About Africa Talent

Africa Talent by Deloitte (Africa Talent) is a separate legal entity based in South Africa and was formed between Deloitte Africa and Deloitte Netherlands in order to meet the growing demand for Talent in Africa and Europe; and to establish a competency centre that can compete with other delivery centres in India and beyond. While incorporated in South Africa, the goal is to recruit and develop Talent throughout Sub Saharan Africa in order to service the diverse needs to enable projects at our clients. Talent employed, will have the full experience of Deloitte, while getting both local and international exposure to a diverse set of clients, working remotely from Africa.  It will take advantage of the demographic reality of Africa as a future source of talent for both Africa and Europe and at its core is the goal to create employment in Africa and invest in African talent.

The ethos of our organisation is characterised by vision, purpose beyond profit and an appetite to innovate and deliver creative, high impact solutions to urgent client challenges.

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 – Africa Talent - is where you will find unrivalled opportunities to succeed and realize your full potential.

This new team is a true encapsulation of hybrid work whereby you gain access and exposure to learn from and engage with colleagues in South Africa and the Netherlands, while working virtually from your local Deloitte office, or from home.

The role:

For the role of GRC senior consultant, we are also looking for a candidate with risk management, internal /external audit, technology enablement or compliance background or affinity. Our projects are typically agile projects therefore experience with this methodology is a pre. Due to current circumstances there is no expectation to need to travel however once restrictions are lifted we do expect that the candidate is open to travel in and outside of Europe on occasion/project basis. We would expect the candidate to be fluent in writing and speaking English (Dutch not a must, but a great advantage). We would expect the candidate to be willing to be skilled in skilled in at least one technology platform. The candidate needs to be result orientated, motivate a team, resilient, creative, innovative, understanding and determined. 

You will help clients by guiding them on their GRC transformation journey. As most clients haven’t been on this journey before they look at you to advise them on bringing together the Methodology, Content and Technology perspectives. With your experience of Risk Management and technology solutions, you will be a solid sparring partner for the GRC challenges your clients are facing, both from a business as a technical perspective. GRC is the integrated collection of capabilities that enable an organization to reliably achieve objectives, address uncertainty and act with integrity. 

You will be part of the blended project team comprised of specialists which could be Deloitte colleagues and/or SME’s from the client. Your specific contribution would be on how technology/tooling can enable the integrated GRC functions to thrive at an organization. You would be acting as GRC translator between the client’s business and the technology specialists and are able to understand the client’s need behind the requirements and challenge these. You will also be able to challenge the technology specialists on the suggested solution for the defined requirements. You will support in making decisions without having all of the facts/information and knowing how to communicate this to various stakeholders. Within your role you are expected to be able to flag and give the team lead a heads-up for possible problems whereby you also then act as a sounding board to find solutions. You should be open to share and learn skills, best-practices and experiences with the client and colleagues. You would get the opportunity to work on advising clients on their methodology, content and technology to enable their Integrated GRC strategy, work in multi-disciplinary teams and get a first-hand inside look at a variety of organizations and specialties. 

• 5 years working experience
• Risk Management and GRC experience
• Consulting experience is advantageous
• An ability to communicate (written and verbal) in Dutch is an added advantage. 

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

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.