Job Openings at Deloitte

Job Description

Main Purpose of Job

Develop and grow our Treasury services to Corporates and Banks by delivering client projects, bringing practical experience to the team and building Deloitte’s eminence in this space. Such projects primarily entail current state assessments against industry best practice and relevant regulatory requirements, future state design, governance and control reviews as part of internal / external audits, system implementation reviews, and remediations / large-scale treasury transformations.

In terms of corporates, the treasury environment as referred to in this document includes cash and liquidity management, including counterparty credit risk; FX, interest rate and sometimes commodity risk management. In terms of banks, the treasury environment as referred to in this document includes liquidity, IRRBB, ALM – support on capital-related projects such as ICAAP may also be required from time to time.

The candidate should note that currently, the largest component of our business pertains to Corporate Treasury (although there may be a shift to Bank Treasury again, dependent on future regulatory changes.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• CA (SA) or degree/ honours/ masters in Risk Management, Mathematics or Statistics

• CFA / FRM / PRM preferable

• Work experience in the treasury or trading risk environment of a bank or corporate (Required)

Required Experience

• 5-10 years in Market Risk / Treasury / Liquidity Risk roles that encompass responsibilities such as:

  • Market Risk (mainly FX, interest rates and some commodities) - understanding of financial derivatives and how these are utilised by Corporates and Banks for risk management purposes. Understanding of pricing models and common risk metrics (sensitivities, stress tests, VaR).

  • Liquidity – experience in cash management, liquidity risk management, counterparty risk management, funding / debt management, funds transfer pricing.

  • Experience in terms of governance and controls, including policies and procedure documentation.

  • Experience with trading, risk management, and or corporate treasury systems.

  • Front office, Middle office (e.g. product / valuation control) or Risk experience

  • Governance and controls, policies and procedure documentation.

  • Willingness to travel to regions such as Africa and the Middle East (including Saudi Arabia) subject to prevailing travel restrictions.

Additional Information

Your role as a leader

At Deloitte we believe in the importance of leadership at all levels. We expect our people to embrace and live our purpose by challenging themselves to identify issues that are most important for our clients, our people, and for society and make an impact that matters.

In addition to living our purpose, you will be expected to:

• Contribute to a high-performing team

• Deliver exceptional client service; maximize results and drive high performance while fostering collaboration across businesses and borders

• Influence clients, teams, and individuals positively, leading by example and establishing confident relationships with increasingly senior people

• Understand key objectives for clients and Deloitte; align people to objectives and set priorities and direction

What you will do / Specialized Competencies

You will be primarily responsible for execution on client engagements and growing the business.

Our services range from:

• Supporting clients in understanding new market developments and “what good looks like”, i.e. as defined by industry best practice or relevant regulations.

• Identify gaps in clients’ treasury and financial risk management capabilities, defining solutions and supporting the implementation thereof

• We service clients in South Africa, the Middle East and the rest of Anglophone Africa.

Key Performance areas

Strategic Impact

Implements our business strategy within area of responsibility including:

o   Revenue targets

o   Talent management

o   Communication to teams

o   Tracking of plans in engagements / projects 

• Actively identifies sales opportunities in broader market

• Preparation of proposals/tenders and presentations

• Participates in sales presentations and client negotiation teams for new and retained business

• Grows market network with key players and builds long-term relationships

• Builds relationships across Deloitte service lines for cross-selling opportunities and combined engagement pursuits

• Identifies innovative solutions on projects / engagements to enhance / renew service offerings to client

• Drives own client portfolio and profitable book of business

Client Impact: External / Internal

• Maintains high level oversight of client engagements / projects

• Forms appropriate judgements based on careful analysis to makes sound business decisions on engagements / projects

• Develops productive, credible and trusting relationships with key players and their teams during assignments / projects

• Builds a network of senior-level internal relationships across Deloitte to understand other business unit offerings and to market own area

• Establishes and maintains strong relationships with external business leaders across industries

• Contributes to thought leadership and shares knowledge and expertise with clients, colleagues and teams

Operational Effectiveness

• Manages engagement/project risk through supervision of completion of required documentation and processes as mandated by Risk & Independence, as well as risk to client confidentiality

• Leads / manages complex client engagements and maintains high level oversight of all engagements / projects within sphere of responsibility

• Meets regularly with clients and teams to understand issues, anticipate needs and address these

• Consistently drives improvement on deliverables through effective leadership

• Keeps leadership updated on status of all assignments

• Communicates need for any changes in engagement / project plan to relevant leadership and obtains agreement for relevant amendments

• Provides ongoing communication to teams on status of engagement / project, changes, achievements, etc.

• Drives Deloitte values of exceptional service to clients, growing the firm’s brand and talent development

Development/Growth of Team

• Mentors and develops team members and counselees on an ongoing basis

• Empowers managers through appropriate delegation of work

• Develops close working relationships with key talent

• Maintains dynamic succession plans for every critical resource, depending on the profile / need expertise

• Maintains own development and knowledge in specialised area and business

• Demonstrates commitment to transformation agenda of the firm

• Provides consistent recognition and encouragement to teams and leads by example

Budgets / Profitability

• Construct engagement teams with suitable talent, balancing correct levels and numbers and recruiting as necessary

• Manages margins effectively through accurate budgeting, pricing and profitability management on engagements

• Monitors that time and expenses to engagements are recorded and submitted weekly

• Ensures billings are timeously done and collections followed up

• (May) negotiate pricing for engagements to ensure profitability whilst maintaining client interests

Leadership/Behavioural Capabilities:

Living our Purpose - Leads by example; is a role model in living our values; inspires others to raise the bar and deliver outstanding value to our stakeholders, colleagues and communities; seeks out opportunities to recognize individuals and teams for the impact they make; and connects their contributions with our broader purpose.

Influence - Builds broad and deep relationships, that span organizational boundaries, and include a diverse network of internal and external stakeholders; effectively uses a wide range of influencing tactics, can respond effectively to complex organizational or political climates; anticipates potential conflict based on knowledge of interpersonal and group dynamics; and proactively takes steps to prevent or resolve it.

Strategic Direction - Clearly communicates direction to team(s) in line with overall global, business and member firm strategies; capable of creating, owning, and articulating a compelling vision and goals for multiple teams, and helping people at all levels to understand how the parts fit together into a whole.

Talent Development - Identifies skills needed for the future, spots and develops high-potential talent to meet emerging needs; coaches and mentors managers and other team members to develop and capitalize on their strengths and prepare them for transition to the next level; and creates an experience within the teams they lead that attracts and retains top talent.

Performance drive - Aligns team roles with individual strengths to build and inspire high-performing teams; coaches and empowers team members to stretch their capabilities and ensures they have access to the right resources, within and across businesses and borders, to deliver results and provides timely recognition and feedback, while holding people and teams accountable for results.

*Please note that this job advertisement provides a summary of the capabilities required and all candidates shortlisted will receive a full list of capabilities.

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Job Description

Main Purpose of Job

To be a contributing team member on client engagements in the treasury environments of primarily corporates, but also banks from time to time.  Such projects primarily entail current state assessments against industry best practice and relevant regulatory requirements, future state design, governance and control reviews as part of internal / external audits, system implementation reviews, and remediations / large-scale treasury transformations.

In terms of corporates, the treasury environment as referred to in this document includes cash and liquidity management, including counterparty credit risk; FX, interest rate and sometimes commodity risk management. In terms of banks, the treasury environment as referred to in this document includes liquidity, IRRBB, ALM – support on capital-related projects such as ICAAP may also be required from time to time.

The candidate should note that currently, the largest component of our business pertains to Corporate Treasury (although there may be a shift to Bank Treasury again, dependent on future regulatory changes.

To support senior management with the administration and management of client engagements, as may be required from time to time, e.g. preparation of proposals, tracking of budgets, internal risk & independence processes, etc.

Qualifications

Qualifications & Experience required

You would need to have the following qualifications and experience:

• CA (SA) or degree/ honours/ Masters in Risk Management, Mathematics or Statistics (Required)

• Study towards CFA / FRM / PRM (preferable)

• Work experience in the treasury or trading risk environment of a bank or corporate (Required)

We are looking for skills and experience in any of the following areas (preferably 1 to 5 years of experience).

• Market Risk (mainly FX, interest rates and some commodities) - understanding of financial derivatives and how these are utilised by Corporates and Banks for risk management purposes. Understanding of pricing models and common risk metrics (sensitivities, stress tests, VaR).

• Liquidity – experience in cash management, liquidity risk management, counterparty risk management, funding / debt management, funds transfer pricing.

• Experience in terms of governance and controls, including policies and procedure documentation.

• Experience with trading, risk management, and or corporate treasury systems.

• Front office, Middle office (e.g. product / valuation control) or Risk experience

• Governance and controls, policies and procedure documentation.

• Willingness to travel to regions such as Africa and the Middle East (including Saudi Arabia) subject to prevailing travel restrictions.

Additional Information

What you’ll do / Specialized Competencies

You will be primarily responsible for execution on client engagements and growing the business.

Our services range from:

• Supporting clients in understanding new market developments and “what good looks like”, i.e. as defined by industry best practice or relevant regulations.

• Identify gaps in clients’ treasury and financial risk management capabilities, defining solutions and supporting the implementation thereof

We service clients in South Africa, the Middle East and the rest of Anglophone Africa.

Your role as a leader

At Deloitte we believe in the importance of leadership at all levels. We expect our people to embrace and live our purpose by challenging themselves to identify issues that are most important for our clients, our people, and for society and make an impact that matters.

In addition to living our purpose, you will be expected to:

• Contribute to a high-performing team

• Deliver exceptional client service; maximize results and drive high performance while fostering collaboration across businesses and borders

• Influence clients, teams, and individuals positively, leading by example and establishing confident relationships with increasingly senior people

• Understand key objectives for clients and Deloitte; align people to objectives and set priorities and direction

Key Performance areas

Strategic Impact

• Supports senior management on delivery of engagements / projects, managing the implementation of the agreed deliverables

• Tracks outputs against client agreements and reports to senior management on any unforeseen issues arising

• Assists in the preparation of proposals / tenders and presentations on request

• Is a support resource in planning of sales presentations

• Generates innovative solutions on projects / engagements in collaboration with team members to enhance / renew service offerings to client

Client Impact: External / Internal

• Performs various agreed tasks as part of client engagements / projects.

• Forms an understanding of client data, is able to produce data flow diagrams and transform data into required formats and conventions.

• Can understand and can produce financial instrument valuations and sensitivities.

• Forms appropriate judgements based on careful analysis to makes sound business decisions on engagements / projects

• Develops productive, credible and trusting relationships with key players and their teams during assignments / projects

• Establishes and maintains strong relationships with team members and managers

• Contributes to thought leadership and shares knowledge and expertise with clients, colleagues and teams

Operational Effectiveness

• Identifies and addresses any areas of concern in outputs

• High quality of deliverables

• Communicates effectively both written and verbally to team members, clients and manager.

• Meets regularly with clients and teams to understand issues, anticipate needs and address these

• Consistently delivers improvement on deliverables

• Keeps leadership updated on status of all assignments

• Communicates need for any changes in engagement / project plan to relevant leadership and obtains agreement for relevant amendments

• Provides ongoing communication to teams on status of engagement / project, changes, achievements, etc.

• Drives Deloitte values of exceptional service to clients, growing the firm’s brand and talent development

Development/Growth of Team

• Shares expertise and knowledge with team members on an ongoing basis

• Develops good working relationships with the team

• Maintains own development and knowledge in specialised area

Leadership/Behavioural Capabilities:

Living our Purpose - Behaves in accordance with Deloitte values; consistently challenges self to deliver outstanding quality and value and recognizes and explores opportunities for personal impact on clients and for colleagues and communities

Competitive Edge - Builds understanding of key traditional and non-traditional competitors in the market; uses awareness of broader, disruptive trends to identify potential implications for Deloitte; and uses own knowledge of emerging trends, (e.g., technology, social media, digital) to provide upward mentorship to leaders

Influence - Engages with others to build relationships and develop a network; demonstrates ability to understand the underlying interests and expectations of others; and respects and responds with sensitivity to the concerns and viewpoints of others

Performance Drive - Ensures they are clear on expectations and asks clarifying questions when needed; is aware of own strengths and uses them effectively to deliver high quality results; and assumes personal responsibility for achieving results and supports the team by taking on additional responsibilities when needed

Strategic Direction - Understands objectives and desired outcomes for assigned areas of responsibility and sets personal goals accordingly; and seeks to understand how specific areas of responsibility contribute to broader business objectives and outcomes

Talent Development - Solicits feedback to build understanding of own strengths and areas for development; actively participates in key learning and development opportunities for their level and acts as a brand ambassador with peers and colleagues to support attraction of top talent

Inspirational Leadership - Is aware of own strengths and limitations; demonstrates passion and authenticity in their work and interactions with others; respects differences; demonstrates appreciation for the contributions of others and understands and values the importance of trust; follows through on commitments.

*Please note that this job advertisement provides a summary of the capabilities required and all candidates shortlisted will receive a full list of capabilities.

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Job Description

Main Purpose of Job

To be a contributing team member on client engagements in the trading risk environment, including e.g. traded market risk, counterparty credit risks, etc.  Such client engagements / projects may include current state assessments; model reviews and validations; solution / model design, build and implementation – both with respect to the bank’s management needs or regulatory requirements.

To assist in the development and use of tools such as calculation engines and client solutions used for risk quantification and management in terms of the above risk types.

To support senior management with the administration and management of client engagements, as may be required from time to time, e.g., preparation of proposals, tracking of budgets, internal risk & independence processes, etc.

Willingness to travel internationally to support client engagements across e.g., UK, Europe, Middle East, Australia, subject to prevailing travel restrictions.

Qualifications

Qualifications & Experience required

You would need to have the following qualifications and experience:

• CA (SA) or degree/ honours/ Masters in Quantitative Risk Management; Actuarial Science or Financial Mathematics (Compulsory)

• Started or completed studies towards CFA, PRM or FRM for CAs and Financial Mathematics candidates (Preferable)

• Work experience in the treasury or trading risk environment of a bank (Required)

• Work experience with respect to the latest prudential (Basel) regulatory requirements in terms of trading risk (Preferable)

We are looking for skills and experience in any of the following areas (preferably 1 to 5 years of experience).

• Market risk

• Counterparty credit risk (CCR)

• Credit valuation adjustment (CVA) risk

• Fundamental review of the trading book (FRTB)

• Standardised approach to CCR

• Regulatory reporting

• Modelling capabilities (e.g., Python, VBA, SAS, Matlab, C# etc.)

• Trading / risk systems experience (e.g. Murex, FIS, Calypso, Algo, etc.)

• Valuation of financial instruments

• Front office, Middle office (e.g. product / valuation control) or Risk experience

• Experience in risk measurement and analysis in terms of all standard risk metrics (sensitivities, stress, VaR and tail metrics).

• Governance and controls, policies and procedure documentation.

Additional Information

What you’ll do / Specialized Competencies

You will be primarily responsible for execution on client engagements and growing the business.

The team:

• Analyses regulatory and other developments within South Africa, Africa, the Middle East and key markets which have a strong influence on local regulatory developments such as the UK, EU and the USA.

• Identifies clients and sectors impacted by the regulatory developments.

• Develops tailored sector and client-specific solutions in response to opportunities identified and assists clients in executing on these.

Through the adoption of a strategic and forward-looking approach to the identification and analysis of emerging financial services regulations and trends, we help our clients understand trends and the changing regulations and the impact that this can have on their strategies and underlying business models. The team possess several regulatory experts, who focus on interacting with those individuals at our clients charged with accountability to manage their organisation’s response to changes in financial services environment and regulations.

Key Competencies required:

• Financial and risk modelling across the abovementioned risk types

• Advisory support to clients on industry best practice and implementation of new Basel regulations in terms of models, governance & controls, organisational structure, policies, etc.

• Implementation support to clients on the abovementioned risk types and systems

• Support to management in terms of research, article writing, client presentations, client solution development and project management

Your role as a leader

At Deloitte we believe in the importance of leadership at all levels. We expect our people to embrace and live our purpose by challenging themselves to identify issues that are most important for our clients, our people, and for society and make an impact that matters.

In addition to living our purpose, you will be expected to:

• Contribute to a high-performing team

• Deliver exceptional client service; maximize results and drive high performance while fostering collaboration across businesses and borders

• Influence clients, teams, and individuals positively, leading by example and establishing confident relationships with increasingly senior people

• Understand key objectives for clients and Deloitte; align people to objectives and set priorities and direction

Key Performance areas

Strategic Impact

• Supports senior management on delivery of engagements / projects, managing the implementation of the agreed deliverables

• Tracks outputs against client agreements and reports to senior management on any unforeseen issues arising

• Assists in the preparation of proposals / tenders and presentations on request

• Is a support resource in planning of sales presentations

• Generates innovative solutions on projects / engagements in collaboration with team members to enhance / renew service offerings to client

Client Impact: External / Internal

• Performs various agreed tasks as part of client engagements / projects.

• Forms an understanding of client data, is able to produce data flow diagrams and transform data into required formats and conventions.

• Can produce regulatory capital calculations in Python, Excel, VBA etc.

• Can understand and can produce financial instrument valuations and sensitivities.

• Forms appropriate judgements based on careful analysis to makes sound business decisions on engagements / projects

• Develops productive, credible and trusting relationships with key players and their teams during assignments / projects

• Establishes and maintains strong relationships with team members and managers

• Contributes to thought leadership and shares knowledge and expertise with clients, colleagues and teams

Operational Effectiveness

• Identifies and addresses any areas of concern in outputs

• High quality of deliverables

• Communicates effectively both written and verbally to team members, clients and manager.

• Meets regularly with clients and teams to understand issues, anticipate needs and address these

• Consistently delivers  improvement on deliverables

• Keeps leadership updated on status of all assignments

• Communicates need for any changes in engagement / project plan to relevant leadership and obtains agreement for relevant amendments

• Provides ongoing communication to teams on status of engagement / project, changes, achievements, etc.

• Drives Deloitte values of exceptional service to clients, growing the firm’s brand and talent development

Development/Growth of Team

• Shares expertise and knowledge with team members on an ongoing basis

• Develops good working relationships with the team

• Maintains own development and knowledge in specialised area

Leadership/Behavioural Capabilities:

Living our Purpose - Behaves in accordance with Deloitte values; consistently challenges self to deliver outstanding quality and value and recognizes and explores opportunities for personal impact on clients and for colleagues and communities

Competitive Edge - Builds understanding of key traditional and non-traditional competitors in the market; uses awareness of broader, disruptive trends to identify potential implications for Deloitte; and uses own knowledge of emerging trends, (e.g., technology, social media, digital) to provide upward mentorship to leaders

Influence - Engages with others to build relationships and develop a network; demonstrates ability to understand the underlying interests and expectations of others; and respects and responds with sensitivity to the concerns and viewpoints of others

Performance Drive - Ensures they are clear on expectations and asks clarifying questions when needed; is aware of own strengths and uses them effectively to deliver high quality results; and assumes personal responsibility for achieving results and supports the team by taking on additional responsibilities when needed

Strategic Direction - Understands objectives and desired outcomes for assigned areas of responsibility and sets personal goals accordingly; and seeks to understand how specific areas of responsibility contribute to broader business objectives and outcomes

Talent Development - Solicits feedback to build understanding of own strengths and areas for development; actively participates in key learning and development opportunities for their level and acts as a brand ambassador with peers and colleagues to support attraction of top talent

Inspirational Leadership - Is aware of own strengths and limitations; demonstrates passion and authenticity in their work and interactions with others; respects differences; demonstrates appreciation for the contributions of others and understands and values the importance of trust; follows through on commitments.

 

*Please note that this job advertisement provides a summary of the capabilities required and all candidates shortlisted will receive a full list of capabilities.

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Job Description

Main Purpose of Job
Delivers integrated talent solutions to the business unit/region. Plan, direct, coordinate and implement the Human Resources activities to maximise the strategic use of human resources. 

Differentiators for this specific role
Strategic Business Partnering

• Working with the Senior HR Manager /Talent Partner/Director to ensure that the Service Line/Region has a detailed Talent Strategy that covers the full HR Value Chain taking into account Service Line/Region specific nuance

• Activation of Service line specific Talent Strategy

• Takes responsibility of immediate HR Value chain of expertise:

• Performance Management

• Transformation (Employment Equity & Diversity, Equity & Inclusion initiatives

• Risk Management 

• Reward Management 

• Mobility & Secondments

• Data Integrity 

• Employee Engagement

• Reporting & Analytics

• Oversight on Talent Acquisition, Learning and Wellbeing rolled out into the Service line

Project Management

• Rolling out of Service line specific and Firmwide projects and initiatives within the Service Line/Region

• Global Performance Experience

• Employee Wellbeing initiatives

• DEI initiatives

• Service line life-cycle projects

• Project stream lead

Key Performance Areas:
Strategic Impact 

• Interrogates, clearly understands and communicates to team the agreed strategic objectives of both own Service Area and that of the client Service Line/s

• Manages the implementation of the strategic imperatives in line with service area strategy relating to:

  • → Implementation of change initiatives within designated area/s

  • → Management of the implementation of plan on a day-to-day basis with team

  • → Monitoring skills level in team relating to required outputs, assisting as necessary

  • → Clear and regular communication with superior and team on implementation status 

• Supports own Service Line leadership in carrying out EXCO mandate 

• Builds professional relationships within service line/s to understand business needs in area/s of responsibility

• Generates and implements innovative ideas and solutions within area of responsibility in collaboration with team members to enhance / renew service offerings

Client Impact: External / Internal

• Manages quality and timeliness of day-to-day deliverables of team in area of expertise to client

• Provides client management with sound professional advice and support across broad area of issues arising within area of expertise

• Proactively identifies client service and technical issues and independently implement resolutions to address these

• Participates in gathering of information for thought leadership process and share functional and industry knowledge and expertise with clients, colleagues and teams 

• Meets with team on a regular basis to provide updates from client and SL leadership and to get input from team

Operational Effectiveness

• Manages day-to-day operations and delivery by team to clients

• Guides and directs daily work of team members giving recognition as well as support as needed

• Updates Senior Manager on status weekly or as directed

• Manages day-to-day risk issues within the team and ensures any contraventions are rectified and addressed 

• Acts as role model in the value of exceptional client delivery and growing the brand of Employer of Choice

Development/Growth of Team

• Recruits, mentors and guides team members and shares expertise and knowledge with counselees on an ongoing basis

• Identifies areas of development for team and institute plans to address these

• Develops strong working relationships with key talent in team to ensure retention

• Delegates appropriately and encourages team to share their expertise and knowledge 

• Provides relevant recognition and encouragement to team and leads by example

• Acts as counsellor to senior consultant level and below within Service Line ensuring effective guidance in development and career growth

• Demonstrates commitment to transformation agenda of the firm 

• People & Purpose Strategy to be implemented in Service line with the team’s support

• Align expectations with the team and effectively upskill and encourage continuous commitment to the People Strategy

• P&P Brand to be reinforced and supported in business for all interactions

• Strive to develop one’s self in keeping relevant with HR Trends and technology

Budgets / Profitability

• Provides input into annual budget to superior for drafting of budget for Service Area

• Manages expenditure within team and ensures time and expenses are submitted weekly

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications: Honours Degree in Human Resources or business management

• Minimum Experience: 7 years’ working experience within the relevant function

• Desired Qualifications: Postgraduate qualification (relevant to Service Area / Business Management, etc.)

• Desired Experience: 2 years at Management level within the function

Additional Information

Technical competencies

• Skilled in field with sound industry and business knowledge

• Demonstrated leadership skills

• Experienced in communication and implementation of strategy

• Effective Project Management with proven ability to manage and execute projects 

• Experienced in development and delivery of professional presentations 

• Strong Microsoft excel skills with an emphasis on Analytics and insights, excel and power point Good report writing skills

• Good financial knowledge

Behavioural Competencies 

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

• Effective interpersonal and relationship building skills

• Good mentorship and coaching ability with desire to develop self and others 

• Strong client delivery focus

• Adaptable, managing change and ambiguity with ease

• Focus on quality and risk

• Effective problem-solving ability

• Excellent business acumen

Leadership Standards: Manager capabilities
Living our Purpose - Acts as a role model, embracing and living our purpose and values, and recognizing others for the impact they make
Influence - Influence clients, teams, and individuals positively, leading by example and establishing confident relationships with increasingly senior people
Performance drive - Delivers exceptional client service; maximizes results and drives high performance from people while fostering collaboration across businesses and borders
Strategic direction - Understands key objectives for clients and Deloitte, aligns people to objectives and sets priorities and direction
Talent development - Develops high-performing people and teams through challenging and meaningful opportunities

*Please note that this job advertisement provides a summary of the capabilities required and all candidates shortlisted will receive a full list of capabilities.