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About the Division

Deloitte Placements was borne out of the need for increased career opportunities and upskilling for auditing professionals. This is rooted in the creation of more jobs on the African continent through the globalisation and extension of Deloitte Africa’s service delivery to Deloitte Member Firms and other firms internationally. 

While driving and thriving in a dynamic culture of inclusion, collaboration, and high performance, you will {create/enable} a flexible resourcing pool through an extended team model with a strong value proposition, focused on culture, investment and personal growth of those employees. Through Deloitte Placements you will not only find unrivalled opportunities to success and realize your full potential, but also the potential of others – truly making an impact that matters.

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.

What impact will you make?

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced, dynamic and inspiring leader to drive the strategy of Deloitte Placements forward. The role will report directly into the Africa Audit and Assurance Managing Partner and COO and will be based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Main Responsibilities

The Business Unit Leader within Deloitte Placements will be accountable to the Audit and Assurance Executive for the following:

• Formulating and executing the growth strategy of Deloitte Placements
• Drive the responsible business narrative
• Develop and implementing hiring strategies that attract a diverse workforce
• Broadening the talent pool to go beyond South Africa, encompassing other geographies within Africa
• Setting and driving a cohesive and inclusive culture aligned with our shared values
• Retention of Talent, including the onboarding, learning and performance review of staff
• Overall resource management including culture, alignment and delivering on the employee value proposition
• Implementation of the Audit and Assurance bold play strategy
• Marketing Deloitte Placements to the broader Deloitte globally, as well as third party clients.
• Financial reporting including preparing budgets, cash flow forecasts and monitoring actual performance
• Communicate with Deloitte Member Firms and 3rd party Audit firms to gain insights into their forecast needs for talent, as well as assess the overall experience with Deloitte Talent in respect of quality and responsiveness
• Serving as the ongoing point of contact to all clients.
• Monitoring the productivity of Talent within the centre
• Setting of overall pricing structure within Deloitte Placements.
• Submission of various legislative returns
• Establishing and co-ordinating various functions including finance, HR, legal and IT
• Contracting requirements per specific engagement with the respective clients.

What success looks like

Successful management of a start-up initiative, that delivers rapid growth and penetrates the market with new, innovative, resourcing solutions within the Auditing ecosystems – whilst delivering an unrivalled talent experience and creating a working environment that’s modern, sustainable and the envy of many.

Qualifications

CA (SA) / MBA or Relevant Commercial qualification

Minimum Experience

• 6+ years related working experience; demonstrated capability in developing and growing a portfolio of business and generating revenue within a global organisation
• Analytics experience in business development and leading delivery of solutions across the Talent spectrum to address business requirements.
• Proven track record in sales, client delivery and business growth
• Proven track record success in a Leadership role at a professional services or global consulting organisation
• Running a team or group including P&L, or market offering.
• Lead executive-level meetings, discussions, and best practices development.
• Board and executive level experience.
• Prior auditing experience would be an added advantage

Desired Experience

• 8+ years relevant experience working in a Talent Leadership or client facing role; Business development / market making experience is essential; Prior experience in auditing is advantageous

Experience & Skills Required:

• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to unlock new markets and build strong relationships
• Able to achieve budgeted growth targets within a fast paced environment
• Proven ability to make decisions and the right judgement calls in complex projects and situations
• Creates a culture of trust, ownership and accountability across teams and projects
• On the job coaching for managers and divisional staff
• Drives continuous improvement
• Custodian of the business, shaping offerings that we need to proactively take to the market
• Track record of innovation, thinking out of the box
• High energy, fast paced individual

*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.