Africa Assurance Innovation and Digital - Johannesburg, South Africa - EY

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Johannesburg, South Africa

1 week ago

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Thabo Mthembu

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Description

The Infrastructure Leader will also be fundamental in achieving the overall strategy of the Africa Assurance Innovation and Digital Team.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Quality controls EY Technology specialist product and operational support for existing systems used by assurance professionals in executing their audit.
Influences the Assurance technology development agenda collating the Assurance Technology budget annually.
Supports the Innovation and Digital pillars (Data Delivery, Custom Analytics, Automations and Digital Solutions and Go-ToMarket).
Ensures the industrialisation of infrastructure across Africa.
Responsible for the existing suite of systems and delivering critical initiatives designed to effect efficiencies in assurance technology solutions.

Essential Functions of the Job

Manage a 12month cycle of strategic planning and initiative delivery.
Understand global, firm wide and industry business issues and how they relate to overall strategy, and specific stakeholder needs and priorities.
Budget collation and prioritisation.
Provide input on key technology issues and strategy to shape strategy execution, initiatives, and stakeholder management and interactions.
Anticipate communications needs and work independently to develop draft agendas, topics, speaking notes and presentations.
Manages majority of daytoday responsibilities independently.
Frequently interact with other members of the Africa Assurance Innovation and Digital Team to obtain, input, share information and guide operational team members.
Ability to build and maintain relationships across many different functions and organisational levels.
Strong understanding of a variety of organisational changes, including technology, process and organisational design, within a large and complex organisation
Strong technology skills as follows:
Ability to review IT requirement documentation and ensure IT delivery against agreed requirements;
Devise flexible approaches to resolve technology issues;
Challenge the robustness of IT's test plans and approach;
Develop and implement user acceptance testing, communication and training plans; and
Excellent written, oral and presentation communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
Demonstrated success in building internal and external relationships at a senior level with a proven track record.
Excellent team building and interpersonal communication skills.
Ability to understand team vision/strategy and create roadmap to achieve and communicate strategy throughout the firm.
Exceptional attention to detail.
Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
Ability to work and team with a multitude of different people and different cultures.

Other Requirements

Travel may be required.

Experience

Proven project, change management experience and strategy execution
Proven track record as a senior project manager or change manager on large scale complex and significant company projects
Proven aptitude and keen interest in technology and technology developments
Strong logical reasoning skills with a desire to learn and develop expertise in specific business software and underlying technologies
Excellent communication (verbal and written), organisational and analytical skills
Keen ability to exercise good judgement and mitigate data loss risks
IT literate with an aptitude for quickly learning new technology