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Description Of The Role And Purpose Of The Job

• The HR Manager provides HR expertise and serves as the interface between Business Units, HR and the South African Centers of Excellence. The HR Manager will provide line management support to the Business Unit Managers/Partners to assist with day-to-day HR requirements and HR programs delivery in line with the Business strategy. He/She will assist line managers in forecasting and planning their talent pipeline requirements in line with the Function or Business strategy and provide BU specific HR solutions. They also serve as the Learning Business partner, communicating training requirements to L&D and facilitating all information requirements between the BU and L&D. They assist the Business with relevant HR transactional work that resides within the Business units and manage the junior HR and Administration team members.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain a current and appropriate knowledge of KPMG and HR strategies, Business priorities and major trends, especially in areas that are relevant to the Botswana Office
• Provide input into Office HR Strategy
• Enable BU Leadership to achieve strategic goals by integrating HR Strategy into BU strategy
• Delivery of top priority HR related projects against specified strategies, objectives and measures.
• Render PPC services on a day-to-day basis to Business i.e.:
• Talent acquisition
• Talent management and retention
• Performance Development
• Learning and development
• Mobility
• Succession planning
• Organisational effectiveness
• Reward and recognition
• Serve as a custodian for KPMG PPC (HR and L&D) Policies and Procedures
• Drive a relentless focus on quality and excellent service
• Employee relations
• Drive compliance to all KPMG People deadlines
• Understand internal and external stakeholders and their needs
• Deliver role requirements with a client centric approach
• Create and enable an environment where colleagues thrive in a constantly changing business environment
• Demonstrate high quality and timeous verbal and written communication
• Ensure business leadership and colleagues experience a consistent people experience
• Analyse and understand BU colleague data to proactively respond to people needs
• Prioritise colleague well being
• Promote and facilitate colleague engagement

Skills

Skills and attributes required for the role:

• Strategic thinking skills.
• Computer literacy.
• Communication (written and oral) and negotiation skills
• IR Skills and in-depth knowledge of the relevant Labor Legislation
• Analytical/statistical skills
• Action orientation.
• Transformational leadership.
• Problem solving and decision-making.
• Team leadership.
• Stakeholder relationships

Personal Attributes

• Ability to deal with conflict.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Extremely high level of confidentially and integrity.
• Able to maintain a friendly, professional manner when liaising with clients, even in challenging situations.
• Ability to multi-task.
• The ability to build collaborative relationship with good interpersonal skills and the ability to relate well to colleagues with differing levels of expertise and skills while championing inclusion and diversity.
• The ability to work well under pressure and to perform to deadlines.
• Ability to lead and manage multi-disciplinary team.
• Team player who is self-aware.
• Strong organisation skills; a self-starter with initiative, ability to foster innovation and a common-sense approach to problem solving.
• Sound decision making ability
• High level of attention to detail and a desire to drive quality

Minimum requirements to apply for the role (including qualifications and experience):

• A minimum degree in a social sciences or management discipline e.g. Human resource management or industrial psychology or other relevant discipline or studying towards one
• Minimum 5-8 years’ HR generalist experience.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience working at a middle management level in HR.
• Knowledge in HR methodologies, tools and techniques and value chains.
• Knowledge in HR strategy development and enablement.
• Knowledge of emerging trends in HR and utilising a variety of HR tools / models to achieve results.
• Knowledge of the relevant labour and skills regulatory frameworks

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Purpose Of The Job

• To be proactive in all aspects of tax consulting and compliance

Key Job Duties Or Responsibilities

• Produce accurate work to a high technical standard
• Draft technically correct opinions and reports for review
• Involvement in consulting and advising clients on a wide range of tax issues
• Preparation of tax calculations and returns on behalf of clients
• Interpret and apply theoretical knowledge to a practical business solution by utilising a sound knowledge of basic tax and corporate law
• Prioritise the workload and meet required deadlines
• Gather information from different sources by using effective research tools
• Assist with the research and preparation of proposals
• Identify problems on client guidance and use various tools and techniques to provide suggestions on how to solve them
• Build credibility with colleagues and clients by using effective communication skills
• Contribute effectively to the discussions around work and actively participate in generating creative ideas and thoughts
• Adapt to a changing work environment and accommodate changing client demands
• Facilitate teamwork by sharing knowledge with others on a regular basis and actively asking questions in order to achieve personal and work goals
• Have a general knowledge of all taxes (Income Tax, Value Added Tax, Employees Tax and International Tax

Critical Interpersonal And Other Skills

• Need to have drive and enthusiasm
• Able to demonstrate a sound technical ability and knowledge of relevant legislation
• Good interpersonal skills
• Good presentation skills
• Good numerical skills
• Able to communicate at all levels
• Effective time management skills
• Able to deliver tight time scales
• Able to adapt to different working environments

Qualifications And Experience

• BCom, LLB, CA (SA), HDip (Tax) or related degrees
• Experience in Tax is an advantage
• Strong academic background

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Description Of The Role And Purpose Of The Job

• The role of the Senior Manager would be to assist in origination and manage the execution of public and private mergers, acquisitions and divestitures across all industry sectors, various types of capital raising transactions across South African (and Sub-Saharan Africa).
• We are looking for a Deal Advisory Senior Manager to provide strategic, unbiased and objective transactions support services to our clients. This would include providing valuations services to both Advisory clients as well as Audit clients as a specialist supporting the audit. The resource should also be able to lead all service offerings of Deal Advisory.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading deal advisory engagements including liaising with the client and managing the engagement team
• Providing on the job valuations training to colleagues on the engagement team
• Preparing valuations, M&A and TS reports
• Reviewing reports
• Presenting conclusions and reports to C-level executives
• Preparing tailored proposals
• Completing risk management procedures from inception up to acceptance of engagements
• Managing work-in-progress, billing and collection of invoices

Skills And Attributes Required For The Role

• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines – self starter
• Ability to deal with individuals across all levels
• Strong client focus
• Ability to build and sustain relationships with people at all levels
• Ability to work independently whilst producing and delivering results
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills (writing, etc)
• Pro-active and efficient
• Strong business acumen

Minimum requirements to apply for the role (including qualifications and experience):

• B-Com degree or equivalent graduate qualification;
• CA(SA), CIMA or CFA qualification
• Minimum 6 years deal advisory experience
• Proven experience in project coordination and implementation
• Proven experience in supervising and coaching junior colleagues
• Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)

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Purpose Of Position

• The Procurement Manager has direct oversight of the KPMG internal Procurement Team and is accountable for key objectives, targets and overall operating performance of procurement team members. The Procurement Manager will interact closely with the Chief Financial Officer and other business stakeholders when setting budgets, formulating strategic direction and reporting on key performance areas. Furthermore, formulation and maintenance of procurement policy, procedures and processes will remain a key area of responsibility for this role, together with achievement of transformation targets, cost optimisation and identification/mitigation of supply risk

Key Accountabilities

• Setting strategic direction for the internal procurement function at KPMG.
• Risk management of all applicable P2P procurement activities.
• Strategic procurement management of all supplier contracts.
• Achieving ISO compliance targets.
• Oversight and collaboration of travel management activities and spend.
• Oversight and collaboration of IT capital procurement, stationery and marketing spend.
• Business Lead for Oracle P2P aimed at centralised procurement.
• Responsible for Preferential Procurement element of the BEE scorecard.
• Formulation and implementation of formal procurement policies, processes and procedures and integration into business and ERP system.
• Oversight of contract management and related procurement activities.
• To maximise economies of scale and reduce total cost of ownership.
• Management of procurement team (including training & development).
• Monthly reporting on procurement activities including classification, vendor management etc.

Person Specification

• Leading a small team, this position requires a leader who is approachable, taking a positive, co-operative, “can do” approach to quickly, efficiently and objectively resolve problems, follow up enquiries, and respond in a positive and timely manner

Experience/Knowledge

• Relevant professional qualification.
• Purchasing Experience, minimum 5+ years.
• Leading a team, 5+ years.
• Project Management experience.
• Advanced knowledge of Excel.
• Working knowledge of MS Office, Word.
• Advanced knowledge of Oracle ERP and Power BI reporting.
• Experience in a professional services firm preferable.

Personal Attributes

• The ability to provide a strategic perspective to procurement.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• High level of personal commitment to, and responsibility for, the role & deliverables.
• Focus on continuous improvement within the procurement function while advancing an ethical environment.
• Ability to deal with conflict situations.
• Resilient, adaptable and enthusiastic.
• Professional & approachable, with good interpersonal & communication skills.
• Ability to work to deadlines and perform well under pressure, being well organised, focused, self-motivated and proactive, with a high level of attention to detail.
• The ability to build collaborative relationship with good interpersonal skills and the ability to relate well to colleagues with differing levels of expertise and skills while championing inclusion and diversity.
• The ability to develop and motivate reporting colleagues.
• Strong organisation skills; a self-starter with initiative, ability to foster innovation and a common sense approach to problem solving.
• Sound decision making ability.
• High level of attention to detail and a desire to drive quality.

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Description Of The Role And Purpose Of The Job

• Technology Assurance Analyst delivering on technology assurance and IT advisory engagements including external IT audits, internal IT audits, cyber security engagements and other technology assurance engagements to assist clients in managing risks associated with information management, information technology governance, business systems risk management, project risk management and information security. Also focusing on leveraging client IT systems and data as well as technologies available to the firm to achieve efficiency, risk mitigation, optimal assurance and differentiation. This role will also require fieldwork to be performed in the execution of small to medium or complex internal and external audit engagements.
• Experience in performing IT audits and auditing the IT systems of external and internal audit clients, specifically in the Investment and Fund Management, Manufacturing, Retail, Consumer Markets and Insurance space is required for this specific position. Experience in IT Attestation audits (ISAE3402, SOC 1) and PCAOB audits is advantageous.

Key Responsibilities

• Applying appropriate methodologies and skills to test general IT and application controls or perform data analytics in order to execute on an external or internal audit and documenting work and results in KPMG’s proprietary audit tools
• Applying appropriate methodologies and skills to deliver technology assurance and IT advisory engagements and documenting work and results in KPMG’s proprietary audit tools
• Client liaison and problem solving
• Ability to identify and convert potential business development / sales opportunities

Skills And Attributes Required For The Role

• Self-leadership
• Strong desire to learn through diverse experiences
• Time management, discipline, accountability, self-motivation and eagerness are vital skills
• Ability to build sound internal and external relationships
• Strong administration skills
• Being able to coach and guide junior staff to perform their responsibilities and well as provide fair feedback on their performance
• Enquiring mind and maintaining professional scepticism
• Analytical, stable and logical thinker
• Conflict resolution skills
• Ability to work under pressure

Minimum requirements to apply for the role (including qualifications and experience):

• Completed BCom / BSc is essential, completed Honours is advantageous
• Minimum 1 years working experience

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Description Of The Role And Purpose Of The Job

Description and purpose: to enable large scale transformation projects by being able to link the strategy layer, technology layer and operations layer in order to create value for an organisation.

This requires:

• an understanding of strategy frameworks and how to apply them to an organisation
• an operational understanding, including a business model and operational model, and ability to apply
• an understanding of how technology supports strategy and business, and how to apply
• Financial Markets focus required.

Motivation for the role:

• long term project requirement (SARB RTGS project) for a role currently filled by a resource from India. KPMG SA would prefer to build capacity internally for this role to enable DCs sustainability, particularly around large-scale transformation projects, which fulfils our strategy and mandate.

Key Responsibilities

• Ability to have the following client conversation: problem solving, explanations, negotiations and facilitations
• Ability to manage teams, including career management, performance discussions, coaching, providing guidance and direction
• On the job training and learning
• Manage quality on a project, identify when an issue arises and solve the problem (with help)
• Work with leadership team to grow the business

Skills And Attributes Required For The Role

• Growth mindset
• Resilience and adaptability
• Creative, problem solver,
• Focus on quality
• Empathy and leadership skills for ongoing growth

Minimum requirements to apply for the role (including qualifications and experience):

• Degree in relevant subject from T1 university
• 4 Years Big 4 Consulting Experience
• Financial Markets knowledge / experience