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About the Division 

The value that Deloitte Risk Advisory Africa creates for organisations is synonymous with operational excellence. Our five business areas work in unison to provide integrated solutions unique to the organisational requirements of any business.

In a world that is constantly changing, organisations need to adapt quickly to respond to new risks and take advantage of new opportunities. Deloitte's Risk Advisory practice advises organisations on how to effectively mitigate risk and make informed and intelligent risk decisions around business processes, technology and operations.

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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 Job

We are on the look-out for executive talent to play a pivotal role in growing our Energy Resources and Industrials business within our Risk Advisory practice in the Johannesburg office. A priority appointment for us present, is at the recruitment of an experienced and dynamic Associate Director or Director to join the team.

Qualifications & Experience required

Required

• Minimum of 12 years’ experience in a client service role, with at least 7 in a leadership role
• Relevant Bachelor’s degree in Science/Engineering/Commerce. Postgraduate/Masters/PhD is advantageous
• Deep mining sector experience
• Strategy and Consulting experience
• Demonstrated leadership experience building a growing portfolio in the mining sector supported by a broad network of relationships in the sec
• Proven experience leveraging networks and relationships in the sector in order to drive professional services opportunities
• Demonstrated prior experience driving large scale operational/strategic risk, regulatory or technology implementation projects at a leadership level
• Analytics experience
• Recognised as a subject-matter expert and leader within the local market
• Strong industry network

Specialized Technical Capabilities

• Ability to guide client’s senior leaders to establish vision that would enable achievement of strategic objectives
• Advises executive leadership on strategies and tactics to ensure insights are consistently incorporated into strategy development
• Leverages prior experience to build a convincing business case to influence client’s adoption of recommendations
• Recommends new and innovative approaches to solving problems to help draw meaningful conclusions
• Develops and educates practitioners on new and innovative methodologies in his / her respective domain
• Promotes the spirit of ideation and innovation across engagement teams

Core Technical Capabilities

• Delivery Excellence - Accepts overall responsibility and establishes appropriate controls for optimizing engagement profitability and managing risk in accordance with the contract, project plan, and Deloitte quality standards
• Executive Presence - Manages and advances relationships with clients beyond immediate engagement needs and serves as a trusted advisor
• Global Mindset - Builds and sustains relationships across global services and/or sector network to sell and deliver engagements
• Risk Strategy - Applies a strong understanding of client’s strategy and advises client’s senior leadership accordingly

Leadership / Behavioural Capabilities

• Competitive Edge - Applies knowledge of disruptive trends and competitor activity to drive continuous improvement
• Influence - Builds deep relationships across a diverse network and uses a flexible influencing style to gain buy-in and drive impact
• Performance drive - Creates opportunities to drive impact; anticipates client needs and delivers superior results by leveraging each person’s strengths to build high performing teams across businesses and borders

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