Vacancies at BDO South Africa

Description

•  We have vacancies for experienced, qualified Audit Seniors in BDO WAVE in our Durban office.
• Flexible, output-based environment
• Grow your knowledge and experience as an auditor
• Join a dynamic and fast-growing team servicing BDO UK clients.
• Possible secondment or relocation opportunities to the UK
• Work directly, and develop relationships with, BDO UK managers and partners
• Work on complex and technology-based high-level audit assignments
• Having just completed your traineeship, the Experienced Audit Senior, is responsible to the BDO UK engagement manager for daily work contact, conduct of the audit work and for ensuring that the fieldwork is executed within the required time frame.

Job description

• Completion of execution on sections
• Completion of analytical reviews on an overall entity basis as well as on specific sections
• Completion of planning and finalisation
• Manages time and is held accountable for productivity
• Provides frequent progress updates to the UK manager or partner

Requirements
Qualifications and experience

Minimum requirements:

• Completed 3-year SAICA training contract
• CTA (Completed)
• Studying towards ITC and APC
• Full IFRS practical audit experience

Competencies

• Ability to handle and manage stress
• Ability to meet tight deadlines and work well under pressure
• Excellent command of English, both written and spoken
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills for internal and external stakeholder relationship management
• Flexible in terms of working hours to align to the UK when required
• Supervisory experience
• Must be able to work on your own 
• Project management skills
• Quality and detail oriented
• Team player

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Description

• The People and Culture (P&C) Practitioner at BDO South Africa will play a pivotal role in supporting our People and Culture department in various administrative and operational tasks. This position requires a detail-oriented, organized, and proactive individual who can handle multiple responsibilities and work effectively in a dynamic environment. The P&C Practitioner will assist with recruitment processes, employee onboarding, record maintenance, and compliance with employment laws and regulations.

Main Duties and Responsibilities (JHB and PTA)

Recruitment and Onboarding

• Assist in the recruitment process by posting job openings, reviewing applications, and coordinating interviews.
• Facilitate the onboarding process for new hires, including conducting orientation sessions and ensuring all necessary paperwork is completed.
• Coordinate with hiring managers to ensure a smooth onboarding experience for new employees.
• Assist with offboarding employees, monitoring probation process and period of employee

Employee Records and Compliance

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date employee records, including personal information, employment contracts, and performance evaluations.
• Ensure compliance with local labour laws and regulations, as well as internal policies and procedures.
• Assist in the preparation of HR reports and documents, such as employment contracts and termination letters.

Employee Relations

• Serve as a point of contact for employee inquiries and provide assistance with HR-related issues.
• Support the HR team in handling employee grievances and disciplinary actions.
• Promote a positive and inclusive workplace culture through various HR initiatives and programs.

Training and Development

• Assist in organizing and coordinating employee training sessions and development programs.
• Maintain training records and track employee participation and progress.
• Support the implementation of performance management processes and initiatives.

Administrative Support

• Help service lines with budget planning, submission, and evaluation for the annual financial review
• Provide administrative support to the HR department, including scheduling meetings, preparing documents, and managing correspondence.
• Maintain HR files and databases, ensuring data accuracy and confidentiality.
• Assist with special HR projects and initiatives as needed.
• Collaborate with management and employees to resolve conflicts, promote positive relations, and reduce turnover
• Sick leave watch list set-up check-ins, loading leave on ESS
• ESS vs Maconomy recon and monthly leave recons
• Provide general administrative support and address frequent HR-related queries.
• Facilitate the quarterly overtime payment process. 
• Manage and process monthly payroll, addressing any queries promptly.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in an HR administrative or coordinator role.
• Strong knowledge of HR practices, labour laws, and regulations in South Africa.

Knowledge and Skills
Job Skills and Competencies

• Excellent organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks effectively.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact professionally with employees at all levels.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and HR software systems.
• High level of attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion.

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Description
Primary Purpose of the Job

• At BDO, we believe in investing in our people to help them grow, both professionally and personally. The foundation of our business is strong relationships, with colleagues, clients and other stakeholders and we work hard every day to make this a reality.  Our commitment is to create unlimited growth by giving our people continuous opportunities and our client's unparalleled support.
• BDO’s global organisation extends across 164 countries and territories, with 111,307 people working out of 1,803 offices – and we’re all working towards one goal: to provide our clients with exceptional service. Our firms across the organisation cooperate closely and comply with consistent operating principles and quality standards.
• BDO South Africa has a vacancy for an Employee Benefits Consultant in our Johannesburg offices, reporting to the Director of Employee Benefits.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Key Performance Areas:

Annual Review of scheme benefits

• Advise to client on appropriate benefits in line with market and Clients Industry
• Obtain quotes from market place and conduct full Costing and benefit Analysis
• Audit the current benefits to specific Industry including costs

  Processing of Scheme

• Installations and Amendments to benefits within required Service Level Agreements (SLA's)
• Maintain Fund and Risk Rules
• Ensure that risk and retirement data tie up to rules
• Obtain Investment strategy document
• Prepare member communication
• Submit to Insurer
• New entrant/existing client communication packs

Board of Management Meetings

• Board of Management Meetings
• Take, type and send minutes to clients
• Setting annual dates for Board of Management meetings with clients and all participants
• Action all items from Minutes
• Provide Board training as and when required
• Monitoring and ensuring risk benefits are structured correctly
• Member communication on change of benefits

Investments

• Monitor Investment Performance – against Peer Benchmark as well as costs and appropriate Investment Strategy
• Ensure that Investment Strategy has been implemented as per instructions from Board
• Ensure switch forms are completed correctly and processed

Member Communication

• Ensure member booklet is accurate
• Ensure accuracy of benefit statements
• One-on-one retirement planning & member education
• Drafting presentations and newsletters o delete

Daily Client Maintenance/Service

• Issuing standard documents, such as quarterlies, surveys, legal updates etc. timeously to clients
• Prepare and manage reports and documents
• Following up queries and resolving problems of clients, members and pensioners Provide advice pertaining to employee benefits, risk, governance and compliance, investments, legislation and pending changes which could impact on each particular benefit programme

Best practice

• Maintain expected performance standards each month, ensuring and adhering to the required monthly recons, timekeeping and attendance standards
• Ensure accuracy and completeness of all tasks performed within service level agreement
• Regular client interaction on a professional and effective manner on both verbal and written communication
• Perform additional ad-hoc tasks as and when required across the client service centre to meet commitments made to clients
• Remain abreast of new innovations and technologies in the industry
• Contribute towards team efficiency and team dynamics/spirit
• Development of knowledge of the employee benefits industry and investment matters
• Acquaint oneself with relevant legislation i.e. Pension Funds Act, Taxation, FAIS Act etc.

Requirements
Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge and Skills:

Qualifications:

• RE5 and FSP Approved licensed Representative in the following categories
• Long Term Category
• Retail Pension Benefits
• Pension Funds Benefits
• Collective Investment Schemes
• CFP or similar qualifications / NQF level 5 minimum

Experience:

• 3 or more years consulting experience in Employee Benefits

Competencies:

• Knowledge and Skills:

Behavioural Competencies:

• Good verbal/written communication skills
• Building trust and relationships
• Fostering collaborative team work
• Professionalism
• Strong client orientation
• Attention to detail
• Ability to prioritise and handle stress
• Creative yet organised
• Task driven & delivery focused
• Socially aware and able to work as part of a diverse team
• Innovative and willing to share ideas for new ways of working
• Ability to work with all levels within an organisation

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Description
Purpose of this role:

• The Practise Lead will drive and implement strategy, revenue generation and business growth for the Digital Advisory.
• Focus on the management and delivery of client engagements, as well as sales and practice development. 
• The Practise Lead will focus on working with our leading clients and their executive teams to design and define innovative business solutions to respond to disruption, design the journey to transition from the current to the future business and establish transformation programs, products and services that drive growth and deliver long term value. You will collaborate with partners across the firm and across geographies to ensure a holistic and cross-functional, transformative approach.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

Sets Strategy and drives delivery excellence for technology solutions:

• Ability to lead client through end-to-end design and delivery of forward looking, holistic, and business-aligned Technology solutions.
• Owns end-to-end delivery of enterprise-level technology and Technology programs, including requirements, supporting strategies and architectures, and appropriately manages and mitigates risks across the program.
• Understanding the interlinks between the sub-offerings at a technical level in order to enhance market presence.
• Adopts a holistic view when recommending solutions, leveraging leading practices to align technology solutions with business strategy and specific industry issues.
• Anticipates risks, opportunities, and broader organizational implications of proposed recommendations, and proactively define mitigating solutions.
• Leads stakeholders in building executive-level support and organizational buy-in to help enable and sustain the proposed programs.
• Builds a brand within a chosen domain and industry and is regarded internally and externally as a subject matter expert.
• Stays current on market trends and regulations and anticipates risk / opportunities; advises client accordingly.

Sales and Business Development:

• Identify and engage with potential customers and business partners through direct meetings while leveraging existing relationships and building new relationships with strategic partners and individuals.
• Support analysis and targeting of sales efforts through customer segmentation and profiling.
• Grow our current client footprint by actively hunting new clients and opportunities.
• Represent BDO in various forums (e.g., conferences, symposiums, customer visits) and impart detailed information about BDO’s technology and digital capabilities;
• Lead the creation of new-business proposals and presentations that create and nurture opportunities and partnerships and showcases BDO’s value proposition.
• Preparing all documentation required for requests for proposals (RFPs).
• Use BDO and industry data to identify trends and customer needs, and to build and secure a sales pipeline focused on meeting short/medium/long term domain targets
• Developing solution strategies.
• Support marketing stakeholders in the coordination and implementation of marketing strategies.

Business Case Development:

• Provide input into the product vision and roadmap for Digital Advisory by aligning to BDO’s overall company strategy, commercial business unit requirements and key opportunities.
• Communicate vision and roadmap to stakeholders to ensure buy in, support and clarity on direction and execution.
• Collaborate with key business stakeholders to define requirements and establish priorities for the product team based on business objectives and strategy.
• Optimize and continuously improve the experience and the value derived from of the products, journeys and services delivered by the product team through ongoing analysis of customer feedback, user / journey analytics and innovation.

Product Development Oversight:

• Participate in the conceptual solution design process to make recommendations to create and enhance solutions that are innovative, scalable, and sustainable and solve complex business problems.
• Participate in User Acceptance testing and guide users to ensure that the designed solution ultimately meets business requirements.
• Participate in the success/acceptance criteria definition using scenario testing and test cases to ensure that testing covers all aspects of the business specification.
• Validate the functionality of all technical solutions in line with business requirements on completion of development to ensure that business requirements are met in the implemented solutions.

Stakeholder Management:

• Manage relationships with external clients and ensure we grow successful relationships that yield profitable accounts.
• Be an active member of the BDO digital and technology sounding board, contribute digital transformation ideas that are scalable to be deployed to the existing BDO client base and the rest of Africa.
• Report to BDO Advisory leadership monthly on the Digital Advisory team’s performance, status of projects and innovation.
• Engage with audit teams and gather and interpret any requirements that they may have based on a pain points experienced on their audits that can be digitized.
• Provide insights on any new technologies that may launch via communication with teams directly or through Marketing channels.
• Act as a liaison between key stakeholders such as audit technical and the quality enablement team to ensure that digital and technology solutions that are being developed makes business sense and will either save our teams time.

Budget Management:

• Prepare forecasts and budget for the Digital Advisory business unit.
• Manage and optimize the budget, ensuring all expenditure is in line with the agreed budgets for the Digital Advisory business.
• Manage own client account/s within approved budget and profitability targets.
• Guide and assist other managers on how to manage their client accounts with regards to approved budget.

Requirements:

Qualifications/Recognition of Prior Learning equivalent:

• Honours degree in information technology, information systems, computer science or related fields.
• Certifications and continuing education preferred.

Work Experience:

• Minimum 10 years’ experience working in IT.
• Minimum 8 years’ experience overseeing IT teams and technology implementations.

Knowledge:

• Sound understanding of computer systems, networks, security, telecommunications, databases and storage systems.
• Solid working knowledge of all relevant coding languages and security protocols.

Skills:

• Strong interpersonal, communication and leadership skills.
• Ability to manage and prioritize tasks and projects.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Team oriented.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to lead teams.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent planning and organisational ability.
• Attention to detail.

BDO Core Competencies:

• Relationships and Collaboration.
• Exceptional Client Service.
• Business Growth.
• Engaging people.
• Leadership.
• Quality, Risk management and Operational performance.