Job Openings at Accenture

Job Description

Summary

• The Business Unit Director's role is to lead, inspire, set direction and drive their account management business unit to provide extraordinary account management service and add real value to the clients’ business. Managing the delivery of exceptional creative product that meets or exceeds the clients’ business targets within the defined integrated strategic approach. To ensure optimum deployment of integrated 360-degree communication, facilitate problem solving, monitor the health of the clients’ business within the agency, deliver bottom line client profitability and grow the clients’ business within the agency. Client Responsibilities Duties include but are not limited to: Foster and maintain close relationships with clients at a senior level, and ensure communication of any changes to clients’ business obectives to the team. Actively pursue business development opportunities within the client portfolio in areas that may prove to bring a favourable return on investments for clients. Share knowledge and best practice across the teams and the agency. Creating accurate compressive briefs and implementation of project timelines. Deliver high standards of client satisfaction and continuously adapt and adjust approaches to benefit portfolio needs. Demontrate an understanding of the clients’ and agency’s business to motivate the team in providing outputs that deliver an optimal return on investment for our client. Through research and active networking within the industry, ensure that the agency and client are at the forefront of, and appraised on, industry trends and developments. Ensure that this is shared across the business. Experience working on a retail account (advantageous). People Responsibilities Duties include but are not limited to: Build a strong multi-discipline account management team that can operate interdependently. Improve the team cohesion and synergy through a direct management style that rewards performance and team effort. Instill a value system within the team that is based on integrity, respect and the value of the individual in the work environment. Mentor the team through hands on training and instill a sense of accountability. Manage the careers of the team including: Formal performanc reviews Personal training and development plans Career planning Participate in the department’s manpower planning and recruitment process. Champion company initiatives ensuring motivation, consistency and correct messaging. Finance Responsibilities Duties include but are not limited to: Responsible for achieving streamlined, efficient and cost effective management of the portfolio. Identify opportunities for expanding the financial potential of the clients’ business. Manage and monitor income and efficiency in the billing ensuring financial administration adheres to best practice. Drive the ethos of cost control and income growth through to the account management team. Operations Responsibilities Duties include but are not limited to: Ensure all team members complete timesheets by deadline. Compile reports to share the overall health and status of the business unit with the management team. Ensure all team staff maintain ethos of Accenture working environment. Ensure team understand and adhere to Accenture processes, especially when engaging with traffic and production. Manage team profitability (limit over- or under-servicing of clients).

Qualification

• Qualifications Matric essential Relevant tertiary qualification in marketing and communications essential Drivers license and own reliable transport essential Skills and attributes Proficient in MS Office suite incl. Mail, Word, Powerpoint and Excel essential Presentation skills Thought leadership Business development Business and commercial acumen Management and leadership Planning and prioritisation, with the ability to copy under pressure and work to tight deadlines Strong negotiation skills and conflict management skills High emotional intelligence and confidence Strategic thinking Excellent interpersonal and team working skill Experience 10 years client service and agency experience 7 years people management experience essential Well versed across Digital platforms

go to method of application »

Job Description

• The ideal candidate should have excellent problem solving ability and programming skills in Java, with an affinity for architecting and development of solutions to customer requirements.
• The ideal candidate will be able to contextualise business requirements, take ownership and responsibility for tasks assigned, contribute to design sessions, complete development within time deadlines and budget, delivering quality work with minimal rework.
• Basic knowledge in E/E (control units, diagnosis, vehicle electrical system access)
• Knowledge and passion for development of complex, robust and production critical IT software systems, located in plant dedicated DC’s or Edge DC’s and in public cloud
• Experience with VM and cloud software development cloud
• Proficiency in network, distributed and concurrent programming
• Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills, including load testing capabilities
• Experience as a Java full stack software developer.
• Excellent programming skills in Java, Java GUI, Java Web techniques / Angular / JavaScript / REST, MicroProfile, Spring Framework and the Quarkus Framework
• Very good programming skills with web technologies (Angular, HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and Python
• Proficiency in using Docker and Kubernetes for container orchestration.
• Excellent and experienced knowledge in Cloud technologies (Azure cloud architecture, Quarkus, IaaC, Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud Networking, Cloud Security, MongoDB)
• Experience in setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience of enterprise IT operations and support of production critical applications and systems
• Experience in agile software development, CI/CD using Maven, Gradle, Junit and SonarQube.
• Experience in agile software Project Management (Scrum, Jira)
• Experience with the tools: Terraform, IDE (Eclipse or IntelliJ IDEA), GIT & GitHub
• Experience in IT security, especially in developing secure cloud applications and general network security.
• Experience with Splunk Enterprise development and configuration. Splunk certification is advantageous
• Experience in Ticket-Reporting Systems (e.g. ITIL)
• Innovative & Independent with good problem-solving skills

Qualification

• B.Sc IT / Computer Science or equivalentHonours Advantageous
• 5+ years development on Java based solutions.
• Exposure and experience within other development languages and platforms, specifically Java and knowledge of cloud technologies, as well as knowledge of development methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, etc)
• Experience in both front end and back end development.
• Any experience in the automotive industry is useful
• Any experience with integration tools is useful
• Gauteng-based, with head office at Waterfall Corporate Campus
• Willing to travel to clients with own car.

go to method of application »

Job Description

• Join us in a role where your expertise will shine! You will have the opportunity to perform independently and become a subject matter expert while actively participating in discussions and contributing to solutions for work-related challenges.
• Your proficiency in Core Java will be essential as you engage in exciting projects that drive innovation. We are eager to see how your contributions will make a difference in our organization!
• Collaborate with application and business process architects to interpret user and system requirements into design specifications.
• Develop system specifications and interfaces for complex components.
• Provide primary support for the installation of application releases into production.
• Design and code applications to meet functional and technical programming standards.
• Create operational documentation for the application.

Qualification
HERE'S WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

• Advanced proficiency in Core Java.
• Advanced proficiency in Configuration & Release Management.
• A minimum of 1 year of experience in relevant related skills.
• Bachelor's Degree in relevant field of studies.

BONUS POINTS IF YOU HAVE:

• Advanced proficiency in Build Management.
• Advanced proficiency in Design & Build Enablement.

go to method of application »

Job Description

• Join Accenture and help transform leading organizations and communities around the world. The scale of our client engagements and the way we collaborate, operate, and deliver value provides an unparalleled opportunity to grow and advance. Choose Accenture and make delivering innovative work part of your extraordinary career.

Who We Are:

• Accenture Cloud First – Infrastructure Engineering. Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations and Industry X—powered by a global network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers.

The Work:

• Blend consulting, advisory and engineering to shape, assure and land architectures across private data centers, hybrid landing zones and public cloud (Azure/AWS/GCP). Review and advise on architectures, implementations and documentation from project inception through post‑deployment closure, ensuring designs meet standards and contracted outcomes. Scope spans identity (Active Directory / Entra ID), core infrastructure, and IT/OT networking, with a strong focus on security, resiliency and operability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Hybrid Cloud & Network Advisory: Lead assessments and target‑state blueprints for WAN/LAN/Wi‑Fi/DDI, cloud interconnect and network security; quantify the modernization business case (SD‑WAN/SASE, observability/tooling) and include IaC readiness (repo standards, branching/approvals, policy baselines).
• Infrastructure Assessments — Data Center Modernization & Public Cloud Migration: Execute structured infrastructure assessments of DC estates (compute, storage, network, security, DR), app/data dependencies and TCO/FinOps impacts; produce target‑state options (private/hybrid/public), migration approaches (rehost/re‑platform/refactor), wave plans, cutover runbooks and risk/controls—aligned to landing‑zone patterns and IaC operating practices.
• Hybrid Cloud Landing Zones: Design multi‑cloud landing zones—policy/guardrails, identity integration, ExpressRoute/Direct Connect/VPN, hub‑and‑spoke and firewalling—delivered with IaC/GitOps and compliance‑as‑code; ensure operations, DR and cost controls are built‑in.
• IT/OT Segmentation & Assurance: Govern Purdue L0–L5 zoning and the PCN DMZ (L3.5); enforce firewall rule hygiene and periodic policy audits across plants/sites; maintain communications matrices and remediation backlogs (with IaC‑driven ruleset baselines where feasible).
• Identity & Directory (Active Directory / Entra ID): Architect and harden AD DS (forests/domains, trusts, Sites & Services, replication, DNS integration), GPO baselines and tiered admin (Tier‑0/Tier‑1); integrate Entra ID with landing zones (hybrid identity, Conditional Access, Privileged Access Mgmt); define backup/restore/DR patterns and health monitoring.
• Directory & DDI Health Assessments: Plan and execute periodic health baselines for AD DS and DNS/DHCP/IPAM—DCDiag/RepAdmin replication health, SYSVOL state, FSMO roles, time sync, GPO hygiene, tier‑0 control checks; authoritative DNS/forwarders, secure dynamic updates, aging/scavenging and stale‑record clean‑up. Produce executive & technical reports, prioritized remediation and retest evidence; create runbooks/SOPs and monitoring dashboards.
• Domain Name & Addressing Services (DNS/DHCP/IPAM): Own authoritative DNS and split‑horizon patterns, DHCP design/relay and IPAM governance across DCs, cloud and OT segments; implement change control, policy hygiene and telemetry for DDI; align naming/forwarders with landing‑zone connectivity and security policies.

#LI-EU

Qualification

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field.
• 12+ years’ experience across infrastructure and cloud architecture; 7+ years leading enterprise‑scale designs and reviews across private data centers and Azure/AWS/GCP.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in infrastructure architecture and security with IT and OT focus, including Purdue segmentation and L3.5 DMZ.
• Deep hands‑on expertise in Active Directory / Entra ID (forests/domains, trusts, OU/GPO, DNS/DHCP, tiered admin) and identity integrations with cloud landing zones.
• Proven delivery of secure cloud landing zones (policy/guardrails, logging/monitoring), IaC (Terraform/Bicep/ARM) and automation using PowerShell.
• Experience implementing PAM (e.g., CyberArk) and zero‑trust patterns for Tier‑0/Tier‑1 assets.
• Relevant certifications: CISSP, CCNP (or equivalent), TOGAF 9/10, Azure Network Engineer Associate, Azure Solutions Architect Expert; other major cloud architect certifications (Microsoft/AWS/GCP).

Technical Competencies:

• Hybrid Cloud architecture & landing zones — Governance and policy/guardrails, identity integration (Entra ID/AD), hub‑and‑spoke and mesh topologies, ExpressRoute/Direct Connect/VPN interconnect, cloud firewalling, routing, and compliance‑as‑code patterns across Azure/AWS/GCP.
• Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) & Entra ID — Forest/domain and trust design; Sites & Services, replication topology, SYSVOL health; GPO baselines and privileged access tiering (Tier‑0/Tier‑1); hybrid identity patterns (sync/federation, Conditional Access); backup/restore/DR and operational monitoring.
• Domain Name & Addressing (DDI: DNS/DHCP/IPAM) — Authoritative and split‑horizon DNS, secure dynamic updates, DNSSEC where applicable; DHCP design/relay and high‑availability; IPAM governance, subnet lifecycle and address hygiene; aging & scavenging, stale‑record cleanup and DDI telemetry.
• Infrastructure‑as‑Code (IaC) & GitOps — Terraform/Bicep/ARM (and CloudFormation where relevant); modular registries, versioning, policy‑as‑code gates, CI/CD promotion (dev → test → prod), automated validation, drift detection, secrets management, and change approval integration.
• Network protocols & security controls — Routing, switching, BGP/EVPN, TLS/IPsec; firewalls, IDS/IPS, WAF; policy hygiene and change governance with repeatable, auditable ruleset baselines.
• Resilient/scalable network designs — HA/FT designs across DC/edge/cloud; redundancy, fast failover, diverse paths; disaster recovery runbooks and tested RTO/RPO for critical paths (including identity and DDI services).
• Industrial/OT networking & IT/OT integration — Purdue L0–L5 zoning, PCN DMZ (L3.5), mission‑critical plant connectivity; SCADA/ICS protocol awareness and secure inter‑zone communications.
• Segmentation & zero‑trust patterns — Macro/micro‑segmentation in DC and cloud (NSG/NVA policies, SASE/ZTNA), identity‑aware access, and least‑privilege enforcement across users, services and workloads.
• Challenging environments & connectivity — Remote/harsh sites, wireless/satellite links, ruggedized equipment; offline‑first considerations and resilient backhaul, with monitored SLAs.
• SD‑WAN, virtualization & access control — SD‑WAN (application‑aware steering, path conditioning), network virtualization/overlay fabrics, NAC/802.1X; traffic engineering (QoS, shaping, prioritization) across hybrid paths.
• Observability & performance engineering — Streaming telemetry/flow/synthetic tests; SLO design and error budgets; correlated dashboards for network, identity and DDI; proactive anomaly detection (AIOps) and RCA playbooks.
• Automation & orchestration — Ansible/Python for config and day‑2 ops; Netmiko/ncclient and NAPALM/pyATS (or equivalents) for validation; gen‑AI‑assisted multi‑vendor config translation and pre‑deployment checks.
• Security & compliance by design — Alignment to CIS/NIST/ISO/ISA‑62443; privileged access management, key/cert lifecycle; immutable logs and evidence packs baked into pipelines for audit‑ready changes.

Professional Skills:

• Excellent written and oral communication for executive and engineering audiences.
• Strong stakeholder management and consulting presence; ability to influence and lead across functions.
• Analytical, structured problem solving with attention to detail and measurable outcomes.
• Strong organization and multi‑tasking; comfortable with rapid context switching across engagements.
• Workstyle & Travel:
• Hybrid role. On‑site assessments at plants and data centers as required (typically 25–40%); occasional after‑hours cutovers for critical changes.

go to method of application »

Job Description

Responsibilities

Design Leadership & Delivery

• ·Lead design workstreams and ensure high-quality outputs across UX, UI, and interaction design, with a primary focus on native mobile app design and a secondary focus on responsive web application design (Level 9).
• ·Oversee multidisciplinary design teams and manage delivery across multiple projects or platforms (Level 8).
• ·Drive large-scale, multi-market design programmes that integrate strategy, design, and technology (Level 7).
• Strategy & Vision
• ·Translate insights into user stories, flows, and tangible design deliverables (Level 9).
• ·Influence product roadmaps, define scalable design practices, and embed human-centred design (Level 8).
• ·Define and evolve design vision, embedding systematic practices across organisations and markets (Level 7).
• Stakeholder & Client Engagement
• ·Present design decisions clearly, using storytelling to influence stakeholders (Level 9).
• ·Shape client relationships, ensuring design aligns with business goals and measurable value (Level 8).
• ·Act as the primary partner to senior executives, framing design as a driver of business transformation (Level 7).
• Systems & Innovation
• ·Apply and evolve design systems to ensure accessibility, consistency, and scalability (Level 9).
• ·Implement governance models, design operations, and AI-enabled workflows (Level 8).
• ·Champion design innovation at scale, driving adoption of AI and identifying new opportunities for growth (Level 7).
• Team Development & Culture
• ·Mentor junior designers on craft, process, and stakeholder engagement (Level 9).
• ·Coach and develop teams to balance strategic thinking with executional excellence (Level 8).
• ·Build and grow design capability, culture, and talent pipelines across the organisation (Level 7).

Activities

• As a Product Designer, you will be hands-on in shaping and delivering user-centred digital products. Your activities will span research, design, collaboration, delivery, and continuous evolution of products.

User Research & Analysis

• ·Conduct user research through interviews, surveys, and usability testing to uncover needs, behaviours, and pain point
• ·Analyse qualitative and quantitative data (research insights, analytics, and market trends) to inform design decisions.
• ·Create and maintain user personas, journey maps, and empathy maps to ensure design solutions align with target audiences.
• ·Perform competitor benchmarking and best practice analysis to identify opportunities for differentiation and optimisation.

 Interaction Design

• ·Define information architecture to structure content and functionality for clarity and ease of use.
• ·Map and design browsing flows that allow users to intuitively explore products and complete tasks.
• ·Develop low- to mid-fidelity wireframes that establish structure, hierarchy, and interaction notes with detailed specifications.
• ·Create interaction models that describe how users engage with an interface, ensuring behaviours and responses feel intuitive.
•  Visual Design & Prototyping
• ·Design polished, functional, and accessible interfaces that align with the product vision and user needs.
• ·Apply systematic design practices, contributing to and extending enterprise design systems and UI libraries.
• ·Iterate on design solutions based on feedback from users, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams.
• ·Build interactive prototypes to test and validate design concepts, ensuring seamless and engaging experiences.
• Collaboration & Communication
• ·Work closely with Product Owners and stakeholders to refine requirements, align design with business goals, and prioritise features.
• ·Partner with Developers to ensure accurate implementation of designs, providing specifications, guidance, and clarifications.
• ·Actively participate in agile ceremonies (stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives) to keep design integrated into delivery.
• ·Present and articulate design concepts and rationale to teams and stakeholders, adapting communication styles for technical and non-technical audiences.
• ·Create case study assets and showcases that highlight the value of design, reinforcing its impact within the organisation and with clients.
• ·Support business development by contributing to bids, proposals, and pitch materials, demonstrating how design can generate value and differentiate Accenture’s offering.

Testing & Validation

• ·Plan and conduct usability testing to validate design concepts and uncover improvement opportunities.
• ·Collaborate with Product Owners, Developers, and Data Analysts to design and run A/B tests, using data to guide design refinements.
• ·Incorporate insights from testing, feedback, and analytics to optimise experiences against user needs and business KPIs.

 Continuous Improvement

• ·Stay up to date with emerging design trends, tools, and methodologies, applying them to enhance practice.
• ·Advocate for user-centred, inclusive design across the product lifecycle, ensuring accessibility and equity are built in.
• ·Contribute to retrospectives and team reflections, identifying opportunities to improve workflows, tools, and ways of working.

Job Requirements

• ·7+ years in UX, UI, and product design, ideally in consultancy or digital product environments.
• ·Experience with designing several mobile apps, that have launched in the market.
• ·Tertiary qualification in Design, HCI, or a related field.
• ·Proven ability to lead teams, scale systematic design practices, and embed efficient workflows.
• ·Strong expertise in Figma, prototyping software, and the MS Office suite, with knowledge of AI-assisted design technologies.
• ·Comprehensive understanding of branding, marketing, data, social media, business analysis, and development.
• ·Strong portfolio demonstrating both craft-level design and systems-level thinking.
• ·Excellent facilitation, storytelling, and influencing skills for senior stakeholders.
• ·Ability to perform under pressure, meet deadlines, and maintain organisational efficiency.
• ·Empathetic, collaborative, proactive, and positive mindset, with a willingness to be challenged and continuously grow.

Qualification

• as per spec

go to method of application »

Job Description

• Global Security & Protection - Regional Protective Services Manager
• [key search term ‘corporate security’] 

Company Overview:

• Accenture, a fortune 500 company, is a global management consulting and professional services firm that solves its clients' toughest challenges by providing unmatched services in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. We serve clients in more than 120 countries with over 800 000 employees.

Overview of the Team:

• People are at the heart of Global Protection & Security (GP&S), Accenture’s Corporate Security Team. They are an organization of highly skilled, experienced, and diverse professionals who take immense pride in serving Accenture and helping grow the business. The Regional Protective Services team is a core part of Global Security & Protection with members based out of various regions of the world.

Job Summary:

• Reporting to the MEA Regional Protectives Services Manager, the Regional Protective Services (RPS) Manager is a full-time role responsible for incident and crisis management; emergency preparedness; physical security strategy and standards compliance; facility threat, vulnerability and risk assessments; workplace violence prevention; travel security; geo-political threat monitoring; corporate security related training.
• They also support investigations; behavioural threat assessment and management; executive protection and event security; security officer vendor selection, deployment and performance reviews within the area of responsibility (Sub-Saharan Africa & Mauritius).
• They will be providing guidance and support in a complicated corporate environment that values collaboration, independent thinking, proactive problem-solving, integrity, collegiality, efficiency, and continuous organizational transformation. They are expected to develop a close collaborative relationship with Accenture’s Business, IT, Cyber Security, Legal, Travel, Workplace, and HR leaders as well as with domestic and foreign law enforcement and diplomatic and intelligence services. 
• They will support the wider European Regional Protective Services team; are required to be flexible and be available on call (24*7); able to travel up to 40% of the time & work outside normal business hours and at short notice.

Qualification

Requirements:

• All candidates must have at least 10 years of relevant security experience; or the equivalent in private, government, security forces. A degree from an accredited college or university is required. An advanced degree is a plus.
• Motivated to work in a meritocratic, collaborative culture in which work ethic, humility, collaboration, and a “roll-up your sleeves mentality” are critical. Nimble, highly responsive, able to pivot quickly between projects and priorities and meet time sensitive deadlines. Uncompromised ethics and integrity.
• Industry recognized local and international professional security certifications are a plus.
• Responsibilities may include some or all the below:

Security Management:

• Foster security culture and awareness.
• Apply broad security risk management knowledge, understanding policies, procedures, and frameworks to enable business operations activities.
• Contribute / implement security strategy, plans, procedures, and controls.
• Identify, anticipate, assess, and help resolve complex business challenges where collaboration and cooperation between individuals is often needed to affect the solution.
• Conduct systematic threat, vulnerability and risk assessments.
• Cultivate, build engagement / relationships with internal and external stake holders including vendors, industry organizations, law enforcement and other related government agencies.
• Establish near term goals and provide input to longer term goals within the area of responsibility.

Crisis Management, Risk Intelligence, Event Monitoring, and Employee Notification:

• As SME (crisis and emergency management) serve as a key contact for internal and external stakeholders.
• Deal with difficult and sensitive situations appropriately and confidentially.
• Manage incident notifications and security assessments by vendors to ensure timely receipt of information and analysis on events which could impact Accenture’s facilities, people, or operations.
• Oversee the dissemination of such information to Accenture leadership and coordinate any messaging to employees.
• Be on point for escalations from the Accenture Security Operations Centers.

Personnel Security:

• Support and deputize for the Employee Assistance Officer on Behavioral Threat Assessment Teams (BTAT).
• Support employees/contractors/clients affected by internal/external security incidents.
• Support the GP&S Intelligence team to conduct threat assessments to include domestic and international operations and disseminate findings as needed.
• Support security awareness training.
• Support executive protection and event security management.

Other desired competencies include:

• Extensive experience managing travel security across Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Extensive knowledge of physical security and systems.
• Basic computer skills (experience/proficiency in Microsoft suite – Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Possess strong analytical skills, understand complex issues, quickly absorb information, and deploy conceptual and creative problem solving.
• Be a natural leader with the ability to easily establish trust-based relationships; skilled in gaining valuable insights through collaboration and communication.
• Strong time management skills and ability to multitask.
• Corporate security management experience.
• General understanding of investigative process.
• General understanding of safety/security in a corporate environment.
• General understanding of legal and corporate terminology.
• Exposure and demonstrated ability to work in multicultural environments.
• Language skills.
• Fluency in English is expected.

Relationships: 

• Reports to: MEA Regional Protective Services Manager
• Supervises: N/A
• External Relationships: External security vendors, domestic and foreign law enforcement and diplomatic and intelligence services, security industry peer networks and organizations.

go to method of application »

Performance Strategy Consulting at Partners in Performance

• As part of the Performance Strategy Consulting team, you will be working in teams to solve complex problems, drive meaningful change, and help industries and organisations overcome their biggest challenges. You will help influence decisions at the highest levels as well as improve performance at the frontline. Our working style is about testing, learning, and adapting to drive continual improvements wherever we go.
• We’re a collaborative team that supports, challenges, mentors, and learns from one another. We believe in providing our people with experiences and development opportunities that stretch and push them beyond what they thought was possible.

Job Description

Senior Associate

• Now that you’ve finished your MBA – and maybe even had a few years in a commercial role – you’ll be looking for the opportunity to turn your insights into business results. As a Partners in Performance Senior Associate those results could impact some of the world’s largest companies.
• This role combines analysis with outcomes in a way that will challenge and develop you– all the time with the full support and mentoring of your fellow Partners in Performance colleagues. Once the recommendations built on your analysis are agreed to, you can expect to work alongside clients from the shop floor to the C-suite to help make them happen. Whether it’s process improvement, supply chain optimisation or back-office transformation, you’ll help turn your recommendations into results for your clients.

Qualification

• The nuts and bolts
• We’re looking for Senior Associates in our business. You’ll also need a distinction average in a Master’s degree or MBA and up to 6 years’ commercial experience is desirable. Working with Analytics is like breathing to us, so Excel and general maths ability are important. We love interesting people, so please include your community, sporting and volunteering experience in your CV.
• Based on business requirements, candidates applying for this role can also be assessed for other opportunities within Accenture.

go to method of application »

Job Description

OVERALL PURPOSE OF JOB

• We are looking for young information technology professionals with at least 3 years solid development experience, who wants to work in a structured support environment to provide application support on one of the notable supply chain systems in South Africa.

Problem Management

• Conduct Problem solving on user calls logged;
• Provide feedback to the application management team and make recommendations for changes/enhancements to the package based on problem solving investigations;
• Monitor the month end processes on Information System according to the team schedule, ensuring that all stores have executed successfully and take relevant action when problems occur;
• Working according to the prescribed process and agreed schedule, monitor the system error log on a daily basis; and
• Adhere to the Information System project standards and procedures at all times.

Data Management

• Provide detailed information to auditors as required;
• Monitor all code, data and processes surrounding the interfaces to ensure data integrity;
• Execute data fixes as and when required; and
• Investigate and assist with the development of monitoring tools in order to provide an early warning system that will maintain the integrity of information going to and from Information System.

Interface Support

• Implement interfaces following the prescribed project procedures;
• Maintain and monitor interfaces according to prescribed project procedures;
• Work with other members of the operational support and application maintenance teams to ensure operational validity and quality of interfaces;
• Identify methods of continuous improvement etc; and
• Provide knowledge transfer to 2nd Tier personnel on a continuous basis.

Change Control

• Assist with the further development/enhancement, maintenance and implementation of change control processes to be used during substantial changes to the Information System and/or processes;
• Schedule and prioritise work requests with the client and other functional areas within the team;
• Update request logs according to progress and status;
• Receive change implementation requests from the application management team and verify that all necessary information is available;
• Report and escalate problems with change implementation;
• Knowledge and Skills:
• Analytical skills;
• Good oral and written communication skills;
• Quality Management principles;
• A good understanding of the System Development Life Cycle;
• Innovative, dedicated and committed to achieving results;
• Self-motivated and able to adapt quickly;

Qualification

Knowledge and Skills:

Analytical skills;

• Good oral and written communication skills;
• Quality Management principles;
• A good understanding of the System Development Life Cycle;
• Innovative, dedicated and committed to achieving results;
• Self-motivated and able to adapt quickly;
• Time Management and Project Reporting; and
• Use programming experience to conduct investigations.
• Recommended detail skills in the technical environment (i.e. products used by Application Maintenance) namely:
• XML
• SQL
• VB.NET or C#.NET
• Word/Excel Macros
• Natural (optional)
• Adabas (optional)

Education, Qualifications, Experience Necessary:

• Matric and relevant diploma / degree; and
• Minimum 3 years relevant working experience.

go to method of application »

Job Description

• This role is with our Partners in Performance team, part of Accenture.
• Partners in Performance, Part of Accenture is a global management consulting firm with a focus on human performance working alongside client partners to make change happen. We’ve got offices in Australia, New Zealand, South-East Asia, Africa, North and South America and Europe but prefer to spend as little time in them as possible. Instead, we work alongside our clients to unleash their potential and deliver lasting impact that you hardly ever achieve by sitting in a boardroom.
• Partners in Performance Managers play the critical role of leading our engagements. They are adaptable and comfortable working in business improvement, strategic sourcing, capital portfolio optimisation and commercial due diligence in a genuinely broad range of clients and industries across the Africa region. Leading a team of Senior Associates, Associates and/or Business Analysts you will ensure engagement delivery and collaboration, coaching and management of the client also. You won't be handing over your work but will be in control of an end-to-end process.
• Your career development will be supported by your personal Development Leader and our world class training and career development programs. At the same time as offering the security of a structured approach, our organisation is still of a size where you will be truly treated as an individual, with the opportunity to contribute new ideas and make the best of your entrepreneurial spirit.
• You will have consulting experience within a T1 strategy firm, have outstanding logic and analytical skills, the ability to solve complex commercial problems and want to see tangible results from your work a career with PIP .

Qualification

Background and Experience:

• Outstanding academic results
• University degree or equivalent experience with a strong emphasis on quantitative skills, especially:
• Engineering, Commerce/Economics & Mathematics/Science (While we consider candidates from a broad spectrum of degrees, we place a strong emphasis on quantitative skills studied in commerce, engineering and science-based courses)
• MBA would be an advantage
• Double degrees and Postgraduate degrees are highly regarded in our firm
• Demonstrated passion for results, with a track record of achieving tough targets under pressure
• Excellent problem-solving skills, including ability to structure and prioritise effort within an area, and ask the right questions to get to root causes
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including ability to coach, influence and build trust with senior managers, and achieve results though managing a team, prioritising the professional development of team members
• Propensity to coach and guide younger consultants to deliver results and work through the line to achieve outcomes
• Strong communication skills, including ability to construct compelling arguments supported by the right facts
• Show an ability to influence and effectively multitask and manage expectations/deadlines
• Demonstrated alignment with Partners in Performance values
• Based on business requirements, candidates applying for this role can also be assessed for other opportunities within Accenture.

go to method of application »

Job Description

This role is with our Partners in Performance team, part of Accenture.

• Partners in Performance, Part of Accenture is a global management consulting firm with a focus on human performance working alongside client partners to make change happen. We’ve got offices in Australia, New Zealand, South-East Asia, Africa, North and South America and Europe but prefer to spend as little time in them as possible. Instead, we work alongside our clients to unleash their potential and deliver lasting impact that you hardly ever achieve by sitting in a boardroom.

IF YOU THINK CONSULTING IS MAKING GREAT POWERPOINT DECKS, KEEP WALKING.

• Don’t get us wrong. We admire a sharp PowerPoint™ presentation as much as the next global consulting company. Heck, we make plenty ourselves. And we respect the people who are good at making them. But give us the choice between a column of perfectly aligned bullet points and delivering a plan that helps turn a client’s business around and the decision is a no-brainer. At Partners in Performance, being a Senior Associate isn’t about writing reports, or standing up and presenting them. It’ about the results. We’re here to deliver big, rapid, sustainable results for our clients. Deliver. Not just recommend. So, our end product isn’t a report, it’s what happens once we work alongside the client to implement what’s in it. It’s why our clients around the world choose us, and why we choose a certain type of person to fill our key roles. Like this one:

Senior Associate

• Now that you’ve finished your MBA, and maybe even had a few years in a commercial role – you’ll be looking for the opportunity to turn your insights into business results. As a Partners in Performance Senior Associate those results could impact some of the world’s largest companies.
• This role combines analysis with outcomes in a way that will challenge and develop you– all the time with the full support and mentoring of your fellow Partners in Performance colleagues. Once the recommendations built on your analysis are agreed to, you can expect to work alongside clients from the shop floor to the C-suite to help make them happen. Whether it’s process improvement, supply chain optimisation or back-office transformation, you’ll help turn your recommendations into results for your clients.

Qualification

• The nuts and bolts
• We’re looking for Senior Associates in our business. You’ll also need a distinction average in a Master’s degree or MBA and up to 6 years’ commercial experience is desirable. Working with Analytics is like breathing to us, so Excel and general maths ability are important. We love interesting people, so please include your community, sporting and volunteering experience in your CV.
• Based on business requirements, candidates applying for this role can also be assessed for other opportunities within Accenture.