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 and to enable projects at our clients. Talent employed will have the full experience of Deloitte, while getting both international and local 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, the goal is 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 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.
About the team
You will become a member of the Digital Controls team that forms part of the Accounting and Internal Controls function of Deloitte Risk Advisory – a multidisciplinary function dealing with all aspects of risk and compliance. We support our clients in transforming and elevating the ways in which they leverage technology, data, processes and controls to address financial, regulatory, operational and cyber risks within their business operations.
Within Risk Advisory we strive to foster an inclusive culture founded on collaboration, curiosity, high ambitions and a healthy work-life balance. The Digital Controls team is an international team comprised of a multitude of educational and professional backgrounds with a broad perspective and a wide range of competencies. We believe that ideas matter, and we embrace diversity of thought in the shaping of our collective state of mind and mission. We use our international experience to identify best practices and create measurable value drivers for our clients. We do so in the following ways:
- Advise on ethical applications of data, data governance, data culture and data quality to help our clients become data driven and transform their data into business assets of the future.
- Help organisations take advantage of new and innovative technologies and better foresee and manage their risks through data analytics and machine learning.
- Analyse business processes through data analytics using market-leading tools and advise companies on optimal ways to improve with this data-driven approach.
- Transform organisations to deliver a high level of business performance by analysis of financial and operational processes and systems, and organisation of the control system to manage key risks effectively.
We strive to do this through deployment of digitalisation and automation, and by ensuring the right data culture exists within the organisation.
Job Description
What will you do?
You will be working across departments within Deloitte and be involved with clients of various sizes, types and business segments within the private and public sectors. You will quickly be involved in client proposals and help produce key analyses, reports and products. We will make sure that you get up to speed with the latest models, methodologies, tools and frameworks so that you feel confident approaching clients. This will be your fast track to excel in working as a junior consultant. As a result, you will become part of a network of young professionals across the competencies in Risk Advisory.
In this role, you will make an impact by:
- Analysing business processes to identify potential risks or bottlenecks in the financial and operational processes. Providing advisory for optimisation purposes – often through deployment of automation and other new technologies.
- Providing deep insights into existing and emerging risks in different processes and organisations through analytics and deployment of new technologies.
- Performing comprehensive system and business reviews to provide our clients with practical recommendations to enhance governance, quality, and execution.
- Supporting our clients with data-driven decision-making to identify areas for improvement, optimisation and provide related recommendations to executive management and boards.
- Implementing risk or controls assessment tools based on data-driven methods.
Qualifications
We are looking for graduates matching one or more of the following profiles: Data science, business analytics and data governance.
Skills and experience relevant to all three profiles include:
- A degree in subjects such as statistics, mathematics, computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), Physics, or similar with a focus on technology, economics, accounting, finance and/or information management
- A curious learning mentality
- The ability to work independently but also as an excellent teammate
- Strong problem-solving, analytical and troubleshooting skills
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Curiosity and passion about data and technology.
More specifically for the three profiles we are looking for skills and experience within:
Data science
- Ability to translate client needs into models and features from structured and unstructured data
- Fluency in relevant programming languages such as Python, R and/or SQL
- Experience working with or knowledge of cloud systems with data and deployment.
- Interest within AI ethics and governance
Business analytics
- Knowledge about data visualisation tools like Tableau or Power BI
- Experience in Excel, Alteryx or other data management tools
- Experience in relevant programming languages such as Python, R and SQL
Data governance
- Process analysis, design and implementation
- Insights into data disciplines such as ETL/Data pipelines, database administration or data analytics
- Data modelling and data architecture.
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 organization 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.