Job Openings at BDO South Africa

Role Duties And Responsibilities

• The processing of the company payroll on a monthly / weekly basis.
• Maintains payroll processing system and records by gathering, calculating and inputting data from operations and management
• Assist HR with the administration the company workplace benefit scheme, enrolments and liaison with the company's benefits advisors regarding administrative matters and monthly submissions.
• Process employees' expenses within the monthly salaries / wages.
• Caretaker of company loans and other ad hoc expense claims.
• Liaise with the HR department to ensure accurate information for payment
• Computes employee take-home pay based on time records, benefits, and taxes
• Completes payroll reports for record-keeping purposes and managerial review
• Performs the distribution of salaries and wages by direct transfers to employees' bank accounts and payslips by an online platform.
• Determines organisation's tax obligations by calculating taxes as well as statutory deductions, union payments and 3rd Parties.
• Maintains employees' confidences and protects payroll operations by keeping information confidential.
• Assist with any payroll accounting activities when required.
• Adheres to payroll policies and procedures and complies with relevant law.

Requirements

Role Experience And Qualifications

• HR or Payroll Diploma / 5 years' experience within an HR / Payroll Function.
• Intermediate to Advanced Excel Skills
• Min 1 year Payspace Experience with processing full payroll function.
• Full understanding of BCEA and Labour Legislation.
• Understanding of Payroll Recons and General Ledgers.
• Ability to think logically and perform duties within very tight deadlines.

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Main Duties and Responsibilities

Business /Brand Development/Operational Excellence  

Development 

• Develops effective networks/relationships inside the firm and maintains the contacts to identify opportunities of integration. 
• Identifies at least 2 opportunities, write-ups, or presentations in a year for the development of new products or promotion of current services and procedures.

Client 

• Identifies new opportunities and assist in growing existing internal client base. This includes cross selling BDO's other departments’ services into our contacts & clients. 
• Assist in bringing in new business.
• Compiles at least 6 technical proposals (min of 1 every 2 months) proposals and/or tenders annually to meet current and/or prospective clients' expectations. 
• Ensures that a client satisfaction survey is completed after the completion of the engagement.

Brand 

• Understands and speaks knowledgeably about BDO and ITCE's products and services and our values.

BEE 

• Assists in the BEE activities/actions in both the BDO and ITCE arena (Staff, procurement & Clients)

Policies & Procedures 

• Ensures personal an team adherence to BDO policies and procedures (leave, dress code, conduct etc.)

Finance

 Budget 

Participates in the compilation of the ITCE department's annual budget.

Audit 

• Ensures the scoping letter is prepared at least 1 week before starting date of the audit and/or the Audit Committee whichever is first.

Timesheets 

• Approves travel claims on Maconomy every day and on the same day carries out formal follow-ups on staff who have not submitted their timesheets.
• WIP/Write offs 
• Assist in ensuring WIP is billed monthly where appropriate.
• Debtors should be kept with a minimum of 30 days including write offs, & provisions.

Productivity 

• Minimum of 60% recoverability on one’s portfolio.
• Check productivity levels for self and staff ensure they are meeting the set levels and communicate productivity levels to staff on a weekly basis. 
• Quality and process

Audit 

• Register, Budget, Engagement Letters, Pre-Audit Debrief minutes etc.).

Communicates all appropriate deadlines to audit staff and monitor progress according to pre-established timelines through:

• The Debrief meeting
• Scope and Time Budgets
• Identifies engagement resource requirements and ensures that the most appropriate resources are assigned to specific assignment roles – update the planning board at least a month in advance for staff with upcoming assignments.
• Ensures that performance and documentation of work comply with the ITCE methodology through progressive/continuous review of work papers.
• Ensures an effective audit programme is prepared a day after all relevant documentation is reviewed in line with ITCE's integrated audit methodology
• Ensures on-site presence at least 24hrs on an 80hrs assignment.

Audit (Continued) 

• Performs review of work papers within two days of receipt from staff with final Manager’s review done within 3 days after fieldwork is complete.
• Ensures the draft report is produced for Director review within a week after fieldwork reviews are complete.
• Issues Final report, with client responses/comments addressed to the client, after Director’s approval within 1 week after the draft report issue date.
• Ensures the Audit File is up to the standard required for an external Quality Assurance Review according to the QAR Checklist. 
• Prepares audit committee packs / reports 10 days before the Audit Committee meeting for all clients under his/her responsibility. Attends all the client audit committee meetings.
• Judges the sensitivity of both client and management information and treats it appropriately

People Development, Learning and Growth

• Manages audit team effectively on a day-to-day basis (staff, budgets, deadlines) ensuring that a plan is followed, and objectives are met.
• Ensures that everyone’s developmental needs as well as the needs of the client are considered through use of formal staff development plans. 
• Ensures staff appraisals are carried out:
• After major assignments (4wks+ assignments) and produce staff development plans, 
• Half yearly for the mandated HR appraisals within HR expected timelines.
• Identify training needs/gaps
• Conducts effective on the job training, ensuring that training needs of the junior staff are appropriately addressed through knowledge impartation and use of coaching notes/review notes. Feedback will be given through 360 evaluations done yearly.
• Develops team spirit/building in the Department involving the team members:
• Involvement through Leading meetings
• Building relationships through social events
• Building Trust through transformation
• Developing successful teams by working together
• Communicate effectively with staff and management. Feedback will be given through 360 evaluations annually.
• Obtains feedback from staff and check that instructions are understood and observed – hold audit debriefs at start of audit and follow-up weekly.
• Knowledge sharing and upliftment of skills base 
• Provide Management Training

Requirements

Qualifications/Recognition of Prior Learning equivalent 

• B. Com Accounting, Informatics, Computer Science, or relevant degree
• CA/SA and/or CISA / CRISC or equivalent

Work Experience 

• Minimum 5 years working experience of IS Auditing
• Minimum 3 years supervisor level in IS Auditing

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Responsibilities will include providing support to the Financial Planners & Healthcare Adviser with the following:

• Act as a first point of contact for client queries — resolving basic enquiries independently, and escalating where necessary
• Process new business applications timeously and accurately, with strong follow-up discipline
• Process increases, amendments and servicing requests on existing business
• Ensure accurate workflow and data capture on Elite Wealth and internal systems
• Prepare and submit documentation packs for onboarding and servicing
• Liaise with clients proactively, ensuring clear communication of progress updates
• Maintain electronic client records, ensuring compliance with regulatory and internal requirements
• Support Financial Planners pre- & post-client meetings
• Engage in ongoing professional development and contribute to a positive team culture

Requirements

You will be required to have:

• Senior-level experience in Financial Services administration – supporting Financial Planners and/or Healthcare Consultants
• Grade 12 or equivalent
• Computer literacy and strong MS Office skills
• Clear and professional written and verbal communication skills
• A Higher Certificate in Financial Planning would be advantageous

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The Key outcomes of this role are:

People:

• Staff Development (training and performance management)
• Staff relationships
• Values (CREATE)

Client:

• Client Relationships (NPS)
• Internal Audit Plan Development
• Audit Committee Submission

Processes & Quality:

• Internal Audit project coordination and supervision (deadlines)
• Delivering high standard deliverables on time
• Pentana (Planning / execution / reporting)
• Quality Assurance (review of team work and clearing manager notes)

Project Planning 

Planning processes:

• Drafting of Scope Letter.
• Issuing of document requests (RFI) and gathering of relevant information. 
• Review and finalise the process walkthrough (system descriptions)
• Selection of samples as per the sample methology.
• Update of staff planner.  

Audit Work Programme

• Finalise a detailed Risk & Control Matrix for the process under review, in conjunction with the AM/M.
• Ensure that each risk identified is aligned to a control and audit procedure.
• Document the Risk and Control Matrix on Pentana, with minimal review notes by AM/M/SM.
• Assist in allocation of audit procedures to the execution team

Execution

• Executing allocated audit procedures as per approved Risk and Control
• Matrix (complex procedures - no more than 25% in general. Percentage may differ in consulting projects).
• Finalising findings with relevant process owners to confirm factual correctness, including the root cause and recommendations.
• Complete execution within allocated time/cost budget and communicate challenges, overruns and issues in advance. Assists and guides IA/JIA.

Client Management

• Assist with overall client management functions in conjunction with AM/M/SM:
• Liaison with client.- Preparation of draft ARC/management reports.
• Client plan management.

Quality and process

Execution

• Review working papers and findings of IA/JIA with constructive coaching notes, in line with IIA Standards.

Project Administration (Time & Attendance)

• Daily completion of timesheets and disbursement claims for inclusion in WIP
• Monitoring of project Budget/WIP on a daily basis.
• Remaining within the allocated hours and / or communicating overruns with The Manager/Senior Manager & Director.
• Commence and finalize allocated work within specified timeframes, as per resource planner and agreed upon with Manager or Director.

Team Evaluations

• Timely completion of own Project Performance Appraisal document (within 7 days after completion of the audit report).
• Timely review of the  IA/JIA's  Performance Appraisal (within 7 days after receipt of from the JIA).

Declaration of interest

• Signed declaration of interest for the client (Internal Document)
• Ensure that the audit  team has completed and signed the declaration of interest forms.

Quality

• Ensure that audit work and draft findings are adequately documented and substantiated with audit evidence on Pentana.
• All items on Pentana have been reviewed and signed off.
• Update and ensure the engagement file is ready for review on Pentana. 

Reporting

• Finalising findings with relevant process owners to confirm factual correctness, including the draft root cause, effects and recommendations.
• Development of a full draft report for management finalisation.

Communication

• Communicate with the AM/M/SM in a timely manner on progress of work and any challenges being experienced.
• Communicated with the team in relation to the project.
• Timely communication with the client.

People Development, Learning and Growth

CIA Certification

• Pass two out of three parts of the CIA exams

Generic Factors:

• Flexibility
• Reliability
• Acceptance of Responsibility
• Able to perform work and deliver without constant supervision/guidance.
• Shows commitment to the client, engagements and BDO.
• Constantly accepts responsibility in a competent manner.
• Can be relied upon to accept responsibility in respect of other employees in their absence when requested to do so.
• Requires minimal level of supervision and coaching.

Training and Development

• Keeps abreast of work related developments.
• Attendance of at least 85% of training interventions.
• Maintains or improves Skills Matrix rating to 85%.
• Maintains CPE hours & reporting (if certified).

Peer Assessment

• Obtain a minimum score of 75% in the 360-degree assessments 

Interpersonal skills and Teamwork

• Co-operates well with supervisors, colleagues and those supervised.
• Is polite and respectful of others. Demonstrates a sound and healthy attitude when interacting with others.
• Able to influence and communicate well as part of a team.  Works to achieve team objectives.
• Requires normal level of supervision and guidance.  

Requirements:

Qualifications

• Four year qualification in Internal Audit /B.Com Honours Internal Audit /or 
• Informatics /or Computer Science
• CIA/CISA/CFE

Experience

• Minimum 4 years working experience of

Internal / IT Auditing:

• 3 years trainee
• 1 year supervisory level in IA/IT Auditing

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Key responsibilities:

• Client Portal Creation- ensuring that the BDO Client Portal has been created timeously and ensuring that all of the relevant people have been included. This requires confirmation with the audit clients of the client personnel to be included as well as tasks to be allocated.
• Budget Approval- ensuring that the submitted budgets by the audit engagement teams have been uploaded timeously onto Maconomy Cloud. Consistent follow-up with the audit engagement managers and audit partners may be required to ensure that the budgets are approved timeously.
• Maconomy Engagement Code – ensuring that the engagement code is created timeously and this must be communicated to the respective audit engagement manager immediately.
• Initial Request including uploading to the created client portal.
• Acceptance and continuance- ensuring that the adequate CRM processes have been completed. Consistent follow up is required.
• System Descriptions – ensuring that the system descriptions have been requested from the client in a timely manner and once received, reviewing these to ensure that they have been adequately updated to reflect current year updated information, where relevant.
• Bank Confirmation Requests- this includes requesting a complete list of bank accounts in use from the audit engagement team and initiating the bank confirmation process.
• Administration support and minute taking as required.
• APT roll-forward – ensuring that the audit engagement team has granted access to the prior year APT and complete the APT roll-forward in terms of BDO methodology.
• Independence email – ensuring that the independence email confirmations sent by the audit engagement teams are responded to timeously.
• Independence Working Paper- ensuring that independence has been declared on the RER screen within APT. Should independence issues be noted, prompt escalation to the Project Supervisor is required.
• Uploading Documents on APT – ensure completed documents have been uploaded on APT. This includes any roll-forward documents required to be uploaded and the assigned tasks by the department. Ensuring that completed documents are signed off after the Junior Audit Manager has reviewed and queries have been cleared.
• Capturing – ensuring that capturing work assigned is completed timeously and within agreed deadlines. Issues noted during the capturing process should be communicated promptly to the Project Supervisor.

Requirements

Qualifications and experience:

• A degree or diploma in Accounting, Finance, Internal Audit or a related field.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Strict adherence to deadlines
• Ability to work in a diverse team
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, etc.)

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Key Responsibilities

Graduate Recruitment & Campus Engagement

• Coordinate and deliver national graduate recruitment initiatives and campus events
• Plan and manage the annual university engagement calendar
• Identify new campus partnerships and engagement opportunities
• Represent BDO professionally at all university and recruitment events

Events, Logistics & Stakeholder Coordination

• Where necessary, manage end-to-end logistics for recruitment events (venues, catering, access, stock), and coordinate attendance of internal stakeholders (Partners, Managers, Trainees)
• Support interview days and selection initiatives, including scheduling and briefing packs

Employer Branding & Marketing Collaboration

• Partner with Marketing on campaigns, branding, and creative initiatives
• Manage graduate recruitment social media content and digital engagement initiatives
• Create creative materials for events, campaigns, and student engagement

Data, Reporting & Administration

• Track all recruitment data
• Create and manage MS Forms, QR codes, and recruitment trackers
• Monitor recruitment ROI and prepare post-event reports and insights
• Maintain accurate databases and support onboarding handovers to People & Culture teams

Budget & Financial Coordination

• Collate information to input into recruitment budget management
• Coordinate invoices, POs, and payments with Finance

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience in graduate recruitment, early careers, employer branding, events, or campus engagement
• Strong project coordination and stakeholder management skills
• Creative mindset with digital and social media capability
• High attention to detail and strong data management skills
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Ability to manage multiple initiatives nationally and work independently

Requirements

Qualifications and Experience

• Degree in Human Resources, Industrial Psychology, or related field.
• 2–4 years of experience in graduate recruitment, talent acquisition, or related functions, ideally within a professional services or audit environment.
• Exposure to campus recruitment and/or bursary programs is essential.
• Strong analytical skills to measure and report on recruitment outcomes. 
• Strong and communication skills.
• Familiarity with recruitment platforms, social media, and digital tools.
• Familiarity with MS Office Suite and strong Excel skills 
• Understanding of graduate recruitment trends, campus engagement, and employer branding.

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Technical/Commercial

• Regularly liaising with local teams and the central Finance function, overseeing the month end and year end processes.
• Working with the finance manager to produce the annual budget for the stream and individual regions and service lines: liaising with stream finance partner, regional and service line heads, and the Advisory and central Finance team as appropriate and overseeing the input of the data into the Firm’s budget model
• Ensuring bills, recoveries and cash collections are managed effectively and efficiently; challenging performance in these areas where required and agreeing appropriate action to take when issues arise
• Supporting the 4R process to provide critical evaluation and drive consistency
• Working with the finance manager and finance partner to develop, document and monitor financial controls throughout BSO
• Monthly financial analysis and reporting to the finance manager and finance partner to enable informed planning and decision making. Including budget, rolling forecast, key performance indicators and analysis of variances
• Trend analysis with timely identification of causes of risks/ problems with prompt suggestion for relevant actions, particularly including revenue, recoverability, staff utilisation, work in progress, debt
• Supporting the development and visibility of business information through the use of portals and PowerBI
• Supporting the finance manager and finance partner in identifying and developing strategy for the group and individual sub streams; providing support in driving through these strategic decisions, showing initiative and problem solving

Personal

• Has an interest in innovation including a willingness to learn new approaches or software (such as PowerBI)
• Seeks greater responsibility and rises to the challenge
• Is robust under pressure and calmly faces challenging situations
• Is sought out by colleagues as a valuable source of advice and support
• Makes suggestions and offers potential solutions to problems in a timely manner
• Displays energy and enthusiasm and is focused on achieving results

You’ll be someone with:

• ACA Qualified or equivalent
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office especially Excel including strong knowledge of formulae and the ability to visually represent data. Knowledge of PowerBI also advantageous/preferred but not essential.

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Description

• If you've recently completed your SAICA articles, this is your opportunity to take the next step. As a Junior Associate, you'll work closely with the Audit Engagement Manager in the UK, contributing to the planning and execution of audit fieldwork.
• You'll play a key role in ensuring audits are completed efficiently and within deadlines, gaining hands-on experience and exposure to a dynamic client portfolio.
• Completion of execution on sections
• Completion of analytical reviews on an overall entity basis as well as on specific sections
• Completion of planning and finalisation
• Manages time and is held accountable for productivity
• Provides frequent progress updates to the UK manager or partner
• Regular online and in-person training is required to ensure compliance

Requirements

Qualifications and experience

Minimum requirements:

• Newly qualified CA(SA) registered or eligible to register with SAICA
• Less than 1-year post-articles experience
• Full IFRS practical audit experience

Preferred requirements:

• Independent review experience 

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What you can expect when you join BDO.

• A commitment to creating unlimited growth by giving our people continuous opportunities
• A friendly and supportive culture, surrounded by teammates who are on the same journey as you
• Collaboration and an open-door policy, all the way up to our CEO
• A mentor to guide and challenge you
• Exposure to a range of clients, from large JSE-listed companies to smaller owner-managed businesses
• Opportunities to show you care through our CSI initiatives
• A chance to meet other colleagues at our Sports & Social functions
• Secondment opportunities for qualifying staff
• Hands-on involvement in audit work from the day you join
• A choice of five offices in South Africa offering audit work. Our other offices do Advisory work and as such traineeships are not available in Roodepoort and Stellenbosch.
• A firm big enough to be able to access the best group of experts for a client’s needs from our national and international network, and small enough to be responsive and innovative in tackling challenges.

We are looking for candidates who would like:

• Exposure to a broad range of client sectors;
• Hands on experience with clients and management;
• Open door policy with managers and partners;
• To learn about a broad range of businesses  from listed entities to entrepreneurial start ups;
• A supportive environment that is focused on skills development and professionalism.

Requirements

• Must have successfully completed all ACCA exams or have 9 ACCA Exemptions  by December 2025.
• Must have selected Advanced auditing as one of the modules for ACCA exams.
• ACCA Accredited degree from a residential university with auditing as one of the major subject.
• Must be a South African citizen

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What you can expect when you join BDO.

• A commitment to creating unlimited growth by giving our people continuous opportunities
• A friendly and supportive culture, surrounded by teammates who are on the same journey as you
• Collaboration and an open-door policy, all the way up to our CEO
• A mentor to guide and challenge you
• Exposure to a range of clients, from large JSE-listed companies to smaller owner-managed businesses
• Opportunities to show you care through our CSI initiatives
• A chance to meet other colleagues at our Sports & Social functions
• Secondment opportunities for qualifying staff
• Hands-on involvement in audit work from the day you join
• A choice of five offices in South Africa offering audit work. Our other offices do Advisory work and as such traineeships are not available in Roodepoort and Stellenbosch.
• A firm big enough to be able to access the best group of experts for a client’s needs from our national and international network, and small enough to be responsive and innovative in tackling challenges.

We are looking for candidates who would like:

• Exposure to a broad range of client sectors;
• Hands on experience with clients and management;
• Open door policy with managers and partners;
• To learn about a broad range of businesses  from listed entities to entrepreneurial start ups;
• A supportive environment that is focused on skills development and professionalism.

Requirements

•  Honours / PGDA / CTA or equivalent level qualification at a SAICA recognised University.