Current Vacancies at BDO South Africa

Description

• An Audit Administrator is responsible for Administrative tasks, Record Keeping, Invoicing, and Updating of information on in-house systems.
• Reporting to various Partners and the Audit Operations Officer, the audit administrator will inter alia be responsible for the:
•  Processing of travel expenses, subsistence allowance, credit card expenses, and purchase orders
• Invoicing and WIP management
• Correspondence and communication with clients, suppliers, and staff
• Prepare and present at the first year and manager induction.
• Assisting the trainees with bank confirmations and providing a monthly reconciliation to the Finance department
• Processing legal confirmations and deed searches
• Performing monthly reconciliations and reports between the in-house systems
• Co-ordination of departmental meetings and occasional minute taking

Requirements

Qualifications and Experience

• Matric
• Bcom qualifications will be an advantage.

Experience

• At least 2 - 5 years’ experience in a similar role.
• Advanced computer skills
• Proficient in MS office packages

Skills

• Excellent administrative skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Attention to detail in all aspects of work
• Good work ethic and interpersonal skills
• Able to work under tight time constraints.

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Primary Purpose of the Job

The primary objective of the Infrastructure Administrator is the effective monitoring, management, and administration of the infrastructure within the environment while adhering to the incident resolution, request fulfilment, and change management processes.
This encompasses the Data Centre environment, Servers, LAN and WAN infrastructure, Cloud and externally hosted infrastructure, Security and perimeter defence infrastructure, wireless, and last mile connectivity.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Adhere to the defined Service Level Agreement with regards to Incident Resolution, Request Fulfilment, and Change Management.
• Manage Major Incident resolution from cradle to grave.
• Proactively monitor the environment, identify and timeously implement mitigating solutions to identified capacity gaps and foreseeable incidents.
• Serve as a technical escalation point for the Service Management Team with regards to infrastructure related incidents and requests.
• Assist in the definition of infrastructure related tasks associated with internal and external infrastructure or business projects
• Deliver incident reporting with root cause analysis and mitigation recommendations.
• Document infrastructure, network and system data flow diagrams into the knowledge base or configuration management system.
• Define, populate, engage and update CMDB Cis (Configuration Items) associated with change management process
• Identify and mitigate Risks based on the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures System (CVE).
• Identify process and knowledge gaps which may be addresses via formal training.
• Engage, define, and improve defined Information Security Framework control responsibilities as part of the ISMS
• Submit daily, weekly, and monthly reports to the Infrastructure Manager.
• Provide input into the monthly Operations reports on all infrastructure related matters.
• Manage incidents, requests, problems, tasks within the deployed service management system accurately and with detailed information and communication.

Requirements

Qualifications, Recognition of Prior Learning, Work Experience, and Knowledge 

Qualifications/Recognition of Prior Learning equivalent

• Grade 12
• A+, N+, Server+, Azure Fundamentals, MCSE, ITIL V3/ITIL V4 Foundation
• NQF Level 6 IT related Qualification
• Azure Administrator Associate (advantageous)
• Azure Solutions Architect Expert (advantageous)

Work Experience

• Minimum of 5 years + ITSM Support Experience
• Minimum of 2 years + Enterprise Systems Administration Experience
• Experience in Banking or Financial services industry sectors
• Experience with supporting the Office 365 and Azure suites.
• Active Directory administration

Knowledge

• Understanding of networking fundamentals and administration
• Ability to troubleshoot network issues - LAN Routing and Switching troubleshooting (VLANs, IP Sub-netting, DHCP, DNS)
• Good knowledge of Windows Server (2008 ,2012, 2016, 2019)
• An excellent working knowledge of ITSM tools and workflows.

Competencies: Technical & Behavioural

Technical Competencies

• Excellent technical documentation preparation skills
• Exceptional attention to detail and thoroughness
• Research and analyse information and make recommendations based on relevant evidence
• Excellent problem-solving skills - Ability to breakdown complex problems into logical pieces.
• Good organisational and time management skills - ability to handle multiple work streams.
• Exceptional Communication (Written and Verbal) and Interpersonal Skills
• A strong working knowledge of Microsoft Saver, Networks and dependencies, and End User Computing

Behavioural Competencies

• Resilient and Adaptable with the ability to work under pressure.
• Dependable and reliable.
• Strong problem-solving abilities.
• Detail-oriented.
• Focused – ability to work on complex tasks to completion

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Primary Purpose of the Job

We are looking for a highly skilled and detail-oriented Report Writer and Database Administrator to join our team. This individual will be responsible for designing, developing and maintaining reports and databases for our organization. The successful candidate will be adept at writing high-quality reports, analysing large data sets, and managing databases

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Create backups and restore database
• Minimise database downtime and optimize database performance through data analysis, index optimization, and other techniques
• Ensure that all database systems meet the organization's requirements for data integrity, security, and availability.
• Monitor database performance, implement changes, apply new patches and versions when required
• Ability to write ad-hoc queries, create store procedures, functions and views
• Ability to establish ODBC connections between different types of databases and platforms
• Develop and maintain dashboards and reports to support the departmental needs.
• Troubleshoot data-related problems and resolve them in a timely manner.
• Collaborate with other departmental teams to ensure that the necessary data is available for reporting purposes.
• Manage deployment of databases and reports to various environments.
• Create and maintain documentation on database design, ETL processes, and report development.
• Work closely with the developers on projects to assistance with the database structure and relationships

Requirements

Qualifications

• Grade 12 
• Degree or Diploma in Computer Science or related field

Work Experience

• Minimum 3- 5 years’ relevant experience
• Proven experience in developing reports and databases

Knowledge

• Advanced in MS SQL Server BI Stack tools and technologies (SSRS, SSIS, TSQL, Power Query, Power Bi, Dax)
• Strong knowledge of Python
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills including Macros

Technical Competencies

• Excellent knowledge of data backup, recovery, security, integrity, and SQL.
• Experience in Crystal reports or similar business intelligence tools
• Strong understanding of data warehousing principles and ETL processes

Behavioural Competencies

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Proactive, self-starter with initiative to find ways to improve solutions, systems and processes
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to learn new software and technologies quickly.
• Ability to follow instructions
• Strong attention to detail

BDO Core Competencies

• Relationships and Collaboration
• Exceptional Client Service
• Business Growth
• Engaging people
• Leadership
• Quality, Risk management and Operational performance

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Description

BDO Global Outsourcing has been developing a Global Payroll Solution that combines best of breed customer service technology platform with the experience of BDO’s renowned global office network.

 In order to provide exceptional service to its clients, BDO has an exciting opportunity for Payroll Professionals to implement global outsourced payroll services for a portfolio of payroll clients, ensuring they meet client requirements and are consistent with BDO Global Outsourcing standards and practices. We are looking to fill the following roles but not limited to:

• Junior Payroll Administrators
• Payroll Administrators
• Senior Payroll Administrators
• Payroll Seniors
• Payroll Supervisors

 As a Payroll Professional you will need to understand client’s requirements and objectives and work with both in-country BDO teams as well as Global Outsourcing in order to advise and implement Global Payroll. This could include drafting of the client’s specifications, advice on local country requirements, and configuration of the appropriate BDO platform along with testing, training and review of the payrolls whilst under the care of the implementation team.

•  Depending on your role and level of responsibility you will often be the first point of escalation and will need to be proactive, identifying issues and driving resolution.  
•  Candidates should be deadline driven, organised and efficient with an eye for detail and good communication skills. 
•  Experience of global payroll and technical payroll knowledge is required.

Responsibilities

• Manage ongoing projects, working with the UK team to manage daily deliverables, dealing with escalations & queries
• Responsible for the management, delivery and support of Global payroll projects
• Provide regular updates to both internal and external stakeholders, identifying specific issues and action plans for resolution
• Define and maintain country-specific process documentation
• Support and/or lead process requirements workshops with clients ensuring requirements are fully documented
• Configure and test BDO Platforms as needed to match client requirements
• Ensure parallel testing processes and requirements are fully documented and agreed with clients
• Support and/or lead parallel and post-implementation activities: including the review of payroll results, co-ordination with clients and in country teams, and issue identification & resolution
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships within BDO as well as the client and in country teams
• Assist in payroll bids and pre-sales activities including presentations and workshops

Skills

• Ability to work independently, with excellent organisational and planning skills to enable the management of multiple projects.
• An eye for detail and strong numerical skills are essential.
• Competency in IT applications such as Excel, Outlook, Word and Powerpoint
• Experience of comprehending and reviewing file specifications
• Experience of presenting to small groups at all levels
• Excellent written and verbal communication as well as interpersonal skills
• Ability to work well in a multicultural team and help to develop more junior team members

Education and Experience

• At least 3 to 5 years’ experience in payroll
• Flexibility and a willingness to undertake additional tasks, as required
• A minimum of 2/3 years’ experience with African or International Payroll
• A payroll qualification or studying to gain a payroll qualification an advantage
• Additional language skills would be useful