Job Vacancies at Deloitte

Job Description

Are you an actuary looking for a new challenging and rewarding career opportunity? Do you want to work for the world’s largest professional services firm? Then look no further! Deloitte is looking for future opportunities.
As a Manager or Senior Manager or overall lead in the Actuarial practice, you will be leading teams and engagements and contributing to market initiatives. You will:

• Support practice leaders by delivering Life and General business work on a wide range of consulting projects within actuarial, underwriting / claims and advanced analytics domains
• Lead engagement teams on projects including IFRS 17, advanced analytics, Robotics Process Automation (RPA), and actuarial transformation. 
• Drive developments of new market offerings by contributing with innovative approaches 
• Be expected to stay abreast of technical Life and general business industry developments like IFRS 17 and LICAT, etc. as well as broader industry developments in the fields such as InsurTech, Advanced Analytics, and Blockchain
• Understand our purpose and values; explore opportunities for impact
• Authentically engage with our team of dynamic professional to develop, motivate and coach them to meet their goals
• Demonstrate a strong commitment to personal learning and development; act as a brand ambassador to help attract top-talent
• Work with high profile clients operating in the Africa Life Insurance or General business space as well as within the broader insurance space. Opportunities to work on projects in Europe, and North America.

Qualifications

• Masters / Bachelor’s degree from a leading University in the fields Statistics, Mathematics, Actuarial Science, Accounting or Data Science
• Have a minimum of five credits in WASSCE Ordinary Level/NECO subjects or acceptable equivalent examination, including Mathematics and English Language in one sitting only
• A Masters / Bachelor’s degree from a leading University in the fields Statistics, Mathematics, Actuarial Science, Accounting or Data Science
• A Fellow or Associate of the Society of Actuaries or Institute and Faculty of Actuaries or equivalent. Relevant post-fellowship experience coupled with post-actuarial credentials like an MBA, CERA or CFA
• 5 plus years working experience in the industry within an insurance company, reinsurer, insurance broker or accounting / consulting firm
• Technical experience with IFRS17 topics including PAA and GMA, assumptions, data requirements and financial statement/position presentation would be considered a strong asset
• (Advanced) Knowledge of actuarial software packages 
• Programming skills (Visual Basic, R, Python, etc.) and visualization tools like Tableau an asset

Additional Information

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Job Description

As a Manager in Assurance, you will be a part of team of like-minded individuals where you will work to contribute to market initiatives and deliver exceptional service to our clients. You will:

• Develop the business opportunities for financial reporting services including IFRS, IPSAS and Financial reporting technologies ( CaseWare, Workiva etc)
• Be responsible for technical accounting support including technical accounting opinions under IFRS and IPSAS
• Supervise financial reporting projects and manage personnel under the accounting and financial reporting services
• Be responsible for implementation of complex accounting standards including IFRS 9, IFRS 15, IFRS 16, IFRS 3, IAS 32 etc
• Be experience for assurance over financial reporting activities
• Contribute to market and eminence initiatives, including development of new service offerings and marketing campaigns within the practice
• Be responsible for implementation of various financial reporting technologies
• Support the Implementation of internal controls over financial reporting
• Be responsible for Support the audit function on technical issues on financial reporting
• Develop and lead timely communications - both internal and external - relevant to our professionals and clients
•  Develop materials for and participate in the delivery of presentations to clients and firm personnel
• Serve clients and / or support local office teams as the opportunity arises.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree/HND holder with a minimum of Second Class upper/Upper credit
• Have a minimum of five credits in WASSCE Ordinary Level/NECO subjects or acceptable equivalent examination, including Mathematics and English Language in one sitting only
• Must have a ACA or ACCA designation or equivalency and possess a minimum 7 years of relevant work experience with a reputable organisation
• Must  have practical accounting & reporting advisory technical experience and skills in IFRS, IPSAS, GAAP
• Must have strong business development capabilities
• Must have at least 5 years’ experience in a big 4 professional services firm
• Must be sound in Corporate reporting including financial and sustainability reporting
• Must have experience in implementation of internal controls
• Capacity to think critically about issues from a strategic perspective (options available, pros / cons of different options, proposed solution) and aptitude in researching accounting standards and related interpretive guidance
• Must have strong technology implementation capabilities. Experience in CaseWare, Workiva or similar solutions is an added advantage.
• Effective consensus building, conflict resolution, and team-building skills, including being a role model for others and imparting knowledge and experience to junior team members
• Experienced with project problem diagnosis, solution development, client communications, facilitation of decision making, documentation, managing client expectations and team leadership