New Jobs at BDO South Africa

Description

• BDO has a vacancy for a Corporate Tax Consulting Manager within the Corporate Tax Consulting business unit in the Tax Department. The incumbent will be reporting to the National Corporate Tax Consulting Directors. You will inter alia be responsible for:
• Assisting BDO to achieve its financial targets driving the BDO brand, business development, technical tax competence and client service in line with BDO values.
• Interpreting and applying theoretical knowledge to a practical business solution by utilising a sound knowledge of income tax and corporate law.
• Preparing and/or reviewing income tax and deferred tax computations.
• Reviewing tax computations for the audit department.
• Drafting technically correct opinions and reports for review and reviewing tax opinions and advise to be provided to clients and the audit department.
• Gathering information from different sources by using effective research tools.
• Assisting with the research and preparation of proposals.
• Identifying income tax issues arising at clients and use various tools and techniques to provide suggestions on how to solve them.
• Adapting to a changing work environment and accommodate changing client demands.
• Liaising with audit partners and audit staff with regards to tax issues.
• Liaising with SARS.
• Visiting clients to remediate tax issues and assist clients with SARS audit and queries.
• Managing and maintaining client relationships.
• Preparing and managing budgets, debtors and monthly invoices.
• Producing accurate work and client deliverables to a high technical standard while coaching and mentoring junior staff.
• Managing subordinates in the corporate tax consulting team.

Requirements
Qualifications:

• BCom Accounting
• BCom Honours in Accounting or Taxation
• M.Com, or Hdip (Tax) advantageous
• CTA advantageous 

Professional designation:

• SAICA and/or SAIT 

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience as a Corporate Tax consultant
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience as a Corporate Tax manager
• Experience working with and interpreting financial accounting records

Competencies:

• Excellent writing skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Leadership and supervising skills
• Working with people
• Adherence to principles and values
• Relating and Networking skills
• Analytical skills
• Leaning and researching skills
• Planning and organisational skills
• Delivering results and meeting customer expectations
• Adapting and responding to change
• Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking

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Description
Primary Purpose of the Job

• We are looking for a skilled Maconomy Developer to design, develop, and maintain solutions within the Deltek Maconomy ERP system. The ideal candidate will have expertise in Maconomy’s Extensibility Framework, Maconomy API, and scripting languages to customize workflows and integrate with other business systems.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop and customize Maconomy functionalities using Maconomy Extensibility Framework and Maconomy APIs.
• Integrate Maconomy with third-party applications and internal systems.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize Maconomy solutions.
• Collaborate with business analysts, project managers, and stakeholders to gather and analyse requirements.
• Ensure data accuracy, security, and compliance with company policies.
• Provide technical support and documentation for developed solutions.
• Participate in system upgrades and performance tuning.

Requirements
Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge and Skills
Qualifications

• Honours in IT related degrees

Experience

• 5-7 years of hands-on experience in Maconomy development and customization.

Competencies: Knowledge and Skills
Job Skills and Competencies

• Strong knowledge of Maconomy Extensibility Framework.
• Experience with Maconomy APIs (REST/SOAP).
• Proficiency in JavaScript, TypeScript, or other scripting languages used in Maconomy.
• Understanding of SQL and database management for Maconomy.
• Experience with integration tools and middleware (e.g., Dell Boomi, MuleSoft, or similar).

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

• BDO Cape Town has a vacancy for a Corporate Tax Senior Consultant within the corporate tax consulting business unit. The incumbent will be reporting to the Head of Corporate Tax Consulting. You will inter alia be responsible for:
• Assisting BDO to achieve its financial targets driving the BDO brand, business development, technical tax competence and client service in line with BDO values.
• Interpreting and applying theoretical knowledge to a practical business solution by utilising a sound knowledge of income tax and corporate law.
• Drafting technically correct opinions and reports for review and reviewing tax opinions and advise to be provided to clients and the audit department.
• Preparing and/or reviewing income tax and deferred tax computations.
• Reviewing tax computations for the audit department.
• Gathering information from different sources by using effective research tools.
• Assisting with the research and preparation of proposals.
• Identifying income tax issues arising at clients and use various tools and techniques to provide suggestions on how to solve them.
• Adapting to a changing work environment and accommodate changing client demands.
• Liaising with audit partners and audit staff with regards to tax issues.
• Liaising with SARS.
• Visiting clients to remediate tax issues and assist clients with SARS audit and queries.
• Managing and maintaining client relationships.
• Preparing and managing budgets, debtors and monthly invoices.
• Producing accurate work and client deliverables to a high technical standard while coaching and mentoring junior staff.
• Managing subordinates in the corporate tax consulting team.

Requirements
Qualifications:

• CA(SA)
• BCom Honours or equivalent in taxation advantageous 

Professional designation:

• SAICA and/or SAIT 

Experience:

• CA(SA) articles
• Prior experience as a Corporate Tax consultant advantageous

Competencies:

• Excellent writing skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Leadership and supervising skills
• Working with people
• Adherence to principles and values
• Relating and Networking skills
• Analytical skills
• Leaning and researching skills
• Planning and organisational skills
• Delivering results and meeting customer expectations
• Adapting and responding to change
• Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking

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Description
Primary Purpose of the Job 

This role will be a key member of the Compliance Team that supports BDO South Africa in building a resilient and successful business, by:

• Designing and facilitating effective and efficient compliance processes with clearly defined roles and responsibilities, that enable business to deliver exceptional client service
• Being a trusted advisor to business, advising on regulations, policies and procedures and enhancing skills through focused training and awareness programmes
• Implementing monitoring processes, providing value-add reporting and ensuring remedial action is taken for identified non-compliance
• Entrenching a strong culture in the firm that is about more than pure compliance, but also about promoting a message that everyone has a role to play in protecting the firm against risk.
• The team is responsible for the “Relevant Ethical Requirements (including Independence)” and “Acceptance and Continuance of Client Relationships and Specific Engagements” components of ISQM1.
• The Compliance Practitioner role will report into the Associate Director: Compliance and will be responsible for designing, implementing and monitoring effective and efficient processes to ensure compliance with policies relating to the above components.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist with the design and implementation of projects and initiatives, policies and processes, systems/ tools relating to Acceptance and Continuance of Client Relationships.
• Responsible for processing efficient and effective compliance related activities.
• Participate in communications with the Digital Solutions team to ensure effective and efficient automation solutions in relation to Acceptance and Continuance of Client Relationships (including Conflict of Interest and Independence checks).
• Provide training, advice and support to partners, directors and professionals on client acceptance and re-acceptance procedures and systems.
• Execute certain functions in the onboarding process, including but not limited to:
• Review opportunities on the Core system and release from independence.
• Review engagement letters for opportunities ready to be closed and process accordingly
• Perform client related checks in the client onboarding process
• Review engagement codes opened and assess for validity in line with related policies.
• Identification and communication of potential improvements as it relates to independence and conflict check management processes.
• Compilation of efficiency indicators as it relates to the firm’s independence and conflict check management system.
• Stakeholder management and engagement, where required in relation to duties to be performed.

Requirements

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

• Qualifications/Recognition of Prior Learning equivalent
• A qualification in Compliance, Risk, Finance or Audit. 

Work Experience

• 5 years of experience in similar risk management, independence and/or compliance roles.
• Experience within a professional services/audit firm would be advantageous.
• Design and implementation of policies and processes for regulatory compliance and risk mitigation.
• Training design and presentation
• Project management experience
• Business analysis experience relating to technology solutions.

Knowledge

• Intermediate Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Progress reporting and Project Management.
• Design and review controls to mitigate identified risks.
• Competencies: Technical & Behavioural

Technical Competencies

• Efficient processing of compliance related tasks.
• Progress reporting and Project Management.
• Design and review controls to mitigate identified risks.
• Attention to Detail

Behavioural Competencies

• Good interpersonal and organisational skills
• Strong spoken and written communication skills
• Ability to work independently and collaborate with team members
• A proactive approach to continuous improvement

BDO Core Competencies

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

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Description

• The objective of the role is to perform reviews to ensure consistency in planning, execution and concluding on IT General and Application controls.
• To support, develop, implement, and monitor audit programs, working papers and templates and where necessary improve the quality control system and provide technical support to the engagement quality reviewers in their performance of EQRs in compliance with International Standards on Auditing (ISAs). The role will report to the Head of EQR.
• Perform reviews of IT general controls, Application controls and data analytical procedures, on engagement files in collaboration with the assigned EQR. This includes, but not limited to:
• Review of related IT risks and controls implemented to manage these risks (Including cyber security)
• Review of Access Controls & ITGC
• Review of Change management (Ensure change management process is followed properly for all changes)
• Review of Configuration management (changes made to software or application configuration or network devices)
• Review of controls related to data integrity, conversion, and protection especially in data migration
• Review of Application control and configuration testing
• Review of responses to the Deficiencies noted by the IT Auditor – Assess if this is sufficient.
• Review of IPE and data extraction reports
• Review of IT-related (ISAE) 3402, Assurance Reports on Controls at a Service Organization
• Use of computer-assisted auditing techniques (CAATs)
• Assist with the development and implementation of IT-related quality control review procedures and working papers.
• Provide quality control related guidance to the EQR team in respect of engagement performance and associated processes.
• Participate in initiatives to improve the effectiveness of the IT-related quality control review processes.
• Identify areas for training based on quality control reviews
• Collate findings of various reviews to present to the firm for remedial action and future learning.
• Training of audit managers and partners on recurring themes
• Liaising with various firm departments on findings

Requirements

• BCom: Accounting, Informatics, Computer Science or relevant degree
• CISA
• CA/SA (Advantageous)
• 5-7 years in IT Auditing.
• ISAs.
• CISA