Job Openings at wePlace

Key Tasks & Accountabilities

• Quality
• Develop detailed technical specifications from functional descriptions (design)
• Develop systems from technical specifications as provided by Architects
• Deliver development within agreed timelines
• Perform unit testing from a pre-defined test plan
• Update/amend test plans according to solution development to ensure coverage of all areas
• Provide testing assistance to developer(s)
• Provide implementation instructions for new development
• Provide production support to production systems (stand-by)
• Conduct investigations and solve system issues
• Prepare production deployment packages
• Ensure successful implementation
• Provide coaching and mentoring to Programmers and Developers
• Act as Team Leader for projects
• Participation and proactive problem-solving to meet team objectives
• On-time delivery
• Ensure timely delivery of developed applications and systems
• Ensure contracted deadlines at met according to contracted SLA with business
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Cooperation / willingness to help
• Interpersonal relationship and interaction with team members
• Ideas and knowledge sharing
• Stay current with developments in areas of technology that are relevant to the SOA environment
• Participation and proactive problem-solving to meet team objectives
• Innovation and creativity

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

Qualifications & Experience

• Grade 12
• A relevant tertiary qualification (degree / diploma) in IT with 5 years’ proven experience in software development OR more than 6 years’ proven experience in software development
• Must have completed a relevant system analysis and design course (or equivalent)

Experience in the following:

Minimum:

• SQL (T-SQL, 5+ years)     
• C# (5+ years)     
• Windows Services (multi-threaded)          
• Web Services    
• OO Development Methodologies             
• An understanding of SOA (Service-oriented architecture)

Ideal:    

• WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) & XAML
• WCF (Windows Communication Foundation)
• IIS
• MVC or MVVM Design Pattern Powershell UML
• .Net Core
• XAML

Knowledge:

Minimum:

• Must have detailed knowledge of:
• IT systems development processes (SDLC)
• Application development
• Systems analysis and design
• System architecture (technical design and implementation process)
• Standards and governance
• Testing practices

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Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to: 

• Sourcing candidates for vacancies
• Posting adverts
• Building a candidate pipeline 
• Typing Candidate CV's 
• Interviewing Candidates
• General administration

 Minimum requirements

• Tertiary education 
• Strong Microsoft Office Skills – non-negotiable
• Working well under pressure
• Good and effective communication skills

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Responsibilities/ Work attributes

• Establish, manage, maintain and promote the standing and image of the Internal Audit Department;
• Jointly develop, maintain and execute Internal Audit policies and procedures;
• Jointly develop, maintain and execute strategic and operational risk-based audit plans;
• Jointly develop and implement a quality assurance and improvement program in line with the quality standards of the Internal Audit Department;
• Jointly ensure development and execution of the audit engagement plan and audit engagement program (risk and controls matrix) to meet the objectives of the Internal Audit engagement;
• Ensure execution of the planned audits;
• Share knowledge on how to audit in a business environment where there are no detailed step by step policies and procedures;
• Jointly and timeously communicate the results of the Internal Audit engagements to the relevant stakeholders, management and senior executives;
• Manage and review the Internal Audit engagement outcomes and general IA Team Progress;
• Manage the Internal Audit team to ensure audit plan is met in an effective manner;
• Review the Internal Audit Reports in respect of the Internal Audit engagements performed;
• Understand how to identify fraud red flags or fraud indicators;
• Jointly assess management remediation plans in respect of findings identified, and monitor implementation progress thereof;
• Train, coach, develop and mentor Internal Audit staff members;
• Preparation of the quarterly Audit Committee pack, including the Internal Audit Report within the Audit Committee pack for the purposes of the Audit Committee meetings;
• Coordinate the activities of Internal Audit with those of other third-party assurance providers to establish combined assurance;
• Ensure use of data analytics and data analytical applications in the execution of Internal Audit field work to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the work performed by Internal Audit;
• Ensure continuous professional development (CPD) and updating of technical knowledge of IA Team to ensure continued competence;
• Continually sell internal audit to management and other stakeholders and demonstrate the value that internal audit is adding or can add;
• Conduct research on developments in corporate governance, risk management and internal audit and educate and support management on the new developments;
• Assist management with ad-hoc tasks and requests;
• Administer the Ethics hotline to ensure proper investigation, feedback and reporting of whistleblower calls.
• Perform a supporting role to Management

Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge of King III and King IV Code of Corporate Governance;
• MS Office suite; and the aptitude to work and interrogate various other application systems;
• Understanding and knowledge of Internal Financial Reporting Standards;
• Understanding and knowledge of International Standards of Auditing;
• Understanding and knowledge of Internal Audit Standards;
• Detailed understanding key operational and financial controls; and
• Ability to perform business process reengineering.
• Experience
• Exposure to and experience in a variety of business types/ sectors, such as services, manufacturing, industrial etc.
• Exposure to different aspects of the business environment – risk, control and improvement focus;
• It would be preferable for the candidate to have at least 5 years relevant audit management experience (internal or external audit experience

Education or qualifications

• BCom degree in Accounting; and
• BCom Honours degree in Accounting or Internal Auditing; and
• Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) with completed articles; or
• Qualified Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) with completed traineeship.
• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) would be an added advantage.

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Responsibilities/ Work attributes

• Establish, manage, maintain and promote the standing and image of the Internal Audit Department;
• Jointly maintain and execute Internal Audit policies and procedures;
• Jointly maintain and execute strategic and operational risk-based audit plans;
• Perform system descriptions and assess business risk, as well as knowledge in conducting risk assessments;
• Jointly develop/ review and execute the audit engagement plan and audit engagement programme (risk and controls matrix) to meet the objectives of the Internal Audit engagement;
• Execute the planned audits alone and hold meetings and discussions with management and senior executives;
• Have knowledge on how to audit in a business environment where there are no detailed step by step policies and procedures;
• Jointly communicate the results of the Internal Audit engagements to the relevant stakeholders, management and senior executives;
• Manage and review the Internal Audit engagement outcome;
• Draft the Internal Audit Report in respect of the Internal Audit engagements performed and discuss the reportable findings with management to facilitate obtaining management comments and management remediation plans;
• Be conversant with auditing a number of key areas (relevant business cycles – Financial and Operational) in the business and hold discussions with operational staff, management and executive on how best these can be improved;
• Understand how to identify fraud red flags or fraud indicators;
• Jointly assess management remediation plans in respect of findings identified, and monitor implementation progress thereof;
• Be able to learn and understand the unique transactions and accounting systems used in the businesses of the division, as well as the ability to develop a quick understanding of business operations and transactions within the businesses of the division;
• Jointly train, coach, develop and mentor Internal Audit staff members;
• Assist with the preparation of the quarterly Audit Committee pack, including the Internal Audit Report within the Audit Committee pack for the purposes of the Audit Committee meetings;
• Where possible, utilise data analytics and data analytical applications in the execution of Internal Audit field work to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the work performed by Internal Audit;
• Continuous professional development and updating of technical knowledge to ensure continued competence;
• Continually sell internal audit to management and other stakeholders and demonstrate the value that internal audit is adding or is able to add;
• Conduct research on developments in corporate governance, risk management and internal audit and educate and support management on the new developments;
• Assist management with ad-hoc tasks and requests;
• Perform a supporting role to the Internal Audit Manager/s

 Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge of King III and King IV Code of Corporate Governance;
• Excellent report writing, presentation and communication skills;
• MS Office suite; and the aptitude to work and interrogate various other application systems;
• Understanding and knowledge of Internal Financial Reporting Standards;
• Understanding and knowledge of International Standards of Auditing;
• Understanding and knowledge of Internal Audit Standards;
• Detailed understanding key operational and financial controls; and
• Ability to perform business process reengineering.

Experience

• Exposure to and experience in a variety of business types/ sectors, such as services, manufacturing, industrial etc.
• Exposure to different aspects of the business environment – risk, control and improvement focus;

Education or qualifications

• BCom degree in Accounting; and
• BCom Honours degree in Accounting; and
• Newly qualified and registered CA(SA)

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Key responsibilities of the role:

• Providing IT, data analytics and cyber security expertise to the Internal Audit Team.
• Leading and delivering IT, BCP and cyber security reviews across different clusters and companies within the Division.
• Pair up with the other members of the IA team to provide guidance and IT expertise to support delivery of non- IT audits
• Pair up with the other members of the IA team and enable their analytics needed – source the data, assist with building the analytic and support the interpretation thereof
• Promote ALICE across the division, ensuring connectors are up to date, working with the relevant team members in interpreting the results and offer guidance on resolving their findings
• Assist with IT audits across the division for areas not covered by ALICE (projects/ BCP/ DRP’s/ ITGC/ cyber reviews/ application controls etc.)
• Build visual tools/ dashboards to support our road to continuous auditing
• Being the key connector between IA team and the data/ ALICE/ IT environments & IT audits & systems
• Represent IA on various IT steering Committees for new system implementations

Specialised Technical Capabilities:

• Ability to form a core technology and data risk skillset through proactively conducting research, and participating to internal and external initiatives
• Understands and applies the major program management approaches and practices (e.g., SDLC, ITIL, COBIT)
• Develops a strong knowledge of technology and data management frameworks (e.g., Technology Risk, Data Risk, Cyber Risk Maturity Model) by conducting independent research, and attending workshops, seminars, and training programs
• Become familiar with technology and data risk, as well as industry-specific regulations; keeps up to date with emerging trends
• Business report writing demonstrating ability to ‘translate’ technical concepts to non-IT audience

Executes Assurance Engagements:

• Ability to enhance quality of assurance engagements by identifying risks, performing testing, researching governing regulations, and developing reports
• Uses industry leading frameworks and tools to analyse client’s documentation and identify risks that require control assurance
• Tests validity of client’s historical financial and non-financial information, leveraging relevant standards (e.g. ISAE 3000), as appropriate
• Develops assurance reports to accurately present risks, related controls, and the effectiveness of those controls
• Ensures findings and recommendations are aligned with the audit objectives by keeping in mind the engagement business context when performing technical work during the assessment process to ensure all risk facets are considered

Technical competencies:

• Solid grasp of technical skills and methodology
• Demonstrated knowledge and technical skills on “core operating systems” e.g., Windows, UNIX, etc. as well as awareness and ability to identify risks related to in-house developed systems
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in performance of business process and automated controls testing on the more common applications
• Developing knowledge of ERP systems like SAP
• A good understanding of how to link risks and controls to ensure test steps and controls and risks all speak to each other; ability to research “unknown” systems or audit in-house developed systems, i.e. problem-solving/logic capabilities
• Developing Digital fluency and knowledge on Emerging technologies, including Cloud, RPA, AI, etc.
• Developing skills in Agile and DevOps.
• Developing further Industry experience (FSI, TMT, CB, ER&I, etc.)

Behavioural Competencies:

• Demonstrates ability to work efficiently and meet all deadlines consistently
• Displays initiative and confidence
• Takes accountability for delivery of own work, running projects end to end individually and with minimal instruction
• Active participation and proactive attitude to service delivery
• Deadlines and quality driven, self- starter
• Works well within a team and with client management, as well as individually when required
• Strong analytical skillset
• Good communicator and collaborator, strong business/ report writing skills

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications

• Degree / Diploma
• Relevant industry specific certification (CISA, CISM etc.)
• Minimum Experience:
• 3 years’ working experience in a client facing role

Desired Experience:

• Experience in a client facing role
• Demonstrate an understanding of large-scale information technology application systems, infrastructure, business processes and security standards.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the IT audit methodology and its application in major client industries.
• Power BI experience/ other data analytic tools
• Ability to work with and document workflows (Visio etc.)
• Programming would be a bonus
• International (USA, UK) exposure in previous roles would be a significant advantage

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Experience:

• 5 -7 years’ proven software development

Essential experience in the following development languages is required:

• Java Script Framework
• XML
• HTML 5
• CSS
• Java
• JSP
• SQL
• Web Services
• Spring
• Rest Services
• Mobile Development
• Maven

Qualifications (Minimum):

• Grade 12 National Certificate / Vocational

Qualifications (Ideal or Preferred)

• A relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology

Knowledge:

Must have detailed knowledge of:

• IT systems development processes (SDLC)
• Application development
• Standards and governance
• Agile development life cycle
• Testing practices

Ideal:

Knowledge of:

• UML
• Systems analysis and design
• System architecture (technical design and implementation processes)

Solid understanding of:

• Banking systems environment
• Banking business model
• Best practices for Quality Assurance (QA)
• Object Orientated Development environment (i.e. Java, Spring Framework, JBoss, Hibernate)

Skills:

• Communications Skills
• Interpersonal & Relationship management Skills
• Analytical Skills
• Problem solving skills

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Experience

• 3-5 years’ proven experience in software development

Experience in the following development languages:

• 3-5+ years solid Android software development experience
• Java & Kotlin development Experience
• Android 5+ expertise; Android Studio expertise
• Knowledge of new Google API’s and libraries in deprecation, and conversion solution
• Experience in using 3rd party libraries.
• Experience and good understanding of push notifications and submitting apps to store.
• Huawei HMS Ecosystem exposure an advantage

Qualifications (Minimum)

• Grade 12 National Certificate / Vocational
• Higher Diploma in Information Technology - IT Engineering or Information Technology - Computer Science

Qualifications (Ideal or Preferred)

• A relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology

Knowledge

Must have detailed knowledge of:

• JavaScript, JSON, HTML5, CSS, NodeJS
• Maven
• Altlassian products, Confluence
• Bitbucket & Git
• Springboot & Microservices
• Microosoft SQL Server
• SQL
• IT systems development processes (SDLC)
• Application development
• Standards and governance
• Agile development life cycle
• Testing practices

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Job Content:

Results Delivery:

• Contribute to meaningful cost reduction / optimisation at all levels through applying cost effectiveness principles in planning and delivery to contribute to achievement of divisional financial targets.
• Provide input into formalisation of the Finance Department’s divisional budget and assist in the coordination and consolidation thereof to ensure that the information provided meet the expectation of the finance team.
• Produce and maintain monthly accurate management accounting information with supporting commentary, statistics, headcount, and analysis.
• Facilitate the entire planning and budgeting process (creating and ensuring strict adherence to the budget timetable, populating of the budgets with business units, timeous communication of material issues and changes and creating of standardised high-quality presentations with supporting commentary and analysis).
• Provide relevant training to the users of the budgeting and reporting tool Provide financial guidance and advice to stakeholders to assist them to accurately account for activities to ensure adherence to guidance and statutory reporting.

Stakeholder Relationship Management:

• Maintain sustainable working relationship with stakeholders through ongoing engagement to ensure an understanding of their needs and always maintain an open channel of communication in supporting the department to achieve is business objectives.
• Develop and sustain relationships with service provider/vendor/supplier administrative staff to facilitate the effective procurement to pay process with service providers/vendors/suppliers.
• Gage stakeholder satisfaction through regular meetings and 360 feedback reports which will include any positive or negative feedback received from the stakeholders regarding the professionalism and timeous nature of interaction.

Process Management:

• Manage own delivery against agreed deliverables and set timelines, identify obstacles to delivery and take appropriate action where required.
• Create and design financial models and reports via Excel for the developers to implement into the financial (IDU) tool to execute rolling forecast budgeting and management accounts.
• Perform monthly maintenance and request enhancements to the financial (IDU) tool to streamline processes and contribute to time saving activities.
• Analyse the monthly, year to date as well as annual actuals information and compare against budget to determine variances against the last month’s estimate and the original budget and raise accruals accordingly.
• Perform monthly review and analyses of the annual view to determine the variances to track the expenses and revenue against the original budget and last month estimate.
• Perform the rolling forecast activities to track the revenue and expenses against the budget and adjust the expenses and revenue for the future months.
• Compile management accounts packs that will include financial as well as non-financial information for stakeholder review in support of commercial decision-making.
• Compile the budget pack in alignment with the strategy, which will contain both financial and non-financial information to present the budget to the board, audit, and HR committees for approval.
• Analyse management accounts to identify potential risks and advise stakeholders on risks identified as well as corrective action to be taken to mitigate risks.
• Build costing model through analysing and allocating of costs based on scientific costing principles and appropriate drivers to determine the actual profitability of the markets and cross-functional revenue generating areas.
• Determine product profitability by applying costing principles and appropriate drivers to ensure appropriate pricing and to identify potential cost efficiencies.
• Control the budgeting process through gathering and analyses of business information to compile the divisional packs for the divisional heads to be reviewed and discussed during divisional presentations.
• Create cost control awareness activities during budget and rolling forecast meetings to prevent unbudgeted expenditures and improve cost efficiencies within the various divisions.
• Consult with relevant manager to review progress against department plans and targets and to identify areas where corrective actions are required to ensure delivery of agreed results.
• Provide financial information in assistance to the compilation of the business cases for future initiatives to ensure profitability and long-term sustainability as well as to identify potential financial risks and opportunities.
• Act as a trusted business partner to various allocated divisions by providing expert finance advice, support, and guidance on commercial business decisions in alignment with the strategy.
• Act as back-up treasury accountant and project accountant as and when required to ensure continues flow of the treasury business processes and functions.
• Make decision about best practice through comparing data from different sources to draw conclusions; using effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions; taking action that is consistent with available facts, constraints, and probable consequences; liaising with management and relevant stakeholders as and when required.
• Identify obstacles and major challenges through continuous review of processes and standards to ensure effective operational alignment to strategic priorities.
• Attend to ad-hoc financial information requirements and queries as requested by the stakeholders to assist with commercial business decisions and in continuation of business and increased productivity.

Self-Management:

• Improve personal capability and professional growth in line with the objectives by discussing development needs and proposed solutions with management.
• Be an effective team member encouraging teamwork and freely sharing knowledge.
• Visibly live the values contributing to the achievement of divisional objectives.
• Manage self in terms of development, delivery, and act as a self-starter.

Transformation and Innovation Management:

• Identify, share, and implement value adding improvement/innovative ideas and solutions contributing to divisional and results.
• Review relevant finance processes and procedures on a continuous basis and provide input to ensure that the most efficient methods are implemented and applied.

Previous Experience:

• 2 – 3 years’ work experience as a Cost and Management Accountant in Financial / Information Technology industry.

Education:

• Essential Qualification - BCom Degree / B-Tech in Accounting.
• Preferred Qualification - Post-graduate (Honours / CTA) Degree in Cost and Management accounting / Accounting / CIMA (Chartered institute for Management Accountants).
• Registrations - Preferred: Accountant Chartered Management Accounting.

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Responsibilities: 

• Typing and formatting documents
• Managing diaries and setting up appointments
• Filing
• Answering phones
• General administration

 Minimum requirements

• Strong Microsoft Office Skills – non-negotiable
• A tertiary education 
• Good and effective communication skills

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 Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to: 

• Sourcing candidates for vacancies
• Posting adverts
• Building a candidate pipeline 
• Typing Candidate CV's 
• Interviewing Candidates
• General administration

 Minimum requirements

• Tertiary education 
• Strong Microsoft Office Skills – non-negotiable
• Working well under pressure
• Good and effective communication skills