Strategic Data Insights Leader

7 days ago


South Beach, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa BDO South Africa Full time

Are you a seasoned professional seeking a new challenge as a Strategic Data Insights Leader? Look no further BDO South Africa is on the hunt for an exceptional candidate to join our team.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Data Analytics Manager to lead our data analytics engagements. As a Data Analytics Manager, you will be responsible for managing audit-related data analytics engagements, including end-to-end engagement management, training and upskilling of junior staff members, identifying and solutioning opportunities for stakeholder value creation.

Key Responsibilities
  • Contribute to the Implementation of Audit Data Analytics Strategy: Contributes and participates in the effective implementation of the Audit Data Analytics strategy and operational plan.
  • Drive Value Creation through Data Analytics: Drive strategic objectives of value creation, deriving efficiencies through the use of audit analytics tools and techniques, as well as enhancing overall quality on audit engagements.
  • Develop Junior Staff: Responsible for skills transfer and training initiatives for junior staff.
  • Lead Discussions with Audit Directors/Partners: Leads discussions with Audit Directors | Partners to discuss where analytics can play a part on an engagement.
  • Client Communication: Leads client discussions for data retrieval and overall progress updates on audit analytics work being performed.
  • Engagement Management: Manages all audit analytics engagements from planning through to execution, reporting and delivery. This includes CAATs engagements as well as engagements that require the use of our proprietary tool BDO Advantage (Qlik and Power Bi dashboard solution).
  • Daily Budget Management: Daily management of engagement budgets (WIPs), staff and engagement planning and tracking.
  • Reporting to Leadership: Reporting to leadership on engagement progress, challenges and solutions to address identified concerns/challenges.
Technical Competencies
  • Understanding Business Processes, Risk and Controls: Ability to understand business processes, risk and controls.
  • Data Analytics Solutions: Ability to understand audit objectives and pose data analytic procedures and/or solutions to meet the said objective.
  • Client Problem Solving: Ability to understand and frame client problem statements and put forward a data analytics or digital solution to meet client requirements.
  • Industry Technology Utilisation: Ability to utilise industry technologies to apply data analytics solutions including data analysis tools; business intelligence solutions; robotic process automation solutions and continuous auditing solutions.
  • SDLC Methodologies: Ability to apply SDLC methodologies to solution developments.
What We Offer

As a Strategic Data Insights Leader at BDO South Africa, you can expect a competitive salary package, market-related salary R1 200 000 - R1 800 000 per annum, depending on experience, EE Position: Yes, Location: Durban, Work Level: Management, Job Type: Permanent.



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