About Deloitte

Deloitte is a leading global provider of audit and assurance, consulting, financial advisory, risk advisory, tax and related services. Our global network of member firms and related entities in more than 150 countries and territories (collectively, the “Deloitte organization”) serves four out of five Fortune Global 500® companies. Learn how Deloitte’s approximately 312,000 people make an impact that matters at www.deloitte.com.

About the Division:

Deloitte’s Actuarial & Insurance Solutions (AIS) practice is South Africa’s preeminent actuarial advisory practice, with a deep reach and expertise across the insurance and financial services industries. We are the largest actuarial consultancy in Africa with more than 140 actuarial staff and more than 50 qualified actuaries. Our AIS practice provides comprehensive actuarial, risk management, and advanced analytics services for Life and Non-Life insurers and reinsurers, regulators, automotive players, retirement fund providers and other related organisations.
 

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.

This role will support the Strategic Project Manager (SPM) in the effective delivery of client projects aimed at creating exceptional client service. The role is the central point for delivering project management activities:

• Manage complex project related activities, programmes, procedures and protocols- Drive the successful initiation, planning, scheduling, execution, monitoring and closure of respective projects.
• Perform the PMO administrator role by coordinating activities, tasks, timeframes, scope and deadlines- Prepare well-articulated, accurate and timely reporting for respective stakeholder audiences.
• Manage client- and stakeholder expectations and deliverables.
• Escalate material issues and risks to the SPM and respective Actuarial Manager.
• Develop a culture of continuous improvement through PMO process engineering and change management

Additional responsibilities:

• Drive strategic team and client impact through the operational effectiveness of:
• Project Management Office (PMO) framework and standards.
• Project task management.
• Project administration.
• Project reporting and governance.

• Minimum qualification: Bachelor's degree.
• Desired qualification: Bachelor's degree with Project Management qualification or equivalent.

Minimum experience:

• 8-10 year's working experience, with 3-5 years' experience in relevant role.
• Advanced proficiency on MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio.

Desired experience:

• Meeting the minimum requirements with working experience within the Financial Services or Insurance Industry, with exposure to Actuarial and/or International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) projects.

Technical competencies:

• Strong business acumen with good understanding of insurance industry and consultancy business model.
• Ability to demonstrate an understanding of the Project Management Office (PMO) strategic and operational goals.
• Good working knowledge of different project management methodologies and tools- Demonstrated delivery of complex projects within timeframes and cost.
• Excellent problem-solving and negotiation skills.
• Ability to manage changing priorities and competing demands.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, professional delivery of presentations and reports.
• Experience in effective risk, issues and dependencies management.

Behavioural competencies:

• Strong self-management and adaptability to work with dynamic team compositions.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and relationship-building skills.
• Strong training and coaching ability with the desire to develop self and others.
• Highly adaptable, managing change and ambiguity with ease.
• Task- and detail orientated.
• Timely client delivery focus.
•  Acute focus on quality and risk 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.

Why Deloitte?

At Deloitte, we create positively differentiated work experiences that enable our people to feel valued and achieve their full potential. Deloitte Africa opens the door to a career that can cross borders virtually and physically across the African continent and globally to gain experience and access projects beyond our borders. We value difference, and embrace people with diverse backgrounds, experiences, gender identities, abilities and thinking styles. Knowing that people work best in a variety of ways, we are happy to discuss alternative arrangements if the working pattern you are looking for is not specifically indicated.

At Deloitte, we want everyone to feel they can be themselves and to thrive at work—in every country, in everything we do, every day. We aim to create a workplace where everyone is treated fairly and with respect, including reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. We seek to create and leverage our diverse workforce to build an inclusive environment across the African continent.