Markets and Business Development function. The preferred candidate will have a proven track record of high quality design work, be an effective communicator, demonstrate ongoing design innovation and implement high-level design problem-solving. The candidate will form part of the Creative Services team and be required to assist in the production of visual solutions and creative design concepts that meet the needs of both external and internal clients. The Candidate will work from briefs to understand the user needs and interpret concepts and ideas into visual material that meet EY’s style and quality standards.

Key responsibilities

• Conceptualise and design branding materials, such as brochures, placemats, illustrations, layouts, infographics, on-screen presentations, conceptual design, proposals, social media collaterals and editing video footage
• Study information and materials to plan concepts for design and prepare rough drafts of materials based on the brief
• Adhere to EY brand guidelines, meet and exceed defined expectations in terms of aesthetics, quality, turnaround time and efficiency
• Familiar with the latest design trends and advocate the same to team members and customers
• To work collaboratively with the team and internal project leads
• Prioritise deadlines and effectively manage multiple creative projects parallelly
• Communicate effectively with clients while understanding design briefs and sharing ideas
• Provide unique and innovative design solutions to customers and convince them to make the right design choices
• Be responsive to clients on calls and emails
• Be a part and contribute towards various organisational initiatives
• Proactively contribute to the firm’s culture of high performance teaming.

Experience Requirements

• Minimum 2+ years of experience, preferably within an agency
• Bachelor’s degree or National Diploma in Graphic Design
• Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, After Effects and Premiere Pro (Web Authoring and Photography will be an advantage)

Knowledge and Skills Requirements

• A user-centric mindset with creative and innovative approach
• Working knowledge of creating infographics and data visualization techniques
• Flawless typography skills and keen sense of balance and intuition when it comes to layout
• Excellent communication (comprehension, verbal and written) and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and persuade
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Ability to interact effectively and positively in a fast-paced environment
• Understanding of current and future visual trends
• Aptitude for art direction

What we look for

• Passion to tell stories through the power of visuals
• Creative problem-solving mindset with a flexible can-do attitude
• Self-starter with the ability to understand and translate verbal ideas into impactful, cohesive outputs
• Hands-on experience in developing brochures, newsletters, flyers, banners, business presentations, animated presentations and various types of marketing collaterals
• Confidence, maturity, and ability to build strong client relationships
• A strong team player who is comfortable working collaboratively with others

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Job purpose

As Associate 2in Enterprise Risk (Internal Audit), you will make a significant technical contribution to client engagements and internal projects. Within your role, you will actively establish, maintain and strengthen internal and external relationships.

Working closely with colleagues, you will confirm whether the work plan is properly executed, documented and concluded in compliance with EY's guidelines..

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.
• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with client personnel.
• Research client industry, company structure, key customers and suppliers and possible insight into operations and the various processes.
• Manage own time in line with budgets
• Preparing business process descriptions through interviews with the client 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.
• Assist with drafting detailed audit programmes to test controls in place.
• Assist with the assessment of the design of key controls and test operating effectiveness
• Compilation of working papers substantiating scope and results of testing.
• 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.
• Assist with draft audit findings for review by EY Management.

Your people responsibilities

• 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
• CIA or part CIA will be an added benefit
• Minimum of 2 years of related work experience
• Related audit or applicable business experience
• Proficient in Microsoft office (including Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint).

Additional skills requirements

• Strong analytical, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Demonstrated integrity, values, principles, and work ethic.
• Enquiring Mind
• Analytical
• Self-starter
• Team Player
• Share EY’s values and vision
• Disciplined
• Able to handle pressure
• Team building ability
• Good communication skills

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As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we hire and develop the most passionate people in their field to help build a better working world. This starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. This is what makes us different, and renders working here a unique, lifetime experience.

The opportunity

The EY internal HR department is looking for an Experienced Senior Technology Recruiter. Our colleagues across the business look to the Talent Team to consistently provide the most promising talent. As a Senior Recruiter, you'll be right at the heart of that goal, directly engaging with colleagues, external agencies and candidates with diverse experiences and profiles. You'll be acting as an ambassador for EY, so our reputation for excellence and innovation in a wide range of professional services will be in your hands. In return, you'll have the support of a network of highly knowledgeable colleagues, as well as opportunities to impress in a high-profile role within a rapidly growing team of young professionals.

It's no exaggeration to say no two days are quite the same in this role. You'll take on a wide range of responsibilities, from attracting top talents to managing recruitment projects and defining sourcing strategies. It's all about creatively identifying and reacting to opportunities to grow and improve our recruitment strategy. And whatever you find yourself doing, your priority will be bringing future leaders into the business. In return, you can expect plenty of opportunities to develop your own career.

Your key responsibilities

• Managing a diverse variety of recruitment missions; (from intake until offer);
• Identifying and attracting talented people in different areas of Technology Consulting such as SAP, Microsoft, Data Analytics and Cyber Security;
• Creating and providing innovative sourcing strategies;
• Developing and maintaining long-term relationships with talent to generate and improve recruitment pipeline.

Skills and attributes for success

We're interested in knowledgeable professionals ready to take ownership for our internal clients hiring needs. You'll need to be naturally curious, ready to learn and have a genuine passion for finding the right people for the right roles.

To qualify for the role you must have

• You have at least 5 years experience in recruiting Technology Consulting roles.

What we look for

• A strong communicator;
• People-oriented, driven and proactive;
• Excellent at relationship building;
• With a strong team spirit, balanced by a healthy sense of autonomy.

What we offer

• We are proud of our flexible working arrangements (working at home, flexible hours), and we will support you to build a successful career and deliver excellent client service without sacrificing your personal priorities. We are committed to help you achieve a healthy work-life balance;
• At EY we believe that our people are our biggest asset.
• You'll be a part of young dynamic team.

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People Advisory Services shapes and delivers the part of business strategy that depends on people. As a PAS professional, you will have the opportunity to work with global clients to understand and address some of their largest and most complex people related challenges, and ultimately improve and drive sustainable business results. We focus on engagements that relate to performance, talent, systems, reward, mobility and analytics.

In joining PAS - a global network, you’ll also gain valuable experiences and a wealth of knowledge by working across capabilities, service offerings, sectors and geographies. So whenever you join, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime.

Job summary:

As a member of the PAS team focused on HR and business performance, you will join a talented group of professionals that help support the design and implementation of HR operating models and organisational structures, improve HR process efficiency, manage people risks, support change efforts to help organisations to successfully transition to a future state, and advise organisations on a range of challenges that are associated with a merger, acquisition, divestiture and/or carve-out. Our key capabilities include:

• Organisational Change Management
• Organisational Design
• HR Operating & Delivery Model
• HR Process Efficiency & Policy
• Transactions

Key responsibilities:

As a Consultant, you will be a key resource on business transformation projects. In this role, you should be able to deliver quality client service, analyse complex problems and deliver insightful solutions. You will also be expected to have excellent communication skills, integrate into new teams and rapidly establish relationships. More specifically, the successful candidate should:

• Demonstrate technical competence in our capabilities (Organisational Change Management, Organisational Design, HR Operating & Delivery Model, HR Process Efficiency & Policy and Transactions) and take a practical/business driven approach to solving complex client challenges
• Clearly articulate key messages and information across a number of communication platforms
• Rapidly establish personal credibility and work confidently with stakeholders
• Contribute to business development and client pursuit activities, by preparing proposals and presentations for potential clients
• Contribute to the development of thought leadership material, by conducting research to identify latest market trends
• Be able to work through relevant details and facts and make connections in information identifying how different aspects of a problem are related and possible causes within the context of their role and function
• Be able to adapt to new information and changing conditions and is able to demonstrate a willingness to change ideas or perceptions based on new information or contrary evidence
• Be able to remain calm and composed in stressful situations and maintain a positive despite setbacks and does not give up prematurely

To qualify, candidates must have:

• Relevant professional experience, including for example previous work with a Big 4, global management consultancy firm, niche consultancy or performed an in-house role in which you gained exposure to a large-scale project(s)
• Around 1-2 years of prior experience in Organisational Change Management, Organisational Design, HR Operating & Delivery Model, HR Process Efficiency & Policy and Transactions
• Personal success in current job with experience in one or more of our technical capabilities (see above)
• Have a primary degree and relevant post-graduate qualification