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EY exists to build a better working world, helping create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets. Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate. Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax an...
Qualifications
With a wide variety of clients across systems, sectors and geographies, you’ll be using a combination of manual processes, automated scripts and macros to extract transform and load data into the core digital analytical tools to agreed SLA targets. And participate in the Data Delivery centre learning and sharing initiatives to leverage from the EMEIA and Global data delivery and digital solution networks. In addition, you’ll reactively and proactively support projects related to driving demand from the assurance business and improving service delivery from the Data Delivery Centre.
Skills and attributes for success
Adept at queries, report writing and presenting findings
Demonstrate strong project management and team management skills
Demonstrate good problem solving and interpersonal skills
Deadline oriented and able to prioritise own work
Customer centric solution mindset
Ability to work in an ambiguous environment
To qualify for the role, you must have
Preferred degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics, Information Management or Statistics or equivalent
Minimum 2-3 years working experience as a data analyst or business data analyst
Strong understanding of IT environments, IT security, networking and server architecture
Strong knowledge of and experience with reporting packages (Business Objects, etc.), databases (SQL. etc.), programming (XML, Javascript, or ETL frameworks)
Strong working experience in one or more ERP’s e.g. SAP, Oracle, MS Navision, SAGE, AccPac etc. and associated ETL tools
Working experience in SpotFire, PowerBi, Python and Alteryx
Ideally, you’ll also have
knowledge of auditing standards and experience as an auditor
Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyse, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy
Experience in external audit or in a professional services firm will be a positive
What we look for
We’re interested in highly motivated people who demonstrate a truly global mind-set and are inspired by the chance to really push boundaries and make the absolute most of every opportunity. An effective communicator, you’ll be a confident team player equipped with strong people management skills and a genuine passion to make things happen in a dynamic organization.
What working at EY offers
We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business.
Plus, we offer:
The opportunity to manage a portfolio of talent within a designated service line
A collaborative environment where everyone works together to create a better working world
Excellent training and development prospects, both through established programs and on-the-job training
An excellent team of senior colleagues dedicated to managing and varying your workload
About EY
As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we hire and develop the most passionate people in their field to help build a better working world. This starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. So that whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime.
Qualifications:
With a wide variety of clients across geographies, sectors, and systems you will be required to conceptualise, analyse, design, and deliver data analytical solutions to support our audit teams responding to challenging problem statements. Depending on the situation this will be done by yourself, working as part of team, working as part of a multidisciplinary team across our Europe Middle East India and Africa (EMEIA) region or leveraging existing solutions that our global teams have developed. Effective data analytics or solutions will in many cases require you to work with and leverage specialists in the broader Africa Assurance Innovation and Digital team e.g. Automation, Process Mining, Data Delivery, Go-to-Market, or Implementation.
To be effective in your role delivering on client engagements will require an understanding of client’s relevant businesses and being able to manage relationships with clients and audit team representatives. As part of our EMEIA region you will need to build relationships and collaborate with our colleagues across the different regions in EMEIA. You’ll create and embed new process and knowledge into standardised, repetitive, re-usable processes. In doing so, you’ll stay abreast of developments in EY’s digital solutions and developments in the market. You should promote the use of these throughout the Assurance business and contribute to the EMEIA area network by sharing innovation solutions. Ultimately you will need to build a repertoire of data analytics solutions that can be used globally across our different clients.
Finally, as part of the Innovation team you will be required to proactively seek out learning opportunities to contribute to the advancement of the business.
Skills and attribute for success
Customer centric solution mindset
Strong analytical skills and logical thinking is a mandatory requirement
Excellent written and oral communication skills and fluency in written and spoken English
Ability to present yourself in a competent and professional manner to clients always
Active participation and proactive attitude to service delivery
Ability to prioritise competing responsibilities
Demonstrate lateral thinking skills
Demonstrate a broad approach to problem solving
Ability to work efficiently and meet all deadlines
Ability to support management and junior staff
Ability to work efficiently in teams
Show enthusiasm towards learning
Ability to pay attention to detail
Independent, self-motivator
To qualify for the role, you must have
Preferred degree in Mathematics, Engineering, Economics, Computer Science, Information Management or Statistics or equivalent
Minimum 3 years working experience in data analytics or business intelligence or related
Understanding of the use of information communication technology (ICT) in enabling businesses and production of financial statements
Have business acumen and the ability to design analytical solutions to business problems
Understand business processes and how to analyse from a data point of view
Understand different database types (relational databases/NoSQL etc.) and the ability to analyse relationships between data
Have experience with writing and analysing data using analytical toolsets and or related languages
Have the ability to absorb and learn new technologies as determined by our changing business and client’s requirements
Should be able to understand the fundamentals of programming
Experience and understanding of how to visualise data to answer specific questions
Be proficient in Excel, Word, Access, and PowerPoint
Ideally, you’ll also have
Experience working for a professional services firm
Experience working with external audit
Understand of basic business processes, financial statement close process and related systems
What we look for
We’re interested in highly motivated people who demonstrate a truly global mind-set and are inspired by the chance to really push boundaries and make the absolute most of every opportunity. An effective communicator, you’ll be a confident team player equipped with strong people management skills and a genuine passion to make things happen in a dynamic organisation.
What working at EY offers
We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognised for the value you bring to our business.
Plus, we offer
The opportunity to manage a portfolio of talent within a designated service line
A collaborative environment where everyone works together to create a better working world
Excellent training and development prospects, both through established programs and on-the-job training
The EY Tech MBA, offered in association with Hult International Business School through its innovative virtual learning mode, is available to all EY employees
An excellent team of senior colleagues dedicated to managing and varying your workload
About EY
As a global leader in Assurance, Tax, Transaction, and Consulting services, we hire and develop the most passionate people in their field to help build a better working world. This starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. So that whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime.
If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.
It’s yours to build.
The opportunity
The newly established Africa Data Delivery Centre will rapidly grow into a core service for our Africa Assurance business, providing centralised support for our mainstream digital analytical solutions. We are currently seeking the right candidate for an excellent career opportunity in this team
Qualifications:
Manage the largest and most complex Audit-client accounts in South Africa in the pursuit of successful end-to-end delivery of analytic tools to the audit teams. Delivery will be done through a shared team of data analysts who will extract, transform and load data into core digital analytical tools for the Africa Assurance business to agreed SLA targets. The data analysts include onshore resources, the analyst team in Mauritius and our two global expert teams in India. The clients will span a large variety of systems, sectors and geographies across EY’s client base.
Potentially lead or assist in deliveries that need to be executed in countries outside South Africa where we do not yet have a dedicated data delivery team (including Zambia, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Namibia and Botswana).
Liaising with fellow data delivery leaders in countries supported by a dedicated data delivery team (including Kenya, Ghana, Mauritius, Zimbabwe and Nigeria) to align process, share technical updates and training data delivery processes as new solutions are imbedded into our Africa data delivery process.
Lead or be involved in executing custom analytics work for clients which could include building bespoke analytics solutions or piloting solutions in Africa where the solution has been built elsewhere within the global EY firm.
Finding opportunities to scale bespoke solutions across a broader sector client base and aiding the development team in creating that scalable solution.
Estimating, budgeting, capacity planning and negotiating timelines for data analytics requests.
Creating and embedding new process and knowledge into standardised, repetitive, re-usable processes. Carrying out both reactive and proactive projects related to driving demand from the Assurance business and improving service delivery from the Data Delivery Centre. This will include locating, defining and implementing new process improvement opportunities leveraging digital technology.
Managing the relationship with clients and audit team representatives.
Closely working with the data analysts, audit partners and managers as well as with the core implementation team to resolve challenges and remove roadblocks that prevent data delivery.
Leading the Data Delivery centre learning and sharing initiatives to leverage from the EMEIA and Global data delivery and digital solution networks, in collaboration with the Assurance Digital Implementation and Innovation leaders.
Providing technical leadership and solutions to the data analyst team.
Assisting with the definition of technology infrastructure requirements to support the operations of the centralisation and data delivery team.
Ability to be hands on as and when necessary, particularly in a client environment.
Optimising utilisation of data analysts.
Staying abreast of developments in EY’s digital solutions and developments in the market to be able to promote the use of these throughout the Assurance business.
Contribute to the EMEIA area network by sharing best practice data delivery process and solutions.
Skills and attributes for success
Strong understanding of IT environments, IT security, networking and IT server architecture.
Proven working experience as a data analyst, data engineer or business analyst.
Proven experience with leading a team of at least 4 people.
Knowledge over different data architectures, data models, database designs, developments, data mining and segmentation techniques
Strong knowledge of and experience with common data tooling such as Microsoft Excel, Access and SQL Server.
Strong working experience with data wrangling and transformation methods.
Strong working experience in one or more ERPs e.g. SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics NAV/AX, SAGE, etc.
Working experience in TIBCO Spotfire, Microsoft PowerBI or Tableau.
Advantageous to have some experience in Alteryx, Python or R.
Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organise, analyse, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
Adept at queries, report writing and presenting findings.
Demonstrates strong project management and team management skills.
Demonstrates good problem-solving and interpersonal skills.
Deadline oriented.
Customer-centric solution mindset.
Ability to work in an ambiguous environment.
Ability to prioritise own and teams work.
Background in accounting or financial management is a positive.
To qualify for the role you must have
Preferred degree in Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Information Management or Statistics or equivalent.
6 to 8 years’ digital working experience
Experience in external audit or in a professional services firm will be advantageous.
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 digital analysis. In return, you can expect the support of colleagues, as well the industry-recognized training you’ll need to grow in your career.
What working at EY offers
We understand the importance of continuous professional development for our employees and so we offer support, coaching, mentoring and feedback from some of our most engaging and experienced colleagues in the industry. You will have the flexibility and freedom to outline and manage your work plan and therefore have complete ownership of your role. We also offer a highly competitive compensation package that reflects our appreciation for your performance and the value you bring to our business. In addition to these, we offer Total reward packages designed to promote your personal and social well-being. These include:
Team building and Social events
Health Insurance, Sickness Insurance and Group Insurance including accident and life insurance
4 weeks’ vacation, Fitness benefits, Confidential counselling support and Corporate volunteering opportunities.
About EY
As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we’re using the finance products, expertise and systems we’ve developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime. And with a commitment to hiring and developing the most passionate people, we’ll make our ambition to be the best employer by 2020 a reality.
If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.
Other responsibilities include:
Designing, coding, and implementing scalable software solutions.
Maintaining and upgrading existing systems.
Test, maintain and recommend software improvements to ensure strong functionality and optimisation.
Create technical and process documentation for reference and reporting.
Managing user access and permissions.
Produce clean, efficient code based on specifications.
Work with Business Analysts, Product Owners and other developers to define and deliver business impacting projects.
Support the launch and implementation of solutions as well as providing post-implementation support in resolving any potential issues to ensure smooth business operations.
Work with experienced team members to conduct root cause analysis of issues.
Testing and debugging code.
Troubleshoot and debug software issues.
Qualifications:
An analytical mind and inclination for problem-solving.
Highly self-motivated and directed.
Logical and efficient, with a keen attention to detail.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to communicate technical details to non-technical audiences.
Excellent listening, interpersonal and oral communication skills.
Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
Excellent planning, organisational, project and time management skills.
Knowledge and interest in computer systems and the latest technologies.
The ability to learn new technologies quickly.
To qualify for the role, you must have
A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Software Programming or Information Management.
Minimum 2-3 years of experience in a software development role.
Comfortable communicating with other developers, Business Analysts and Project Managers.
Basic knowledge and understanding of software development life cycle processes, agile development methodologies, software design and testing.
Experience working on a variety of software development projects.
Experience developing workflow-based solutions or functionality.
Experience developing and consuming APIs.
Experience with web development technologies preferential.
Experience as a full-stack developer with strong knowledge of software engineering concepts preferred.
Extensive knowledge of coding languages (e.g. C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, jQuery, Python, VB Script, Ruby, R, HTML5, XML, CSS) and frameworks/systems (e.g. AngularJS, .NET, Git).
Basic knowledge and understanding of Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
General knowledge and experience in working with databases (Relational and non-relational).
Experience in analysing and visualising data in Microsoft Excel, Power BI or TIBCO Spotfire advantageous.
Experience in using Microsoft 365 platform, data storage, analysis, reporting tools and technologies (Azure SQL, Azure Analysis Services, Power BI, Power Automate, Power Pivot, Power Query & Power View, SharePoint etc) preferential.
Ability to develop unit testing of code components or complete applications.
Who we are:
At EY we support you in achieving your unique potential both personally and professionally. We give you stretching and rewarding experiences that keep you motivated, working in an atmosphere of integrity and teaming with some of the world's most successful companies. And while we encourage you to take personal responsibility for your career, we support you in your professional development in every way we can. You enjoy the flexibility to devote time to what matters to you, in your business and personal lives. At EY you can be who you are and express your point of view, energy and enthusiasm, wherever you are in the world. It's how you make a difference.
Please note: Preference will be given to PDI candidates.
Other responsibilities include:
Working with Business Analysts, Junior Developers, Product Owners and other cross-functional resources to define and deliver business impacting projects.
Directing software programming and documentation development.
Test, maintain and recommend improvements to ensure strong functionality and optimisation of existing solutions.
Provide guidance on process design and resolve complex technical design issues.
Create technical and process documentation for reference and reporting.
Produce clean, efficient code based on specifications.
Support the launch and implementation of solutions as well as providing post-implementation support in resolving any potential issues to ensure smooth business operations.
Work with team members to conduct root cause analysis of issues, review new and existing code and/or perform unit testing.
Testing and debugging code.
Qualifications:
An analytical mind and inclination for problem-solving.
Highly self-motivated and directed.
Logical and efficient, with a keen attention to detail.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to communicate technical details to non-technical audiences.
Excellent listening, interpersonal and oral communication skills.
Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
Excellent planning, organisational, project and time management skills.
Knowledge and interest in computer systems and the latest technologies.
The ability to learn new technologies quickly.
To qualify for the role, you must have
A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Software Programming or Information Management.
Minimum 4-5 years of experience in a software development role.
Comfortable communicating with Junior Developers, Business Analysts and Project Managers.
Basic knowledge and understanding of software development life cycle processes, agile development methodologies, software design and testing.
Experience working on a variety of software development projects.
Experience architecting and developing workflow-based solutions or functionality.
Experience developing and consuming APIs.
Experience with web development technologies preferential.
Experience as a full-stack developer with strong knowledge of software engineering concepts preferred.
Extensive knowledge of coding languages (e.g. C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, jQuery, Python, VB Script, Ruby, R, HTML5, XML, CSS) and frameworks/systems (e.g. AngularJS, .NET, Git).
Basic knowledge and understanding of Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
General knowledge and experience in working with databases (Relational and non-relational).
Experience in analysing and visualising data in Microsoft Excel, Power BI or TIBCO Spotfire advantageous.
Experience in using Microsoft 365 platform, data storage, analysis, reporting tools and technologies (Azure SQL, Azure Analysis Services, Power BI, Power Automate, Power Pivot, Power Query & Power View, SharePoint etc) preferential.
Ability to develop unit testing of code components or complete applications.
Who we are:
At EY we support you in achieving your unique potential both personally and professionally. We give you stretching and rewarding experiences that keep you motivated, working in an atmosphere of integrity and teaming with some of the world's most successful companies. And while we encourage you to take personal responsibility for your career, we support you in your professional development in every way we can. You enjoy the flexibility to devote time to what matters to you, in your business and personal lives. At EY you can be who you are and express your point of view, energy and enthusiasm, wherever you are in the world. It's how you make a difference.
Please note: Preference will be given to PDI candidates.
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