Company Description

Deloitte is a leading global provider of audit and audit and assurance, consulting, financial advisory, risk advisory, tax and related services. Our global network of member firms and related entities in more than 150 countries and territories (collectively, the “Deloitte organization”) serves four out of five Fortune Global 500® companies.  Learn how Deloitte’s approximately 312,000 people make an impact that matters at www.deloitte.com 

About the Division

Our Audit & Assurance services go beyond merely meeting statutory requirements. We help our clients perform better and achieve their business objectives. We listen to their needs, think about the business implications and tailor our approach accordingly. Click here to read more about our Audit & Assurance practice.

Regional Audit Delivery Centres (Impact Centres) support Audit and Assurance engagement teams with the completion of Audit processes and engagement support administrative activity as part of the wider Audit Transformational Programme. The Impact Centres are designed to support teams across the audit engagement lifecycle through providing a range of support services to reduce the levels of administrative work placed on practitioners. Inpact Centres support more efficient and cost-effective working practices, whilst improving quality standards. The activity undertaken within the Centres will evolve as they become embedded into the audit life cycle and as Deloitte Way Workflows are launched and implemented. 

Job Description

The data scientist is a specialist skill set within the Impact Centre team in Deloitte Audit business. The main purpose of the role is to create innovative data solutions, automate solutions, design new warehouse processes, design mechanisms to draw insights from data for key stakeholders.

Key Competencies:

• Building tailor made SQL solutions for reporting/monitoring purposes and automation of controls.
• Data analysis to derive insights
• Making sound data recommendations to the business to align with best data governance principles
• Design, develop, implement database solutions in a Microsoft SQL Server environment
• Utilising Store procedures to create routines that maintain reporting and automated controls.
• Identify opportunities to and build appropriate models/other solutions for use in the company's operations
• Creating logic links between data from various systems to facilitate cross system and multi-dimensional reporting
• Automation of controls in the business processes 
• Design and implement automated data comparison solutions to trigger and facilitate certain control processes
• Simplifying complex manual processes into simple automated (or semi-automated) processes,
• Managing technical stakeholders across the business.
• Modelling of complex business problems.
• Identifying opportunities to improve business processes
• Automation of controls in the business processes 
• Design and implement automated data comparison solutions to trigger and facilitate certain control processes
• Simplifying complex manual processes into simple automated (or semi-automated) processes,
• Managing technical stakeholders across the business.
• Modelling of complex business problems.
• Identifying opportunities to improve business processes

Qualifications

• Degree in Statistics/Computer Science/ Engineering/ Mathematics (or combination of)
• BI development experience (>3 years)
• SSIS and Microsoft stack (310 years professional experience)
• Expert level knowledge of T-SQL (>5 years professional experience)
• Expert level data analysis skills (>5 years professional experience)
• Advanced EXCEL
• Expert using PowerBI
• Demonstrated ability to identify problems and provide solution
• Knowledge of audit processes will be an advantage
• 4-7 years of relevant work experience in a data driven organisation where the power of data was harnessed and fully leveraged

Additional Information

Technical Capabilities

• Strong business and HR acumen, including strong problem-solving skills, critical thinking and analysis.
• Strong communication skills: excellent spoken and written English.
• Labor Law knowledge.
• Project management and execution skills; • Coaching and consulting skills.
• Thrives in a high-pressure environment and able to manage multiple simultaneous priorities.
• Possesses intellectual curiosity; brings insight into the team & business.

Behavioural

• Good communication skills, both written and verbal
• Focus on quality and risk
• Client delivery focus
• Adaptable, managing change and ambiguity
• Good problem-solving ability
• Good business acumen
• Critical and logical thinker with an analytical approach in evaluating different business scenarios/outcomes and resolve issues
• Must be a self-starter and be able to work with minimal supervision
• Good mentorship and coaching ability with desire to develop self and others
• Good verbal and written business communication skills. Willingness to interface with senior management and staff locally and globally
• Good sense of urgency/prioritization and know when to seek guidance
• Team player, able to meet deadlines and work under pressure
• Mature attitude with the ability to apply sound judgement 
• Strong process-based mind-set and the ability to design and implement effective processes
• Strong personal attributes relating to discipline, meticulous attention to detail, assertiveness, change and getting things done
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic and results-driven environment, and an ability to work under pressure, coupled with strong conflict management and negotiation and influencing skills

At 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 reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. We seek to create and leverage our diverse workforce to build an inclusive environment across the African continent.