Career Opportunities at KPMG South Africa

Purpose Of The Job

To be proactive in all aspects of immigration matters;

Main Duties

Key job duties or responsibilities:

• Coordination with other KPMG offices and immigration partners within the IMEA (India, Middle East & Africa) region to manage a Project Management Office from South Africa on behalf of immigration clients;
• Provide regular updates to the teams regarding developments across various countries in relation to Immigration requirements in those countries and ensure accurate and timely tracking;
• Build client relationships and expand services through regional and local work
• Produce accurate work to a high technical standard;
• Interpret & apply theoretical knowledge;
• Keep up to date with changes to legislation relating to Immigration – for both South Africa and the IMEA region;
• Identify problems and provide client guidance using various tools and techniques to provide suggestions on how to solve them;
• Build credibility with colleagues and clients by using effective communication skills;
• Prioritise the workload and meet required deadlines;
• Contribute effectively to the discussions around work and actively participate in generating creative ideas and thoughts;
• Adapt to a changing work environment and accommodate changing client demands;
• Facilitate teamwork by sharing knowledge with others on a regular basis and actively asking questions; in order to achieve personal and work goals;

Other Potential Duties

• Assist with South African immigration applications on behalf of clients
• Prepare responses and liaise with the Department of Home Affairs regarding applications lodged

Critical Interpersonal And Other Skills

• Need to have drive and enthusiasm
• Ability to multi-task and manage multiple priorities at the same time
• Able to demonstrate a sound technical ability and knowledge of relevant legislation
• Good presentation skills;
• Able to communicate at all and with levels
• Effective time management skills
• Able to deliver to tight time scales
• Able to adapt to different working environments
• Strong ability to utilise different technology tools and reporting tools to manage workload

Qualifications And Experience

• BA degree (Law or HR) preferable
• Project Management Qualification Or Experience Essential
• At least 2 years’ experience in the Immigration environment is essential

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Description Of The Role And Purpose Of The Job

The Functional HR Managers provide Functional Business Units (BU) with PPC expertise and serve as the interface between Business Units and the Centers of Excellence. They provide line management support for the Business Unit Managers/Partners to assist with day-to-day HR requirements and HR programs delivery in line with the Business strategy. They assist line managers in forecasting and planning their talent pipeline requirements in line with the Function or Business strategy and provide BU specific HR solutions. They also serve as the Learning Business partner, communicating training requirements to L&D and facilitating all information requirements between the BU and L&D. They assist the Business with relevant HR transactional work that resides within the Business units.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain a current and appropriate knowledge of KPMG and HR strategies, Business priorities and major trends, especially in areas that are relevant to the Function
• Provide input into BU HR Strategy
• Translate strategy into Business needs
• Enable BU Leadership to achieve strategic goals by integrating HR Strategy into BU strategy
• Delivery of top priority HR related projects against specified strategies, objectives and measures.

Render PPC services on a day to day basis to allocated BU’s i.e.:

• Talent acquisition
• Talent management and retention
• Performance Development
• Learning and development
• Mobility
• Succession planning
• Organisational effectiveness
• Reward and recognition
• Serve as a custodian for KPMG PPC (HR and L&D) Policies and Procedures
• Drive a relentless focus on quality and excellent service
• Employee relations
• Drive compliance to all KPMG deadlines
• Understand internal and external stakeholders and their needs
• Deliver role requirements with a client centric approach
• Ensure effective BU and / or Function financial management and budgeting processes
• Create and enable an environment where colleagues thrive in a constantly changing business environment
• Demonstrate high quality and timeous verbal and written communication
• Promote and support the Firm’s transformation strategy
• Contribute to the alignment of the Function transformation strategy to the Firm’s transformation strategy
• Ensure Business leadership and colleagues experience a consistent people experience
• Analyse and understand BU colleague data to proactively respond to people needs
• Prioritise colleague well being
• Promote and facilitate colleague engagement

Skills

Skills and attributes required for the role:

• Strategic thinking skills.
• Computer literacy.
• Communication (written and oral) and negotiation skills
• Analytical/statistical skills
• Budget skills.
• Action orientation.
• Transformational leadership.
• Problem solving and decision-making.
• Team leadership.
• Registration with Health Professions Council of South Africa, Institute of People Development, SA Board for People Practices (SABPP), Association of Change Management Practitioners, and Skills Development Association (FASSET) would be advantageous

Personal Attributes

• Ability to deal with conflict.
• Extremely high level of confidentially and integrity.
• Able to maintain a friendly, professional manner when liaising with clients, even in challenging situations.
• Ability to multi-task.
• The ability to build collaborative relationship with good interpersonal skills and the ability to relate well to colleagues with differing levels of expertise and skills while championing inclusion and diversity.
• The ability to work well under pressure and to perform to deadlines.
• Ability to lead and manage multi-disciplinary team.
• Team player who is self-aware.
• Strong organisation skills; a self-starter with initiative, ability to foster innovation and a common-sense approach to problem solving.
• Sound decision making ability
• High level of attention to detail and a desire to drive quality

Technology savvy

Minimum requirements to apply for the role (including qualifications and experience):

• A relevant Degree / Diploma in a social sciences or a management discipline e.g. Human resource management or industrial psychology or other relevant discipline or studying towards one
• Minimum 5 years’ HR generalist experience.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience working at a management level in HR.
• Knowledge in HR methodologies, tools and techniques and the HR value chain.
• Knowledge in HR strategy development and enablement.
• Knowledge of emerging trends in HR and utilising a variety of HR tools / models to achieve results.
• Knowledge of the relevant labour and skills regulatory frameworks (skills development, B-BBEE, etc.).

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Description Of The Role And Purpose Of The Job

To credibly engage with business owners of projects to help define projects, requirements, and scope; to understand business requirements, map these to existing tools, standards, architecture and craft appropriate solutions; to then project manage the plan/design/develop phases of the project according to KPMG’s project management methodology; to engage with ITS and with vendors on the necessary aspects of all projects; and to provide reporting and visibility of project related activities within their responsibility.

Key Responsibilities

• Participates in prioritisation of portfolio for all IT projects to ensure business and IT value, and manage risk
• Manages projects and programs to ensure they are delivered on time, on budget, and meet functional requirements and quality standards
• Lead projects from requirements definition through deployment, identifying schedules, scopes, budget estimations, and project implementation plans, including risk mitigation
• To coordinate internal and external resources, ensuring projects remain within scope, schedule, and defined budgets, in collaboration with project staff from various functional departments
• Draw up and obtain approval of all required project documentation
• Establish and maintain relationships with appropriate client stakeholders, providing regular contact on project status and changes
• Report project outcomes and/or risks to the appropriate management channels when needed — escalating issues as necessary based on project work plans

Skills

Skills and attributes required for the role:

Relevant Skills

• Project management skills
• Previous success in producing deliverable software platforms
• Strong attention to deadlines and budgetary guidelines
• Proven success working with and communicating at all levels of management
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Has a strong preference for applying project governance
• Good organisational skills to ensure effective planning and prioritisation
• Good understanding of both business process as well as technology, and is able to map and translate between these domains

Personal Attributes

• Excellent client focus
• Ability to deal with conflict
• Extremely high level of confidentially and integrity
• Able to maintain a friendly, professional manner when liaising with clients, even in challenging situations
• Ability to multi-task
• The ability to build collaborative relationship with good interpersonal skills and the ability to relate well to colleagues with differing levels of expertise and skills while championing inclusion and diversity
• The ability to work well under pressure and to perform to deadlines
• Ability to manage resources
• Team player who is self-aware
• Strong organisation skills; a self-starter with initiative, ability to foster innovation and a common sense approach to problem solving
• Sound decision making ability
• Focus on continuous improvement within the ITS function while advancing an ethical environment
• High level of attention to detail and a desire to drive quality
• Technology savvy

Minimum requirements to apply for the role (including qualifications and experience):

• Professional certification — including PMP/PRINCE II/PRAXIS/AgilePM
• 5-8 year’s project management experience

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Description of the role and purpose of the job: 

• The purpose of this role is to perform the duties of an Audit Manager. The successful applicant will be responsible for supervising audit assignments at various clients.

Key Responsibilities

The audit engagement manager has the operational responsibility to guide, manage and oversee the planning, staffing and supervision of audit engagements. They:

• Provide technical, audit operational and audit quality leadership with a focus on professional scepticism.
• Demonstrate a strong tone and culture supporting audit quality through a commitment to maintain objectivity, professional skepticism, ethics and integrity.

Have the operational accountability and responsibility to drive audit quality in response to the needs of stakeholders and external regulators.

Skills

Skills and attributes required for the role:

• Good project management skills
• People skills
• Familiar with the SAICA training contract sign off requirements

Personal Attributes

• Self-motivated, committed, driven individuals
• Minimum requirements to apply for the role (including qualifications and experience):
• Fully qualified Chartered Accountants with experience in the Consumer Goods industry.
• Registered assessors in order to meet the counselling requirements of this role.