Current Opportunities at Mazars

• Independently acquires and leads assignments in a specialised area of tax; to carry out research relating to a variety of tax issues (covering the full spectrum of taxes); to compile appropriate reports/opinions/letters and other documents; to review reports/opinions/letters and other documents prepared by tax consultants and senior tax consultants;  to liaise with clients, their advisors and SARS where appropriate; actively engaged in business development opportunities to existing and potential clients. To manage and lead a team of specialists. A sound demonstrated knowledge of mining, international tax and transfer pricing experience would be an advantage. To assist with ensuring deliverables are met and to grow the tax consulting team. To be considered, solid experience in a similar role is an absolute must.

Duties and Responsibilities    

• Research
• Consulting and tax advice
• Tax calculations and reconciliations
• Tax Administration and dispute resolution
• Budget management in respect of client engagements
• Prepare proposal documents/ letters of engagement
• Manage individual productivity
• Articles, other client communication and marketing material
• Training and development
• Focus and / or Operational Group Leader
• Assist with department budgets
• Delegate assignments
• Review of work
• Recommend billings amount and timings
• Role model the organizational culture and instil culture in others
• Strategic Orientation
• Assist with performance management
• On-the-job training, coaching, and guiding.
• Build and maintain client relationships
• Grow client portfolio
• Identify cross-selling opportunities
• Strong business development acumen

Minimum Requirements    

• Minimum of 7 - 9 years tax experience, at least 3 of which must have been in a management role and a consulting environment
• Legal / Accounting degree plus tax qualification(s)
• Post graduate tax qualification
• Computer literate – proficient in Excel, Word, and Power Point
• Familiar with audit software – able to navigate through and use Caseware
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Demonstrate a sound knowledge of tax principles (across all tax types including tax administration)
• An understanding of IFRS
• English proficiency

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Job Description    

• An opportunity exists in the Tax Consulting Division of Mazars; an international professional services firm, based at Mazars House in Johannesburg. Independently acquires and leads assignments in a specialised areas of tax; to carry out research relating to a variety of tax issues (covering the full spectrum of taxes) and to compile appropriate reports/opinions/letters and other documents. The candidate will also be required to review reports/opinions/letters and other documents prepared by tax advisors and senior tax advisors; and to liaise with clients, their advisors and SARS where appropriate; and to actively engage in business development opportunities to existing and potential clients.

Duties and Responsibilities    

• Manage client portfolios from inception to conclusion, including debtors, proposals/fee estimates and engagements
• Assist with business development
• Assist with training of junior staff
• Research
• Consulting and tax advice
• Tax calculations and reconciliations
• Tax administration and dispute resolution
• Budget management in respect of client engagements
• Prepare proposal documents/ letters of engagement
• Manage individual productivity
• Articles, other client communication and marketing material
• Training & development
• Focus and Operational Group Leader
• Assist with department budgets
• Delegate assignments
• Review of work
• Recommend billings amount and timings
• Role model the organizational culture and instil culture in others
• Strategic Orientation
• Assist with performance management
• On-the-job training, coaching, and guiding.
• Build and maintain client relationships
• Grow client portfolio
• Identify cross-selling opportunities

Minimum Requirements    
Experience/abilities

• Demonstrated experience in corporate and international tax, VAT and strong technical knowledge is preferred
• Can formulate sound legal arguments to support and manage a dispute process
• Liaising with SARS and clients
• Identification of tax solutions and tax planning
• Ability to meet deadlines and work in a team
• Ability to manage matters
• Experience in building and developing client relationships
• Preparing tax opinions, reports and step plans
• Experience in dispute resolution
• Keeping up with technical developments
• Preparing training and seminars
• Managers Debtors and collections within the department
• Strong interpersonal and management skills
• Good oral and written communication
• Ownership and accountability
• Analytical and solution driven

Candidate Attributes

• Candidate must be able to work as part of a team to and independently
• Create an environment conducive to learning for junior members of the team
• Embrace diversity in the workplace
• Strive to ensure highest technical excellence and quality in delivery of work
• Possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Qualifications

• PQE of 6-8 years tax experience, at least 2 years should have been in a role where management responsibilities were exercised;
• Accounting or law degree and a tax qualification (admitted attorney would be an advantage) is preferred with strong tax technical experience; and
• Relevant and recognised Tax qualification

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Duties and Responsibilities    

• Monitoring and evaluation of performance in relation to budget
• Conduct full 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 assignments
• Work allocations as required by individual assignments
• 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 – Be active in bringing new work to the regulatory division through networking and tendering.
• Solutions Oriented
• Contributing to and facilitating Learning and Development (self and team)

Minimum Requirements    

• Minimum 2 year post articles experience
• Previous experience in auditing/reviewing Banking regulatory returns with a regulatory environment of the bank or other similar institutions.
• 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
• Results driven and able to achieve work goals and objectives
• Entrepreneurial

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Job Description    

• To assist the organization with monitoring of audit quality by collecting, summarizing data, synthesizing data, and compiling reports. Communicate with multiple stakeholders and diverse audiences to recommend corrective behaviour. Continuously seek to improve on knowledge and skills related to monitoring activities. To support an area of the business in a specialised role, working under guidance.

Duties and Responsibilities    

• Interpret data, analyze results using statistical techniques and provide ongoing reports
• Develop and implement databases, data collection systems, data analytics and other strategies that optimize statistical efficiency and quality
• Acquire data from primary or secondary data sources and maintain databases/data systems
• Identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets
• Filter and “clean” data by reviewing computer reports, printouts, and performance indicators to locate and correct code problems
• Work with management to prioritize business and information needs
• Locate and define new process improvement opportunities

Minimum Requirements    

• Technical expertise regarding data models, database design development, data mining and segmentation techniques
• Strong knowledge of and experience with reporting packages databases (SQL etc)
• Strong SQL scripting and database management
• Strong Excel skills (VBA Excel is advantageous)
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy
• Adept at queries, report writing and presenting findings
• Post matric qualifications (Quantitative or IT subjects are advantageous)
• 3 + years working experience in the field
• Background or strong interest in related technology solutions
• Excellent verbal/written communications and interpersonal skills
• Strong ability in self-motivated and high responsibility for daily work. Proven ability to work in a team environment and multi-task to produce quality client deliverables
• Have strong interpersonal, analytical, organizational and communication skills;
• Excellent MS Office Skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint required; Access preferred)

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• The successful candidate should have the necessary internal audit skills, knowledge and experience.

Duties and Responsibilities    

• Plan and execute risk-based internal audits
• Provide consulting services to clients
• Draft audit reports and present final findings to the client
• Provide on the job coaching to internal auditors and trainees
• Supervision of internal audit teams on multiple audits
• Apply internal audit specific policies, procedures, methodologies and standards
• Manage the delivery of each assignment in line with scope and limitations
• Support the business in championing strategic business roles
• Build and maintain client relationships.

Minimum Requirements    

• BCom degree with relevant internal audit qualification
• CA (SA)/CIA advantageous
• Membership with IIA
• At least 4 years’ experience in a consulting role in governance, risk and compliance, of which 2 years’ must be in a senior auditor role
• A thorough knowledge of IIA standards and best practices
• Strong project management and multi-tasking skills
• Proven ability to manage clients, teams and other relevant stakeholders
• Knowledge of internal audit software tools and methodologies
• Good client relations and networking skills
• Willingness to travel when necessary
• Valid drivers’ licence and own transport

Closing Date    
2023/09/15

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• This person will support our brand presence, while fostering a sense of belonging and ambassadorship among our employees. They will work closely with the Partner in charge of HR, National HR leaders, HR departments in all offices as well as the Business Development and Marketing department. 

Duties and Responsibilities    

• Support and help implement Mazars employee value proposition strategy (EVP), with supporting KPIs, to grow our employer brand
• Support employee experience with a focus on providing content for platforms: electronic bulletin boards/signage, social media and ambassador program, and others as needed
• Develop internal and external storytelling initiatives to promote our culture
• Engage and develop relationships with employees to include them employer branding efforts
• Coordinate resources across multiple project initiatives and teams
• Develop messaging and ensure communications materials, including key messages, Q&As, fact sheets and presentations are kept up to date
• Participate in team and staff meetings
• Provide content strategy support for Communications plans
• Develops content and plans using a clear and concise writing style that is appropriate to audience and using current process documents
• Assign, review, and work in the Marcoms department approval process of the content development
• Support writing, editing and content production activities for multi-platform internal and external communications vehicles
• Coordinate materials, deliverables and responsibilities between graphic designer and own team
• Governance of marketing materials and toolkits to support our recruiters, hiring manager and employees
• Continuously generate innovative new ideas to improve talent attraction and engagement on all relevant social media platforms
• Research marketing and advertising trends in the professional services industry
• Keep abreast of new trends in social media channels

Minimum Requirements    

• Excellent organizational skills and demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Be skilled in Microsoft Office
• Have experience in managing website and social media content
• Have excellent written and oral communications skills
• Strong understanding of social channels and trends
• Be able to navigate stakeholder expectations and work in a fast-paced environment
• A proactive mind set, is engaged and a self-starter
• Ability to be flexible, adaptable, and able to effectively execute a range of job duties
• Strict attention to detail and enthusiasm for collaboration
• Strong problem solving and decision-making abilities
• Knowledge in Designs tools (Indesign and other)
• A creative eye and content creations skills i.e. photography, videography

In addition, you will have completed:

• Graduate degree in communications, marketing, human resources or relevant subject matter experience or qualification  
• Have 1-4 years work experience in a related field related field.

Closing Date    
2023/08/25

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• Reporting to the senior manager, your responsibilities will include architecture, development and implementation of business solutions.

Duties and Responsibilities    

• Development and maintenance of solutions on the SharePoint Online platform
• Designing and building Nintex workflows to enable business automation
• SharePoint integration into other systems
• Manage implementation of collaboration portals, client portals and document management systems
• Analysing software requirements and plan development accordingly
• Delivery of functional and defect-free components within the timeframes agreed upon
• Create a highly functional, user-friendly solutions
• SharePoint Administration (Site collection, Sites, Features, Solutions)
• Assisting in troubleshooting the SharePoint environment
• Communication of SharePoint platform capabilities to the all departments through meetings, workshops and presentations
• Lead internal knowledge transfer and training of the SharePoint Online platform

Minimum Requirements  

• B-Tech, BCom or B.SC Information Technology degree required
• MCSD SharePoint Applications
• Nintex Workflow Admin Certificate advantageous
• 5 years’ SharePoint development experience essential
• 3 years’ Nintex experience essential
• Proven experience with PowerShell scripting
• Proven experience in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, XML, Ajax, InfoPath
• Strong technical ability in the implementation, configuration and troubleshooting of SharePoint
• Strong architecture, configuration and administration abilities
• Takes initiative

Closing Date    
2023/08/25

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Duties and Responsibilities    

• Review and / or Provide assistance with the initiation of engagement process.
• Review and / or perform and produce initial draft business plans and information memorandums. 
• Review and / or perform and prepare bankability feasibility studies/business cases for infrastructure projects, including PPP transactions draft reports (including changes after reviews and client feedback).
• Assist in performing transaction advisory services.
• Assist with the preparation of financial models.
• Viability studies and capital investment appraisals.
• Review and / or Assistance with preparing bankable feasibility study reports.
• Manage individual and Junior staff productivity.

Minimum Requirements    
Key Competencies

• Knowledge of project finance documentation and basic understanding of taking projects to financial close
• Willing to travel within Africa on engagements.
• Result-oriented approach with hands-on execution capability
• Initiative-taker with strong self-motivation and a proven capacity to work in a relatively newly established and growing team.
• Demonstrate the ability to leverage business development competence.
• Good presentation skills and an ability to assert ideas and influence others, to gain support and commitment.
• Analytical ability and good financial modelling skills, capable of assessing and building sophisticated “project finance” financial models.
• Ability to build and maintain client relationships.
• Solving problems using a combination of intuition and analytics and ability to make sound professionally researched recommendations to clients.
• Effective use of MS Excel, MS Word & MS PowerPoint.
• Ability to deal with clients including CEOs daily.
• Good communicator with a sound grasp of English.
• Dedicated and committed - will need to work long hours at times to meet deadlines.
• Good report writing skills; and
• Good people skills.
• Entrepreneurial mind-set and analytical thinker
• 3 to 4 Years experience

Candidate skills:

• Undergraduate / Postgraduate studies in Finance/Engineering /Investment Analysis
• CFA is an added advantage.
• Minimum 3 years project finance experience

Closing Date    
2023/12/31