About Deloitte

In South Africa, Deloitte is one of the leading professional services organisations, specialising in providing Audit, Tax, Consulting, Risk Advisory, and Corporate Finance services. We serve clients in a variety of industries ranging from financial services to consumer business, energy, mining and manufacturing, tourism, and the public sector. We provide powerful business solutions to some of the world's most well-known and respected companies, including more than 80 percent of the Fortune 100.

About the Division

Financial Services Advisory (FSA) is an established advisor within the financial services industry. Our vision is to be the leading provider of advisory services to financial services providers and corporate treasury operations across Africa. Our client offerings span: Credit, market, and corporate treasury risks; Valuations of financial instruments; Hedge accounting; and financial technology. We provide these services in the capacities of advisory, assurance, managed solutions, and resource augmentation. We also help clients address regulatory challenges relating to IFRS 9, 13, 17 and Basel, amongst others. Our team comprises of accountants, actuaries, statisticians, and quantitative analysts with a technical appreciation for both financial modelling and coding.

FSA’s client base comprises of the financial services industry and other sectors such as telecoms, retail, and healthcare in both local and international markets. The FSA Credit team resides within FSA, and is involved in the following service offerings:

1. IFRS 9 Impairment Models (development, refinement, validation, and audit)
2. Regulatory and Economic Capital Credit Models
3. Scorecards and Analytics
4. Behavioural Product Pricing
5. Design, Development, and Implementation of Credit Monitoring Frameworks
6. Collections Optimisation
7. Strategy and Risk Appetite Statement
8. Secondments

What Impact will you make

FSA provides a distinctive work environment. We support a hybrid working model while still providing regular opportunities to interact in a social setting. We provide opportunities for technical upskilling and the development of managerial and leadership capabilities. We embrace diversity and inclusiveness, and we are deliberate in our efforts to achieve greater gender and racial transformation within FSA and Deloitte.

• To support FS Advisory Credit Risk Team in delivery of services to / at client premises on delegated engagements and projects. 

Minimum Qualifications and Experience required:     

• Undergraduate degree specializing in one or more of the following disciplines: Statistics, Mathematics, Financial Engineering, Actuarial Science, Engineering, Economics or Econometrics
• At least 3 years of relevant work experience in banking, financial services consulting, or similar environment
• Fundamental credit risk modelling capabilities including predictive modelling techniques
• Basic understanding of the credit lifecycle, model risk management, Basel III regulations and the IFRS 9 standard
• Computer literacy:  MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Coding skills: SAS, SAS (Enterprise Guide), R, and/or Python
• Personal aptitudes: Reliable, diligent, accountable, teachable, collaborative, attentive to detail

Roles & Responsibilities

• Development and calibration of credit risk models
• Model validation, monitoring, and testing
• Benchmarking credit metrics amongst peers in a market
• Derivation of portfolio credit analytics
• Review of client deliverables to ensure quality, accuracy, and completeness
• Communication of project challenges and outcomes with clients and team members
• Drafting of project reports
• Sharing of knowledge and skills with colleagues

Leadership Capabilities:

• Living our Purpose - Acts as a role model, embracing and living our purpose and values, and recognizing others for the impact they make
• Talent development - Develops high-performing people and teams through challenging and meaningful opportunities
• Performance drive - Delivers exceptional client service; maximizes results and drives high performance from people while fostering collaboration across businesses and borders
• Influence - Influences clients, teams, and individuals positively, leading by example and establishing confident relationships with increasingly senior people
• Strategic direction - Understands key objectives for clients and Deloitte, aligns people to objectives and sets priorities and direction

Technical Competencies:

• Understanding of the audit and advisory businesses, and their interaction with wider firm locally and globally, strategy and challenges
• Notable experience on providing Strategic Insights to Partners
• Project management experience
• Excellent industry and business knowledge
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• Ability to interpret, communicate and implement strategy
• Demonstrated execution of complex projects within time frames and cost
• Experienced in development and delivery of professional presentations
• Excellent report writing skills
• Solid financial knowledge

Behavioural Competencies:

• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal with all levels of staff & leadership
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills
• Excellent mentorship and coaching ability with desire to develop self and others
• Strong client delivery focus
• Highly adaptable, managing change and ambiguity with ease
• Focus on quality and risk
• Excellent problem-solving ability
• Exceptional business acumen

*Please note that this job advertisement provides a summary of the capabilities required and all candidates shortlisted will receive a full list of capabilities.

Hybrid & Vaccination policy

Deloitte Africa has successfully launched the Hybrid Working model. Aligned with this model is our commitment to maintain an environment for personnel, clients and visitors that is safe and, as far as reasonably practicable, free from health risks.

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.