Associate Director Valuations jobs at Ey in South Africa, Johannesburg

Requisition Id : 1630228

The opportunity : Consultant-FS-Assurance-ASU - TR - Technology Risk - Mumbai

FS :

Amid comprehensive regulatory change, today’s financial services institutions are focusing on digital transformation, convergence and disruption from an array of non traditional competitors — all while meeting greater demands for trust and transparency.

We recruit, train and foster a diverse set of people who give their minds to building the future of financial services. Together, we explore new perspectives with innovative and innovative thinking to deliver exceptional client service and ensure that what we do today, counts for tomorrow.

ASU - TR - Technology Risk :

1) Ensuring their accounts comply with the requisite audit standards

2) Providing a robust and clear perspective to audit committees and

3) Providing critical information for stakeholders.

Our Service Offerings include External Audit, Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS), IFRS & US GAAP conversion, IPO and other public offering, Corporate Treasury - IFRS 9 accounting & implementation support etc.

Your key responsibilities

Technical Excellence

Experience of working on FS clients is preferred

IT audits including statutory and internal audits

IT General Controls (ITGC) testing

IT Infrastructure risks and control assessments

IT SOX 404

SOC1, SOC2 audits and reporting

IT Compliance and regulatory reporting

Risk and control assessments considering emerging technologies such as cloud, RPA, AI/ML, Blockchain etc

Certifications preferred:

CISA, CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CCSK and others (if relevant).

Skills and attributes

To qualify for the role you must have
Qualification

BE/ B.Tech,, or MSC in Computer Science/Statistics or M.C.A or MBA in Finance or IT

2-3 years of relevant experience in field of IT Audits

Should have played client facing role in managing audits

Experience of working on FS clients is preferred

IT audits including statutory and internal audits

IT General Controls (ITGC) testing

IT Infrastructure risks and control assessments

IT SOX 404

SOC1, SOC2 audits and reporting

IT Compliance and regulatory reporting

Risk and control assessments considering emerging technologies such as cloud, RPA, AI/ML, Blockchain etc

What we look for

People with the ability to work in a collaborative manner to provide services across multiple client departments while following the commercial and legal requirements. You will need a practical approach to solving issues and complex problems with the ability to deliver insightful and practical solutions. We look for people who are agile, curious, mindful and able to sustain postivie energy, while being adaptable and creative in their approach.

What we offer

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

SaT offers clients professional transaction experience, from the strategic analysis phase of the transaction lifecycle, through execution, to transaction integration. We provide clients with a single point of contact who is focused on building a strategic relationship to address their transactions needs, and who can help leverage a global network to bring the right people and experience to work on every phase of a transaction.

We cover a wide range of operational aspects, including divestiture advisory services, carve-out readiness and support, operational due diligence, synergy assessment and delivery, day-one readiness assessment, 100-day planning, integration process support, carve-out/stand-alone costs assessment and risks, and cost reduction.

As a Associate director will manage and develop the pipeline, including leveraging your own network for opportunities. You will also spearhead marketing efforts and build strong relationships with high profile clients and lead key client decision makers in developing and executing their transaction strategy to secure deal value. As an influential member of the team, you'll help to create a positive learning culture and will coach and counsel junior team members and help them to develop. Finally, you will help the young practice grow by taking over important practice management activities.

Responsibilities

As a Associate director within the TSE team, you would be required to:

• Lead client engagement teams in developing and executing their transaction strategy to secure deal value.
• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of integrations, carve-outs, and other types of transaction engagements.
• Demonstrate skills in project leadership, including synergy assessment, project management, problem-solving, and facilitation.
• Identifying risks and issues related to integration planning, timelines, and functional areas.
• Develop client relationships at the appropriate client level and be responsible for a high degree of client satisfaction with the engagement process and work products.
• Lead business development activities including preparing proposals, presentations and attending pursuit meetings with clients to help sell and cross sell work within SaT and EY.
• Work the market and develop pipeline of work
• Be responsible for fostering an open and inclusive teaming work environment.

Deep business operations experience:

• Deep understanding of one or more core operational functions (such as IT, supply chain, finance, sales & marketing, HR etc.); experience in business process re-engineering, cost optimisation, business integrations, with a demonstrated aptitude for quantitative and qualitative analysis
• Operating model development and design
• Strong understanding of the link between a businesses’ operating environment and resulting financial performance

Qualifications:

Candidates should ideally have one of the below qualifications and/or experience:

• A bachelor's degree (business, finance, supply chain, engineering, computer science or related field, etc.) and approximately 7 - 10 years of related work experience; or equivalent work experience
• Professional services / consulting experience: from a management consultancy, corporate finance firm or as an 'internal consultant' in a corporate environment
• Experience related to transactions (ideally due diligence, M&A, carve-out or integrations experience)
• Related certification a plus

Other Skills Required:

• Experience in leading and managing complex business environments
• Strong systems or technology understanding (incl. ERP systems) with ability to make detailed assessments thereof
• Ability to make detailed assessments of operations or manufacturing infrastructure
• Ability to determine risks and opportunity areas
• Ability to synthesize approaches to complex integration conflicts
• Analytically strong, with the ability to link operational analysis to financial statements and understand the implications of findings to client strategy
• Ability to adapt to new challenges and ideas
• Excellent problem solving, project management, facilitation, and interpersonal skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• A dedication to teamwork
• Lead and mentor team members

This position requires a willingness and ability to travel.

As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and consulting services, we’re using the finance products, expertise, and systems we’ve developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities, and creative freedom to make things better.

Technology Consulting, IT Audit Senior Associate, Johannesburg

Our independent position and assessment capabilities provide clients with a candid and reliable overview of their risk landscape and the controls in place. As a risk assurance professional, you will be leading assessments and certification services that will directly support C-suite discussions and important business decisions regarding

compliance, cost and quality of our clients’ risk management programs. You will be part of an international network of professionals across geographies and sectors, delivering assessment and certification services that will help verify compliance and improve the performance of our clients.

Our structured career framework means you’ll continue to develop, whatever level you’re at. So, whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime.

Following areas:

• Application Risk & Controls practice
• Information Management and Analysis Services practice
• Financial Services Technology Risk and IT Regulatory Services
• In your role as a Risk Assurance Associate, you’ll:
• Effectively manage and motivate client engagement teams with diverse skills and backgrounds.
• Consistently deliver quality client services and manage expectations of client service delivery.
• Drive high-quality work products within expected timeframes and on budget.
• Monitor progress, manage risk and ensure key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes.
• Stay abreast of current business and industry trends relevant to the client's business.
• Develop and maintain long-term relationships and networks with clients and internal EY stakeholders - Demonstrate deep technical capabilities and professional knowledge.
• Possess in depth business acumen and demonstrate ability to quickly assimilate to new knowledge.
• Remain current on new developments in advisory services capabilities and industry knowledge.

Skills and attributes for success

• Identifying the key levers that impact solvency ratios and return on equity to optimize our clients’ capital position
• Modeling, documenting and preparing application files
• Validating estimate models
• Providing audit support for Solvency II and statutory reporting, including sample tests on Life
• Technical Provisions, IAS 19 and Pension funds
• Acting as an actuarial professional, providing guidance on a wide range of areas, such as life and general insurance, investment, corporate finance, risk management and pensions
• A member firm of Ernst & Young Global Limited
• Further developing your team by coaching and mentoring a junior colleague

To qualify for the role, you must have:

relevant discipline

At least 4 years of relevant consulting or industry experience, preferably in a professional services environment or

MNC.

• Candidates who possess professional certifications such as Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and / or Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) are highly encouraged to apply.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Access, Word, and PowerPoint
• Strong analytical, interpersonal, communication, writing and presentation skills
• Demonstrates integrity, values, principles, and work ethic
• Willingness to travel on overseas assignment as the need arises

What we look for

We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working, career development and with FlexEY you can select benefits, which suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurances, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:

• A position in a business that truly recognizes the importance of strong risk capabilities
• Opportunities to develop your skills in a wide range of areas, supported by regular feedback from

• senior-level colleagues
• Plenty of chances to build lasting professional relationships both internally and externally
• A culture that recognizes success and rewards excellence

EY Assurance practice requires a professional who will take responsibility for driving and supporting our Operational Excellence agenda and work to implement various Operations and Finance-related initiatives for Malaysia’s Assurance business, where you will work with Malaysia Assurance Leader and interact across all Assurance Sub-Service Lines Leaders/Group Heads. You will have the opportunity to build relationships, drive initiatives and shape solutions across our local Assurance practice, understand the market and issues, and collaborate with other teams not only within Assurance but beyond.

The position will report directly to Malaysia Assurance Leader and the role would require for the incumbent to have close engagement and collaboration with Service Line support such as Finance, Market Operations, Talent, Resourcing and Quality and Risk Management Teams.

Your key responsibilities

In the role as the Assurance Operations Leader, you will be expected to:

• Review and monitor key financial & performance measures, KPIs (TNR, Margin, Utilisation, Revenue days)
• Provide robust regular performance and dashboard reporting with insightful, timely, forward looking and action oriented commentaries
• Together with Malaysia Assurance Leader, drive the yearly planning process and half-year forecast exercise
• Drive and monitor compliance around key quality areas to meet internal business requirements e.g. milestones review
• Local project lead for Global and Area centralisation initiatives
• Develop and execute other strategic and operational initiatives to drive end to end business performance improvements
• Analyze, articulate and monitor operational performance issues. Investigate anomalies and coordinate with leaders for the information required, escalate issues, assist in providing insight and solutions
• Provide communications support for Malaysia Assurance Leader in drafting key messages for Townhalls, prepare management materials, analysis and narratives for Executive or Regional Leadership meetings and liase with communications functions in EY.

Skills and attributes for success

• Good interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills

• Strong analytical thinking and project management skills
• A team player
• Agile

To qualify for the role you must have

• Bachelor's Degree with at least 5 years of working experience, preferably in Professional Services industry
• Experience in an operations related, business management or control function preferred

• Strong people management skills and able to work/ manage different stakeholders
• Attention to detail and ability to analyze problems, design and implement solutions independently
• A Self-starter. Able to work with limited supervision, to juggle conflicting demands and to prioritize work effectively
• A committed team player with good interpersonal and communication skills, able to articulate clear and logical messages
• Strong organizational skills, able to work across and project manage multiple-initiatives at a time

• Ability to work in cross-functional teams and liaise with colleagues in both business and technical roles
• Good command of written and spoken English.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Advanced Excel & PowerPoint skills – e.g. Pivot, vlook ups and ability to manipulate and draw trends from vast amounts of data
• Data analytics skills such as PowerBI will be preferred

What we look for

A highly-motivated individual with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to manage successful change in a complex environment. An effective communicator and a confident leader equipped with strong people management skills and a genuine passion to make things happen in a dynamic organization. If you’re ready to take on a wide range of responsibilities and are committed to seek out new ways to make a difference, this role is for you.

What we look for

Highly motivated individuals with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to prioritize shifting workloads in a rapidly changing industry. An effective communicator, you’ll be a confident team player equipped with strong people management skills and a genuine passion to make things happen in a dynamic organization. If you’re ready to take on a wide range of responsibilities, and are committed to seeking out new ways to make a difference, this role is for you.

EY offers a competitive remuneration package commensurate with your work experience, where you will be rewarded for your individual and team performance. We are committed to being an inclusive employer and are happy to consider flexible working arrangements (FWA), as needed, guided by our FWA Policy. Plus, we offer:

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.

Role purpose

You will provide strategic and tactical support to pursuit teams in delivering high-quality pursuit materials, including coordination. You will assist in proposal development, manage timelines, and contribute to strategic communications that help EY win new business.

Core responsibilities

• Manage the execution of the pursuit process, including the critical path, timeline, strategic communications process, and interdependencies on the firm’s largest and strategically significant pursuits.
• Assess the competitive landscape and help develop a differentiated win strategy focused on client priorities while protecting EY’s interests.
• Develop a relationship map and tactics to navigate the client buying process.
• Consult with Partners, Client Executives, and BD leadership to develop and implement pursuit materials designed to achieve specific results.
• Collaborate with the extended pursuit team to define, package, and articulate a compelling client offer across the scope.
• Provide ongoing proposal strategy and support, including planning the storyline/key messages and preparing the extended team for orals.
• Be responsible for the development of all client-facing, written deliverables (e.g., meeting documents, proposals, presentations) that adhere to the firm's style guide in collaboration with the Creative Designer for design and formatting.
• Author original content when critical and/or necessary (e.g., cover letter, executive summary) and leverage relevant firm resources to source non-critical, boilerplate content when appropriate.
• Build collaborative relationships with pursuit teams, including Service Line, Account, and Business Development leaders as well as Senior Managers, Managers, and Staff.
• Manage multiple proposals/priorities simultaneously.

Required experience and skills

• 4+ years of relevant experience in business development, marketing, or project management.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially PowerPoint and Word.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Detail-oriented with strong organisational skills.
• Must be able to operate in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Solution-oriented with the ability to make sound recommendations and decisions.
• Self-motivated, resourceful, and able to work on one's own initiative with limited supervision.

Nice to have

• Experience in professional services is an asset.
• APMP, PMP certification is considered advantageous.
• Bachelor’s degree in Language, Communications, Marketing, or Business; a graduate degree or equivalent experience is preferred.

We are currently seeking the right candidate for an excellent career opportunity. As a Custom Analytics and Solutions associate your problem solving, development and product manager capabilities will be leveraged to help our clients navigate the complex world of modern data science and analytics. In this process, you will work with audit team members as well as other pillars in the Africa Assurance Innovation and Digital team. You will also be working closely with data engineers, solution architects, product management, data analysts and data scientists across Africa and our global firm to create or leverage analytical solutions for audit clients. You will experience high growth, high visibility in an area with plenty of opportunities to enhance your skillset and build your career.

Requirements:

With a wide variety of clients across geographies, sectors, and systems you will be required to conceptualise, analyse, design, and deliver data analytical solutions to support our audit teams responding to challenging problem statements. Depending on the situation this will be done by yourself, working as part of team, working as part of a multidisciplinary team across our Europe Middle East India and Africa (EMEIA) region or leveraging existing solutions that our global teams have developed. Effective data analytics or solutions will in many cases require you to work with and leverage specialists in the broader Africa Assurance Innovation and Digital team e.g. Automation, Process Mining, Data Delivery, Go-to-Market, or Implementation.

To be effective in your role delivering on client engagements will require an understanding of client’s relevant businesses and being able to manage relationships with clients and audit team representatives. As part of our EMEIA region you will need to build relationships and collaborate with our colleagues across the different regions in EMEIA. You’ll create and embed new process and knowledge into standardised, repetitive, re-usable processes. In doing so, you’ll stay abreast of developments in EY’s digital solutions and developments in the market. You should promote the use of these throughout the Assurance business and contribute to the EMEIA area network by sharing innovation solutions. Ultimately you will need to build a repertoire of data analytics solutions that can be used globally across our different clients.

Finally, as part of the Innovation team you will be required to proactively seek out learning opportunities to contribute to the advancement of the business.Skills and attribute for success

• Customer centric solution mindset
• Strong analytical skills and logical thinking is a mandatory requirement
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and fluency in written and spoken English
• Ability to present yourself in a competent and professional manner to clients always
• Active participation and proactive attitude to service delivery
• Ability to prioritise competing responsibilities
• Demonstrate lateral thinking skills
• Demonstrate a broad approach to problem solving
• Ability to work efficiently and meet all deadlines
• Ability to support management and junior staff
• Ability to work efficiently in teams
• Show enthusiasm towards learning
• Ability to pay attention to detail
• Independent, self-motivator
  

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Preferred degree in Mathematics, Engineering, Economics, Computer Science, Information Management or Statistics or equivalent
• Have the ability to absorb and learn new technologies as determined by our changing business and client’s requirements
• Be proficient in Excel, Word, Access, and PowerPoint
  

Experience which will be beneficial to the applicant

• Experience working for a professional services firm
• Experience working with external audit
• Ability to understand fundamentals of programming
• Understand business processes and how to analyse from a data point of view
• Understand of basic business processes, financial statement close process and related systems
  

We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognised for the value you bring to our business.
Plus, we offer

• The opportunity to manage a portfolio of talent within a designated service line
• A collaborative environment where everyone works together to create a better working world
• Excellent training and development prospects, both through established programs and on-the-job training
• The EY Tech MBA, offered in association with Hult International Business School through its innovative virtual learning mode, is available to all EY employees
• An excellent team of senior colleagues dedicated to managing and varying your workload
  

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.It’s yours to build.Apply now.

Consulting BPM–Pega System Architect(Developer)

As part of our EY-BPM team, you will help clients in developing state of the art applications to optimize business processes leveraging Pega Development platform. By leveraging various Pega OOTB Industry Frameworks, Portals, you will be developing, supporting enterprise level Pega applications which can be easily scalable, extendable with minimal customization.
Using your expertise in Pega, you will help our clients make better decisions and get work done with real-time AI and Digital transformation.

Your key role and responsibilities

• Hands on experience in developing, testing and support Pega applications

• Responsible for participating in Scrum ceremonies and status reporting

• Participate in design, development, QA, deployment activities as needed

• Completion of assigned tasks on time and regular status reporting to the lead

Must Have

• Certified Pega System Architect (CSA)

• 2-4 years of Pega Application development knowledge using Pega Development platform

• Hands-on experience in Case Management, Decision & Declarative rules, SLAs, Data Pages

• Security Management (RBAC/ABAC rules)

• Knowledge on UI/UX & Portals development rules

• Good communication skills

Good to Have

• Certified Senior System Architect (CSSA)

• Hands on experience on at least 2-3 development projects in Pega

• Experience in one or more Integrations such as REST, SOAP

• Understanding of Pega Best Practices, Guardrail improvement techniques

• Experience in One or more Pega frameworks such as CDH, CLM-KYC, Smart Dispute, CPM etc…

• Release Management or Deployments

• Knowledge on Pega Constellation

Nice to Have

• Good analytical skills

• Knowledge on Pega application performance tuning activities

• Knowledge on Pega Deployment Manager OR Custom CI/CD pipeline

• Experience in Pega Upgrades / Migrations and rule fixes

Not to Have

• People with experience only in Core Pega PRPC OR older versions of Pega such as 7.x/6.x

You get to work with inspiring and meaningful projects. Our focus is education and coaching alongside practical experience to ensure your personal development. We value our employees and you will be able to control your own development with an individual progression plan. You will quickly grow into a responsible role

with challenging and stimulating assignments. Moreover, you will be part of an interdisciplinary environment that emphasizes high quality and knowledge exchange. Plus, we offer:

• Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around

• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career

• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you

Apply now

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.