About Deloitte

Deloitte provides audit, tax, consulting, and financial advisory services to public and private clients spanning multiple industries. With a globally connected network of member firms in more than 150 countries, Deloitte brings world-class capabilities and high-quality service to clients, delivering the insights they need to address their most complex business challenges. Deloitte has more than 411,000 professionals all committed to becoming the standard of excellence of professional services firms.

Deloitte’s professionals are dedicated to strengthening corporate responsibility, building public trust, and making a positive impact in their communities, and enjoy an environment of continuous learning, challenging experiences, and enriching career opportunities. All our professionals are united by our shared values, a set of core principles that guide our collective behaviour. They set the expectations we have for one another and define how we, as stewards of Deloitte, should behave. They provide common ground to unite us across cultures and geographies. And, importantly, they help us to earn the trust and respect of our key stakeholders. Our shared values are: Lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact.

Deloitte East Africa provides seamless cross-border services to multinationals, large national enterprises, small and medium sized enterprises and the public sector; with offices in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and in the process of expanding our operations by re-opening an office in Ethiopia.

A career with Deloitte offers you the opportunity to engage with and work alongside leading corporations within the East African region, and an opportunity to start and grow your career within a dynamic and rewarding environment. You will get the support, coaching and training needed to advance your career in Ethiopia and within the East Africa market.

What impact will you make?

At Deloitte we have a clear purpose, to make an impact that matters to our clients, our colleagues and our communities while you thrive in a dynamic culture of inclusion, collaboration and high performance. From professional development to leadership opportunities and career advancement, we empower our people to be their very best - because that’s how you make an impact.

About the Department

The Risk Advisory Function integrates powerful and practical solutions in cyber security, IT Audit, risk and regulation and internal controls, backed by deep business knowledge across multi-disciplinary teams, to help our clients take the opportunity to connect, build resilience and security for a more positive outcome.

Deloitte East Africa currently has an exciting opportunity for a dynamic individual to join our Risk Advisory Department as an Internal Controls & Assurance (IC&A) Manager. This position will be based in our Addis Ababa office in Ethiopia.

Main Purpose of the Job

The incumbent will ensure that assignments are carried out to the highest standards to provide outstanding value to clients and the Firm; making an impact that matters; and setting the direction to deliver exceptional client service.

What you will do

• Focus on the management and delivery of governance, risk, internal controls, and internal audit-related client engagements as well as sales and practice development;
• Develop high-performing people and teams;
• Lead and support the teams to make an impact that matters and setting the direction to deliver exceptional client service;
• Deliver multiple engagements on time and within budget;
• Provide guidance and mentor junior team members on their personal growth and career progression;
• Combine industry knowledge and domain experience to help client identify, assess, and manage technology and data risk; and
• Increase efficiency and effectiveness of engagements through knowledge of auditing techniques and by identifying and leveraging additional Deloitte service offerings as appropriate.

• A Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized university.
• At least six (6) years’ relevant working experience in governance, risk, internal controls, and internal audit.   
• Two (2) years’ work experience in a client facing role in a professional services firm is an added advantage.
• Experience in managing teams.
• A recognized professional qualification such as Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) or Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), or a risk management qualification.
• Proficient in report writing, presentation and interpersonal skills, including excellent written and verbal communications.
• Experience in managing and improving engagement effectiveness and efficiency.
• Strong leadership skills both on engagements and in an office environment.

Technical Competencies

• Knowledge of risk assessments, governance, internal audit, internal controls, and compliance reviews.
• Expert in field with sound industry and business knowledge.
• Proven ability to manage and execute projects.
• Experience in drafting and presenting client proposals.
• Strong client management and people skills. 
• Excellent report writing skills.
• Sound business acumen.
• Excellent writing skills.

Behavioural competencies

• Demonstrated leadership skills.
• Strong ability to manage relationships and work for results.
• Good negotiation skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Effective interpersonal and relationship building skills
• Strong client delivery focus
• Adaptable, managing change and ambiguity with ease
• Focus on quality and risk
• Exceptional planning and organizational skills.
• Ability to work as an effective team member in a complex and fast paced environment.

Your role as a leader

At Deloitte we believe in the importance of leadership at all levels. We expect our people to embrace and live our purpose by challenging themselves to identify issues that are most important for our clients, our people, and for society and make an impact that matters.

Leadership Capabilities

Living our Purpose - Fosters broad commitment to our purpose and values; inspires peers and teams to make an impact that matters.

Influence - Builds long-term, trust-based relationships with senior stakeholders and influencers, and uses highly developed influencing skills to drive impact, often in complex situations.

Performance drive - Builds a high-performance culture by cultivating individual and team strengths; drives outstanding client service, often through large cross-business and/or cross-border teams.

Strategic direction - Sets & communicates strategic direction, excites people around the vision and goals and aligns diverse, cross-functional and cross-border teams to achieve success.

Talent development - Manages the development of a strong pipeline of talent for current/ future success; owns and drives a talent experience that differentiates Deloitte.

Inspirational Leadership - Leads from the front, acting as an exemplary role model for leaders at all levels; promotes a strong sense of loyalty and followership and energizes others to act.

Competitive edge: Anticipates market and competitor trends to develop and deliver bold and innovative solutions that differentiate Deloitte with clients

Why Deloitte?

At Deloitte, our professional development plan focuses on helping people at every level of their career to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there is always room to learn. We offer opportunities to help build world-class skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world.

Deloitte 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, abilities and thinking styles.

Our purpose

Deloitte is led by a purpose: to make an impact that matters. Every day, Deloitte people are making a real impact in the places they live and work. We pride ourselves on doing not only what is good for clients, but also what is good for our people and the communities in which we live and work—always striving to be an organization that is held up as a role model of quality, integrity, and positive change. Learn more about Deloitte’s impact on the world. #Makinganimpactthatmatters

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If you meet the above requirements, please visit our website and apply online: Deloitte East Africa Careers portal. 

Your details will be treated with confidentiality and will not be shared with any third party.

Closing date: 20 March 2023.

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not ask individuals to pay any fees or money as part of the recruitment process. Women and Persons with Disabilities are encouraged to apply.

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.