Bdo Wave - Risk Advisory Senior Executive Cape Town

Bdo South Africa; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO Wave South Africa is seeking an Internal Audit Senior Executive based in Cape Town to lead defined areas of internal audit, assurance, and advisory engagements for UK clients. You will collaborate with colleagues across the UK and South Africa to strengthen engagement quality and delivery.

You will review work, coach junior colleagues, and develop leadership capabilities to progress into more senior roles while maintaining high professional standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in internal audit, assurance and advisory services is preferred.
• Experience coaching juniors and leading teams.
• Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of defined areas of internal audit and assurance engagements for UK clients.
• Coach junior colleagues and develop leadership capability.
• Collaborate with UK and SA teams to ensure high-quality delivery.

Job description

Advance your career with BDO Wave South Africa as an Internal Audit Senior Executive based in Cape Town. As part of our UK and Ireland Risk Advisory Services (RAS) team, you will take ownership of defined areas of internal audit, assurance and advisory engagements for UK clients, working closely with colleagues across the UK and South Africa.

You will gain exposure to a range of businesses, industries and risk environments, strengthening your commercial understanding and professional judgement. The role requires you to manage priorities proactively, build trusted relationships and identify opportunities to improve engagement quality and delivery.

You will also review selected work and coach junior colleagues, developing your leadership capability while supporting consistently high standards across the team. These responsibilities will strengthen the technical judgement and people-management skills needed to progress into more senior roles.

BDO Wave - Risk Advisory Senior Executive Cape Town • Cape Town CBD, ZA