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Key Responsibilities:

Business Engagement and Demand Management:

• Act as the primary point of contact between business stakeholders and IT for analytics projects and enhancements.
• Capture, assess, and prioritize demand from business units, ensuring alignment with organizational strategy.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across various African markets to understand local needs and tailor solutions accordingly. Engage at a Country Managing Director and Functional Director Level.
• Identify data and analytic competency gaps and setting up sessions with the relevant Data Product Owners or External vendors.

Project and Enhancement Management:

• Manage analytics-related projects, ensuring oversight with the project delivery leads to drive value and align with business objectives.
• Evaluate the scope and impact of demands, categorizing them as projects or enhancements.
• Coordinate with IT to translate business requirements into technical deliverables.

Financial Oversight:

• Oversee Capex and Opex management for analytics initiatives.
• Filter and assess quotes from vendors, ensuring cost-effectiveness and value.
• Handle administrative tasks related to financial tracking and reporting.

Data Stewardship and Quality Management:

• Serve as a Data Steward, ensuring the accuracy, quality, and reliability of business-critical data.
• Support compliance of data quality standards, collaborating with IT and business units.
• Monitor and resolve data integrity issues in collaboration with AMS/Data Quality team to maintain trust in analytics outputs.
• Data Asset Utilisation - ensure that there is clarity on who should be using these and why and ensure adoption such as training is provided.

Governance and Compliance:

• Lead governance activities related to BI AMS (Application Managed Services), Digital Factory (DF), and business processes.
• Conduct regular access reviews, manage data access permissions, and ensure compliance with organizational policies.
• Oversee workspace management, ensuring secure and efficient use of analytics environments.
• Engage with various governance bodies such as Data Governing Body and Audit Committee.
• Support interactions with Computer Assisted System (CAD) auditing and Statutory Auditors.

Stakeholder Collaboration:

• Engage with stakeholders across South Africa and multiple African markets, fostering strong relationships and ensuring alignment.
• Communicate effectively with both technical teams and business leaders to drive collaboration and clarity.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Analytics, IT, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in analytics, business-IT liaison roles, or related fields.
• Strong understanding of analytics processes, data management, and governance principles.
• Proven ability to manage financial aspects, including Capex and Opex.
• Proficiency in BI tools and platforms (e.g., Power BI) and understanding of data access and workspace management.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage with diverse stakeholders.
• Strong organizational and administrative skills, with attention to detail.
• Knowledge of the African business landscape is a significant advantage.

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Key Responsibilities:

Business Engagement and Demand Management:

• Act as the primary point of contact between business stakeholders and IT for analytics projects and enhancements.
• Capture, assess, and prioritize demand from business units, ensuring alignment with organizational strategy.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across various African markets to understand local needs and tailor solutions accordingly. Engage at a Country Managing Director and Functional Director Level.
• Identify data and analytic competency gaps and setting up sessions with the relevant Data Product Owners or External vendors.

Project and Enhancement Management:

• Manage analytics-related projects, ensuring oversight with the project delivery leads to drive value and align with business objectives.
• Evaluate the scope and impact of demands, categorizing them as projects or enhancements.
• Coordinate with IT to translate business requirements into technical deliverables.

Financial Oversight:

• Oversee Capex and Opex management for analytics initiatives.
• Filter and assess quotes from vendors, ensuring cost-effectiveness and value.
• Handle administrative tasks related to financial tracking and reporting.

Data Stewardship and Quality Management:

• Serve as a Data Steward, ensuring the accuracy, quality, and reliability of business-critical data.
• Support compliance of data quality standards, collaborating with IT and business units.
• Monitor and resolve data integrity issues in collaboration with AMS/Data Quality team to maintain trust in analytics outputs.
• Data Asset Utilisation - ensure that there is clarity on who should be using these and why and ensure adoption such as training is provided.

Governance and Compliance:

• Lead governance activities related to BI AMS (Application Managed Services), Digital Factory (DF), and business processes.
• Conduct regular access reviews, manage data access permissions, and ensure compliance with organizational policies.
• Oversee workspace management, ensuring secure and efficient use of analytics environments.
• Engage with various governance bodies such as Data Governing Body and Audit Committee.
• Support interactions with Computer Assisted System (CAD) auditing and Statutory Auditors.

Stakeholder Collaboration:

• Engage with stakeholders across South Africa and multiple African markets, fostering strong relationships and ensuring alignment.
• Communicate effectively with both technical teams and business leaders to drive collaboration and clarity.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Analytics, IT, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in analytics, business-IT liaison roles, or related fields.
• Strong understanding of analytics processes, data management, and governance principles.
• Proven ability to manage financial aspects, including Capex and Opex.
• Proficiency in BI tools and platforms (e.g., Power BI) and understanding of data access and workspace management.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage with diverse stakeholders.
• Strong organizational and administrative skills, with attention to detail.
• Knowledge of the African business landscape is a significant advantage.

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Job Description

• The Business Unit Director role is to lead, inspire, set direction and drive their account management business unit to provide extraordinary account management service and add real value to the clients’ business.
• Managing the delivery of exceptional creative product that meets or exceeds the clients’ business targets within the defined integrated strategic approach.
• To ensure optimum deployment of integrated 360 degree communication, facilit ate problem solving, monitor the health of the clients’ business within the agency, deliver bottom line client profitability and grow the clients’ business within the agency.
• Client Responsibilities Foster and maintain close relationships with clients at a senior level, and ensure communication of any changes to clients’ business obectives to the team.
• Actively pursue business development opportunities within the client portfolio in areas that may prove to bring a favourable return on investments for clients.
• Share knowledge and best practice across the teams and the agency.
• Creating accurate compressive briefs and implementation of project timelines.
• Deliver high standards of client satisfaction and continuously adapt and adjust approaches to benefit portfolio needs.
• Demontrate an understanding of the clients’ and agency’s business to motivate the team in providing outputs that deliver an optimal return on investment for our client.
• Through research and active networking within the industry, ensure that the agency and client are at the forefront of, and appraised on, industry trends and developments.
• Ensure that this is shared across the business.
• Experience working on a retail account (advantageous).
• People Responsibilities Build a strong multi-discipline account management team that can operate interdependently. Improve the team cohesion and synergy through a direct management style that rewards performance and team effort. Instill a value system within the team that is based on integrity, respect and the value of the individual in the work environment. Mentor the team through hands on training and instill a sense of accountability.
• Manage the careers of the team including:
• Formal performance reviews Personal training and development plans Career planning Participate in the department’s manpower planning and recruitment process.
• Champion company initiatives ensuring motivation, consistency and correct messaging.
• Finance Responsibilities Responsible for achieving streamlined, efficient and cost effective management of the portfolio. Identify opportunities for expanding the financial potential of the clients’ business. Manage and monitor income and efficiency in the billing ensuring financial administration adheres to best practice.
• Drive the ethos of cost control and income growth through to the account management team. Operations Responsibilities Ensure all team members complete timesheets by deadline.
• Compile reports to share the overall health and status of the business unit with the management team. Ensure all team staff maintain ethos of Accenture working environment. Ensure team understand and adhere to Accenture processes, especially when engaging with traffic and production. Manage team profitability (limit over- or under-servicing of clients). Qualification Matric essential Relevant tertiary qualification essential Driver’s license and own reliable transport essential

Skills and attribute / Key competencies:

• Proficient in MS Office suite (incl. Mail, Word, Powerpoint and Excel) essential Presentation skills Thought leadership Business development Business and commercial acumen Management and leadership Planning and prioritisation, with the ability to copy under pressure and work to tight deadlines Strong negotiation skills and conflict management skills High emotional intelligence and confidence Strategic thinking Excellent interpersonal and team working skill Experience: 10+ years client service and agency experience 7+ years people management experience

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Job Description

• As a Project Manager for Performance Marketing, you’ll play a key role in ensuring the seamless delivery of data-driven digital initiatives.
• Overseeing specialists across SEO, CRO, Measurement & Analytics, and Martech - you’ll act as the orchestrator - aligning expertise, timelines, and priorities to drive high-impact outcomes for clients. Working closely with performance specialists and project stakeholders, you’ll develop structured project plans, manage budgets, and ensure all moving parts are aligned for smooth execution.
• You’ll collaborate across teams to keep initiatives on track, proactively problem-solve, and ensure clients remain informed and engaged throughout the process.
• This role offers exposure to multiple performance marketing disciplines, making it an ideal opportunity for someone eager to develop deep expertise in digital marketing project delivery.
• If you thrive in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment and enjoy bringing structure to complex initiatives, this role is for you.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own and manage the delivery of performance marketing projects, ensuring they meet Accenture Song’s standard of excellence. What does excellence look like? ·
• Flawless execution: Projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the brief.
• Proactive stakeholder communication: Keep clients and internal teams informed with clear, structured updates - helping them plan, managing expectations, and ensuring feedback is captured and actioned effectively.
• Deep understanding of digital workflows: Navigate and coordinate cross-functional teams, ensuring performance specialists have the structure and support they need to execute at their best.
• Visibility and collaboration: Keep Project Delivery Leads and Client Leads updated on progress, fostering trust and ensuring they can support your success and career growth. ·
• End-to-end ownership: Take accountability for every phase of assigned projects, from initiation to completion, with a proactive, problem-solving mindset. · Efficiency and momentum: Drive urgency in tasks, ensuring you are never the bottleneck and that workflows move seamlessly across teams.

EXPECTATIONS ·

• Clear, structured communication: Whether it’s briefs, debriefs, emails, status reports, post-campaign analysis, or project plans - your written work should be well thought out, free of errors, and actioned without delay. · Strategic approach to feedback: Client feedback should be interrogated and fully understood before being relayed internally to ensure alignment and efficiency.
• Proactive stakeholder updates: Managers, team members, and clients should always be kept informed with accurate, timely updates to maintain momentum and trust.
•  Time and cost management: Timesheets must be completed accurately and on time. Cost estimates should be thoroughly checked, approved before work begins, and billed correctly upon approval.
• Project tracking and documentation: Maintain up-to-date project histories and archives (Workbook, server, status reports, etc.), ensuring accuracy and easy reference for future work.
• What We’re Looking For · 1-3 years of experience in project delivery/client service, the majority being Performance Marketing focused. Telecommunications and financial services sector experience advantageous.
• Ownership & Accountability: Proactive, hard-working, and committed to delivering high-quality outcomes with minimal oversight.
• Organised & Detail-Oriented: Ability to manage multiple tasks, ensuring accuracy and efficiency in execution.
• Strong Communicator & Team Player: Excellent interpersonal skills to collaborate across teams and keep stakeholders informed.
• Resilient Under Pressure: Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, managing tight deadlines, and adapting to shifting priorities.
• Logistical Readiness: The role is JHB-based, and a valid driver’s license / reliable transport are required.

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Key Responsibilities:

• As a Product Designer in the CoE, you are a multi-skilled individual that is able to combine UX and UI capabilities to deliver value for businesses and their customers.
• The role requires foresight to produce sustainable outputs that can be tested, validated, and integrated into the daily lives of millions across Africa.
• At all times you will assess the value of the designed experience and ensure a high level of craft within your work.
• You will have the chance to work across a broad range of projects that enable the business to scale, bring new products to market, and captivate customers through powerful digital experiences.

Daily activities include but not limited to:

Discover

• Requirements elicitation
• Behavioural data analysis
• User surveys and interviews
• Persona’s and mental models
• Empathy maps
• Current product analysis
• Competitor product analysis
• Best practice analysis
• User testing and feature validation

Describe

• Solutioning workshops
• Feature listing and prioritization
• UX definition and principles
• Browsing flows
• Low-medium fidelity wireframing
• Functional prototyping
• Accessibility implementation guidelines
• User stories and product roadmap contribution

Design

• Look and feel establishment
• Graphic user interface design
• Accessibility implementation and testing
• Micro-copy and UX writing
• Multi-device design and rollout
• Design system utilisation and extension
• Micro-interactions and motion prototyping

Develop

• Annotated design specifications
• Visual asset preparation
• Development implementation review
• Product experience testing
• Content quality assurance checks
• Design system governance support

Qualifications

Applicant requirements:

• Relevant tertiary qualification
• Strong portfolio of product and platform design work
• Proficient in utilising prototyping software, Figma and the Adobe suite
• A superb eye for design with strong attention to detail
• Good understanding of branding, marketing, data, media, social UI, UX, business analysis and technology trends
• Ability to articulate and defend design decisions
• The ability to create scalable component libraries
• Good understanding of the development process and agile methodologies
• Ability to work well alongside internal and external client teams
• Take initiative and follow a self-leadership approach
• Positive can-do attitude
• Organised and efficient
• Deadline orientated
• Empathetic towards others
• Strong team player contributing towards positive and respectful collaboration
• Willingness to be challenged
• Be able to perform within a high-pressure environment

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THE WORK:

• Join our dynamic team as we embark on a journey to become an SME in Enterprise Data Management.
• Collaborate seamlessly, manage teams effectively, and contribute to key decisions across multiple teams.
• Engage with various stakeholders and provide innovative solutions to propel our success.
• Exciting challenges await you! Execute marketing activities and programs aligned to marketing strategy Drive research and message development for marketing program execution Assess and monitor program performance against objectives, metrics, and budgets Implement internal communications activities to support engagement and the employee experience

HERE'S WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

• Expert proficiency in Enterprise Data Management Advanced proficiency in Data Compilation
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in relevant related skills Bachelor's Degree in relevant field of studies

BONUS POINTS IF YOU HAVE:

• Advanced Data Management and Integration Advanced Data Quality Management Advanced Data Strategies

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Role Overview:

• As a Talent & Organisation (T&O) Consultant, you will support, deliver and / or lead projects across industries, leveraging your expertise in understanding how digital transformation will unlock human potential.

Key deliverables:

• Collaborate with senior stakeholders, including CHROs and business leaders, to design and execute people transformation initiatives. Build strong relationships with clients to position Accenture as a trusted advisor and thought leader in Talent and Organisation (T&O) solutions.
• Lead, deliver and / or support the delivery of projects across diverse industries, focusing on areas such as talent management, operating model design, change management, and employee experience. Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver integrated solutions that address business challenges.
• Develop compelling proposals that address client needs and showcase Accenture's capabilities in Talent and Organisation solutions.
• Design innovative solutions that help organisations transform their people agenda and workforce strategy.
• Contribute to the development of thought leadership on key topics such as employee experience, culture / talent transformation, operating model, HR technology and workforce analytics. Collaborate with global and local teams to tailor solutions to the unique needs of the African market.

Core Skills:

• Analytical problem solving: The ability to analyse complex problems, identify patterns, and develop effective solutions. This skill involves critical thinking, data analysis, and the application of logical reasoning to solve unstructured and ambiguous business challenges.
• Client management and engagement: Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, understanding their needs, and providing valuable advice and support. This skill involves effective communication, empathy, and the ability to manage client expectations.
• Communication skills: The ability to articulate ideas clearly and persuasively, both verbally and in writing. This skill involves active listening, presenting information in a compelling manner, and adapting communication styles to different audiences.
• Leadership and influence: Leading teams and projects effectively, inspiring and motivating others, and driving change within an organisation. This skill involves strategic thinking, decision-making, and the ability to influence and guide others towards achieving common goals.
• Adaptability and flexibility: Navigating change and ambiguity with agility, responding readily to challenges and changing environments. This skill involves being open to new ideas, adjusting strategies as needed, and maintaining a positive attitude in the face of uncertainty.
• Innovation and creativity: Envisioning and creating new products, processes, and solutions to add value to clients. This skill involves thinking outside the box, experimenting with new approaches, and continuously seeking ways to improve and innovate.
• Project management: Managing and delivering projects effectively, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope, and to the required quality standards. This skill involves planning, organizing, and coordinating resources and activities.

Experience:

• 3 - 5 years of experience in HR consulting.
• Proven ability to develop solutions that successfully deliver project outcomes for clients.
• Experience designing or working with HR ERP platforms or HR systems (e.g. Workday, SuccessFactors, Oracle or Microsoft Dynamics 365).
• Experience working with large data to derive insights and inform decision-making.
• Knowledge of Artificial Intelligence or latest trends that impact people and the way of working

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or higher.
• Relevant certifications (e.g. Lean Six Sigma, design thinking, Prosci etc.) or memberships (e.g. SABPP, SIOPSA etc.)

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• Basic knowledge in E/E (control units, diagnosis, vehicle electrical system access)
• Knowledge and passion for development of complex, robust and production critical IT software systems, located in plant dedicated DC’s or Edge DC’s and in public cloud based on MS Azure
• Experience with VM and cloud software development in MS Azure
• Proficiency in network, distributed and concurrent programming
• Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills, including load testing capabilities
• Experience as a Java full stack software developer.
• Excellent programming skills in Java, Java GUI, Java Web techniques / Angular / JavaScript / REST, MicroProfile, Spring Framework and the Quarkus Framework
• Very good programming skills with web technologies (Angular, HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and Python
• Proficiency in using Docker and Kubernetes for container orchestration.
• Excellent and experienced knowledge in Cloud technologies (Azure cloud architecture, Quarkus, IaaC, Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud Networking, Cloud Security, MongoDB)
• Experience in setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience of enterprise IT operations and support of production critical applications and systems
• Experience in agile software development, CI/CD using Maven, Gradle, Junit and SonarQube.
• Experience in agile software Project Management (Scrum, Jira)
• Experience with the tools: Terraform, IDE (Eclipse or IntelliJ IDEA), GIT & GitHub
• Experience in IT security, especially in developing secure cloud applications and general network security.
• Experience with Splunk Enterprise development and configuration. Splunk certification is advantageous
• Experience in Ticket-Reporting Systems (e.g. ITIL)
• Innovative & Independent with good problem-solving skills
• 5+ years development on Java based solutions.
• Exposure and experience within other development languages and platforms, as well as knowledge of development methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, etc)
• Any experience in the automotive industry is useful
• Any experience with integration tools is useful

Qualifications

• B.Sc IT / Computer Science or equivalent