Current Vacancies at Ernst & Young Global Limited (EY)

Your key technical responsibilities 

The successful applicant will work within a team which offers our clients advice and hands on assistance with issues such as:

• The design, review and validation of credit risk models (PD, LGD, EAD and ECL) under IFRS 9
• The design, review and validation of Basel IRB models
• Credit impairment assessment and due diligence reviews
• Creation of data visualisations, generating in-depth insights
• Design and review of credit risk pricing models
• Design and review of economic capital models

Your client and business responsibilities

• Participate in client engagements
• Assist with the build and delivery of client solutions, based on knowledge of clients’ agendas
• Develop informed views for clients on the implications of current and anticipated industry issues
• Assist with new business sales through proactively managing accounts, identifying new client opportunities and playing a role in developing and driving sales campaigns
• Maintain an educational program to continually develop your own personal skills

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• Qualifications: Relevant Honours or Masters (MCom / MSc /MPhil) level degree
• Professional qualification (CFA / FRM / PRM / FIA / FASSA) a plus
• A minimum of 3 – 4 years relevant working experience
• Proficiency in SAS, R or Python

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Your key responsibilities

• Overseeing Managers on complex, multi-faceted client projects
• Managing complex and large actuarial audits on IFRS17 and SAM for life or non-life insurers
• Driving the Head of Actuarial Function engagements for life or non-life insurers and reinsurers
• Delivering on engagements covering ERM frameworks, ORSA, Risk Appetite or other risk topics
• Delivering on value-adding projects covering IFRS17 implementation and other topics related to trends in the actuarial field
• Further developing our team by coaching and mentoring junior colleagues
• Continually learning and sharing your knowledge with the wider actuarial team
• Most of your work will be project based for a once-off set period time or on a recurring basis, which enables you to work with different team members and subject matter experts, gaining invaluable experience and technical knowledge.

Skills and attributes for success

• 7+ years’ experience in the Life or Non-Life Insurance industry
• FASSA, preferably with specialisation in life or non-life
• Experience in financial reporting (SAM/Solvency II and IFRS17) and actuarial modelling required
• Presence and confidence in reporting to and engagement with Senior Stakeholders, incl. Board, preferentially with such experience
• Consulting experience required
• Critical thinker and solution-orientated approach
• Team player and proactive, self-starter
• Curious mindset and keenness to learn
• A global mindset with an appreciation of how organisations must respond to new risks that the forces of globalisation bring

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Project Management:

• Participate in large scale SAP client engagements.
• Consistently deliver quality client services, driving high-quality work products within the expected timeframes and on budget.
• Monitor progress, manage risk and ensure key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes.
• Manage expectations of client service delivery.
• Stay abreast of current business and industry trends relevant to the client's business.
• Should be a self-starter with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Should be comfortable interfacing with a client on a daily basis.
• This role requires daily interaction with the client at many levels.

Practice Management:

• Demonstrate technical capabilities and professional knowledge.
• Demonstrate ability to quickly assimilate to new knowledge.
• Possess in-depth business acumen.
• Remain current on new developments in Consulting capabilities and industry knowledge.
• Assist in developing applicable methodologies, tools, approaches, points of view, thought leadership and accelerators to differentiate EY in the consulting market.
• These are shared with all EY market facing organizations to provide consistency and common platforms with which to go to market.
• Provide subject matter expertise, design expertise and engagement management for a module within the SAP S/4HANA solution set.
• Knowledge of the overall SAP roadmap and experience with assisting clients to understand the myriad of options available to them. This should include preparing the business case to define an appropriate roadmap for their business and ultimately helping them in executing that roadmap.
• Work effectively as a team member, sharing responsibility, providing support, maintaining communication, and updating senior team members on progress.
• Help prepare reports and schedules that will be delivered to clients and other parties.
• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with client personnel.
• Build strong internal relationships within EY Consulting and with other service lines across the organization.

Skills and attributes for success

• Effectively team with diverse skills and backgrounds and foster an innovative and inclusive team-oriented work environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, client service and technical writing skills, coupled with a strong interest in further developing and integrating enterprise domain knowledge with technology skills.
• Demonstrate characteristics of a forward thinker and self-starter that thrives on new challenges and adapts quickly to learning new knowledge.
• Ability to lead a team of consulting professionals on multiple projects.
• A strong work ethic.

To qualify for the role you must have

• A degree in computer science, accounting, finance, or a related field (Business Undergraduate or MBA degree preferred).
• SAP certification/s and relevant project experience at minimum
• Approximately 4+ years of total experience and SAP Implementation experience in minimum 2 full life cycle projects
• Expertise in SAP S/4 HANA and with relevant implementation experience
• Understanding SAP S/4HANA cloud service offerings with relevant implementation experience
• Experience in one of the functional solution areas (FICO, SD, SF, EWM, TM, Ariba, BTP, Hybris, IBP)
• Strong verbal and written communication with out of box thinking abilities.
• Ability to understand Methodologies (Activate, Agile, SDLC, SCRUM) and other industry business fundamentals and ability to showcase a quick learning curve.
• Proficient in MS Office products (Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Strong knowledge in business processes and best practices
• Capability of presenting the value proposition in the module / area,
• Very good problem-solving abilities
• Development of project documentation, training materials, requirements gathering, and project management methodology experience required.
• Show initiative and creativity in developing innovative work-around solutions or new processes.
• Engaging with Clients in understanding their requirements, scoping, discovering and defining solutions, explaining business benefits and use cases and a roadmap to meet their goals.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Prior consulting experience
• Comfortable working in a matrix environment due to previous experience
• Technically proficient with globally recognised current and relevant certifications to prove it
• Strong industry experience / exposure
• Comfortable communicating with senior client and EY stakeholders (globally) in verbal and written form
• Participated in large scale SAP client engagements.
• Consistently deliver quality client services, driving high-quality work products within the expected timeframes and on budget.
• Monitor progress, manage risk, and ensure key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes.
• Manage expectations of client service delivery.
• Stay abreast of current business and industry trends relevant to the client's business.
• Should be a self-starter with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Systems thinking - the ability to see how parts interact with the whole (big picture thinking)
• Ability to explain complex technical issues in a way that non-technical people may understand
• Project and program management planning and organizational skills
• Ability to deal with abstract concepts and communicate these effectively through compelling written and graphical materials
• Demonstrated ability to manage and supervise a team of technology advisors through all phases of the technology life cycle, including requirements definition, architecture, design, development, implementation, conversion, and testing

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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.
• Build strong internal relationships within EY and with other services across the organization.
• Research client industry, company structure, key customers and suppliers and possible insight into operations and the various processes
• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with client personnel.
• Collaborate with the client to identify critical project outcomes, work products, barriers to success, and changes in expectations or scope.
• Manage own time in line with budgets
• Prepare or review business process descriptions through interviews with the client’s middle and senior management 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.
• Drafting detailed audit programmes to test controls in place.
• Identify basic data analytic procedures
• Assessment of design and implementation of key controls as well as the operating effectiveness, accuracy and validity thereof.
• Compilation of working papers substantiating scope and results of testing.
• Provide a coaching / mentoring role.
• Review sections prepared by junior staff
• Draft individual sections of documents and presentations to explain issues and solution options and implications.
• 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.
• Draft audit findings for review by EY Senior Management.
• Assist with presenting findings to client

Your people responsibilities

• Act as a visible role model for our people.
• Coach and mentor junior team members.
• Give honest supportive feedback to colleagues.
• 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
• Must have CIA
• Minimum of 4 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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Your Key Responsibilities

• Building on the strategy of the client organisation, define the transformation vision, journey and delivery model for implementing transformation products, services, experiences and solutions.
• Design, reinvent and innovate business models that will create long term value and disrupt markets.
• Design, establish and operate innovation programs, including agile or lean approaches to developing new innovations in products, service, experiences or business models.
• Facilitate design thinking workshops and sprints to define transformation solutions and potential roadmaps for implementation.
• Crystallise and document the thinking of the wider EY and client teams so that ideas and approaches can be crisply and clearly communicated.
• Lead and manage large scale cross-functional projects and strategic transformations. Define and implement teams that orchestrate the delivery of transformation initiatives at clients.
• Orchestrate, coordinate and project manage the transformation acceleration process.
• Enable the implementation of concepts, solutions and systems that have been defined through research, strategy, ideation and innovation.
• Analyse data and provide recommendations to client executives on strategic initiatives and transformations.
• Drive business development, build and grow the pipeline. Drive the pursuit process to develop the proposal, approach, planning and commercials whilst ensuring adherence to the quality and risk management processes to protect the reputation of our firm.
• Build client relationships and establish the team as a trusted advisor in the market place.
• Convene diverse teams so their time is used productively and creates high value outputs.
• Collaborate across EY teams and solutions to increase value for our clients, contributing to building a better working world.
• Coach and develop our junior team members and assist them in crafting a career journey to assist others in achieving their purpose and objectives.

Skills and attributes for success

• A passion for people — our people are our greatest asset. We need you to be able to lead project teams to bring out the best in our people and help them to develop and grow.
• Ability to build exceptional client relationships — our clients are at the centre of what we do. Through the delivery of engagements, you will be responsible for managing key client relationships to make sure that we deliver quality and value.
• Ability to think strategically and to solve complex problems. You will demonstrate strong critical thinking skills focused on developing solutions, creating logical arguments or analysis, assimilating largest amounts to complex information, identifying or anticipating issues or challenges.
• Ability to communicate, making complex systems and situations simple to understand. You’ll communicate visually, verbally and in written reports.
• Ability to manage projects –we help our client solve their complex business challenges and then deliver the solution to have a positive impact.
• Ability to learn new ideas and capabilities rapidly through self–driven learning and research. You’ll need to be able to assimilate new ideas and information rapidly, making sense of the world around you and at clients.
• Leadership capabilities that accept responsibility, build high performing teams, scale through appropriate delegation and teamwork, share clear direction, gain support and commitment from others, provide feedback openly and learn from feedback from others whilst admitting mistakes in order to learn.
• Intellectual curiosity and passionate about solving complex problems. We are looking for people who are purpose driven and ask better questions to seek better answers
• An entrepreneurial and growth-oriented mindset.
• Enthusiasm and ability to collaborate well in teams. We are looking for inclusive people who value differences and have a real desire to both learn and coach others

Technical Requirements

• More than 10 years’ experience in strategy, innovation and/or transformation consulting.
• Bachelor Degree in Engineering, Commerce or Sciences from a reputable tertiary institution
• Post graduate degree – either a Masters’ or Doctoral degree is preferred
• Additional certifications to support the skillsets required
• Experience in one or more of these sectors: Retail, Government & Public Sector and Financial Services

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Project Management:

• Participate in SAP client engagements. Consistently deliver quality client services, driving high-quality work products within the expected timeframes and on budget.
• Stay abreast of current business and industry trends relevant to the client's business.
• Should be a self-starter with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Should be comfortable interfacing with a client on a daily basis.
• This role requires daily interaction with the client at many levels.

Practice Management:

• Demonstrate technical capabilities and professional knowledge.
• Demonstrate ability to quickly assimilate to new knowledge. Possess in-depth business acumen.
• Remain current on new developments in Consulting capabilities and industry knowledge.
• Provide subject matter expertise and design expertise and for a module within the SAP S/4HANA solution set.
• Knowledge of the overall SAP roadmap and experience with assisting clients to understand the myriad of options available to them. This should include supporting with the business case to define an appropriate roadmap for their business and ultimately helping them in executing that roadmap.
• Work effectively as a team member, sharing responsibility, providing support, maintaining communication, and updating senior team members on progress.
• Help prepare reports and schedules that will be delivered to clients and other parties.
• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with client personnel.
• Build strong internal relationships within EY Consulting and with other service lines across the organization.

Skills and attributes for success

• Effectively team with diverse skills and backgrounds and foster an innovative and inclusive team-oriented work environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, client service and technical writing skills, coupled with a strong interest in further developing and integrating enterprise domain knowledge with technology skills.
• Demonstrate characteristics of a forward thinker and self-starter that thrives on new challenges and adapts quickly to learning new knowledge.
• A strong work ethic.

To qualify for the role you must have

• A degree in computer science, accounting, finance, or a related field (MBA or Business Undergraduate degree preferred).
• SAP certification/s and relevant project experience
• Approximately 2+ years of total experience and SAP product experience
• Knowledge in SAP S/4 HANA and with relevant implementation experience
• Understanding SAP S/4HANA cloud service offerings
• Experience in one of the functional workstream (FICO, SD, SF, EWM, TM, Ariba, BTP, Hybris, IBP)
• Strong verbal and written communication with out of box thinking abilities.
• Ability to understand Methodologies (Activate, Agile, SDLC, SCRUM) and other industry business fundamentals and ability to showcase a quick learning curve.
• Proficient in MS Office products (Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Strong knowledge in business processes and best practices
• Capability of presenting the value proposition in the module / area,
• Very good problem-solving abilities
• Development of project documentation, training materials, requirements gathering, and project management methodology experience required.
• Show initiative and creativity in developing innovative work-around solutions or new processes.
• Demonstrate deep knowledge of SAP solutions and appropriate industries to maintain credibility with prospective customers. Provide proof points with relevant customer stories.
• Support RFx completion in support of customer proposals.
• Engaging with Clients in understanding their requirements, scoping, discovering and defining solutions, explaining business benefits and use cases and a roadmap to meet their goals.
• Creating innovative solution designs that utilize our extensive service offerings.
• Support the SAP implementation project and play solution consultant role binding the solution to meet client requirements

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Comfortable working in a matrix environment due to previous experience
• Technically proficient with globally recognised current and relevant certifications to prove it
• Strong industry experience / exposure
• Comfortable communicating with senior client and EY stakeholders (globally) in verbal and written form
• Consistently deliver quality client services, driving high-quality work products within the expected timeframes and on budget.
• Monitor progress, manage risk, and ensure key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes.
• Systems thinking - the ability to see how parts interact with the whole (big picture thinking)
• Ability to explain complex technical issues in a way that non-technical people may understand
• Project and program management planning and organizational skills
• Ability to deal with abstract concepts and communicate these effectively through compelling written and graphical materials

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Your key responsibilities

• As an Assistant Manager, you will be required to support in executing the financial due diligence procedures on the Target company which includes understanding and analysing profit drivers and trends, challenge assumptions of future financial performance, analyse working capital and cash flow drivers of the Target and analyse the balance sheet in the context of a transaction.
• You will gain exposure to identifying deal risks and upsides and issues impacting deal valuation.
• Our TD teams assist clients throughout the entire transaction process.

Skills and attributes for success

• Analyse financial/operational results of targets through reviewing accounting records and conducting interviews with management
• Participate in due diligence engagements related to acquisitions by private equity investor groups and strategic corporate buyers
• Prepare/evaluate pro forma financial information
• Identify issues for purchase price reductions, deal structuring or deal termination
• Identify post-acquisition action steps to achieve anticipated earnings/cash flow improvements
• Evaluate effects of seasonality on cash flow requirements. Perform industry and company research
• Correlate due diligence findings with client valuations.
• Manage expectations of service. 

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Accounting and/or related major.
• CA(SA) or equivalent
• Minimum 3 years of accounting experience
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong computer skills
• Project management skills
• People management skills

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills
• Dedication to teamwork
• Strong work initiative and the ability to adapt to new challenges and ideas
• Willingness to team and learn.
• A self-starter and results-oriented mindset

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Your key responsibilities

• As a Manager, you will be required to lead in executing the due diligence procedures.
• Understand the engagement scope and assist more junior members in performing the procedures assigned to them.
• You’ll be responsible for writing significant parts of the report deliverable and communicating findings to the client.
• Helping our clients determine the right deal to do, and then assist them in doing the deal right.
• Our team works to understand profit drivers and trends, challenge assumptions of future performance, and assist with purchase agreements and post-closing transaction matters. 

Skills and attributes for success

• Analyse financial/operational results of targets through reviewing accounting records and conducting interviews with management
• Participate in due diligence engagements related to acquisitions by private equity investor groups and strategic corporate buyers
• Prepare/evaluate pro forma financial information
• Identify issues for purchase price reductions, deal structuring or deal termination
• Identify post-acquisition action steps to achieve anticipated earnings/cash flow improvements
• Evaluate effects of seasonality on cash flow requirements. Perform industry and company research
• Correlate due diligence findings with client valuations.
• Manage expectations of service. 
• Develop people - supervise staff effectively and provide constructive feedback/training and conduct performance reviews

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Accounting and/or related major.
• CPA or CA certification
• Minimum of 3 years post articles relevant working experience
• Minimum 2 years of financial due diligence experience
• Strong written and verbal communication skills - reports need to be ready for Partner review
• Good Computer skills
• Project Management Skills
• People Management Skills
• Big 4 Corporate Finance experience in Transaction Support Management Role
• Exposure to large transactions that are complex and involve cross boarder activities
• Ability to utilise strong local insights to the Due Diligence
• Africa experience preferable
• Experience in running multiple projects simultaneously

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills
• Dedication to teamwork
• Strong work initiative and the ability to adapt to new challenges and ideas