FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES: Africa Talent by Deloitte - NL Sustainability Assurance

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?

• The opportunity to be upskilled in ESG topics such as GHG, circular economy and climate change
• 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
• A driven and ambitious team that looks to you for making the team tick

ESG disclosures is widely recognised to be a major global issue and a focus by stakeholders, requiring urgent corporate and governmental action in terms of sustainability reporting. As a senior consultant, you will help shape the Sustainability practice by sharing your industry experience across a diverse range of clients, helping our clients providing assurance to their ESG reports.

In addition to working on client projects, you will support in preparing proposals, client meetings workshops, research and articles. We value innovative thinking and diverse insights, inspiring growth within our practice and input into the wider ecosystem at Deloitte. Your contribution will allow immense personal growth, while helping the sustainability practice evolve to meet the future needs of our clients.

Job Description

Are you passionate about Sustainability and looking for an opportunity to make a real impact? We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced professional to join our team at Deloitte. As a Senior Consultant Sustainability with a focus on ESG assurance, you will leverage your sustainability reporting expertise in an assurance role to help clients on their journey towards more mature ESG reporting. It requires you to have a strong command of the ESG reporting regulatory environment and assurance standards, while bringing innovative ideas and solutions to our clients that will truly make an impact on their business and society as a whole.

You will be responsible for the following:

• Performing non-financial assurance on clients ESG reports;
• Preparing the service delivery plan for the client, together with the Partners and Managers;
• Identifying the problem areas and risks affecting the client, and supplying concrete advice;
• Taking responsibility for the input necessary for internal and external reporting for the client;
• Assessing the ESG disclosures and ensuring they comply with all statutory requirements;
• Auditing complex items in the ESG report and/or sustainability information in the annual report;
• Drafting and reviewing sustainability reporting processes and disclosures for integrated reporting and ensuring audit readiness;
• Operating as key team member of audit- and advisory assignments;
• Participating in discussions with clients, identifying ESG risks and opportunities from a business perspective and facilitating discussions with the client’s key stakeholders and supplying concrete advice;
• Building strong and trusting relationships with clients;
• Creating proposals for prospective future clients;
• On the job coaching of peers with different skillsets;
• Applying a solution-based approach to methodologies and ideas in the evolving ESG landscape.

Qualifications

Naturally you collaborate with your colleagues and you only want the best for our clients. But most importantly, be the true you. The one and only you. With your personal strengths, view of the world and unique personality. You need the following qualifications for the position of Senior Consultant:

• Bachelor of Commerce degree in accounting;
• At least 3 years of experience within Audit or similar role;
• Critical thinking and problem solving mind set;
• A passion to learn about the Environmental, Social and Governance Standards;
• Excellent command of English in word and writing.

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.

Note: The list of tasks / duties and responsibilities contained in this document is not necessarily exhaustive. Deloitte may ask the employee to carry out additional duties or responsibilities, which may fall reasonably within the ambit of the role profile, depending on operational requirements.