Financial Advisory - Forensics - SAS Developer (CONTRACT role)
Deloitte
- Midrand, Johannesburg
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Develop and maintain SAS programs for data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) processes.
- Design, implement, and optimise SAS solutions for data analytics and reporting.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into effective SAS programs.
- Manage, monitor, and troubleshoot SAS applications deployed in cloud environments, ensuring optimal performance and scalability.
- Implement security measures and adhere to best practices for SAS deployment in cloud architectures.
- Participate in the planning and execution of data governance and quality initiatives.
- Stay abreast of industry trends and advancements in SAS technologies and cloud platforms.
- Provide technical expertise and support to internal teams regarding SAS and cloud-related inquiries.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Proven experience as a SAS Developer with a minimum of 5 years in SAS programming and analytics.
- Demonstrated expertise in deploying and managing SAS solutions in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud).
- Strong proficiency in SAS programming languages, SQL, and data manipulation techniques.
- Attain and maintain personal productivity of above 65%
- Ability to appropriately scope an engagement and prepare a budget
- Responsibility for entire engagement (including management of other workstreams) plus sections allocated to you and delivery on these sections at an above acceptable level of quality, with few review queries and within the deadline.
- Effective review of other team members sections, identification of risk and issues in each team member's section and monitoring of other team members to ensure that they are addressing these issues in their sections.
- Consolidation of entire report and key findings and ability to identify common themes, deal issues, follow up matters and appropriate recommendations
- Responsibility for risk management and quality control procedures
- Winning Business. Demonstrate an awareness of the need to win new business and knowledge of Deloitte services (based on assignment feedback).
- Active involvement in successful proposals totaling R2 million.
- Develops analytical models that can be visualized and interpreted convincingly to inform recommendations
- Plans and executes engagements that deliver a superior client experience
- Acts as a financial advisor across a broad spectrum of transactions through sophisticated analyses of financial information
- Builds an in-depth knowledge of the client's business and stays up-to-date on industry activities, marketplace trends, and leading practices
- Applies quality assurance, risk management, and confidentiality procedures in all areas of work performed and managed
- Builds expertise in one stage of the M&A lifecycle and develops network in others to position client with other technical and market experts.
- Applies experience in transactions with sector knowledge to inform
- strategic and operational decisions and resulting financial implications in terms of a deal
- Identifies risks and pricing considerations when conducting diligence
- Begins to develop expertise in specific aspects of integration or separation value creation services to provide tailored solutions to support client
- Expert in field with sound industry and business knowledge
- Demonstrated leadership skills
- Sales skills
- Proven ability to manage and execute projects
- Experience in drafting and presenting client proposals
- Excellent report writing skills
- Excellent Microsoft Powerpoint and Excel skills
- Good financial knowledge
- Sound business acumen
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Effective interpersonal and relationship building skills
- Good mentorship and coaching ability with desire to develop self and others
- Strong client delivery focus
- Adaptable, managing change and ambiguity with ease
- Focus on quality and risk
- Sound problem solving ability