Data Delivery Associate

Job Description

The Africa Assurance Innovation and Digital Data Delivery Associate (“DDM”) will play a key role in the Innovation and Digital team.  The DDM will be responsible for managing the overall delivery of the digital solutions that are on offer from the Innovation and Digital Team for a portfolio of audit clients.  The DDM will also be required to ensure that the audit engagement teams are supported in linking their risks and compliance requirements to the digital solution that will appropriately address this.

The DDM will also be fundamental in achieving the overall strategy of the Data and Intelligence Delivery Centre of Excellence.

Roles and Responsibilities:

•  Manage the delivery of the digital solutions that are on offer from the Innovation and Digital Team for a portfolio of small audit clients.
• The management of a delivery will consist of Planning, pricing, execution, delivery and billing.
• Challenge the audit engagement team for the allocated portfolio of clients to generate the right demand for digital solutions, based on tools that will support the execution of the audit and the sharing of client insights with the audit client.
• Understand the full spectrum of digital solutions offered at a level which allows an establishment whether it is a good fit for the audit engagement team and when to escalate tool usage to the Implementation Team.
• Proactively engage with each audit engagement team early on in the client’s financial year to establish the data support plan.
• Implement and manage change when necessary to meet the delivery timelines.
• Evaluate and assess result of deliveries in order to deliver a summary of success or challenges to key stakeholders.
• Communicate with key stakeholders through out the process to keep them updated and informed of the progress and any issues.
• Participate in solution design sessions to assist the Data and Intelligence Delivery and Centre of Excellence Leader to make the delivery process more effective and efficient.

Required Skills and Experiences:

•  Understanding of basic audit principles
• Understanding of data transformation principles
• Demonstrates commitment in closing out key deliverables.
• Integrity and objectivity and the courage to raise concerns .
• Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to identify and manage potential conflict.
• Strong people and teaming skills with a commitment to the firm’s diversity and inclusiveness efforts
• Strong project management skills
• Creative thinker and problem solver
• Good time management skills
• Ability to work on more than 1 project at a time.