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Description
- The Manager will play a key leadership role within BDO’s Financial Services Advisory and Internal Audit practice, responsible for managing and delivering complex internal audit and technology risk engagements across banks, insurers, asset managers, and other regulated institutions.
- The role combines engagement delivery, team leadership, client relationship management, and practice development, with a strong emphasis on technology-enabled business processes, data governance, regulatory frameworks, and financial reporting controls.
- The Manager will lead engagement teams, provide technical oversight, and act as a trusted advisor to clients, ensuring high-quality, value-adding outcomes aligned to professional standards and regulatory expectations.
Key Responsibilities
Internal Audit & Assurance Leadership
- Lead and manage internal audit engagements, including business process, IT, and integrated audits
- Oversee planning, scoping, and execution of audits in line with risk-based methodologies and IIA standards
- Review and challenge risk assessments, control designs, and testing approaches
- Provide quality assurance over audit workpapers, testing, and outputs to ensure consistency and defensibility
- Drive the development of clear, commercially relevant audit findings, including root cause analysis and actionable recommendations
- Engage with senior stakeholders to communicate audit outcomes, risks, and insights
Technology Risk & Advisory Delivery
- Lead advisory engagements across IT risk, data governance, systems implementation, and control optimisation
- Provide strategic input into technology-enabled control frameworks, automation initiatives, and digital transformation programs
- Oversee assessments of IT General Controls (ITGCs), application controls, and emerging technology risks (e.g., AI, data analytics platforms)
- Support regulatory-driven programs (e.g., BCBS 239 / RDARR, IFRS 17, King IV/V, ISO frameworks) where relevant
- Advise clients on remediation strategies, control improvements, and sustainable governance practices
Client & Stakeholder Management
- Build and maintain strong relationships with client management, internal audit functions, and risk stakeholders
- Act as a key contact point for engagements, managing expectations, timelines, and deliverables
- Facilitate audit workshops, closing meetings, and steering committee discussions
- Translate technical findings into business-relevant insights for executive audiences
Team Leadership & Delivery Management
- Lead, mentor, and develop engagement teams (analysts, senior analysts, and assistant managers)
- Review work outputs, provide coaching, and ensure effective skills development
- Manage engagement economics, including budgeting, resource allocation, and profitability
- Drive a high-performance, quality-focused team culture
Data-Enabled Auditing & Innovation
- Champion the use of data analytics and Computer Assisted Audit Techniques (CAATs) across engagements
- Oversee the design and execution of data-driven audit procedures
- Identify opportunities to enhance audit efficiency and insight through automation and analytics
- Promote innovation within audit methodologies and tooling
Practice Development & Business Growth
- Contribute to proposal development, RFP responses, and client pitches
- Identify cross-selling and upselling opportunities within existing client portfolios
- Support the development of internal methodologies, frameworks, and thought leadership
- Build market presence in internal audit and technology advisory offerings
Requirements
Qualifications:
- BCom Internal Audit
- BCom Information Systems / Informatics
- BSc Computer Science
- BA Information Management (or equivalent)
- BCom Financial Science
- Postgraduate qualification in Internal Audit, Risk Management, or IT Governance (advantageous)
Professional certifications preferred:
- CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor)
- CIA (Certified Internal Auditor)
- CRISC / CGEIT (advantageous)
Experience
- 5–8 years’ experience in Internal Audit, IT Audit, or Risk Advisory
- Proven experience managing audit engagements and leading teams
- Strong exposure to Financial Services (banking, insurance, asset management)
- Experience in delivering technology risk and integrated audits
Technical Knowledge & Frameworks
- Strong understanding of risk-based internal audit methodologies (aligned to IIA Standards)
- Deep knowledge of IT risk management, IT governance, and internal control frameworks
- Experience with frameworks such as:
- Global Internal Audit Standards
- COBIT
- King v
- ITIL
- ISO 27001
- Data governance frameworks (e.g., DAMA)
- Understanding of regulatory environments impacting Financial Services
Core Competencies
- Strong leadership and people management skills
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication ability
- Commercial acumen and client-focused mindset
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capability
- Ability to manage multiple engagements and priorities
- High standard of professionalism and delivery quality
- Commitment to continuous learning and professional development
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Description
- The International Offshore Centre has a vacancy for a Junior Accountant who will help in maintaining/managing portfolios of monthly and annual accounting clients.
Job tasks
- Prepare reliable monthly financial information
- Deliver insights to help clients understand their business performance and allow them to focus on their business
- Prepare and review statutory accounts and disclosures within under UK GAAP and other relevant accounting frameworks.
- Manage a portfolio of clients – liaising with clients and internal teams as needed.
- Assist with business advisory projects such as business reviews, workshops, forecasts and performance analysis
- Have awareness of consolidations and cash flow for year-end statutory accounts and to be able to prepare them if required.
- Have knowledge and ability to use various accounting software packages including Xero.
- Have knowledge of various accounting apps designed to simplify processes and deliver insight.
- Review the work of junior staff, and complete monthly reviews to ensure accurate financial information.
- Train and develop junior staff to help them progress
- Liaise with other departments and subject matter experts, such as VAT, tax and technical accounting teams
- Assist in research of complex technical area and offer solutions.
- Understand the logic of a cashflow statement enabling issues to be identified and solutions proposed.
- Conduct rigorous project management and financial management on all projects, completing projects within agreed timescales and raising issues with the manager or client, as appropriate, in a timely manner.
- Ensure that the firm’s risk management and quality control procedures are adhered to at all times.
Requirements
- BCom Financial Accounting or BCom Account
- Completed SAIPA or SAICA articles
- Qualified Accountant ACA, ACCA or equivalent
- Strong working knowledge of FRS102
- Good understanding of business controls and month/year end controls
- Excellent working knowledge of outsourcing and bookkeeping on a monthly basis
- Excellent VAT knowledge (including complex VAT return preparation experience) and a sound understanding of the basics of Corporate tax
- Evidence of ability to research technical accounting matters
- Working knowledge of risk management processes within an accounting firm
- Working knowledge of Microsoft packages including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Real Estate and Construction experience preferable but not essential
Competencies:
- Good communication skills (internal and external, both written and verbal)
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Primary Purpose of the Job
- BDO has a vacancy for a Senior Tax Consultant: Individual, Trusts, Estates within the Private Tax business unit in the Tax Department. The incumbent will be reporting to the Head of Private Tax.
Main Duties and responsibilities
- Assisting BDO to achieve its financial targets driving the BDO brand, business development, technical tax competence and client service in line with BDO values.
- Quality control of all deliverables and ensuring compliance with the BDO risk policies and procedures to ensure meeting of statutory deadlines.
- Interpreting and applying theoretical knowledge to a practical business solution by utilising a sound knowledge of basic tax laws.
- Producing accurate work to a high technical standard.
- Gathering information from different sources by using effective research tools.
- Assisting with the research and preparation of proposals.
- Preparation of income tax computations.
- Preparing and/or reviewing income tax returns and supporting tax schedules.
- Preparing and/or reviewing provisional tax calculations.
- Preparing and/or reviewing objections and appeals.
- Assisting clients with tax issues, SARS audits and queries
- Adapting to a changing work environment and accommodate changing client demands.
- Liaising with SARS.
- 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.
Requirements
Qualifications, Recognition of Prior Learning, Work Experience, and Knowledge
Qualifications/Recognition of Prior Learning equivalent
- Bachelors Degree or Diploma in Tax.
- Preferably post graduate qualification in Tax or B. Com Hons.
Professional designation
Work Experience
- Minimum of 10 years’ in Individual, Trust and Estates experience
Competencies: Technical & Behavioural
Technical Competencies and Behavioural
- Technically strong with provisions of Income Tax Act and Tax Administration Act affecting personal tax, trust tax and estate duty, including capital gains tax.
- Experienced and competent with SARS eFiling, SARS contact centres and SARS systems and procedures.
- Experienced and competent with management of client portfolios and time management.
- Excellent communication skills (including verbal and written)
- Able to work independently with minimal supervision while being task and client deliverables driven.
- Collaborative and able to adapt to working as part of a larger team.
- Focus of risk processes and procedures.
- Planning and organisational skills, leadership skills and negotiating skills.
- Need to be assertive and pro-active and able to deal with statutory deadline pressures.
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
- This role is responsible for the leadership and management of the Individuals, Trusts, Estates and Expatriate Compliance function within the Tax Department. The incumbent will oversee client service delivery, technical quality, people management, operational efficiency and business development within the scope of the portfolio.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage a portfolio of expatriate and individual and trust tax clients.
- Act as primary relationship manager for key and VIP clients.
- Deliver high-quality advisory and compliance services within agreed timelines.
- Provide proactive tax planning opportunities and risk management solutions.
- Attend client meetings and present technical tax matters clearly and commercially.
Oversee preparation and review of:
- Individual income tax returns
- Provisional tax calculations
- Foreign income disclosures
- Foreign tax credit calculations
- Residency analyses
- Cessation of residency applications
- Double Tax Agreement (DTA) applications
- Section 10(1)(o)(ii) exemption assessments
Advise on:
- South African tax residency implications
- Global mobility structures
- Cross-border remuneration
- Offshore investments and foreign pensions
- Tax implications of emigration and repatriation
- Manage SARS queries, verifications, audits, and disputes.
- Review and approve responses to SARS correspondence.
- Liaise directly with SARS on escalated matters.
- Oversee objection and appeal processes where required.
Technical Responsibilities
Maintain strong knowledge of:
- South African Income Tax Act
- Tax Administration Act
- Exchange control regulations
- International tax principles
- Double Tax Agreements
- SARS interpretation notes and practice
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members.
- Conduct internal technical training sessions.
- Assist with development of internal processes and compliance controls.
People Management Responsibilities
- Manage workflow allocation and turnaround times.
- Review work prepared by managers and junior staff.
- Monitor productivity, recoverability, and work-in-progress management.
- Conduct performance reviews and staff coaching.
- Assist with recruitment and onboarding of team members.
Financial and Operational Responsibilities
- Manage budgets, billing, and recoverability targets.
- Monitor debtor collections and client profitability.
- Ensure adherence to internal risk and quality control procedures.
- Identify efficiencies and process improvements within the compliance function.
Business Development Responsibilities
- Identify opportunities for additional services within existing client portfolios.
- Support proposal preparation and fee discussions.
- Build and maintain professional networks and referral relationships.
- Contribute to thought leadership articles and client communications.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
- BCom degree
- Postgraduate qualification in Tax or BCom Honours would be advantageous
Experience and Professional Registration
- Membership of the South African Institute of Taxation (SAIT)
- Registered Tax Practitioner
- A minimum of 15 years’ relevant tax experience
- A minimum of 5 years’ managerial experience in a tax advisory or professional services environment
Required Competencies
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work independently and exercise sound judgement
- Strong focus on risk management, quality control and compliance processes
- Strong technical tax capability
- Excellent planning and organisational skills
- Demonstrated leadership and people management capability
- Strong negotiation and stakeholder management skills
- Strategic and commercial thinking ability
- Comprehensive knowledge of tax compliance processes, including systems, e-Filing, SARS liaison and deadline management
- Sound knowledge of South African income tax legislation
- Proactive, confident and solutions-driven approach
- Strong delivery focus and ability to manage multiple priorities
- Collaborative team player with strong relationship-building ability
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The purpose of the role:
- The senior manager is responsible for conducting and managing investigations and preparing concise and quality forensic reports on client matters, projects and practice management, including billing and recoveries, directing and supervising staff who report to them.
- In addition, the senior manager plays a key role in business development by driving sales, through solicited and unsolicited proposals and maintaining relationships with clients
Roles and Responsibilities:
Business Development:
- Extensive experience in Compiling concise and well written proposals in response to requests from clients, internal referrals of work as well as unsolicited proposal;
- Compiling and input to presentations for client pitches, or part of the evaluation processes;
- Working across lines of services to collaborate/provide inputs on various opportunities;
- Build relationships with clients; and
- Contribute to achieving the Unit’s revenue targets.
- Reactive Forensic Services:
- Investigation Planning procedures;
- Examining evidence, interviewing relevant parties, and conducting other forensic-related procedures to ascertain veracity of the allegations being investigated;
- Preparation for interviews and experience in interview protocols, and in the differences between information gathering, witness and admission seeking interviews, respectively.
- Preparation, briefings and working in conjunction with the Data Analyst and Acquisition Specialists, and incorporating such findings into the investigation, and report;
- Implement methodologies as necessitated or for enhancement of processes, in the investigations;
- Extensive experience in writing forensic reports, including review of working papers /reports by specialists and practitioners, for ultimate review by the Director-writing reports that are a client -ready quality, including collation of exhibits. Strong experience in writing conclusions and recommendations in forensic reports;
- Working across lines of services to deliver on multi-disciplinary engagements; and
- Supporting related litigation and/or disciplinary proceedings, including evidence gathering and providing expert testimony as and when required.
Proactive Forensic Services:
- Experience in developing fraud risk management strategies and frameworks for clients;
- Development/drafting and reviewing including benchmarking with best practice and fraud guiding policies and procedures/fraud risk management frameworks for clients;
- Development and Facilitating Fraud Awareness programs/training across the entity for clients; and
- Development and Facilitating Fraud risk assessment across for clients.
Practice Management
- Maintenance of client information in order as required on the platform provided by the firm;
- Invoicing clients timeously and providing supporting information for invoice processes as when required by clients;
- Following up on invoices for timeous recoveries;
- Submission of timesheets as required;
- Submission of performance information t enable assessments on a timeous basis;
- Attend and complete internal and/or external training as an when required;
- Attending to request as and when required for purposes of running an effective and forensic practice; and
- Attend internal meetings and represent the unit in specific allocated forums.
Other
- Provide direction and supervise the team reporting to the Senior Manager;
- Motivate the team and provide technical support throughout engagement;
- Handling difficult and sensitive situations using sound, independent judgement within legal guidelines and ethical conduct; and
- Compliance with applicable laws, regulations, professional standards and BDO policies/procedures
- Proficiency with MS Office Suite
- Extensive Presentation Skills
- Attention to Detail
- Business Acumen by applying business concepts and principles to make informed decisions and achieve organisational goals
- The Forensic Senior Manager will work closely with and report to the Director
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in law, Accounting, Forensics, Auditing, Risk, or related field
- Advantageous: A post graduate degree in the above-mentioned disciplines
- Certified Fraud Examiner and/or FP(SA) designation compulsory
- Minimum 10 years investigation experience, across multiple industries (one industry experience not preferred), and at least 5 years management experience.
- Experience testifying in disciplinary, civil, and/or labour litigation matters. Experience in testifying in a criminal matter is advantageous matters.
- Advantageous: Experience in the use of data analytics systems, presentation through visuals such as Power BI and IA
- Effective leadership qualities.
- Effective communication skills.
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The purpose of the role:
- The senior manager is responsible for conducting and managing investigations and preparing concise and quality forensic reports on client matters, projects and practice management, including billing and recoveries, directing and supervising staff who report to them.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Business Development:
- Compiling concise and well written proposals in response to requests from clients, internal referrals of work as well as unsolicited proposal;
- Compiling and input to presentations for client pitches, or part of the evaluation processes;
- Working across lines of services to collaborate/provide inputs on various opportunities;
- A point of contact and build relationships with clients during engagements; and
- Contribute to achieving the Unit’s revenue targets.
- Forensic Services
- Investigation Planning procedures;
- Examining evidence, interviewing relevant parties, and conducting other forensic-related procedures to ascertain veracity of the allegations being investigated;
- Preparation for interviews and experience in interview protocols, and in the differences between information gathering, witness and admission seeking interviews, respectively.
- Preparation, briefings and working in conjunction with the Data Analyst and Acquisition Specialists, and incorporating such findings into the investigation, and report;
- Implement methodologies as necessitated or for enhancement of processes, in the investigations;
- Experience in writing forensic reports, including review of working papers /reports by specialists and practitioners, for review by Senior Manager or Director, including collation of exhibits. Strong experience in writing conclusions and recommendations in forensic reports;
- Working across lines of services to deliver on multi-disciplinary engagements; and
- Supporting related litigation and/or disciplinary proceedings, including evidence gathering
- Advantageous to have experience in developing fraud risk management strategies and frameworks for client, facilitating fraud risk assessments and fraud Awareness programs/training across the entity for clients; and
Practice Management
- Maintenance of client information in order as required on the platform provided by the firm;
- Invoicing clients timeously and providing supporting information for invoice processes as when required by clients;
- Following up on invoices for timeous recoveries;
- Submission of timesheets as required;
- Submission of performance information t enable assessments on a timeous basis;
- Attend and complete internal and/or external training as an when required;
- Attending to request as and when required for purposes of running an effective and forensic practice; and
- Attend internal meetings and represent the unit in specific allocated forums.
Other
- Provide direction and supervise the tea during engagements;
- Motivate the team and provide technical support throughout engagement;
- Handling difficult and sensitive situations using sound, independent judgement within legal guidelines and ethical conduct; and
- Compliance with applicable laws, regulations, professional standards and BDO policies/procedures
- Proficiency with MS Office Suite
- Presentation Skills
- Attention to Detail
- Business Acumen by applying business concepts and principles to make informed decisions and achieve organisational goals
- The Forensic Manager will work closely with and report to the Senior Manager and/or the Director
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree Accounting, Forensics, Auditing, Risk, Legal or related field
- Advantageous: A post graduate degree in the above-mentioned disciplines
- Certified Fraud Examiner and/or FP(SA) designation compulsory
- Minimum 6 years investigation experience, across multiple industries (one industry experience not preferred), and at least 2 years management experience.
- Advantageous: Experience in the use of data analytics systems, presentation through visuals such as Power BI and IA
- Effective leadership qualities.
- Effective communication skills.
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Primary Purpose of the Job:
- The Personal Assistant is required to provide extensive support inclusive but not limited to admin, secretarial and functional support to the C Suite Executives (CEO, CFO and COO). The individual will be responsible for the day-to-day operational running of the Offices of the C Suite Executives.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
General C Suite Office Management:
- To support the C Suite Executives by providing professional and confidential administrative & secretarial services
- Initiate, establish, implement, maintain and monitor administration systems and procedures for the C Suite Executives
- Act as a gate keeper to the C Suite Executives and ensure adequate resolution of general queries or issues
- Manage and maintain Executive schedules, including scheduling of meetings, conferences, making of appointments and effective diary management
- Manage leave for Executives and direct reports
- Process and prepare all payment requests, administer company credit card, expense claims and other payments
- Responsible for national travel coordination function.
- Maintenance and coordination of partner personnel files and partner appointment process
- Attend to any other ad-hoc activities required by the Executives
Communication Management:
- Build and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Undertake research and prepare monthly reports, presentations, corporate submissions and other correspondence for Executives
- Prioritise correspondence (emails, letters, memoranda and documents) and present to Executives each day for signature (where required)
- Maintain awareness of all issues being handled by the Executives in order to understand priorities and enable quick responses
- Discuss the work schedule daily to check priorities, ensure that Execs are aware of appointments for the day and schedule/reschedule according to changes that may occur
- Screen calls and emails, respond to basic enquiries and attend to meeting requests
- Ensure that correspondence is timeously dealt with
Coordinate and provide the following support to Executives:
- taking of minutes
- preparing presentations
- collation of reports
- drafting memorandums
EXCO:
- Coordinate all internal meetings and feedback sessions from work stream leaders
- Take responsibility for arranging and organising all logistic requirements for these meetings/sessions
- Attend to any outstanding actions resulting from meetings arranged and/or attended
- Exchange and obtain information for senior management and external clients/suppliers
- Track and compile inputs, comments and decisions received after meetings
- Project coordinator for activities and actions resulting from EXCO meetings
- Ensure all the actions from previous EXCO meeting are communicated to all and progress on/ completion of deliverables is followed up and documented
- Facilitate the creation and distribution of the EXCO Agenda and supporting documents
- Actively monitor and report on EXCO deliverables allowing for timely anticipation of completion of agenda items for following meetings
Board meetings:
- Take full responsibility for arranging and coordinating the logistics for these meetings
- Manage all travel, flights, accommodation, venue and transport arrangements
- Liaise with external travel agents for both local and international travel
- Compile detailed itinerary for Executives
- Compile all board/information/investor packs for these meetings.
Executive Record Keeping:
- Maintenance of the executive personnel records including initiation, amendments and conclusion
Requirements
Qualifications:
- National Diploma Administration and Office Support or other relevant Secretarial/Executive Assistant qualification
Requirements:
- 5+ years’ experience as a Personal Assistant working with Executives in a similar organisation
- A mature individual who appreciates the dynamics of and confidentiality required when working with C Suite Executives
Technical Competencies:
- Advanced MS office (particularly Excel and PowerPoint )
- Database Management
- Record keeping
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to prioritise and work under pressure
- Problem solving and analytical thinking skills
- Highly organised, detail oriented and able to multi task
- A team player with well developed interpersonal skills
BDO Core Competencies:
- Relationships and Collaboration
- Exceptional Client Service
- Business Growth
- Engaging people
- Inclusive Agile Leadership
- Quality, Risk management and Operational transformation
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