Africa Talent by Deloitte -IRL- Internal Audit Senior Consultant

Company Description

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.

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 – Africa Talent - is where you will find unrivalled opportunities to succeed and realize your full potential.

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.

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.

Job Description

Deloitte have excellent career opportunities for Internal Auditors at a Senior Consultant level to work in the Risk Advisory department in South Africa for the Ireland office on the delivery of client engagements to the financial services industry. Our team currently work on a diverse range of projects with clients in the insurance, investment management and banking sector. The successful candidate will be given the opportunity to develop their career by immersing themselves into projects working with our insurance and other financial services clients.

Responsibilities

The typical duties a Senior Consultant will be involved in are:

• Execution of the end-to-end internal audit for our financial services clients, from the planning phasing including identification of risks and expected controls through to fieldwork and reporting phases.
• Through a combination of walkthroughs and detailed testing, you will evaluate the design and operational effectiveness of internal controls for a range of business processes depending on the nature of the client business.
• Identification of control deficiencies and opportunities to enhance our client’s internal control environment.
• Contributing to the development of your own, and the team’s, technical acumen through continuous mentoring and leading of your audit team whilst on engagements
• Effective communication with client personnel, team members and the Deloitte engagement manager and Partner during all phases of the engagement process
• Preparing high quality work papers and internal audit or other assurance reports
• Being actively involved in internal department initiatives such as training, business development activities, coaching and graduate recruitment

Qualifications

Qualifications and experience.

• Exam Qualified in ACA, ACCA, CIIA or other relevant qualification.
• Minimum 3 years Internal Audit/ Audit /Risk and Control experience

• Experience of internal audit services to the financial services industry

• Knowledge of Solvency II, MIfid II and other relevant regulatory requirements and expectations for the financial services industry
• Strong academic record
• Outstanding communication and business report writing skills.
• Previous experience leading projects or engagements
• Strong commitment to professional and client service excellence

Additional Information

We are always interested in talking with professionals about their next career experience. If you have a passion for learning from talented people and benefit from the support of a global organisation and network, apply online now.

If you believe that you meet most of the criteria above, we encourage you to apply. Deloitte is an equal opportunities employer and will ensure any reasonable accommodations are implemented as part of the recruitment and selection process.

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.

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.

* 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.

Medical evidence provides overwhelming and empirical evidence that vaccination is currently the most effective means of preventing the spread of COVID-19 and reducing the likelihood of serious illness, death, transmissions and infections. More information about our mandatory vaccination policy will be discussed during the recruitment process for this position.

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.