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Working as part of the legal department, you will play an integral role in assisting the In-house Attorney (Nationally). 

• Drafting non-complex Wills and Codicils.
• Attendance to Registration, De-registrations and Administrations of trusts.
• Assisting with preparing Master’s Correspondence for notarial contracts.
• Assisting the In-House Attorney with research for opinion pieces.
• Client facing and maintaining relationships.
• Assisting with Legal processes within the business.
• Updating client records on various systems (DocFox, Elite Wealth).

Requirements

Qualifications and Experience:

• LLB graduate.
• Knowledge and experience in drafting Wills and understanding the Legislative contents thereof.
• Good Legal research skills.
• Good communication skills.
• Excellent proficiency in Microsoft Office and Adobe PDF.

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Main Duties and Responsibilities

• To prepare, maintain and review accounting records and financial controls for assigned service lines on an ongoing basis.
• To assist in the preparation of the monthly management accounts including monthly variance analysis and service line query resolution.
• To oversee the accounting records and financial control adherence and implementation of new controls of assigned service lines and to liaise with the Business Unit Heads.
• Review assigned service lines’ monthly work in progress and debtors for reasonability.
• Assist in the preparation and review of the annual financial statements and consolidations where applicable including IFRS disclosures for the assigned company.
• Review the work of accountants and bookkeepers and assist with problem-solving where required.
• Process ad hoc journals.
• Review and release weekly and monthly payments of service line.
• Review salary variances for reasonability and release salary payments of service line.
• Prepare ad hoc reconciliations.
• Facilitate the budget process for assigned service lines.
• Process monthly consolidation and elimination entries where applicable.
• Assisting with tax submissions and compliance matters.
• Review monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
• Review monthly balance sheet and income statement.
• Ensure intercompany loan accounts are agreed and balanced on monthly basis.
• Assist in the preparation of annual income tax and deferred tax calculations and 6 monthly tax estimates, consult with tax compliance to ensure deadlines are met.
• Assist in ad hoc projects as and when required

Qualifications/Recognition of Prior Learning equivalent

• Qualified CA(SA)

Work Experience

• 1 - 2 years’ management experience
• 2 years post articles experience

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The Senior Data Analyst will be responsible for the following key activities to achieve main objectives:

• Contributes and participates in the effective implementation of the Audit Data Analytics strategy and operational plan.
• Drive strategic objectives of value creation, deriving efficiencies through the use of audit analytics tools and techniques, as well as enhancing overall quality on audit engagements.
• Responsible for skills transfer and training initiatives for junior staff.
• Contributes or leads discussions with Audit Directors | Partners to discuss where analytics can play a part on an engagement.
• Contributes or leads client discussions for data retrieval and overall progress updates on audit analytics work being performed.
• Executes and/or manages all audit analytics engagements from planning through to execution, reporting and delivery. This includes CAATs engagements as well as engagements that require the use of our proprietary tool BDO Advantage (Qlik and Power Bi dashboard solution).
• Reporting to leadership on engagement progress, challenges and solutions to address identified concerns / challenges

Technical Competencies

• Ability to understand business processes, risk and controls.
• Ability to understand audit objectives and pose data analytic procedures and/or solutions to meet the said objective.
• Ability to understand and frame client problem statements and put forward a data analytics or digital solution to meet client requirements.
• Ability to utilise industry technologies to apply data analytics solutions including data analysis tools; business intelligence solutions; robotic process automation solutions and continuous auditing solutions.
• Ability to apply SDLC methodologies to solution developments.

Requirements

Qualification:

• B.Com Accounting, Informatics, Computer Science or relevant degree
• CA/SA and/or CISA
• Other relevant data and analytics certifications

Experience:

• Minimum 3 years working experience in data and analytics/ Internal/ IT/ External Audit

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The Data Analytics Manager will be responsible for the following key activities to achieve main objectives:

• Contributes and participates in the effective implementation of the Audit Data Analytics strategy and operational plan.
• Drive strategic objectives of value creation, deriving efficiencies through the use of audit analytics tools and techniques, as well as enhancing overall quality on audit engagements.
• Responsible for skills transfer and training initiatives for junior staff.
• Leads discussions with Audit Directors | Partners to discuss where analytics can play a part on an engagement.
• Leads client discussions for data retrieval and overall progress updates on audit analytics work being performed.
• Manages all audit analytics engagements from planning through to execution, reporting and delivery. This includes CAATs engagements as well as engagements that require the use of our proprietary tool BDO Advantage (Qlik and Power Bi dashboard solution).
• Daily management of engagement budgets (WIPs), staff and engagement planning and tracking.
• Reporting to leadership on engagement progress, challenges and solutions to address identified concerns/ challenges.

Technical competencies:

• Ability to understand business processes, risk and controls.
• Ability to understand audit objectives and pose data analytic procedures and/or solutions to meet the said objective.
• Ability to understand and frame client problem statements and put forward a data analytics or digital solution to meet client requirements.
• Ability to utilise industry technologies to apply data analytics solutions including data analysis tools; business intelligence solutions; robotic process automation solutions and continuous auditing solutions.
• Ability to apply SDLC methodologies to solution developments.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• B.Com Accounting, Informatics, Computer Science or relevant degree
• CA/SA and/or CISA
• Other relevant data and analytics certifications

Work experience:

• Minimum 5 years working experience in data and analytics/ Internal/ IT/ External Audit
• Minimum 2 years supervisor level in data and analytics / Internal/ IT/ External Audit

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Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs minor carpentry, plumbing & electrical repairs
• Assists with resolving facilities and office space-related problems and other office services tasks and projects assigned
• All small or large general repairs throughout the building, which include electrical faults, plumbing issues, replacing light bulbs.  Assess issues and revert to manager if contractor is required to fix
• Complete special projects as assigned by the Maintenance Manager, and all other duties as assigned
• Assist with re-configuration of training room & atrium for events
• Oversee any contractors coming to sight to do maintenance repairs

Requirements

Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge and Skills

• Matric
• Maintenance in an office environment
• General knowledge of carpentry, electrical & plumbing.  Prepared to work after hours if required

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Project involvement:

• Act as a point of contact within the firm, for the client together with the director. This will include responding quickly to, as well as anticipating, client requests/needs, keeping clients informed of progress in relation to all aspects of the service provided, and maintaining regular contact with clients;
• Manage advisory engagements under the supervision of the director, such as, setting strategies or advising foreign or local multinational companies on their tax issues;
• Manage compliance documentation engagements under the supervision of the director;
• Drafting opinions;
• Manage accrual reviews and due diligences under the supervision of the director;
• Drafting/managing proposals under the supervision of the director for engagements bearing in mind the expectations of our clients;
• Developing and pursuing creative strategies while using latest technologies available;
• Manage billings and cash collection within the firms’ criteria;
• Regular involvement with tax planning and complex tax issues in conjunction with directors;
• Ensure assignments are completed within agreed budgets and keep client/director informed of overruns and plan staff assignments in order to give an appropriate spread of experience;
• Ensure that the BDO’s quality control procedures are adhered to; and
• Identify risk and technical matters, as well as selling opportunities, to the director, whilst exercising judgement within agreed parameters

Management:

• Must provide overall support to directors on client matters and assist in the management of clients and the team, this will include support at times for the recruitment and appraising of staff;
• WIP Management;
• Will work as part of management team and be a vital member in the national International Tax and Transfer Pricing tax team with other tax managers/directors within the business group, and provide support to the rest of the Tax team;
• Actively participate in the management of the International Tax and Transfer Pricing Team tax team through director/manager meetings and by attendance at social functions;
• Training must be provided to more junior staff both on the job and through monitoring and on the job performance, whilst consistently providing feedback;
• Counsel, appraise, develop and motivate staff as appropriate; and
• Responsible for coaching and developing junior members of staff;

Sales and Marketing:

• Should be able to recognize business and sales opportunities and progress these forward with director support;
• Participate in bids/proposals for new work;
• Able to take advantage of marketing/PR opportunities; and
• Develop own network of contacts internally and externally

Communication and representation:

• Develop contact with clients at senior level and maintain contact with other levels as appropriate to ensure the firm has the confidence of the client;
• Act as a liaison between the client and other specialist service groups within BDO;
• Contribute centrally by lecturing on internal courses; and
• Consult with colleagues and directors on technical and risk matters

Requirements

Qualifications, experience and requirements

• Preferably CA(SA), BComm Accounting; TA(SA), Attorney with completed M.Com, LLM (Tax Law) or HDip (Tax);
• At least 3-5 years’ experience in International Tax;
• Knowledge of DTA’s;
• Knowledge of corporate tax;
• Maintain an in depth, up to date, knowledge of taxation;
• Specialist knowledge and the ability to deal with complex tax issues;
• Project management experience;
• Staff management experience;
• Ability to manage a substantial client portfolio profitably; and
• Actively seek opportunities for developing new clients and for selling new services to existing clients