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- Management and Boards of Directors rely heavily on Internal Audit to provide important proactive assessments and assurance around the effectiveness of controls and company processes, while also providing objective advisory support. You will be engaged in delivering some of the most significant and class-leading internal audit and risk engagements globally. As part of our market-leading global network of risk professionals, you will gain the valuable experience you need to become a successful risk advisor. At EY, we recognize that it is the perspectives, skills and enthusiasm you bring to our clients that makes the difference.
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
- Assist with drafting proposals
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 5 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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- We are currently recruiting for a Manager within our Financial Services Risk Management – Quantitative Advisory Services (QAS) team. The role will focus on credit risk. This includes credit risk modelling, credit risk model validation and the development of advanced analytical solutions for credit decisioning.
- The practice focusses on financial services across banking, insurance, and corporate treasuries.
Your key responsibilities
The successful applicant will help develop and lead a team which can offer our clients advice and hands on assistance with issues such as:
- Development and validation of credit risk models (PD, LGD, EAD, ECL) under IFRS 9
- Credit impairment assessment and due diligence reviews
- Create visualisations of data and generate in-depth insights
- Review and validation of Basel internal rating-based models
- Regulatory capital modelling
- Design and review of credit risk pricing models
- Development of thought leadership material on relevant industry topics
Client responsibilities
- Participate in and, as required, lead FSRM client engagements
- Develop long-term, sustainable relationships with key client stakeholders in line with our go to market strategies and individual market development initiatives
- Develop client solutions based on a deep understanding and knowledge of clients’ business needs
- Develop informed views for clients on the implications of current and anticipated industry issues
- Generate new business sales through proactively managing key accounts, identifying new client opportunities and playing a significant role in developing and driving sales campaigns/solutions
People responsibilities
- Live the EY values
- Act as a thought leader in the field of credit risk
- Lead engagement teams and accounts
- Develop people through effectively supervising, coaching and mentoring all junior levels of staff
- Provide learning and growth opportunities to staff and encourage the potential within all staff to take on challenging opportunities
- Conduct performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback for junior levels of staff
- Contribute to people initiatives including recruiting, retaining and training FSRM professionals
- Maintain an educational program to continually develop your own personal skills
Qualifications and experience required
- Relevant Masters (MComm / MSc /MPhil) or Honours degree in quantitative field like computer science, engineering, actuarial, statistics, mathematics, or related field
- Professional qualification (CFA / FRM / PRM / FIA / FASSA) a plus
- Sound understanding of quantitative methods and the application of these to financial risk management
- Sound understanding of data science methods
- A minimum of 5 years relevant working experience
Other skills and attributes for success
- Strong analytical skills and statistical aptitude in a modelling environment
- Experience in the development, review and validation of credit risk models (PD, LGD, EAD, ECL) under IFRS 9 and Basel internal rating-based models is a plus
- Proficient in MS office
- Proficient in SAS
- Proficient in VBA, R or Python
- Innovative, creative thinking
- Robust project management skills
- Solid presentation skills
- Effective time management
- Strong writing skills
- Initiative and enthusiasm
- Responsibility and maturity
- People skills
- Professionalism
- Confidence to be client-facing
- Above average linguistic aptitude
- Ability to work under pressure
- Flexibility to accept change and adapt
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- We are currently recruiting for a Senior Manager within our Financial Services Risk Management – Quantitative Advisory Services (QAS) team. The role will focus on the credit risk competency. This includes credit risk modelling, credit risk model validation and the development of advanced analytical solutions for credit decisioning.
- The practice focusses on financial services across banking, insurance, and corporate treasuries.
Your key responsibilities
The successful applicant will help develop and lead a team which can offer our clients advice and hands on assistance with issues such as:
- Development and validation of credit risk models (PD, LGD, EAD, ECL) under IFRS 9
- Credit impairment assessment and due diligence reviews
- Development and validation of Basel internal rating-based models
- Designing and reviewing credit risk decisioning and pricing models
- Building predictive models, ML algorithms and advanced analytics solutions for clients
- Creating visualisations of data and generating in-depth insights
- Developing thought leadership material on relevant industry topics
Client responsibilities
- Participate in and as required, lead FS Risk client engagements
- Develop long-term, sustainable relationships with key client stakeholders in line with our go to market strategies and individual market development initiatives
- Develop client solutions based on a deep understanding and knowledge of clients’ business needs
- Develop informed views for clients on the implications of current and anticipated industry issues
- Generate new business sales through proactively managing key accounts, identifying new client opportunities, and playing a significant role in developing and driving sales campaigns/solutions
People responsibilities
- Live the EY values
- Act as a thought leader in the field of credit risk
- Lead engagement teams and accounts
- Develop people through effectively supervising, coaching and mentoring all junior levels of staff
- Provide learning and growth opportunities to staff and encourage the potential within all staff to take on challenging opportunities
- Conduct performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback for junior levels of staff
- Contribute to people initiatives including recruiting, retaining and training FS Risk professionals
- Maintain an educational program to continually develop your own personal skills
Qualifications and experience required
- Relevant Masters (MComm / MSc /MPhil) or Honours degree in quantitative field like computer science, engineering, actuarial, statistics, mathematics, or related field
- Professional qualification (CFA / FRM / PRM / FIA / FASSA/CERA) a plus
- Sound understanding of quantitative methods and the application of these to financial risk management
- Advanced knowledge of statistical and machine learning techniques (e.g. regression, decision trees, clustering, neural networks, etc.)
- A minimum of 8 years relevant working experience
Other skills and attributes for success
- Strong analytical skills and statistical aptitude in a modelling environment
- Proficient in MS Office
- Knowledge of SAS programming is preferable
- Experience in the development, review and validation of credit risk models (PD, LGD, EAD, ECL) under IFRS 9 and Basel internal rating-based models is a plus
- Innovative, creative thinking and problem-solving skills
- Robust project management skills
- Solid presentation skills and confidence to be client-facing
- Effective time management
- Strong writing skills
- Initiative and enthusiasm
- People skills
- Ability to work under pressure Flexibility to accept change and adapt
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Role purpose
- Elevate our market leadership through on‑brand photography and videography that’s planned well, captured beautifully, and finished fast — responsibly leveraging AI where it adds real value. Turn briefs into high‑quality content for internal and external audiences.
Where this role fits
- Embedded in Creative Services; partners closely with internal project leads across campaigns, proposals, leadership communications, and events.
Delivery requirements
- On‑brand, multi‑format content: Short‑form video, interviews, event highlights, B‑roll, and stills for web/social/presentations; strong fundamentals in composition, lighting, and sound.
- AI‑accelerated post: Faster rough cuts, captions, clean‑ups (e.g., noise reduction, sky/background replacement, object removal), and social‑first versions — with transparent documentation of prompts and steps.
- Repeatable workflows: Lightweight shot lists, storyboard templates, ingest/backup presets, and LUT/preset packs to speed future work.
- Stakeholder confidence: Clear scoping and crisp communication via Teams/email; reliable scheduling and on‑set professionalism.
Core responsibilities (video & photo)
Pre‑production
- Clarify objectives, audiences, and formats.
- Develop concepts, shot lists, and storyboards.
- Scout and secure locations.
- Prep gear and obtain internal permissions where necessary.
Production
- Set up/operate cameras, lighting, and audio.
- Direct talent and stakeholders.
- Capture A‑roll/B‑roll and stills aligned to brand guidance.
- Ensure data wrangling and on‑set backups.
Post‑production
- Edit in Adobe Premiere Pro / After Effects (or EY approved equivalent), grade and mix; retouch stills in Photoshop; deliver masters and platform‑ready variants (vertical, short‑form, platform‑specific).
- Manage asset libraries and archives with consistent naming, metadata, and backup procedures.
AI & automation
- Apply approved AI tools for: transcript/caption generation; audio clean‑up; style transfers and looks; motion graphics starters; background/plate cleanup; quick cut‑downs and aspect‑ratio versioning.
- Document prompts/settings for repeatability and training.
- Monitor trends in AI video/photo and propose small pilots.
- Champion ethical use (licensing, privacy, bias) and never upload restricted client content to unapproved tools.
Collaboration & client engagement
- Work closely with creative leads and internal clients.
- Present options/trade‑offs.
- Respond promptly via Teams/email.
- Capture feedback and iterate quickly.
Operations & quality
- Maintain and organise equipment.
- Uphold safety and etiquette on set.
- Follow brand, accessibility, and file‑hygiene standards.
Required experience & skills
- Minimum 2+ years of production experience (agency or in-house) across both videography and photography.
- Diploma or Degree in film, video, photography, or a related field.
- Proficiency in video editing and retouching tools, including Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects (or Final Cut Pro), and stills retouching. Ability to create simple motion graphics.
- Practical experience with AI-enhanced tools (e.g., Adobe Firefly, Runway, Gamma, Figma AI) to improve speed and quality, with a focus on safe and effective integration.
- Strong visual storytelling skills, including composition, lighting, and editing for maximum impact.
- User-centric mindset, paired with curiosity and a willingness to learn and adapt.
- Creative problem-solving and innovative thinking, even with limited experience.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to persuade and collaborate effectively.
- Exceptional attention to detail, disciplined time and file management, and the ability to thrive in fast-paced environments.
- Understanding of current and emerging visual trends, with a focus on integrating new software and AI tools into team workflows.
Nice to have
- Experience in Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign
Portfolio requirement
- Share 5–8 pieces (mix of video and stills): provide a 30 to 60 sec reel plus 10 retouched stills showcasing lighting variety. Include 2 AI‑assisted case studies with prompt/parameter notes and before/after examples.
What we look for
- Passion to tell stories through the power of visuals
- Creative problem-solving mindset with a flexible can-do attitude
- Self-starter with the ability to understand and translate verbal ideas into impactful, cohesive outputs
- Hands-on experience in developing brochures, newsletters, flyers, banners, business presentations, animated presentations and various types of marketing collaterals
- Confidence, maturity, and ability to build strong client relationships
- A strong team player who is comfortable working collaboratively with others
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Role purpose
- Elevate our market presence through brand‑aligned design delivered faster and smarter with responsible, production‑grade use of AI. Turn briefs into high‑impact visual assets, guide AI‑enabled workflows, and mentor junior teammates to raise the craft and velocity of the studio.
Where this role fits
- Creative Services within Business Development, Clients & Industries - reports to the Creative Lead.
- Will partner closely with internal project leaders and stakeholders across pursuits, proposals, campaigns, and executive teams.
Delivery Requirements
- AI‑accelerated production that demonstrably reduces turnaround time (concepting, image generation, motion snippets, batch versioning, accessibility variants) without compromising design.
- Prompt & workflow playbooks: reusable prompts, settings, file‑hygiene conventions, and template systems that improve consistency and throughput.
- On-brand, multi‑format assets across presentations, social, digital and print (brochures, placemats, illustrations, infographics, layouts, motion cuts), meeting agreed SLAs and quality bars.
- Stakeholder confidence: clear scoping, options/trade‑offs, and crisp communication via Teams/email, closing feedback loops efficiently.
- Mentorship: pairing with junior/associate designers to uplift typography, layout discipline, and practical AI usage.
Core responsibilities
AI & automation leadership
- Creative Ideation: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to conceptualise and deliver innovative, AI-enabled campaigns.
- AI-Assisted Design Creation: Leverage approved AI platforms to produce graphics, illustrations, and brand assets that accurately reflect client briefs and maintain alignment with company branding.
- Interactive Content Development: Develop engaging, interactive content powered by generative AI for digital marketing campaigns.
- Video Content Production: Apply AI-driven tools for the production and editing of video content, including motion graphics, animations, and visual effects.
- Build and maintain a prompt library and template kits (PPT master templates, social systems, infographic components); champion accessibility (contrast, alt text, captions).
- Evaluate new tools/vendors, run small pilots, and advise on fit‑for‑purpose use cases; escalate risks (licensing, privacy, bias) and ensure compliant usage.
- Trend Monitoring: Continuously monitor developments in AI and design technologies to ensure the organisation remains at the forefront of industry innovation.
- Workflow Optimisation: Integrate AI solutions to enhance creative workflows, optimise production efficiency, and provide training for team members on these technologies.
Design & art direction
- Interpret briefs, research references, and produce thoughtful first drafts to final assets; uphold excellence in typography, hierarchy, and layout.
- Create assets spanning brochures, proposals, decks, social, and motion/edits as needed.
Collaboration & client engagement
- Partner with project leads and internal clients to clarify requirements, shape options, and guide decisions with rationale and impact.
- Communicate proactively on timelines, dependencies, and trade‑offs; capture and implement feedback with speed and accuracy.
Operations & quality
- Manage multiple projects concurrently; track progress and hit deadlines.
- Ensure brand alignment and file hygiene across deliverables (layer naming, colour styles, component libraries).
People & knowledge sharing
- Coach junior teammates on craft, prompt discipline, and ethical AI usage.
- Contribute to team learning sessions and documentation.
- Contribute positively to a dynamic, high-performing team environment.
- Participate actively in organisational initiatives.
Required experience and skills
- 6+ years of professional design experience (agency or in‑house).
- Qualification in Graphic Design or related field (Degree/National Diploma).
- Demonstrated experience of AI‑enhanced tools (e.g., Adobe Firefly, Midjourney, Runway, Figma AI, Microsoft Designer/Copilot, Canva AI etc), including the ability to demonstrate prompts, parameters, and before/after impact.
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe CC (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign; After Effects and Premiere Pro for motion/video) and Microsoft PowerPoint.
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to receive and apply feedback to deliver crisp, on-brand outcomes.
- Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy, including flawless typography and intuitive layout design.
- Data visualization literacy and experience building interactive or immersive content using no-code tools.
- Proven ability to create scalable motion templates, social video systems, and presentation master templates.
- Creative problem-solving mindset and a proactive approach to innovation, even with limited experience.
What we look for
- Passion to tell stories through the power of visuals
- Creative problem-solving mindset with a flexible can-do attitude
- Self-starter with the ability to understand and translate verbal ideas into impactful, cohesive outputs
- Hands-on experience in developing brochures, newsletters, flyers, banners, business presentations, animated presentations and various types of marketing collaterals
- Confidence, maturity, and ability to build strong client relationships
- A strong team player who is comfortable working collaboratively with others
Portfolio requirement
- Please include 5–8 relevant pieces (with at least 3 showing AI).
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- Our Business Transformation team are seeking growth minded and solutions focused people who are passionate about truly making a difference. Based in South Africa, you will be working on high-profile engagements, with the brightest and best minds from across EY, finding innovative strategic solutions to some of the most complex and demanding problems.
- You will be part of a high performing team who leads the way in conversations with the clients and the account teams who support them, leading EY’s approach to the market.
The Role Description
- As a manager in our Transformation team you will work across our Business Consulting teams to redesign businesses, design processes and solutions to transform how our clients manage water, energy and other precious resources on our planet. You will support business development, creating proposals and participating in solution development and helping delivering market leading ideas and proposals to clients.
- You will manage high performing teams, coach junior team members and develop the careers of colleagues.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Assist leading organisations to prepare and respond to the transformation required in building a modernised grid infrastructure and enable digital utilities marketplace.
- Design, reinvent and innovate business models that will create long term value and disrupt markets.
- Design and build operating models, including process, governance, organisation, technology and the supporting ecosystem.
- Develop the technical specifications of innovative technology, determine the communications, networks and infrastructure of the technical solution architecture.
- Design, establish and operate the implementation programmes, including agile or lean approaches to design, build and launch new products, service, experiences and business models.
- Analyse data and provide recommendations to client executives on strategic initiatives and transformations.
- Lead the development of proposals – from understanding the client’s requirements, defining the approach, methods and timeline to determine the team and commercials to deliver the engagement.
- Follow the appropriate quality and risk management processes in EY to protect the reputation of the firm and manage risks of engagements and clients proactively.
- Manage project teams, project financials budgeting and invoicing process.
- Responsible for quality deliverables and leveraging EY thought leadership, delivery methods and tools to deliver products and outcomes.
- Build client relationships and establish the team as a trusted advisor in the market place.
- Collaborate across EY service lines to increase value for our clients, contributing to building a better working world.
Skills and attributes for success
- We are looking for passionate leaders with strong vision and collaborative commitment to teamwork to bring deep transformation and design expertise to our clients. If you have a genuine desire to help businesses achieve their full potential and to make a positive impact, then this role is for you.
- 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 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. Experience in managing transformation or innovation programs.
- 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.
- Strong commercial awareness and proven ability to present technical information in a meaningful manner to executive stakeholders.
- Experience working across multiple functions in an organisation or at clients to better understand the inter-related nature of solving complex challenges in an organisation.
- Intellectual curiosity and passionate. Purpose-driven and able to ask better questions to seek better answers.
- A keen traveller to travel within South Africa, other African countries as well as globally for exciting project opportunities.
- 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
- Minimum 5 years management consulting experience, preferably in the Power and Utilities sector
- 5-10 years working experience
- Bachelor degree in Science or Engineering (Industrial, Mechanical, Civil or Chemical preferred)
- A post graduate degree will be considered beneficial but not a pre-requisite.
- Relevant certification from recognised institutions in project or program management, such as PMP, PgMP, Agile and Prince II is beneficial but not a pre-requisite
- Lean six sigma qualifications will be beneficial
- Valid passport needed for travelling
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- The Capital Advisory team at EY advises large and mid-cap clients, private equity houses and entrepreneurial businesses on strategic/funding option reviews, acquisitions, disposals, raising equity and/or debt capital and debt refinancing, extending into capital projects. We place a strong emphasis on exposing team members to varying sector experience within the different verticals of the market, across both debt and equity transactions.
- Through both formal and on-the-job learning, we will help you develop the skills to become an effective adviser, capable of providing objective and responsive advice to our clients across industries and geographies. We are committed to helping you achieve your potential both professionally and personally.
Your key responsibilities
- One of the roles will focus on M&A/(buy-side & sell-side) transactions and the other will focus on debt advisory transactions (for greenfield and brownfield projects or expansions). Each will involve the following responsibilities:
- Absorb new technical information fast, and quickly develop a deep understanding of the strategic rationale for transactions across different sectors.
- Gain exposure to a breadth of experience on different transaction and financing-led situations.
- Analyse key value drivers at a market and business level, and co-ordinate the supporting research.
- Model the financial implications of transactions and financing events.
- Produce analysis to support the core transaction / capital raising negotiation process.
- Prepare client reports and transaction materials for fund-raising, acquisitions and disposals, including reviewing of associated transactions documents.
- Prepare information memoranda for the disposal of businesses/ capital-raise, and co-ordinate the production of target profiles on acquisitions.
- Help set project budgets, and ensure the firm's risk procedures are implemented and documented.
- Interact with different specialists in the firm, and colleagues across the globe, to deliver enhanced transaction solutions.
- Ensure quality on all client deliverables, technical accuracy and exclusive insights.
- Lead the input of more junior team members, provide quality control and guidance, and on-the-job coaching (desirable but not a pre-requisite).
- Support new business development, including the production of high quality proposal, developing pitch documents and attending meetings with clients and prospects.
Skills and attributes for success
As an Associate Director in Capital Advisory you will require knowledge and experience in one or both of the following two areas:
- Capital Advisory/M&A advisory
- Corporate banking/Structured finance/Capital Markets/Securitisation
To qualify for the role you must have
- Strong numerical and financial skills and an understanding of financial statements.
- Experience in building financial models and valuing businesses using various methodologies, mainly DCF, precedent transactions and traded comparable companies.
- Strong written communication skills, experience of writing presentations and other process materials.
- Confident, with strong communication and people handling skills evidenced in client-facing situations.
- Committed to working to tight deadlines, efficient and evidencing strong project management skills.
- Take responsibility for own workload, ensuring you are utilized fully and that all tasks are efficiently completed.
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The Opportunity
- As an ITTS Associate Director specialising in Transaction Tax Advisory, you will be at the heart of client centricity delivery.
- Based in Johannesburg but working nationally, you will be heavily involved at all stages of the project life cycle, making this a high-profile opportunity to take on a wide range of responsibilities and diversify your skills and experience. It is all about translating information from a variety of sources into quantitative and qualitative analyses to inform and advise our clients. That will include building relationships with clients in a spectrum of industries and getting to know their unique needs and aspirations to provide tailored global services.
Key Responsibilities
- You are required to demonstrate an understanding of increasingly complex tax concepts and effectively apply your tax knowledge to client situations, developing and delivering innovative tax planning ideas with timely, responsive services and work products that meet and/or exceed client expectations. You will conduct tax due diligence reviews, engage in structuring engagements, accurately analyse information and prepare quality, practical and creative approaches tailored to a client’s tax and economic situation, arriving at appropriate conclusions.
Skills and attributes for success
- Assisting with buy side and sell side due diligences
- Assisting in advising clients on the structuring of business transactions and tax implications thereof
- Drafting of opinions for clients on the tax consequences of restructures, mergers and acquisitions, as well as other pertinent matters
- Research of complex tax issues
- Interpretation of tax legislation
- Liaison with SARS and Counsel regarding complex and uncertain tax matters
- Assisting with the implementation of transactions, including:
- Review of financial models
- Review of tax implications of Transaction legal documentation
- Responsibilities in respect of the above will include:
- Planning assignment approaches including understanding client expectations and scoping work
- Pro-actively identifying areas of contention, discussing with the engagement team and proposing solutions where possible
- Ensuring timely delivery (this includes independently structuring complete reports/presentations of board level quality for even the most complex deal, focusing on creating impact)
- Financial portfolio management, including WIP management, billings and cash collection
- Complying with risk management procedures
- Training and performance management of consultants
- Managing the work performance of consultants
- Expanding professional network internally and externally
- Supervising office administration functions
- Supports broader service line leadership in diagnosing the health of the client relationships
- Heavily involved in identifying relationship building needs for the leadership team
- Positions self as a trusted adviser with senior clients on a broad range of TAX topics, and able to open up conversations on new areas
Key Internal Clients / Relationships
- ITTS partners and team
- The larger tax community and staff
- Cross-service line partners and managers
- Relevant firm subject matter experts
- Strategy and Transactions team
To qualify for the role you must have
- CA (SA), TA (SA) or admitted attorney
- Ability to communicate complex tax concepts succinctly and clearly to clients
- Experience managing budgets, projects and people
- Ability to develop relationships with clients and provide a high level of client service
- Excellent interpersonal skills and time management capabilities
- The ability to work at a fast pace, often with shifting responsibilities
- Minimum of 8 years’ related experience
Ideally, you will also have
- A consistent record of excellence in a professional services environment
- Experience in one of the Big 4 preferable
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- The HR Administrator is a vital member of the human resources team, providing the backbone of support for HR operations. This role is ideal for individuals who are highly organised, possess strong interpersonal skills, and are passionate about contributing to a positive workplace culture. The HR Administrator ensures that HR processes run smoothly and efficiently, enabling the wider organisation to deliver on its business objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Providing relevant administration and co-ordination support.
- Responsible for accurate capture of information on relevant HR systems.
- Preparing and timeously updating People Folders and Employee reports.
- Supporting the A to Z of the People function from Induction to Exits.
- Contractor Administration.
- Frequent and intensive liaison with the Talent Shared Services (TSS) to ensure contracts and all documentation and tasks are executed accurately and issued timeously.
- Support the HR team in managing programs that have financial impact on the firm such as but not limited to Study Assistance program, Workbacks and etc.
- Working with information from multiple data sources and ensuring accuracy.
- Responding accurately to stakeholder queries.
- Taking initiative and being proactive.
- Addressing queries with the relevant people or departments.
HR Policy and Compliance:
- Monitor expiry dates of contracts, work permits, and other employee documentation, and prompt action when renewals are due.
- Responsible for maintaining and updating various tracking sheets and reports on a daily, weekly and monthly process, including (but not limited to) the following: Diversity and Inclusiveness reports, Staff turnover reports, Sick leave and Annual leave report, New Joiners Report, quarterly HR action plan reports, minutes relating to disciplinary and non-performance meetings as well as ad hoc related tasks.
- Support the HR Manager in audits and statutory reporting.
Skills and Competencies:
- Excellent organisational, time management and interpersonal skills.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to handle sensitive information with discretion.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Effective problem-solving and decision-making skills.
- An inherent sense of urgency is vital
- Customer service orientation and a proactive approach.
Personal Attributes:
- Professional, approachable, and diplomatic manner.
- High level of integrity and confidentiality.
- Adaptability to changing priorities and a willingness to learn.
- Motivated, energetic, and able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Ability to multi-task effectively and pay attention to detail.
- Ability to prioritize and use own initiative.
- Ability to serve a workload with conflicting demands from various sources.
- Ability to work under pressure while maintaining an even temperament.
- Reliable and Resilient
- Ability to take ownership of work.
- Ability to work overtime when required
- Ability to maintain confidence, be discreet and exercise good judgment.
To qualify for the role, you must have:
- Relevant HR Qualification / Degree
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in a similar HR administrative role.
- Sense of urgency is essential as well as high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Above average computer literacy required (MS Office), with a focus on PowerPoint presentations as well as MS Excel.
- Previous experience in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment advantageous.
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Role purpose
- Help advance our market leadership with brand‑aligned design that’s faster, smarter, and more impactful through responsible use of AI. You’ll sit in the Creative Services team and translate briefs into high‑quality visual assets for internal and external audiences, working closely with senior designers and project leads.
Where this role fits
- Creative Services within Business Development, Clients & Industries - reports to the Creative Lead or a Senior Designer.
Delivery requirements
- AI‑accelerated production (e.g., concepting, image generation, short‑form motion, versioning, and accessibility variants) that reduces turnaround time without compromising craft.
- On‑brand assets across presentations, social, digital, and print (brochures, placemats, illustrations, infographics, layouts), meeting agreed SLAs and quality bars.
- Clear client communication via Teams/email, capturing requirements, iterating quickly, and closing feedback loops.
- Team contributions to ways‑of‑working, templates, and AI playbooks that lift throughput and consistency.
Core responsibilities
Design craft
- Interpret briefs, research references, and produce thoughtful first drafts and final assets. Maintain meticulous attention to typography, hierarchy, and layout.
- Assist in the development and design of branding materials such as brochures, placemats, illustrations, layouts, infographics, presentations, and social media content under the guidance of senior team members.
- Adhere to EY brand guidelines, maintaining high standards for aesthetic quality, timeliness, and operational efficiency.
AI & automation
- AI-Assisted Design Creation: Use approved AI tools to create graphic, brand assets as per client briefs, and document prompts/settings for repeatability.
- Video Content Production: Employ AI for editing videos, motion graphics, and visual effects.
- Interactive Content Development: Build interactive, AI-powered marketing content.
- Trend Monitoring: Stay updated on AI and design advancements to keep the team innovative.
- Workflow Optimisation: Apply AI to streamline creative processes and train colleagues on practical AI use cases.
- Creative Ideation: Work with teams to generate and deliver AI-driven campaign ideas.
Collaboration, stakeholder management and operations
- Work closely with senior teammates and internal project leaders; clarify requirements early; present options and trade‑offs clearly.
- Participate actively in team initiatives and uphold a positive, high‑performing culture.
- Keep a pulse on design trends and share insights that improve our outputs.
- Effectively manage multiple assignments and deadlines with direction from supervisors.
- Deliver design solutions and contribute creative input during the decision-making process.
- Respond promptly to client inquiries via Teams and Email as necessary.
- Participate actively in organisational initiatives.
- Report to the Creative Lead or Senior Designer for guidance and mentorship.
Required experience and skills
- Minimum 2+ years of experience, preferably within an agency
- Bachelor’s degree or National Diploma in Graphic Design
- Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, After Effects and Premiere Pro.
- Hands‑on with AI‑enhanced tools (e.g., Adobe Firefly, Midjourney, Runway, Figma AI, Microsoft Designer/Copilot, Canva AI etc) and a curiosity to learn more.
- Eager approach to creative problem-solving and innovative thinking, even with limited experience
- Communication skills that invite feedback and lead to crisp, on‑brand outcomes.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy
What we look for
- Passion to tell stories through the power of visuals
- Self-starter with the ability to understand and translate verbal ideas into impactful, cohesive outputs
- Hands-on experience in developing brochures, newsletters, flyers, banners, business presentations, animated presentations and various types of marketing collaterals
- Confidence, maturity, and ability to build strong client relationships
- A strong team player who is comfortable working collaboratively with others
Portfolio requirement
- Please include 5–8 relevant pieces (with at least two showing AI)
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