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 approximately 415,000 professionals all committed to becoming the standard of excellence of professional services firms.

Deloitte is dedicated to providing value added solutions to our clients. We take pride in our reputation for providing a globally consistent quality service, an integrated approach and world-class expertise. Deloitte is renowned for its innovative and collaborative culture, where talented people work closely with like-minded individuals to achieve collective success.

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 Kenya 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. 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 Quality, Independence, Risk and Reputation (QIRR) Department deals with any issues that potentially expose Deloitte to risk. The issues impacting the firm are varied and may include reputation, operational, litigation and regulatory risk.

Risk Management is about identifying and managing risks to the Firm, and it includes conducting checks necessary to ensure that the individual professionals act and make decisions that achieve the objectives of the firm, comply with professional and legal requirements and that they are ethical. The role of the Quality, Independence, Risk & Reputation team is not only to make sure there is an effective compliance framework in place, but also to raise awareness of the issues involved and encourage consultation whenever questions or concerns arise.

We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic individual to join our Internal Client Services Department – Quality, Independence, Risk and Reputation (QIRR) team as a Risk & Independence Senior. This position will be based in our Nairobi office in Kenya.

Main purpose of the job

The successful candidate will provide support to the Manager in delivery of services to internal clients in relevant area of expertise. They will also assist in the identification and management of risk and act as an advisor to the business.

What you will do       

• Lead projects and tasks within the department.
• Assist with risk and independence consultations.
• Evaluate, record and manage potential conflicts of interest and ethics and independence issues.
• Review proposals and tenders and work closely with client engagement teams to ensure compliance with the firm’s risk processes.
• Identify operational inefficiencies and recommend practical business improvements to address the inefficiencies.
• Conduct internal quality reviews.
• Build Quality, Independence risk and reputation awareness amongst staff by providing support and training within the Firm.
• Work with key leadership team members to bridge gaps identified through the monitoring programs.
• Take part in projects related to Independence systems and processes.
• Collaborate with Africa Risk & Independence team on global initiatives.

• A Bachelors’ Degree from a recognized university. Master’s Degree will be an added advantage.
• At least 4 – 5 years’ relevant work experience in the service industry. Experience in a professional services firm will be an added advantage.
• Experience in Risk Management & Compliance.
• CPA/ACCA qualification.
• Be a Kenyan citizen or eligible to work in Kenya.

Behavioural competencies

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Good interpersonal and relationship building skills.
• Good Leadership, supervisory and influencing skills.
• Strong client delivery focus.
• Adaptable, managing change and ambiguity with ease.
• Focus on quality and risk.
• Problem solving ability.
• Good business acumen.
• Diligent and quick learner.
• Proactive and has the ability to assess a situation and independently take action to address it.

Technical Competencies

• Excellent analytical and organization skills.
• Negotiation and facilitation skills.
• Ability to multi-task and undertake research initiatives.
• Proven ability to manage and execute projects.

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 - Identifies and embraces our purpose and values and puts these into practice in their professional life.

Influence - Builds relationships and communicates effectively in order to positively influence peers and other stakeholders.

Performance drive - Builds relationships and communicates effectively in order to positively influence peers and other stakeholders.

Strategic direction - Understands objectives for clients and Deloitte, aligns own work to objectives and sets personal priorities.

Talent development - Develops self by actively seeking opportunities for growth, shares knowledge and experiences with others, and acts as a strong brand ambassador Inspirational.

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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We want job seekers exploring opportunities at Deloitte to feel prepared and confident. To help you with your interview, we suggest that you do research to know some background about our firm and the business area you are applying to.

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: 23 June 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.