Job Vacancies at KPMG South Africa

Job title/position:  

Facilities Administrator and Driver

Number of positions: 1

Function and Business Unit:  Facilities

Description of the role and purpose of the job:

• The main purpose of the job is to support and assist the Facilities manager and team in all office procedures and other tasks as assigned by the Facilities Supervisor. To support and assist the facilities team with general maintenance, driving and administration
• The successful individual will have to deliver a process, project or service involving the completion of a series of defined tasks where accuracy, and timeliness are critical. They will have to be able to take direction from others in completing tasks and assignments and actively seek out work from more senior team members. The individual may be on frequent occasions be required to physically be at the work premises outside work hours and or respond to urgent matters during weekends.

Key responsibilities:

Key accountabilities

Administration

• Interact with staff, clients, suppliers and visitors
• Open, sort and distribute incoming correspondence, including faxes and email
• Issue responses to correspondence containing routine inquiries
• Perform general clerical duties to include, but not limited to, copying, faxing, mailing, laminating and filing
• Daily recording of all mail, docex, by hand deliveries and collections, tenders and proposals.
• Recording monthly safety checklist
• Recording of trips Staff Shuttle and airport collections.
• Prepare and collate fuel receipts.
• Order and maintain stock in relation to the facilities management service provision

Health and Safety

• To take reasonable care for the health & safety of yourself and of other persons in the work premises
• To co-operate with the Company so far as is always necessary to enable the Company to comply fully and with its legal duties regarding health, safety and welfare matters.
• To familiarise yourself with the Company’s Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality Policies and to comply fully at all times with the Company’s health & safety, welfare, fire arrangements, in line with OHSAS:18001, ISO:14001, and ISO:9001 requirements.
• To fully prepare and participate in the annual ISO Internal and external audits
• To report immediately all accidents involving injuries and illness verbally to your immediate
• superior and a First Aider.
• To annually maintain for yourself a valid SHE Rep, Fire Fighter and First aider training certificate

Technical

• Attend team meetings and produce subsequent minutes / actions
• Support the facilities supervisor in managing contractor services and completion of KPI’s
• Provide support to the Maintenance team on the raising and closing of reactive, PPM and scheduled job requests within the facilities helpdesk
• Assisting in overseeing of building maintenance of air-conditioning, electrical, soft services, generators, plumbing and security systems such access control and CCTV
• Raising of Non – Conformances where suppliers have not met their contractual obligations
• Report no-compliance of contracts to Facilities supervisor
• Performing driving and delivery duties to various destinations when requested by various the Manager or BU’s 

Skills and attributes required for the role:

• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple deadlines
• Ability to work and respond to urgent matters during and outside of working hours
• Attention to detail
• Knowledge of modern office practices, procedures, and equipment.
• Computer skills and experience with word processing, databases, and spreadsheets.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret reports and regulations.
• Ability to define, research, and solve problems.
• Strong written communication skills including knowledge of correct English usage (grammar,
• spelling, punctuation, and vocabulary), and the ability to prepare complete, clear, accurate, and concise reports and correspondence.
• Ability to organize work, set priorities, meet critical deadlines, and complete assignments with a minimum of direction.
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships and communications with the public and local officials, contractors, department directors, and other legislative agencies.
• Ability to exercise discretion in dissemination of confidential or sensitive information, and skill in information control procedures and techniques
   

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

• Matric
• Driving Licence
• Public Drivers Permit (PDP)
• MS Office proficient
• Oracle (advantageous)
• Technical Experience
• Health and Safety Training (Advantageous)

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Purpose of position:

• The EUC Specialist is responsible for overseeing and executing all technical requirements for development of the End User Computing requirements for KPMG South Africa.

Key accountabilities:

• Design, build, deployment and maintenance of the end user image (Global Desktop), on the basis of what is provided by ITS Global, and in terms of global standards, business requirements and best practice, for KPMG SA and Africa Shared Services customers.
• Maintenance of the Group Policy for EUC environments, including AGPM and the Policy management of the desktop environment for KPMG SA. Support for GPO for Africa Shared Services countries is only for escalations.
• Responsible for administration, management and deployment of SCCM end-user components, such as software deployment, security updates (patching), advertisements and collections, for KPMG SA and Africa Shared Services customers.
• Reporting for all SCCM end-user related elements, including Patch compliance for KPMG SA and remediation in this area.
• Support and administer the MobileIron environment, including responsibility for policy creation and administration, ensuring device compliance, and second level support for end-user interactions in this area.
• Provide 2nd level and escalation support for core applications included in the standard Desktop environment, including Microsoft Office, Acrobat, Chrome, Cibecs, etc.

Person specification:
Relevant Skills

Relevant Tertiary/IT qualification

• Proven hands-on experience with Microsoft SCCM, including OSD/Task Sequences, Client deployment, Security Updates, and issue remediation
• Comfortable to lead in their area of expertise, but also able to follow as required by the team
• Good organisational skills to ensure effective planning and prioritisation takes place regularly
• Proven experience supporting core business applications for a medium to large firm at a 2nd\3rd level
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft services (Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS)
• Strong understanding of PowerShell/Windows Scripting
• Create and maintain Technical Documents, Support and Operations manuals and Knowledge Base articles
• Experience\Understanding of ITIL Concepts, Change Management Processes, Incident and Problem management
• Ability to deal effectively with individuals at all levels
• Must be very detail orientated understanding that tasks are only done once all steps have been effectively completed

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
• 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 with the ability to consult where needed
• 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
• The ability to work unsupervised

Qualifications

• 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
• 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 with the ability to consult where needed
• 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
• The ability to work unsupervised

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Description of the role and purpose of the job:

• Senior manager in DPP Accounting, responsible for mandatory and non-mandatory consultations, financial statement reviews and informal queries in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
• To be part of the dynamic team that supports the audit function and other functions on IFRS and other financial reporting matters. Perform senior reviews of consultations, informal queries, pre-issuance reviews and leading specific projects within DPP Accounting. Provide coaching and training of managers in DPP Accounting.
• This position can be filled through a permanent internal transfer from Audit (or other function to the extent that the applicant has the required skills), a long term secondment from audit or another function (ie 18 - 24 months – out of the box experience) or an external appointment.

Key responsibilities:

• Detailed knowledge of IFRS with a higher degree of specialisation in topics / markets.
• Pro-actively assist in identifying strategic opportunities and driving the business unit strategy by managing projects and other initiatives.
• Perform the second review for listed companies’ financial statements and high-risk clients.
• Staying up to date with developments in IFRS through internal research and involvement on local topic teams
• Writing technical guidance documents and other articles for KPMG partners and staff on accounting application issues, including contentious or complex issues
• Initiate and lead client meetings (even where not required for a specific query) at appropriate levels within the client and ensure that the appropriate DPP partner / Associate Director is involved where necessary / relevant.
• Primarily responsible for coaching and providing input to staff during the consultation process and review of consultations / opinions.
• Present technical meeting topics, staff training updates, technical updates, client training and training within the rest of Africa.
• Actively supporting and driving DPP’s activities supporting retention by:
• Responsibility for departmental teams and monitoring productivity of such teams, including ensuring a fair allocation of work and that team members achieve appropriate chargeability targets.
• Empowering staff to enable them to work autonomously.
• Role of counselling manager to managers and secondees.
• Take a leading role on specific projects within DPP Accounting with overall responsibility for project management and implementation.
   

Skills and attributes required for the role:

• Attention to detail
• Good business writing skills
• Ability and keen interest to do research, work independently whilst producing and delivering good quality results
• Working knowledge of IFRS and related financial reporting requirements
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Ambition to contribute to building a successful and profitable department
• Proactive
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Good organizational and time management skills
• Able to deal with various tasks at once and meet deadlines
• Strong communication, presentation and interpersonal skills
• Able to deal effectively with individuals at all levels within KPMG and external to KPMG
• Ability to build and sustain relationships with people at all levels
• Professional work ethic
• Able to work independently and as part of a team
• Good computer skills (Microsoft word, excel and PowerPoint)
   

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

• Qualified CA (SA)
• Good IFRS knowledge
• Post-article experience: at least three (3 - 4) years. This opportunity is available to existing senior managers.

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Description of the role and purpose of the job:

• To primarily support DDP Audit and Assurance with dealing with consultations (ie methodology and reporting) from audit engagement teams and be part of the DPP team that successfully deploys KPMG’s new workflow and audit methodology across the firm in Southern Africa.
• Also, to be part of the DPP team that is involved in supporting, training and monitoring the use of KCW tools and methodology in the audit.
• This position can be filled through a permanent internal transfer from Audit (or other function to the extent that the applicant has the required skills), a long term secondment from audit or another function (ie 18 - 24 months – out of the box experience)  or an external appointment.

Key responsibilities:

• Researching and answering assurance, audit and review reporting consultations for KPMG staff and clients in accordance with International Standards of Auditing (ISA’s), ISAE, ISRE the International Standards Reporting Manual (ISRM) and locally issued South African Auditing Practice Standards (SAAPS) and JSE reporting guide.
• Reviewing reports submitted to DPP by engagement teams and liaising with the teams on these reports.
• Researching and answering methodology questions/consultations relating to the application of KAEG and KAM for audit engagements on KPMG Clara Workflow and eAudIT.
• Assisting with the preparation and presentation of audit updates and training on ISA’s, ISRM and SAAPS’s for KPMG partners, staff and KPMG clients through the African region
• Staying up to date with developments in both local standards and ISA’s through internal research and involvement on local topic teams
• Assisting with the monthly compliance reviews to ensure that the trainings achieved the intended results.
• Assisting in regulatory reviews and internal quality inspections and supporting the engagement partners in addressing methodology and reporting matters raised during such reviews.
• Assist senior members in DPP Audit & Assurance with project management and implementation of ad-hoc projects.

Skills and attributes required for the role:

• Attention to detail
• Good business writing skills
• Ability and keen interest to do research, work independently whilst producing and delivering good quality results, including dealing with reporting related issues
• Good working knowledge and understanding of ISA, ISAE, ISRE, ISRM and SAAPS’s and JSE guide.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Ambition to contribute to building a successful and profitable department
• Proactive
• Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines
• Good organizational and time management skills
• Able to deal with various tasks at once and meet deadlines
• Strong communication, presentation and interpersonal skills
• Able to deal effectively with individuals at all levels within KPMG and external to KPMG
• Ability to build and sustain relationships with people at all levels
• Professional work ethic
• Able to work independently and as part of a team
• Good computer skills (Microsoft word, excel and PowerPoint)

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

• Qualified CA(SA)
• Practical experience applying auditing requirements on audit engagements (ie at least one year (1) post-articles experience)
• Other relevant experience may be considered for example, Reporting , KCW and PCAOB.

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Description of the role and purpose of the job:

• To primarily support DDP Audit and Assurance with dealing with consultations (ie methodology and reporting) from audit engagement teams and be part of the DPP team that successfully deploys KPMG’s new workflow and audit methodology across the firm in Southern Africa.
• Also, to be part of the DPP team that is involved in supporting, training and monitoring the use of KCW tools and methodology in the audit.
• Perform senior reviews of consultations and informal queries and leading specific projects within DPP Audit & Assurance. Provide coaching and training of managers in DPP Audit & Assurance.
• This position can be filled through a permanent internal transfer from Audit (or other function to the extent that the applicant has the required skills), a long term secondment from audit or another function (ie 18 - 24 months – out of the box experience) or an external appointment.

Key responsibilities:

• Researching and answering assurance, audit and review reporting consultations for KPMG staff and clients in accordance with International Standards of Auditing (ISA’s), ISAE, ISRE the International Standards Reporting Manual (ISRM) and locally issued South African Auditing Practice Standards (SAAPS) and JSE reporting guide.
• Reviewing reports submitted to DPP by engagement teams and liaising with the teams on these reports.
• Researching and answering methodology questions/consultations relating to the application of KAEG and KAM for audit engagements on KPMG Clara Workflow and eAudIT.
• Take a leading role on the preparation and presentation of audit updates and training on ISA’s, ISRM and SAAPS’s for KPMG partners, staff and KPMG clients through the African region
• Staying up to date with developments in both local standards and ISA’s through internal research and involvement on local topic teams
• Assisting with the monthly compliance reviews to ensure that the trainings achieved the intended results.
• Assisting in regulatory reviews and internal quality inspections and supporting the engagement partners in addressing methodology and reporting matters raised during such reviews.
• Take a leading role specific projects within DPP Audit & Assurance with overall responsibility for project management and implementation.
• Take responsibility for coaching and training of junior managers in DPP Audit & Assurance. This would include assuming the role of performance partner for junior managers in the department.
• Empowering staff to enable them to work autonomously.
• Role of counselling manager to managers and secondees.
   

Skills and attributes required for the role:

• Attention to detail
• Good business writing skills
• Ability and keen interest to do research, work independently whilst producing and delivering good quality results, including dealing with reporting related issues
• Good working knowledge and understanding of ISA, ISAE, ISRE, ISRM and SAAPS’s and JSE guide.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Ambition to contribute to building a successful and profitable department
• Proactive
• Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines
• Good organizational and time management skills
• Able to deal with various tasks at once and meet deadlines
• Strong communication, presentation and interpersonal skills
• Able to deal effectively with individuals at all levels within KPMG and external to KPMG
• Ability to build and sustain relationships with people at all levels
• Professional work ethic
• Able to work independently and as part of a team
• Good computer skills (Microsoft word, excel and PowerPoint)

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

• Qualified CA(SA)
• Practical experience applying auditing requirements on audit engagements (ie at least three years (3 - 4) post-articles experience). This opportunity is available to existing senior managers.
• Other relevant experience may be considered for example, Reporting , KCW and PCAOB.

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Description of the role and purpose of the job:

• To form an integral part in the Second Line of Defence (2LoD) team and perform reviews of audit engagement files in the firm (immediately prior to audit opinion sign off) to identify deficiencies in audit quality and non-compliance with ISAs, KAM, KAEG, KPMG Policies, International Standards on Auditing and International Financial Reporting Standards.
• To assist in developing and implementation of audit quality initiatives in the firm.
• To assist with determining remedial actions to be implemented by audit teams to enhance audit quality across all audit engagement files and provide audit quality support, including coaching and training, to audit teams within the firm. Participation in assisting with the implementation of these remedial plans.
• This position can be filled through a permanent internal transfer from Audit (or other function to the extent that the applicant has the required skills), a long term secondment from audit or another function (ie 18 - 24 months – out of the box experience) or an external appointment.

Key responsibilities:

• Liaise with DPP, Risk management and QPLP to identify the risk areas to focus the 2LoD reviews
• Perform 2LoD reviews on selected engagement files (eAudIT and Clara engagement files).
• Discuss and report findings from the 2LoD reviews to engagement teams, including Partners and EQCRs, and ensure findings have been adequately resolved before the audit opinion is signed.
• Assist engagement audit teams, as part of the 2LoD review process, with guidance in relation with the ISAs, KAM, KAEG, KPMG policies (including SAPPLs and Technical Guidance), eAudIT, Clara, International Standards of Auditing (ISA’s), ISAE, ISRS, the International Standards Reporting Manual (ISRM) and locally issued South African Auditing Practice Standards (SAAPS), PCAOB standards and JSE reporting guide.
• Assisting with the preparation and presentation of training to engagement audit teams on trends identified during the 2LoD reviews, relating to KAM, KAEG, KPMG policies, eAudIT, Clara, ISA’s, ISRM and SAAPS.
• Stay up to date with developments in both local standards and ISA’s through timely attendance and completion of training, involvement in internal research and involvement on local topic teams.
• Assist in reporting 2LoD review results to key stakeholders within the business, specifically to the Head of Audit, Head of Risk and the Audit Quality Council.
   

Skills and attributes required for the role:

• Keen interest in researching and dealing with audit & assurance related matters
• Ability to respond and adapt to changes quickly
• Interest and drive to enhance audit quality
• Good working knowledge and understanding of KAM, KAEG, eAudIT, Clara, ISA, PCAOB, ISAE, ISRS, ISRM, SAAPS’s and JSE guide.
• Knowledge and understanding of the global audit strategy and objectives
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Proactive
• Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines
• Good organizational and time management skills
• Able to deal with various tasks at once and meet deadlines
• Strong communication, presentation and interpersonal skills (including writing)
• Able to deal effectively with individuals at all levels within KPMG and external to KPMG
• Ability to build and sustain relationships with people at all levels
• Professional work ethic
• Able to work independently and as part of a team
• Good computer skills (Microsoft word, excel and PowerPoint)
• Present trainings in relation to 2LoD to KPMG offices Southern Africa and the rest of Africa

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

• Qualified Chartered Accountant (SA) with experience in performing QP reviews or coaching or DPP support or similar experience.
• Minimum of six (6) years of audit engagement review experience (i.e. cumulative experience in the roles of audit supervisor, manager and senior manager).
• History and proven track record in achieving audit quality (e.g. satisfactory ratings for recent QP and/or regulatory reviews).
• This opportunity is available to existing senior managers.

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Description of the role and purpose of the job:

• To primarily support D&A in the audit and be part of the team that successfully deploys KPMGs new workflow and capabilities across the Southern Africa audit practice.
• This position can be filled through a permanent internal transfer from Audit / KDA, or an external appointment.

Key responsibilities:

Perform D&A using appropriate tools within the Central Analytics Team based on the D&A scope and data source.

Prepare documentation of D&A work performed and deliverables for use by audit teams.

Work with audit teams and clients to:

• extract and cleanse data from a variety of ERP systems
• review data quality and check its completeness and accuracy
• analyse and interpret the results of analytic routines to derive key insights for communication back to audit teams.
   

Establish strong relationships with audit teams and be able to communicate frequently and consistently.

Manage the needs of multiple stakeholders:

• ensuring deadlines are met and keeping audit teams and the Central Analytics Team leads updated;
• reacting quickly to any issues; and
• dealing with multiple audit teams concurrently.
   

Maintain a high standard of quality at all times.
Skills and attributes required for the role:

• Knowledge of external audit and hold (or be working towards) a related qualification (or international equivalent) would be beneficial.
• At least 1 year’s recent experience in working on audit engagements. 
• Keen interest in technology and data.
• Strong IT literacy, including Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
• Knowledge of IDEA, eAudIT and KPMG Clara.
• Experience with visualisation tools e.g., PowerBI, Qlikview.
• Logical mind set and curiosity for exploring data to understand content and how it can be used within the audit.
• Understand the benefits of using D&A in an audit and how data driven audit procedures can be used to drive quality and efficiency.
• Able to cope under pressure.
• Communication skills are critical.
   

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

• Advanced Excel or IDEA.
• Programming skills (note these tools are not what the team will be using but knowledge of a programming language would be beneficial for learning new skills).
• A statistical or IT background would be beneficial, but not essential.

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Description of the role and purpose of the job:

•  The role of the Senior Manager would be to assist in origination and manage the execution of public and private mergers, acquisitions and divestitures across all industry sectors, various types of capital raising transactions across South African (and Sub-Saharan Africa).

Key responsibilities:

As a Senior Manager in M&A your responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Leading the day-to-day management of projects
• Liaising with the relevant counterparts at the client and other advisers (accounting, legal etc.)
• Coordinating project deliverables and due diligence with other advisers
• Supporting senior management and coverage bankers in origination efforts
• Conducting detailed valuation analysis, including DCF, trading comparables, transaction comparables and LBO analysis
• Performing and reviewing detailed combination models, transaction structuring, valuation and other financial analysis
• Overseeing the preparation of presentation books, management presentations, board materials, memoranda, and other presentation materials for use in transactions or strategic client dialogue
• Interaction with senior team members and client management teams on a daily basis to execute transactions and discuss strategic alternatives
• Providing leadership, mentorship and supervision to junior staff
• Presenting conclusions and reports to C-level executives
• Preparing tailored proposals
• Completing risk management procedures from inception up to acceptance of engagements
• Managing work-in-progress, billing and collection of invoices
   

Skills and attributes required for the role:

• Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and initiative to take responsibility for tasks and drive them to completion – self starter
• Exceptionally strong financial modelling/valuation skills
• Knowledge of the South African regulatory environment
• Ability to deal with individuals across all levels
• Strong client focus
• Ability to build and sustain relationships with people at all levels
• Excellent project management/organizational skills and detail orientated
• Ability to react well to pressure whilst multitasking on numerous projects
• Ability to work independently whilst producing and delivering results
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills (writing, etc)
• Pro-active and efficient
• Strong business acumen
   

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

• B-Com degree or equivalent graduate qualification;
• CA(SA), CIMA or CFA qualification
• Minimum 6 years  mergers and acquisitions experience with demonstrable transaction experience
• Proven experience in project coordination and implementation
• Proven experience in supervising and coaching junior colleagues
• Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)

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Description
 
We Are Looking To Improve And Work On The Following Services For Our Clients

As one of South Africa’s largest consulting firms, KPMG’s mission is to be the leader in cloud implementation, optimization and migration.

•        Implementation of structured, reliable data engineering processes
•        Data lake and data warehousing architectures in a cloud environment
•        Cloud migrations (on-site, hybrid and offsite)
•        Data Extraction
•        Insight and Analytics

We are looking for experience data engineers to consult on both a functional and technical level to design and implement leading practice modern data warehousing cloud solutions and assist our clients in navigating through the journey.

Your responsibilities will include:

•        Designing, developing, testing and maintaining data architectures
•        Designing, developing, and testing large stream data pipelines to ingest, aggregate, clean, and distribute data models ready for analysis
•        Ensuring the highest standard in data integrity
•        Collaborating with other engineers, ML experts, analysts, and stakeholders to produce the most efficient and valuable solutions
•        Leveraging best practices in continuous integration and delivery
•        Understand and implement features, technology and industry leading practice to ensure scalability and efficiency
•        Mentor and upskill juniors

Qualifications & Experience:

• Degree in Computer Science, information systems , Engineering or equivalent experience 
• 2-3 years relevant industry experience
• Experience developing ETL processes using Databricks and Python
• Exposure to Azure, AWS or GCP cloud technology (Proof of certification or work experience required)
• Experience with data lakes and data warehousing architectures in cloud environments
• Experience with data visualisation and modelling tools (Power BI or Tableau or similar)
• Experience with DevOps related practices and Continuous Integration and Delivery
• Ability to lead teams technically
• Microsoft D365FO, SAP S4 Hana or other related ERP experience is desirable
• Consulting experience preferable