About Africa Talent

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.

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.

Deloitte ESG Reporting and Assurance is a growing team of professional that want to make an impact to our clients and broader society by walking alongside them in navigating the complex reporting landscape and provide credibility to the ESG information they place within the public domain. Whilst the forming team will result in diverse group with a wide and varied range of proficiencies, our values and purpose remain the same.

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
• The exposure to the evolving landscape of sustainability reporting standards with the focus on the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and its impact on companies in Netherlands and across EU

Main Purpose of Job: 

To provide support to the RA leader in Denmark in strategy portfolio with project-based work which would include understanding the strategy, support with execution of the strategy and tracking of initiatives across RA DK. Driving key initiatives and messaging around key projects

Key Performance Areas:

Primary Responsibilities:

• Drives implementation of strategy plans agreed by leadership, including:
  • Setting of implementation plans with team/s including timelines, actions and measures for success
  • Delegation and monitoring of work to teams
  • Defined communication process to leadership and team members
  • Timely and detailed reporting on status of implementation to leadership

• To co-ordinate activities between the various business lines and industry to enable execution
• To develop an understanding of the Business strategy and challenge and execution priorities
• Provides significant support to leadership in communication and implementation of the strategic objectives
• Builds strong professional relationships across business to understand business needs in area of responsibility
• Interacting with the Global office, local and DK wide committees, and other constituencies on behalf of the RA DK Leader
• Key connection point with overall CSO office of Deloitte DK
• Based on expertise and experience, advises and supports Service Line leadership in identification and implementation of innovative solutions
• Contributes to thought leadership initiatives and shares knowledge and expertise with client, Service Area, colleagues and teams
• Prepare agendas, briefings, minutes, diary booking and preparation materials for meetings, appointments, and events, deciding on strategic priorities and actions to be taken post meeting
• Understands the budget and impact of decisions on profitability

Minimum Qualifications: Related Degree

Desired Qualifications: Project Management degree/ diploma

Minimum Experience: 5 years post University with some professional services experience

Technical competencies:

Technical:

• Demonstrated leadership skills
• Ability to interpret, communicate and implement strategy
• Demonstrated execution of complex projects within timeframes and cost
• Experienced in development and delivery of professional presentations
• Excellent report writing skills
• Good financial knowledge

Behavioural:

• Good communication skills, both written and verbal
• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills
• Strong client delivery focus
• Highly adaptable, managing change and ambiguity with ease
• Excellent problem solving ability
• Collaborative working style

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.

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.