Jobs at Deloitte South Africa

• The main purpose of the job is to support the Senior Manager/Associate Director or Director in delivery of services to / at client premises on delegated engagement / project. 
• Focus on the management and delivery of client engagements, as well as sales and practice development.
• Develop high-performing people and teams, leading and supporting them to make an impact that matters, and setting the direction to deliver exceptional client service. 

Specialised Technical Capabilities:

Leads Sustainability Engagements:

•   Ability to increase quality of sustainability engagements by providing data-driven solutions that align with client’s strategic objectives
•   Applies quantitative and qualitative analytical techniques to measure the financial materiality of sustainability risks
•   Develops enabling tools and frameworks to increase the client’s ability to execute on the sustainability strategy
•   Uses a data-driven approach to develop / redesign sustainability governance structures and processes that enable execution and implementation of sustainability strategy
•   Takes an independent view and contributes heavily in developing and challenging the risk assessment and controls testing strategy and designing appropriate audit responses for risks
•   Proactively managers the project plan through efficient use of resources and tracking delivery of assigned tasks, guiding team members’ prioritization
•   Collaborates effectively across Deloitte functions to deliver a seamless audit that is responsive to stakeholder needs
•   Keeps in mind the engagement scope and objectives to effectively plan and conduct risk assessments and controls testing for Sustainability Assurance
•   Leverages proprietary frameworks, standards and guidelines to enhance accuracy, quality, and standardization of non-financial assurance testing for Sustainability Assurance
• Forms Insight-Driven Sustainability Reporting Recommendations:
•   Ability to employ a data-driven approach when designing sustainability reports and assessing the reporting cycle
•   Leverages relevant industry frameworks (e.g. GRI) to develop sustainability reports that are targeted on client’s strategic needs and benchmarked against industry standards
•   Analyzes client’s sustainability reporting cycle (e.g., data collection, communication, response) and identifies gaps with industry leading practices

Technical competencies:

•   External assurance in accordance with appropriate auditing standards
•   Expert in field with sound industry and business knowledge
•   Demonstrated leadership skills
•   Sales skills
•   Proven ability to manage and execute projects
•   Experience in drafting and presenting client proposals
•   Excellent report writing skills
•   Good financial knowledge
•   Sound business acumen
•   Integrated Reporting
•   Performance Auditing
•   Quality Assurance Reviews (QAR)

Behavioral 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
•   Sound problem solving ability

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

Appropriate B. Degree or equivalent in the following fields:

•   Computer Science/ Information Technology
•   Mathematics/ Statistics
•   Environmental sciences
•   Engineering
•   Law
•   Commerce/Accounting/Cost/Auditing/Marketing/Economics
• Professional certification from a recognised professional body relevant for professional practice in the fields outlined above.

Desired qualifications:

• Postgraduate/ Masters’ qualification in a field related to fields per Minimum qualifications above.
• Preferred certifications – IMRSA, Ethics Institute, Sustainability Institute, CA, CIMA or CIIA

Experience:

• 4 – 6 years Internal Audit experience or completion of external audit training contract with experience in business process and internal controls

Experience in

•   Designing and Managing Sustainability Engagements
•   External Reporting
•   External Assurance

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• Are you a sustainability specialist/quant/actuary/scientist/engineer looking to use your skills to solve the biggest problem of our generation? We are looking for you! We are seeking applicants to join our Sustainability team. As well as understanding the challenge that climate change poses to business, you should have a passion for datadriven decision making, and experience of communicating complex problems to technical and nontechnical audiences.
• To support our growing sustainability practice, we are seeking management resource; an integral component of our ability to meet client demand and deliver differentiated services in this area.
• Working within Sustainability Services (a practice that operates as part of Deloitte’s Risk Advisory service line), this role will provide additional depth to complement our sustainability specialists in addition to bringing additional breadth to our capabilities.

In particular, we are looking for applicants with a strong understanding of and/or experience in:

•   Climate risk
•   Decarbonisation strategy, planning and solutions
•   Circular Economy and Responsible Supply Chain
•   Environmental and social impact assessments
•   Strategy
•   Nonfinancial indicator assurance
•   Environmental and Social regulatory environment 

Job Description
Your role

• We support a wide range of South African and global clients on their most pressing sustainability challenges and opportunities through a spectrum of offerings ranging from strategy design to independent assurance.

As a Manager within this service area, you will have responsibility for:

•  Delivering highquality, detailed climate risk assessments, and developing adaptation and mitigation strategies for our clients.
•  Using your indepth knowledge of climate change and decarbonisation to enable you to act in the capacity of ‘trusted advisor’ for senior client stakeholders.
•   Holding and continuing to develop fluent knowledge of climate risk, decarbonisation, and the latest developments in climate impact science.
•   Educating and advising both internal and external stakeholders on climate change, translating complex science into understandable and actionable insight.
•   Providing leadership and mentoring to junior team members and associate resources.
•   Working alongside others on all climate change & sustainability matters and industries to provide expert insight on the impact and interactions of climate change on other sustainability areas.
•   Acting in the capacity of ‘engagement manager’, taking ownership for all aspects of engagement delivery from scoping, programme and team selection through to delivery, risk & quality management and budgetary control.
•   Utilising your subject matter knowledge to lead new business development opportunities, and grow Deloitte’s sustainability offering.
•   Developing strong relationships with internal stakeholders across the firm.

Specialised Technical Capabilities:

To qualify for the role you must have:

•  Experience in risk assessment, particularly quantitative approaches to measuring risk and scenario analysis AND/OR technical knowledge of net zero strategies and decarbonisation planning
•  Strong numerical background in climate science, statistics, actuarial science, engineering, physics, geophysical analysis, or a similar discipline.
•   Understanding of the climate change policy and regulatory landscape as well as wider Environmental, Social and Governance reporting and disclosure
•   Experience in professional services / consultancy in an ‘engagement manager’ capacity OR deep subject matter expertise, such as in climate science, decarbonisation, determining of emissions factors, energy transition, or catastrophe modelling.
•   Proven experience in communicating technical subject matter to a nontechnical audience.
•   Experience managing others, and supporting/mentoring team members.
•  Excellent written and oral business communication skills
•   Excellent data analysis and visualisation skills, comfortable working with large datasets, both in Excel and beyond.
•   A high aptitude for identifying, establishing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders.
•   Ability to combine deep situational expertise offering domain expertise to make tailored recommendations that enable clients’ sustainability agendas
•   Specializes in and builds an internal expert brand within a sustainability service offering (e.g., Resource Excellence, Social Impact, Environment Health and Safety) while maintaining a minimum level of expertise across many areas
•   Leverages an indepth industry knowledge to increase validity of clients’ sustainability issues analyses and enhance impact of recommended solutions

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

• Appropriate B. Degree or equivalent in the following fields:
•   Environmental sciences
•   Engineering
•   Law
•   Commerce/Accounting/Cost/Auditing/Marketing/Economics
•   Computer Science/ Information Technology
•   Mathematics/ Statistics
• Professional certification from a recognised professional body relevant for professional practice in the fields outlined above.

Desired qualifications:

• Postgraduate/ Masters’ qualification in a field related to fields per Minimum qualifications above.
• Preferred certifications – IMRSA, Ethics Institute, Sustainability Institute, IoDSA, CA (SA), ISO Certification /ITIL/TOGAF

Experience:

• 6+ years working experience in a relevant field to Sustainability