Africa Talent by Deloitte - NL Governance Risk Management & Compliance - Manager

  • Full-time

Company Description

Africa Talent by Deloitte (Africa Talent) is a standalone division of Deloitte, owned by Deloitte Africa and Deloitte Netherlands, based in South Africa. Our goal is to meet the growing demand for Talent in Africa and Europe; by recruiting and developing 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 space is a true encapsulation of hybrid work, whereby individuals and teams gain access and exposure to learn from and engage with their global colleagues, while working virtually from their local Deloitte office or from home.

What’s in it for you?

  • An ever dynamic and growing internal scaleup with a purpose
  • The stability and trustworthiness of a purpose driven global brand, ready to build your own future and add to Africa’s prosperity
  • Being the driver of Africa Talent’s day-to-day operations
  • A competitive package of benefits
  • A hybrid work environment with possibility to work at home some days
  • A driven and ambitious team that looks to you for making the team tick

Job Description

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 Risk technology 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.

Qualifications

  • Minimum of 8 years’ experience with risk management, internal /external audit, GRC technology enablement/implementation or compliance background or affinity.
  • We would expect the candidate to have demonstrated leadership capabilities and experience building and collaborating with diverse teams
  • As a Manager you will be responsible for managing a team of professionals across multiple assignments
  • 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
  • Fluent in writing and speaking English (Dutch not a must, but a great advantage.)
  • Skilled in at least one technology platform, whereby prior experience with technology platform such as ServiceNow is a prerequisite.
  • Projects are typically agile projects therefore experience with this methodology is a prerequisite.
  • Needs to be result orientated, motivate a team, resilient, creative, innovative, understanding and determined.
  • An ability to communicate (written and verbal) in Dutch is an added advantage. 

Additional Information

At Africa Talent by 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 reasonably accommodating persons with disabilities. We seek to create and leverage our diverse workforce to build an inclusive environment across the African continent.

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.

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.

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