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About the Division:

Our Audit & Assurance services go beyond merely meeting statutory requirements. We help our clients perform better and achieve their business objectives. We listen to their needs, think about the business implications and tailor our approach accordingly. Click here to read more about our Audit & Assurance practice.

What impact will you make?

Every day, your work will make an impact that matters, while you thrive in a dynamic culture of inclusion, collaboration and high performance. As the undisputed leader in professional services, Deloitte is where you’ll find unrivalled opportunities to succeed and realize your full potential.

Main Purpose of the job:

• To lead the Service / Business Area through driving and implementation of strategy, revenue generation and business growth. Deliver on multiple complex large audits and manage various audit teams, including audit managers and support various Partners in their duties.
• Service a portfolio of FIST Audit Clients. Play a role in business development, plan and monitor delivery of multiple complex large audits and manage various audit teams. Manage audit managers and support various partners in their duties.
• Lead client engagements.
• Understand the relevant portion of the service line as well as its strategic objectives.
• Sign off non-complex divisions, subsidiaries of group engagements or stand-alone entities.
• Establish Client Audit requirements and implement resourcing plans and tools to deliver on the Audit

Key Responsibilities

Stakeholder Focus

• Anticipates the implications of the future regulatory and risk advisory landscape to meet the diverse needs of senior stakeholders

Risk assessments and audit responses

• Audit professionals are required to obtain an understanding of the entity and its environment, including the entity’s internal control. This is a continuous dynamic process of gathering, updating and analysing information throughout the audit. Audit professionals are also required to have knowledge of relevant accounting standards applicable to the entity. Auditors are required to perform risk assessment procedures to provide a basis for the identification and assessments of the risks of material misstatement

Integrate engagement teams and manage referred work

• Involving internal specialists early and often in audits to ensure cohesive, well integrated engagement teams.
• Understand the scope of work performed by the experts and specialists, supervise their procedures, review their working papers and understand the conclusions that they reach.
• Supervision, communication and review in relation to the work performed by Audit teams.
•  Delivery of high-quality audits via a number of enablers such as Audit Transformation & Digital tools, Professional Excellence, Methodology, content, guidance, learning and tools and Manage project plans to optimize engagements
• Development and management of a project plan is a critical component to executing high quality audits. A robust project plan includes key activities, milestones, deadlines, and priorities for all engagement stakeholders.
• Apply Ethical and Professional Standards
• Compliance with auditing and accounting standards, relevant laws and regulations (including specific local laws and regulations), ethical standards, independence requirements and the audit firm's quality control procedures

Minimum Qualifications: Honours Accounting Degree and Registered CA(SA)

Experience:

• Minimum experience: 8 years post articles experience in a senior management client service role
• Desired: 10 years audit senior management experience with specialized financial services industry knowledge

Leadership Capabilities:

•  Inspiring: Leads from the front, acting as an exemplary role model of integrity for leaders at all levels; promotes a strong sense of loyalty and followership and energizes others to act
• Creating Purpose: Sets and communicates strategic direction, excites people around the vision, and aligns diverse, cross-business and cross-border teams to achieve success
• Driving agility: Builds a high-performance culture by cultivating individual and team strengths; drives outstanding service, quality, and stakeholder value, often through a mix of large cross-business and/or cross-border teams
• Building diverse capability: Manages the development of a strong pipeline of diverse talent for current/future success; owns and drives a talent experience that differentiates Deloitte
• Influence: Builds and maintains trust-based relationships with senior stakeholders and influencers, and uses highly developed influencing skills to drive positive impact in complex situations
• Collaborating: Partnering across the business with other stakeholders to build new solutions
• Delivering Value: Demonstrating commercial awareness, focusing on stakeholders and building the Deloitte brand
• Building the business: Anticipates market and competitor trends to develop and deliver bold and innovative solutions that differentiates Deloitte

Professional Capabilities:

• Analytical acumen: Exhibits epitome of data analysis and visualization acumen with forecasting relevant and appropriate conclusions through data analysis
• Effective Communication: Fosters an environment for effective and strategic communications that benefit all involved and leads by example for the team
• Engagement Management: Leads executive-level stakeholder expectations management, forges leading practices to deliver and manage engagements (multiple, if applicable) with excellence, makes an impact on internal and external stakeholders, and achieves success measures
• Manage Change: Adapts to change and copes with uncertainty and risk; identifies concerns in the change journey and highlights them to stakeholders
• Manage quality & risk: Acts with integrity and honesty and builds a foundational knowledge of Deloitte's ethical, independence, quality, risk management, and professional standards and processes to safeguard stakeholders' confidentiality and protect Deloitte’s brand and reputation
• Strategic thinking and problem solving: Is able to identify problem statements and employ critical thinking to support solving business problems
• Tech Savviness: Demonstrates awareness of appropriate and relevant technology tools required to support business processes and operations for internal and external stakeholders

Technical/Specialized Capabilities:

• Experienced in risk assessments and audit responses: Is aware of the meaning of professional skepticism, core risk assessment processes, entity, and industry background, and understands how this impacts the work they perform
• Integrate engagement teams and manage referred work: Works effectively as part of a team to deliver the audit, is curious, seeks answers to questions, and understands how their role integrates into the wider engagement team
• Project Management: Exceptional project management skills
• Formulate professional judgements and conclusions in order to deliver and communicate informative and timely outputs: Seeks to understand the audit area and related issues and judgments in their assigned audit work; demonstrates professional skepticism, a challenging mindset, and a commitment to quality in the execution of their work
• Preferred experience in auditing companies in the financial services sector including banking, insurance or asset management.

 *Please note that this job advertisement provides a summary of the capabilities required and all candidates shortlisted will receive a full list of capabilities.