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• The Africa Assurance Innovation and Digital Data Delivery Manager (“DDM”) will play a key role in the Innovation and Digital team.  The DDM will be responsible for managing the overall delivery of the digital solutions that are on offer from the Innovation and Digital Team for a portfolio of audit clients.  
• The DDM will also be fundamental in achieving the overall strategy of the Data and Intelligence Delivery Centre of Excellence.
• The Go to Markets (GTM) Lead will be responsible to building the bridge between our clients and the EY Assurance digital offerings through our Go to Markets initiatives.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Manage the delivery of the digital solutions that are on offer from the Innovation and Digital Team for a portfolio of clients.
• Challenge the audit engagement team for the allocated portfolio of clients to generate the right demand for digital solutions, based on tools that will support the execution of the audit and the sharing of client insights with the audit client.
• Understand the full spectrum of digital solutions offered at a level which allows an establishment whether it is a good fit for the audit engagement team and when to escalate tool usage to the Implementation Team.
• Proactively engage with each audit engagement team early on in the client’s financial year to establish the data support plan.
• Through discussion with the audit team, help define project scope, goals and deliverables.
• Define the timing, tasks and required resources for the SA DD support request.
• Deep dive into data complexities and problem solve with data analyst, client and audit teams.
• Work with the audit team to understand the data landscape.
• Manage budget throughout the life of the data support so that overruns are identified early and charged appropriately.
• Grow, manage and enable junior DDM’s.
• Track deliverables and escalate blockages or changes in expected completion timelines according to the established escalation protocols.
• Identify shortfalls in the digital solutions that are on offer and share that with the product owners for resolution.
• Participate in solution design sessions to assist the Data and Intelligence Delivery and Centre of Excellence Leader to make the delivery process more effective and efficient.
• Implement and manage change when necessary to meet the delivery timelines.
• Evaluate and assess result of deliveries in order to deliver a summary of success or challenges to key stakeholders.
• Assist with operational management tasks for the South Africa Data and Intelligence delivery centre
• Manage the Go to Market initiatives with the GTM team and focus on building the bridge between our clients and the EY Assurance digital offering.
• Lead Go to Markets team through weekly meetings, ongoing project tracking, and proactive management key GTM initiatives, ensuring alignment with broader business priorities.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Creative Services, and internal stakeholders to amplify Go to Market messaging and ensure cohesive representation of the Innovation and Digital strategy.

Required Skills and Experiences:

• Newly qualified CAs with an understanding of audit and data
• Strong desire to help and collaborate with the teams and leadership to enhance quality
• Strong risk management skills
• Demonstrates commitment in closing out key deliverables
• Integrity and objectivity and the courage to raise concerns 
• Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to identify and manage potential conflict
• Strong people and teaming skills with a commitment to the firm’s diversity and inclusiveness efforts
• Strong project management skills
• Creative thinker and problem solver
   

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• As a Senior Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in helping clients unlock value, manage risk, and navigate the tax implications of their most strategic decisions. You’ll collaborate closely with senior leaders and some of the most recognised tax minds in the profession - while developing the next generation of high-performing professionals around you.

The opportunity

• EY’s Transaction Tax practice is growing rapidly, supporting a dynamic market where tax is increasingly central to deal strategy and execution.
• You’ll be part of a team that advises on all stages of the transaction lifecycle – from due diligence and structuring, to post-deal integration and internal reorganisations. The role offers exceptional breadth and visibility, working across sectors and borders, often on landmark deals shaping South Africa’s economic landscape.

Your key responsibilities

• Lead complex engagements across buy-side and sell-side transactions for both corporate and private equity clients.
• Advise on structuring, diligence, and modelling, providing commercially focused tax insights and identifying value opportunities.
• Review transaction documentation (including sale agreements, merger terms, and financing structures) and provide technical input on tax exposures and mitigations.
• Collaborate with cross-border teams, coordinating global advice and integrating international tax considerations.
• Coach and develop your team, ensuring technical excellence and high-quality client delivery.
• Contribute to business development and thought leadership by staying across emerging trends in corporate and international tax.

Skills and attributes for success

• Proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams and manage complex engagements.
• Strong technical knowledge of corporate and transaction tax, including restructurings and M&A-related issues.
• Deep understanding of South African tax legislation, and awareness of international principles impacting cross-border deals.
• Strong analytical, writing, and presentation skills with the ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and persuasively.
• Commercial acumen and the ability to build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• CA(SA), Admitted Attorney, or equivalent professional qualification.
• Relevant experience in corporate, M&A or transaction tax within a law firm, professional services or in-house advisory environment.
• Demonstrated experience in tax due diligence, deal structuring, and post-acquisition planning.
• Proven experience managing budgets, projects, and people.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience advising private equity and multinational clients.
• Exposure to cross-border tax structuring or international tax planning.
• A passion for mentoring, developing talent, and sharing technical knowledge.
   

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Minimum Requirements for the Role:

• Years of Experience Required: Minimum of 2 years of Capital Markets experience.

Skills Required:

• Independent self-starter.
• Attention to detail with an understanding of the bigger picture.
• Experience in both debt and equity transactions.

Debt Transaction Experience:

• Commercial Paper issuances within the South African market.
• Issuances by Securitization vehicles.
• Listing of debt on international exchanges, including Euro Medium Term Programmes.

Equity Transaction Experience:

• Listings on the JSE Limited.
• Category 1 acquisitions and/or disposals on the JSE Limited.
• Periodic reporting experience related to pro forma financial information as per the JSE Listings Requirements.
• Knowledge of the other three South African stock exchanges and their Listings Requirements.
• Comfort letter experience for debt and/or equity transactions.

Qualifications Required:

• An honours degree in accounting.
• CA(SA) qualification is beneficial but not mandatory, with 4–7 years post-articles experience in auditing,
• Previous Industry Exposure: 2 years within the debt and/or equity markets.
• Previous Consulting Experience: Not required.

Core Purpose and Responsibilities:

• Core Purpose: To support the Assurance business with JSE related matters and provide support within Africa.
• Important Responsibilities: Prioritization and management of work while maintaining quality across multiple engagements.
• Challenges and Problems to Solve: Balancing workload and quality control in a dynamic environment.
• Learning Opportunities: Development of new skills related to the JSE Listings Requirements, local and international debt listings, and comfort letter experience.

Preferred Previous Employment:

• Candidates should have experience working in an auditing firm.

Business Dynamics:

• The capital markets environment is dynamic, with continuous involvement in new and exciting projects.

Opportunity and Vacancy Origin:

• This role offers a highly specialized field with global exposure. The vacancy has arisen due to natural attrition and business growth.

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Role Overview:

• We are looking for a digitally savvy Social Media coordinator, with skills in Digital Account-Based Marketing (ABM). This role combines the creativity, digital automation marketing, analytics and key stakeholder management. You will manage our social media calendar and channels, and tech which they run i.e. Hootsuite, coodinate and prepare short and longer social activations with the project team/s, advise BMC on social listening and the latest tools needed for this; provide regular reporting on platform and campaign performance; advise and run paid LinkedIn activations business, products and our spokespeople. Our channels include LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook (and TikTok in time). You will work closely with our Digital Manager who runs ey.com; and report to the Head of Communications.

Role Detail

• Social Media
• Support conceptualisation and planning of social activations
• Brief creative compotents to the relevant team
• Write copy where relevant
• Collaborate on activations, copywriting and creative components where relevant
• Work with marketing automation to support digital account based marketing
• Support the executation of paid campaigns via LinkedIn
• Maintain the social media calendar
• Apply SEO and AIO (AI-driven optimisation) techniques to improve content discoverability and engagement, and work with BMC to ensure keywords are driven end-to-end through content.

Your impact will be felt because you successfully:

Ensure continued visibility, in the right places online, for our:

• Spokespeople for the business
• Client servicing partners for our key accounts/clients
• Events
• Reports and thought-leadership articles
• Manage multiple paid LinkedIn campaigns simultaneously, optimising for engagement, reach, and conversions
• Oversee content workflow, and stakeholder approvals to ensure consistent, high-quality output
• Provide actionable reporting insights and datapoints to refine targeting, messaging, and content formats.

Analytical/Decision Making Responsibilities:

• Manages the demand for projects and prioritizes accordingly
• Manages projects from start to finish, including project management and stakeholder management
• Balances competing priorities and multiple projects
• Deals with a range of senior stakeholders with varying perspectives
• Willing to challenge the status quo using appropriate diplomacy

Knowledge and Skill Requirements

• Good grammar and attention to detail
• Proven ability to run multiple paid LinkedIn campaigns concurrently, with strong targeting, reporting, and optimisation skills.
• Understanding of Account-Based Marketing principles and execution (1:1, 1:few, 1:many).
• Experience with Marketo (or a similar marketing automation platform) integrated with a CRM for lead nurturing and campaign management.
• Expertise in social media strategy, content creation, and community engagement for professional audiences.
• Strong command of SEO, AIO, and digital performance analytics.
• Solid understanding of paid media strategy and analytics (LinkedIn Campaign Manager, Google Ads.).
• Data-driven mindset, comfortable interpreting campaign metrics and optimising for performance.

Behavioural Requirements

• Can influence and build relationships
• Can plan, organise and project manage multiple campaigns
• Brings innovative ideas to the team
• Takes initiative and is proactive in a fast-paced and highly challenging environment
• Collaborate team player, enthusiastic, go-getter attitude, strives for excellence, energetic, confident

Education:

Some or all of the following:

• Social media training
• Communications qualification
• Marketo Certified (or similar) (or other marketing automation platforms like HubSpot)
• LinkedIn Marketing Solutions Certification ( or proven experience)– for paid campaign expertise
• Google Analytics / Google Ads – for measurement and campaign optimisation

Other Notes

• Formal degree isn’t strictly necessary if the candidate has proven experience running social media, ABM campaigns, multiple paid LinkedIn campaigns, and social media strategy.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English are a must.
• Bonus: data analytics or digital tools for campaign performance and AI-driven optimisation.

Experience:

• 3 - 4 years, with at least 2–3 years in ABM and paid campaign management (particularly LinkedIn).
• Experience working in a professional services firm
• Connected to and experience in working with Influencers.