At Deloitte, our purpose is to make an impact that matters for our clients, our people, and society. This is the lens for which our global strategy is set. It unites Deloitte professionals across geographies, businesses, and skills. It makes us better at what we do and how we do it. It enables us to deliver on our promises to stakeholders, while creating the lasting impact we seek.

Harnessing the talent of 450,000+ people located across more than 150 countries and territories, our size and scale put us in a unique position to help change the world for the better—by bringing together the services we provide, the societal investments we make, and the collaborations we advance through our ecosystems.

Deloitte offers career opportunities across Audit & Assurance (A&A), Tax & Legal (T&L) and our Africa Consulting Services business, which is made up of Strategy, Risk & Transactions (SR&T) and Technology & Transformation (T&T).

Are you ready to apply your knowledge and background to exciting new challenges? From learning to leadership, this is your chance to take your career to the next level.

About Africa Consulting Services

Deloitte’s Africa Consulting Services has always been about helping our clients and our people move forward. It’s important that we do the same for our business: celebrating how far we’ve come, and always preparing to take our next, big steps towards a global future. We’re moving and evolving on our journey to be an undisputed leader in consulting, globally and in all major markets. Together, we will achieve our aspirations through a relentless focus on our shared strategic agenda. The Global Consulting Platform is working globally across our practices and borders – giving our business, clients and people the global experience that’s essential in today’s world.

What impact will you make?

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 is where you’ll find unrivalled opportunities to succeed and realize your full potential.

Main Purpose of Job

Step into a role where you’ll help shape the future of finance. As part of our Finance Transformation team, you’ll collaborate with CFOs, finance leaders, and executive clients to solve their most complex challenges. Leveraging Deloitte’s unmatched resources and deep industry insights, you’ll deliver innovative, market-driven solutions that modernize finance functions, elevate performance, and drive meaningful organizational change. Join us to empower clients to become strategic business partners, manage risk, and unlock new levels of financial and operational excellence.

As the Finance Operate Lead, you will play a pivotal role in overseeing the development and scaling of the Finance Operate function to deliver exceptional value to our clients. You will lead high-level client engagements, transforming, managing, and optimizing finance, tax, and accounting operations to drive financial digitization, strategic sourcing, and process efficiencies, blending technical expertise with technology to deliver sustainable, tech-enabled, end-to-end finance solutions to clients.

Working cross-functionally, you will drive excellence, advocate for best practices, and foster a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.

You will also focus on accelerating the growth of the business by trailblazing the market and forging strong C-suite business relationships with key clients.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Identify, evaluate, and pursue new business opportunities, partnerships, and markets for Finance Operate 
• Collaborate with senior leadership across ACS to develop and implement growth strategies
• Conduct financial analysis and due diligence on the market to identify finance operate Pipeline
• Support and work with Global on building out Ascend for Operate BPO Control tower
• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, clients, and partners
• Provide financial insights and modelling to support strategic decision-making
• Monitor market trends and competitor activity to inform business development initiatives.

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. In addition to living our purpose, Managers across our organization:

  • Develop high-performing people and teams through challenging and meaningful opportunities
  • Deliver exceptional client service; maximize results and drive high performance from people while fostering collaboration across businesses and borders
  • Influence clients, teams, and individuals positively, leading by example and establishing confident relationships with increasingly senior people
  • Understand key objectives for clients and Deloitte; align people to objectives and set priorities and direction.

Key Performance Areas

1. Finance Transformation & Operations

• Redesigning and running finance functions (e.g., accounting, tax) to improve cost, efficiency, and quality

1. Strategic Leadership

• Guiding teams to deliver complex, high-impact projects, often focusing on technology-driven transformations (e.g., Cloud-based finance applications)

1. Client Relationship Management

• Serving as a trusted advisor, managing stakeholder expectations, and delivering value-driven services to clients

1. Business Development

• Driving the growth of the Finance Operate practice, identifying new opportunities, and expanding the service portfolio

1. Leadership and Talent Development

• Mentoring junior staff, fostering a collaborative culture, and ensuring high-performance standards and continuous learning.

Minimum requirements

• CA (SA) or equivalent
• 10+ years of top-tier management consulting or other professional services experience in finance and accounting with a focus on finance operations, risk or transformation
• Minimum 5 years in a senior management role
• 5+ years business development experience and a track record of engaging at C-suite level
• Proven skills, experience and capability across financial reporting and technology implementation
• Demonstrated experience in business alignment, strategic thinking and leadership
• Experience mentoring and leading junior team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performing team culture
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders.

Preferred requirements

• An MBA or other postgraduate qualification is preferred but not essential.

How you’ll grow

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’s 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. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs at Deloitte University, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their career. Explore Deloitte University, The Leadership Center. https://deloitte.zoomforth.com/du

Benefits

At Deloitte, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our people and offer employees a broad range of benefits. Learn more about what working at Deloitte can mean for you. https://www2.deloitte.com/global/en/pages/careers/articles/benefits.html

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.  https://www2.deloitte.com/global/en/pages/about-deloitte/articles/impact-that-matters.html

Note: The list of tasks / duties and responsibilities contained in this document is not necessarily exhaustive.  Deloitte may ask the employee to carry out additional duties or responsibilities, which may fall reasonably within the ambit of the role profile, depending on operational requirements.

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We are committed to employment equity and building a diverse and inclusive workplace across the African continent. Our recruitment processes are aligned with our Employment Equity Plan and the principles of the Employment Equity Act. Preference may be given to candidates from designated groups.

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