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Your Key Responsibilities
Everything you do will lead to providing definitive auditing services that the capital markets and the client can rely upon. You will analyze financial statements, annual reports and annual general meetings for our clients to ensure that there are no breach of auditing standards. You will help our clients respond better to reporting and auditing issues within their businesses.

Skills And Attributes For Success

• Identifying potential audit issues or unusual trends in financial statements with detailed analytical trend analysis
• Demonstrating your professionalism while working in clients’ environments and providing exceptional service
• Operating effectively in a regulated environment, with a focus on protecting the capital markets and the investing public
• Having a genuine passion for protecting the financial markets via audit procedures auditing, and the resilience to prioritize and adapt in a demanding, fast-moving, constantly changing environment

To qualify for the role you must have

• Bcom Honours
• Around 1-2 years’ post article experience as an accountant or auditor in the Assurance Space
• Excellent critical thinking and analysis skills, and the confidence to identify and resolve problems 
• A proven record of excellence in communication and negotiation, supported by the technical writing skills to translate data into compelling stories and meaningful insights.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Qualified CA(SA)

What We Look For
We are most interested in people who are naturally curious and ready to work on audit engagements. We are looking for a sociable and outgoing professional who enjoys working with others and building relationships with both colleagues and clients. A goal-oriented senior manager who can implement business strategies with the ambition to strive for excellent service. Furthermore, we need a structured individual with good analytical skills and a genuine interest in accounting and auditing. In return, you can expect the support of colleagues, as well the industry-recognized training you’ll need to grow in your career.

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As a Senior within the Strategy and Transaction team, you'll participate in due diligence engagements related to transactions involving private equity investor groups and strategic corporate buyers, you'll analyse the financial and operational results of companies targeted for sale by reviewing accounting records and participating in interviews with management. You'll make technical contributions to valuation client engagements and internal projects. You will contribute technically to modelling engagements. You'll also develop the ability to build a cash flow financial model and be able to contribute to the drafting of the financial sections of tender documentation. You'll work effectively as a team member by demonstrating your commitment to quality, sharing responsibility, providing support, maintaining communication and updating senior team members on progress.

Client Responsibilities

Your key responsibilities will include preparing the analyses of historical and pro forma financial information to assess trends and fluctuations that may impact cash flow requirements and deal valuation, perform industry and company research utilizing online tools and publicly available information. You will assist in researching technical accounting issues to evaluate implications on transaction valuation and structuring. Assist in preparing reports and schedules that will be delivered to clients and other parties. You’ll also be responsible for conducting performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback for staff, contribute to people initiatives, including recruiting and retaining Transaction Support professionals. You’ll maintain an educational program to develop personal skills on an ongoing basis, understand and follow workplace policies and procedures.

 Skills and Attributes for success

•  Knowledge of IFRS
•  Excellent analytical and interpersonal abilities
•  Ability to work well within a team
•  Effective written and verbal communication
•  Strong work initiative and the ability to adapt to new challenges and ideas 

 To qualify for the role, you must have

• Around 1 - 2 years’ experience in a Corporate Finance Environment
• Qualified CA (passed Part 1 and 2 of the Board Exam) or is theoretically qualified and in the process of completing articles
• Strong academic record including a degree 

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Client responsibilities 

• Understand our service offerings and actively identify opportunities to better serve clients
• Build strong internal relationships within Assurance and across other services
• Application of complex risk management policies and procedures on engagements with an understanding of global and local independence rules
• Maximize operational efficiency with a focus on key performance drivers and improve operating practices by leading the implementation of all new audit solutions and enablers
• Enhance EY’s brand positioning through strong external relationships across a network of existing and future clients
• Provide strategic and relevant insight, connectedness and responsiveness to all clients that anticipates their needs  

Qualifications and Experience

• CA(SA)
• Thorough knowledge of current auditing techniques
• Experience of the entire audit process
• Familiarity with IFRS and local GAAP
• Detailed understanding of risk-based auditing and risk and control strategies
• Understanding of Quality & Risk Management procedures
• Compliance with regulatory requirements
• Banking and financial services auditing experience
• Financial services auditing experience
• 1 - 3 years post articles Audit experience

Technical skills requirements

• Thorough knowledge of current auditing techniques
• Five years to eight years of relevant work experience preferred
• Experience of the entire audit process
• Understanding of IFRS and local GAAP
• Detailed understanding of risk-based auditing and risk and control strategies
• Understanding of Quality & Risk Management (Q&RM) procedures
• Compliance with and understanding of regulatory requirements

Additional skills requirements

• Track record with a blue-chip audit firm
• Professional accountancy qualification
• Strong academic record including a degree

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Your key responsibilities

The nature of this role means no two projects will be the same. That means you’ll need to think on your feet and challenge existing practices to develop answers to complex issues. You’ll also be collaborating with colleagues across multiple service lines and disciplines to provide our clients with integrated solution, so a key part of your role will be to build relationships and develop talent. In a modern hybrid working environment supported by cutting-edge technology, travel and on-site work will still be required from time-to-time as you will be meeting with key clients and overseeing engagement teams.

Skills and attributes for success

The successful candidate will have extensive experience in ESG audit and assurance as this will be a large focus of their role, though there will be significant opportunities to contribute to the broader sustainability services that we offer to our clients, spanning climate change and ESG advisory, non-financial reporting, more traditional EHS assessments and outcomes measurement.

• Excellent audit skills and experience at a senior manager level (>5 years post-articles, >2 years at a senior management level)
• Experience leading large, complex / multi-location engagements across a range of industries, experience in the extractive and financial sectors would be advantageous
• Extensive experience in performing / leading ESG assurance engagements in a medium / large audit firm in accordance with ISAE  3000 (Revised), with a strong technical understanding of ESG issues and metrics/ KPIs and good practice frameworks such as GRI
• Collaborating with partners & clients to influence their approach to ESG and integration into their business strategy, balancing risk and client expectations
• Understanding of the key sustainability (e.g. environmental, health & safety, energy, carbon management, etc.) issues and drivers and how they link to business and long-term value creation
• Ensuring our Engagement team thoroughly understands our clients’ unique needs, ambitions and expectations
• Building relationships with colleagues across multiple service lines to provide a seamless integrated service
• Managing performance and identifying opportunities to improve our products and processes
• Experience in supervising, developing and performance managing talent
• Commercial and leadership skills combined with entrepreneurial mind set.

To qualify for the role you must have

• A CA(SA) with an audit focus
• Strong technical writing skills and advanced risk management knowledge
• A passion for sustainability with a proven track record in sustainability assurance
• An understanding of the marketplace, as well as commonly used terminology, processes and tools and the confidence and ability to research and resolve emerging client issues, regulations, frameworks and guidelines
• A proven record of excellence when managing, mentoring and improving a team of high-performing colleagues

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Specific expertise in the one of the ESG dimensions
• Specific experience in integrated reporting
• Advanced certifications   
• Business development experience

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Qualifications

You’ll help our clients meet their reporting requirements by providing an objective and independent examination of their financial statements. In addition, you will conduct timely and constructive discussions with the management on accounting and reporting matters and provide a robust and clear perspective to audit committees. In doing so, you play an important role in providing services to clients such as responding to regulatory reforms, managing capital life cycle and improving business operations.

Skills and attributes for success

• Work effectively as a team member, sharing responsibility, providing support, maintaining communication and updating team members on progress  
• Contribute ideas/opinions to the assurance teams and listen/respond to other assurance team members' views 
• Demonstrate professionalism and competence in the audit client's environment. 
• Integrity within a professional environment 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills 

To qualify for the role you must have

• CA(SA) with no more than 6 -8 years of post-articles experience
• Strong leadership abilities
• Preferably with client experience from:
• Consumer Products & Retail 
• Automotive

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Strong analytical skills 
• Good project management skills 

What we look for

Highly motivated individuals with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to prioritize shifting workloads in a rapidly changing industry. An effective communicator, you’ll be a confident team player that collaborates with people from various teams while looking to develop your career in a dynamic organization.  

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Job Summary:

To support the Quality Enablement Leader with execution of all aspects of the function including:

• Implementation & ensuring operating effectiveness of all projects aimed at enhancing consistent, high quality audits across Africa
• monitoring of Audit Quality Indicators aimed at pro-actively managing audit quality & performing implementation testing on engagement files to assess implementation & quality action plan efforts risk oversight activities

Essential Functions of the Job:

• Participate as part of the extended QEL Network across all Geographies in Africa.
• Manage the execution of implementation & quality action plan testing.
• Use state of the art technologies, visualizations & artificial intelligence, to analyse and interpret Audit Quality Information & use insights to engage with audit teams for timely correction.
• Perform archive administration and monitoring.
• Support the firms’ efforts to improve the pacing of audits incl. implementation & monitoring of Canvas Milestones.
• Project Manage the execution of actions resulting from all quality meetings.
• Prepare extracts of QEL communications.
• Participate in Key Findings Reviews; or other risk oversight activities.
• Support the QEL to Finalise ISQM documentation for all QEL processes, implement & monitor related controls.
• Coaching support on audit engagements.

Knowledge and Skills Requirements:

• Strong technical and working / practical knowledge of EY GAM and EY Policy.
• Strong oral and written communication skills and the ability to work effectively with multiple stakeholders across the organisation at all levels.
• Skilled in Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Good organization and co-ordination skills required.
• Ability to demonstrate strong project management and time management skills.
• Ability to demonstrate a high level of flexibility and adaptability.

Supervision Responsibilities:

• Will supervise teams of staff / trainees in performing implementation testing.

Other Requirements:

• May require occasional travel, both domestic and international.
• Proficient in English, both written and verbal.

Experience:

• Completed articles at EY.

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Your key responsibilities

This is a leadership role guiding clients on their IT vision, strategy, architecture and cloud transformation roadmap as they embark on and build their cloud journey. Most of your time will be spent embedded with our clients’ team and we’ll look to you to provide them with a unique business perspective on how they must continue to innovate and remain competitive with cloud technologies in this ever-changing industry.

Skills and attributes for success

Build long-term relationships with key client decision makers which are based on mutual respect; act as a trusted advisor to key decision makers. Engage customers to gain trusted-advisor status with the CIO / CTO and other CXO-level executives of large enterprises in South Africa and offer innovative services around Cloud Architecture, Enterprise Application Landscape Architecture and Optimization, Infrastructure Reengineering and overall optimization and enhanced realization of ROI on IT investments. Be a thought leader on Enterprise IT adoption/strategies and on adoption of state of the art technology trends and emerging design patterns. Should be able to represent the firm in leading conferences/forums on Information Technology issues and trends. Anticipate clients’ Technology needs well beyond current engagements, adding value to the clients’ long-term business. Advise on establishing a cloud operating model including setting up a customer CoE, cloud operations, change management and governance.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Bachelor's degree ideally in technology (Business with MIS, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems)
• Proven track record of successful delivery of large engagements in area of Technology Transformation.
• Experience in building, leading and coaching teams in order to achieve business objectives.
• Ability to provide strategic leadership; with good decision-making, planning and organizational skills.
• Substantial experience in technology leadership roles at a consulting/professional services company, cloud provider or customer environment in Enterprise solutions.
• Extensive experience of IT strategy and Enterprise Architecture and most recently in context of migrations to hybrid and public cloud.
• Experience using frameworks/methodologies to assess and recommend application migration approaches and cloud platform options.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Results orientated and performance driven approach.
• Relevant Enterprise Architecture Certifications in TOGAF, ITIL or similar.
• Relevant cloud Certifications with a major cloud provider such as Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Cloud Practitioner, Google Professional Cloud Architect.
• Experience in governance and people/skills/culture change management associated with a typical cloud transformation project.
• Leading and inspiring teams (directly or indirectly) on key technologies and best practices.
• Engagement with Enterprise customers across multiple countries and industries in a broader region responsibility.

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As the technical expert, anticipate and identify risks and be the primary reviewer to ensure work is properly executed, documented and concluded in compliance with our Quality & Risk Management (Q&RM) guidelines. Help create a positive learning culture, coaching and counselling staff to help them develop themselves.

Responsibilities, Qualifications, Certifications

Key Responsibilities

• Working effectively as a leader, team member, giving guidance, providing support, maintaining open communication channels;
• Proactively keeping managers and senior managers up to date on engagement status;
• Review deliverables;
• Present and deliver work products to clients;
• Build strong internal relationships within the compliance and reporting team and across other services and regions;
• Coach, mentor and develop junior staff members;
• Contribute to the business achieving its metrics;
• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with client personnel; and
• Ensuring all team members are adequately planned on client engagements.

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• CA (SA) – SAICA, SAIPA or equivalent relevant experience
• 3 years minimum practical accounting, tax and/or auditing experience
• Proven experience in delivering accounting and tax services to clients
• Commercial, legislative and industry knowledge
• Ability to apply our global compliance process and tools + Q&RM procedures
• Strong Knowledge of IFRS and accounting principles
• Experience and exposure to ERP systems; preferably Oracle
• Project management skills
• Proven ability to manage and lead self + others, as well as to effectively manage deadlines
• "Can do" or winning mind set; team player

What we look for:

We are looking for a trusted business advisor who appreciates a collaborative culture by nurturing team members through mentoring and coaching, knowledge sharing and adapting relevant ideas from previous projects or experiences. We are interested in a specialist with a strong commitment to professional and client service excellence who comes from a consulting background and exudes strong communication, presentation and influencing skills

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Minimum Requirements:

• CA(SA) with preferably Training Officer Experience to drive compliance with the SAICA Training Regulations
• Preferably a Registered SAICA Assessor
• Senior Manager or Associate Director
• CA (SA)

Responsibilities will include:

Communications

• Monitor the SAICA shared mailbox and support trainees by responding to their queries and providing guidance with their 3 years article requirements to achieve their CA(SA) trainee program
• Develop all communications to trainees, managers and assessors, including when TSRs/PSRs/LORs are due, ANA/PDA deadlines etc. and other pertinent information including CA 2025 training program
• Develop all communications to trainees and managers regarding professional exams ie ITC and APC.

LTS (second years and third years)

• Monitor LTS for all late submissions and sign offs of trainees, reviewers, counsellors and assessors

New Electronic Assessment Tool - EAT (first years)

• Monitor LOR and PDA for all late submissions and sign offs of trainees, reviewers, counsellors and assessors

Training

• Stay abreast of the Responsibilities of the Training Officer, as per the SAICA Training Regulations
• With L&D, diarise all LTS/EAT training events for trainees, reviewers, counsellors and assessors
• Preparation and distribution of training material (LTS/EAT and Ethics training)
• Facilitate training of LTS/EAT for Trainees, Reviewers, Counsellors and Assessors and the Ethics training for trainees
• Create all simulations with L&D and mark all simulations with the assistance of managers

Registered assessors

• Allocate trainees between registered assessors
• Review a sample of assessors to ensure quality of ANAs and PDAs
• Conduct in-house training for managers to become Registered Assessors

Professional exams

• Manage the relationship between SAICA and the board course service providers/vendors regarding professional exams including payment – EY specific programs
• Responsible for the analysis of all professional exams results for both ITC and APC

Other

• Continuous updates to the generic training plans for both SAICA 2016 curriculum and the CA 2025 programme
• Ensure that the share drive is kept updated with all the current SAICA documents
• Full accountability and responsibility covering the SAICA training office role as envisaged in the SAICA Training Regulation guidelines and supplemented by EY specific initiatives
• Facilitate and prepare all supporting documentation for the various SAICA office visit reviews – perform a root cause analysis on the SAICA report and implement action plan to address findings
• Responsible for the preparation of monthly LTS/EAT reports to be shared with trainees, managers,  STO regional champions, Talent managers ,TELs etc
• Responsible for tracking the supervisors that are at risk of not being signed off – co-ordination with talent managers, counsellors and resource managers on an appropriate development plan
• Co-ordination of monthly meeting with Talent managers and STO regional champions
• Co-ordination of weekly STO meeting with Training officer and STO support team
• Represent EY at SAICA meetings related to training program
• Manage and oversee the Training office team (currently 3 staff)

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The ideal candidate needs to have a proven track record on managing multiple clients/projects at once, whilst supporting the development of market leading solutions and supporting our go-to-market activities. The person further needs 10+ years of experience in managing teams in executing across complex heterogeneous technology solution offerings.

Role: To manage client portfolios relating to the design, development and implementation of emerging technology solutions, both in South Africa and abroad. Typically these solutions will include cloud services, micro services, data mesh integrations and off the shelve EY solutions to fast track delivery. A consulting background preferable, with an understanding of business and operational processes. The key requirement of this role will be the ability to understand and unpack a client’s requirements and design an appropriate solution and architecture to meet the brief, while at the same time managing the client relationship, expectations, risks and progress against milestones.

Skills and attributes for success:

Technology solutions skills

• Delivering technology strategy, governance and practical execution-ready architecture for our clients
• Knowledge of security requirements across geographies and how to manage that through appropriate cloud, on prem and hybrid architectures
• Define and implement solutions that use new and emerging platforms such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform.
• Familiarity with Microservice and data mesh architectures
• Experience in Agile software delivery frameworks and DevOps processes

Technical skills

• Modern programming languages
• Low code platforms
• DevOps tools
• Cloud services

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• Relevant degree or similar qualification in Information Technology, Engineering, Mathematics.

Ideally, you’ll also have experience in:

• Past software development experience
• A hunger to stay abreast of the latest technologies and concepts
• A passion for teaching and mentoring
• International and / or consulting experience would be beneficial