Job Vacancies at BDO South Africa

Description

The People & Culture (P&C) Practitioner (FTC) supports, co-ordinates and administers all P&C functions to internal customers. They also provide consulting, advice, coaching, guidance and direction to leaders, line managers and employees in respect of all people management processes, policies and procedures in order to support the business’s vision, mission and overall objectives.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Graduate Recruitment

• Manage and implement the attraction and selection of graduates for traineeships/ internships.
• Marketing and profiling the firm and maintaining a strong brand presence among students via presentations and career exhibitions.
• Implementation of the national graduate recruitment strategy
• Work through university samples, identifying academically sound students with agility and maintaining market share.
• Maintain relationships with key personnel across all universities. 

University Recruitment

• Maintain CTA (B-Com Accounting Honours) market share for KZN region and secure 5-year pipeline.
• Manage 2-year pipeline directly, Honours and 3rd Year Students with guidance to the intern on the recruitment of 1st and 2nd year students.
• Maintain ACI targets.
• Manage bursary spend.
• Conduct Open Days
• Assess competitor actions and develop strategic counter actions in an effort to remain dominant in the commerce field.
• Present Training and Bursary Contract offers to successful candidates.
• Contract maintenance via structured programme of group and individual counselling sessions.
• Schedule academic support and interventions in an effort to assist current graduates.
• Identify opportunities that will differentiate the firm from competitors.
• Adherence to policies and guidelines
• Manage recruitment system.
• Vac work coordination
• Conduct social events with signed student to maintain the relationship.

School Recruitment

• Marketing and profiling the firm to school students via presentations, career expos and career days.
• Maintaining and establishing relationships with school personnel in an effort of targeting and identifying potential candidates for Learnership Contracts, bursaries and vacation work
• Facilitating job shadowing

Reporting

• Completion and Submission of any National / regional reports for EE or bursary spend.
• Assistance with trend analysis with regards to recruitment strategies

Training Contract Management

• Admin Day - Arrangements and Setup
• Admin Team Allocation
• First Year Probation Monitoring and End of Probation Meetings
• Bi- Annual ANA/PDS tracking - ensuring all completed in a timely manner.
• Collating SAICA / IRBA/ Board Courses and Fees Statements - ensuring payment done in line with policy.
• Liaising with National Training Office Admin on TCMS changes / updates
• Updating Study Leave on ESS and informing audit admin of exam dates.
• Ensuring managers attend the necessary assessor / reviewer courses.

Experienced Hire

• Approval Forms are drafted and signed for the recruitment process; together with benchmarking (Bands - A - CU)
• Shortlist and Interview
• Welcome new joiner on day 1

Employee Relations

• Adhere to local and international legislations.
• Identify risks to the business and HR.
• Ensure business follow correct processes when dealing with employees matters.
• Ensure policies are consistently followed by business.

Requirements

Qualifications

• HR Relevant Qualification (postgraduate qualification preferred)

Experience

• 2-3 years’ experience in HR (graduate recruitment preferred)

Competencies: Knowledge and Skills

Behavioural Competencies

• Problem-solving and decision-making aptitude
• Strong ethics and reliability
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

BDO Core Competencies

• Relationships and Collaboration
• Exceptional Client Service
• Business Growth
• Engaging people
• Leadership
• Quality, Risk management and Operational performance

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Description

The Senior Audit Manager oversees and ensures that the project runs efficiently and profitably from inception to sign off, by managing all the relevant stakeholders in accordance with the Firm’s policies and procedures. The Senior Audit Manager further supports the Engagement Partner with clients' commercial management and business development initiatives. 

Reporting to the Audit Partner you will inter alia be responsible for: 

• Business Development 
• Negotiating budgets/fees and overruns for clients once fee base has been agreed with the   partner 
• Managing WIP, write offs, fee queries and debtors 
• Ensure Timeous and accurate billing of clients 
• Accurate and Timeous planning of audits. 
• Management and the Execution of audits. 
• Managing staff movements on and off the job and timeously communicate to all relevant parties. 
• Manage and control staff allocations on audit project. 
• Ensure completion and finalisation of audits 
• Building effective relationships with clients and staff. 
• Ensure Exceptional Client Service. 
• Decide on audit appropriateness of audit opinion by resolving issues which might impact on the audit opinion and ensuring that these are brought to the attention of the engagement partner and documentation thereof. 
• Manage the client and ensure that the project is delivered within the scope agreed on 
• Mentoring trainees 
• Timeous completion of performance reviews

Competencies:

• Strong Technical Ability 
• Extremely high level of attention to detail and analytical and problem-solving abilities. 
• Ability to communicate effectively - Verbally and Written
• Ability to relate to clients at executive level
• Ability to apply sound professional judgment.
• Demonstrate a commitment to self-development and growth through research and attending courses relevant to role.
• Promote teamwork within the Audit Teams
• Strong Planning, organising and control skills

Requirements

Qualifications and Experience:

• CA(SA) 
• A minimum of 4 years post article management experience with long term audit ambitions – partner/director 

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Description:

• Responsible for planning, overseeing and ensuring projects are done on time
• Planning of project resources 
• Assembling the team and staffing requirements 
• Time management 
• Invoicing/billings 
• Ensuring quality and satisfaction  
• Monitoring the progress of projects 
• Reporting and constant communication to the Partners and team 
• Create schedule and timeline. 
• Support and direct team

Requirements:

• Recently graduated
• Coordinating of staff 
• Leading projects 
• Ensuring deadlines are met 
• Managing relationships with Partner and staff 
• Overseeing all incoming and outgoing project documentation 
• Managing large and diverse teams 
• Written and verbal communication skills 
• Ability to multitask. 
• Attention to detail
• Conflict resolution skills 

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Primary Purpose of the Job

The Financial Manager is responsible for the financial deliverables of the department i.e. financial reporting, data analysis, creditor payments etc. The Financial Manager will produce accurate Financial Reports and assist in developing strategies and plans for the long-term financial goals of BDO.  The Financial Manager will ensure that various timelines are strictly met. Adherence to all applicable tax regulations.

Main Duties and Responsibilities 

• To prepare, maintain and review accounting records and financial controls for assigned service lines on an ongoing basis.
• To assist in the preparation of the monthly management accounts including monthly variance analysis and service line query resolution.
• To present these management accounts to senior leadership
• To oversee the accounting records and financial control adherence and implementation of new controls of assigned service lines and to liaise with the Business Unit Heads.
• Review assigned service lines’ monthly work in progress and debtors for reasonability.
• Assist in the preparation and review of the annual financial statements and consolidations where applicable including IFRS disclosures for the assigned company.
• Review the work of accountants and bookkeepers and assist with problem-solving where required.
• Process ad hoc journals.
• Process and management of Statucor debtors
• Review and release weekly and monthly payments of service line.
• Review salary variances for reasonability and release salary payments of service line.
• Prepare ad hoc reconciliations.
• Facilitate the budget process for assigned service lines.
• Process monthly consolidation and elimination entries where applicable.
• Assisting with tax submissions and compliance matters.
• Review monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
• Review monthly balance sheet and income statement.
• Ensure intercompany loan accounts are agreed and balanced on monthly basis.
• Assist in the preparation of annual income tax and deferred tax calculations and 6 monthly tax estimates, consult with tax compliance to ensure deadlines are met.
• Assist in ad hoc projects as and when required.

Requirements 

Qualifications, Recognition of Prior Learning, Work Experience, and Knowledge  

• Qualifications/Recognition of Prior Learning equivalent
• BCom Accounting Sciences degree
• BCom Hons CTA (would be advantageous)

Work Experience

• 10 – 12 years’ experience within a management role

Knowledge

• Professional Services experience advantageous
• Fundamental understanding of business operation 
• Competencies: Technical & Behavioural

Technical Competencies

• Accurate and detail orientated
• Proficient using Microsoft Excel
• Experience with Maconomy (advantageous)

Behavioural Competencies

• Good analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work as a team member
• Good oral and written communication skills 

BDO Core Competencies

• Relationships and Collaboration
• Exceptional Client Service
• Business Growth
• Engaging people
• Leadership
• Quality, Risk management and Operational performance

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Description

The Business Services Outsourcing (BSO) Operations Coordinator provides project management and operational support to Regional Lead Partners and teams in the BSO practice by using and managing administrative resources, systems, procedures, and policies to execute, manage, monitor, and complete regional and office-specific initiatives.

Manages The BSO Regional Practice Operations, including:

• Compiling regional practice financial reports and metrics using firm financial system information.
• Working with Practice Partners and office leaders to research and investigate financial metric variances and provide insights to the practice partner.
• Coordinates employee welfare initiatives and the employee recognition program.
• Coordinates invoicing and reserve management for work in progress as well as accounts receivable support and resolution.
• Manage and liaise with Management regarding WIP and debtors management
• Processes and or Coordinates accounts payable and expense reports.
• Provides comprehensive operational support of National initiatives and processes.
• Stays abreast of and prepare comprehensive communication of notable events taking place in the region through various channels.
• Manage client onboarding administration and processes
• Perform review of the client onboarding and contract renewal activities performed by the compliance administration team and co-ordinate sign off accordingly.
• Serves as a back-up for client onboarding and contract renewal activities.
• Assists client facing team with ensuring compliance in engagement policies and procedures.
• Assists with monitoring, maintaining, and improving data quality of the various BSO client databases.
• Supports resource management efforts.
• Coordinates travel arrangements as required.
• Produces a variety of materials including but not limited to letters, memoranda, interoffice communications, confidential presentations, and reports.
• Accurately records minutes from meetings and tracks follow-up actions using various software, including word processing, spreadsheets, presentation, and project management software.
• Schedules and prepares agenda and materials for weekly or monthly management and leadership meetings.
• Coordinate training and other events as required.
• Participate in proposal and presentation coordination and processing, including working with the Sales Enablement and Business Development team from planning to production of proposal materials through oral presentation deliverables.
• Coordinates tasks, by leveraging the administrative portal, offshore operations coordinators, administrative resources, and systems where available.
• Coordination of our National client performance measures (NPS)
• Prioritizes and works independently or with minimal supervision.
• Other duties as required may include but not limited to assisting management with a variety of administrative tasks and project support.

Requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or six more years work experience in a professional services environment, required.

Experience

• Three (3) or more years of Industry related experience within the professional services industry, required.
• Experience displaying a high degree of professionalism in dealing with diverse groups of people, including leadership at all levels, required.
• Experience completing a high volume of tasks and projects with little or no guidance, required.
• Experience make sound judgement with the appropriate levels of urgency to situations and events that require quick response or turnaround, required.
• Experience successfully coordinating projects, workstreams and milestones including tracking, status and reporting.

Software

• Proficient in the use of Windows and Microsoft Office Suite, strong skills required for Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, Sharepoint, Teams and OneDrive required.
• CRM experience preferred.
• Experience with Maconomy would be preferred.
• Experience with Resource Scheduling tools, Preferred.