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Job Description

• The role of Chief of Staff supports the senior Partner and executive leadership in driving the execution of strategic initiatives, operational excellence, and robust financial reporting to enable data-driven decision-making across the Nordic countries towards becoming one Nordic Team.
• As Nordic Chief of Staff, you act as a strategic advisor and operational leader to a senior Partner managing the Finance Transformation portfolio spanning across the Nordic region. You play a pivotal role in shaping and executing the strategic transition plan, facilitating collaboration across countries and offerings, and ensuring alignment with corporate objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with the Partner to define, communicate, and execute strategic priorities for Finance Transformation across the Nordic region, bridging multiple countries and Offerings.
• Design and facilitate executive workshops to assess the current state and identify critical priorities (“must-win battles”) across the six Finance Transformation Offerings.
• Define the desired future state, including the placement of key processes within the future organisational structure, ensuring alignment with Deloitte’s corporate strategy.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive KPI framework to monitor performance and drive behaviours aligned with the new Nordic-driven business model.
• Conduct detailed assessments of existing versus target leadership mandate structures, identifying initiatives to close capability gaps.
• Support the development, tracking, and reporting of business plans, KPIs, and performance metrics to ensure alignment with firm-wide objectives.
• Lead and support annual budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes in collaboration with Finance teams.
• Manage and optimise governance structures, meeting cadences, and decision-making forums for the Partner and leadership teams.
• Coordinate and track the progress of key initiatives, ensuring accountability, timely delivery of outcomes, and effective change management.
• Serve as a trusted point of contact for top management, ensuring effective communication and alignment.
• Represent the Partner in meetings and forums as required, ensuring continuity and consistency of messaging.

Qualifications

Key Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, management, finance, public administration, or a related field.
• Proven experience in a Chief of Staff, Strategy, PMO, or similar role within a professional services or consulting environment.
• Strong consultancy skills with the ability to communicate complex content into clear, actionable insights.
• Exceptional organisational, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities, with keen attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), reporting tools, and digital collaboration platforms.
• Strong business acumen and commercial awareness.

Personal Qualities

• Highly proactive, resourceful, and adaptable, with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Discreet and trustworthy, capable of handling sensitive information with integrity.
• Collaborative and empathetic, able to build rapport quickly across diverse teams and stakeholders.

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Job Description

About Regulatory Risk

• We are in the front-line, reshaping regulatory trends using cutting-edge technology to create greater regulatory efficiencies and help our clients in becoming more responsible businesses within their sectors.
• Within the Regulatory Risk team, we work on supporting clients in anticipating and adapting to changes in the regulatory environment. We advise some of the most successful organisations around the globe, and this exposure provides you with the opportunities to sharpen your skills, discover new strengths, connect and build relationships with some of the best people in the field.

We cover the entire lifecycle of regulatory risk from strategy to compliance optimisation and helping our clients to be a responsible business.

• Strategy: Help clients understand and anticipate to new laws and regulations. We do this by developing strategies, business structures and processes.
• Compliance: Support organisations in designing, evaluating and transforming processes, controls and infrastructure to be compliant with existing law and regulations and foster integrity. We believe that through compliance clients can maintain their business value - and even create a competitive advantage.
• Response: Help clients react to specific gaps in their regulatory compliance programs and make their compliance programs more efficient and smarter by using data and technology.

How you will make an Impact

• As a Senior Manager you support Associated Directors, Directors and Partners in delivery and management of services to / at client premises on delegated engagement / project. You will be focused on the management and delivery  of client engagements, as well as sales and practice development, develop high-performing people and teams, leading and supporting them to make an impact that matters.

Are you ready to lead high-p erforming teams and deliver outstanding client solutions in regulatory, compliance and legal (RCL) strategy? We are seeking a dynamic Senior Manager to join our growing team, supporting Directors and Partners in the management and delivery of complex client engagements.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead and deliver client projects focused on regulatory compliance, legal strategy, and risk management.
• Advise clients on developing and implementing effective RCL management systems, controls, and mitigation strategies.
• Translate in-depth understanding of client strategy into impactful, sustainable solutions to RCL challenges.
• Guide clients through RCL risk assessment, control design, and process improvement, leveraging industry knowledge and analytics.
• Draft and review legal agreements, conduct detailed research, and provide expert opinions on legal and regulatory matters.
• Assess, design, and implement RCL controls, policies, and procedures to ensure compliance and alignment with business objectives.
• Oversee project planning, budgeting, and delivery to ensure a superior client experience.
• Lead and develop teams, fostering a collaborative environment committed to excellence.
• Prepare and present high-quality reports and recommendations to senior client stakeholders.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends, regulatory changes, and best practices, sharing insights with clients and colleagues.

About You:

• Strong experience in regulatory, compliance, and legal risk management within a professional services or corporate environment.
• Proven ability to manage and deliver complex projects, with a focus on client value.
• Expertise in drafting and reviewing legal agreements, and applying common law and contract law principles.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with an aptitude for leveraging technology and data.
• Ability to stay ahead of industry trends and build deep client relationships.

Why Join Us?

• Work alongside industry leaders and experts.
• Be part of a diverse, inclusive, and supportive team.
• Access to continuous learning and development opportunities.

Qualifications

• 4 year legal degree or 2 year post graduate legal degree.
• Compliance Diploma or Certified Compliance Professional
• At least 2 years legal articles
• At least 7 years post articles work experience of which 4 must be in a consulting capacity.
• Extensive experience in leading, managing and implementing compliance solutions .
• Regulatory research across African jurisdictions.
• Experience and knowledge of GRC tools and digitisation opportunities in the legal and compliance space