Consultant - Tax Mid-Market CoE at PwC South Africa

As a Senior Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.
• Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.
• Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.
• Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.
• Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.
• Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.
• Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
• Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.
• Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Job Profile

Principal Accountabilities

Particular focus areas include:

• Support the transformation of the tax practice by (1) providing coaching and training (2) Delegation of work to support utilisation of staff (3) coach and grow staff for promotion
• Provide input into 482 (Taxonomy) transformation plan;
• Support and partake in CSR activities
• Uphold the PwC brand - quality underpin every activity
• Demonstrate the ability to manage 50 - 100 clients
• Proactively initiate risk request and fully comply (100%) with firm Q&RM policies
• Timesheets completed on weekly basis.
• Manage WIP management/Debtors <120 days.
• Achieve 100% of individual production budget as agreed with partner [and strive to meet firm wide benchmark] (CIT: 990 hours)
• Manage Net revenue as agreed with partner
• Support standardisation of templates, processes and utilisation of technology platforms in transition to EC, AODocs, Data Snipper
• Client (New and Existing) executed opportunities to be evidenced and invite leaders from cross line of service to accompany you to meeting
• Giving timeous feedback to coachees and reviewees and ensure timeous completion of feedbacks and appraisal document, minimum of 2 snapshots per quarter
• Coaching in respect of career aspirations (at least 1 meeting per quarter)
• At least four (4) snap shots for coachees per review cycle
• Attend all mandatory training (40hrs) 15 tax specific verifiable via assessment. Share knowledge and experience and participate in training sessions
• Meet SAICA CPD requirements (If applicable).
• Ensuring tax accounting and tax compliance opportunities are captured on Salesforce
• 100% adherence to the CIT working methodologies by utilisation of the following: Taxpac, Pioneer, Google, Tracker, CCH Integrator, Engagement Centre, AODocs etc.
• Support the implementation of Silverfin - at least 1 return by end of FY23
• Increase client base and develop/win new clients by way of establishing and growing the CoE by liaising with the Gauteng and Western Cape and other tax teams across SA;
• Seeking opportunities to work with other partners / AD’s / SM’s to develop & strengthen the XLOS relationships within PwC;
• Working with Ian to effectively build and manage the CoE;
• Tracking hours saved by the CoE; Aiming to save between 4,500 and 5,500 hours (hours to be agreed with partner)
• Developing and managing the pipelines and planning of staff;
• Finance administration process to be developed;
• Administration regarding the setup of the follow up information sessions with the relevant partners, AD’s and SM’s;
• Responsible for Invoicing / IOCN / WIP transfer of projects;
• Developing and rolling out a standardised deliverable for the audit of tax assignments that is agreed upon by the CoE and different tax teams;
• Obtain buy-in from tax teams across SA for the clients coming over to the CoE, where the time lines, scope and budgets are agreed upon;
• Assist Partner with performance management of the CoE;
• Assist HC, with recruitment of staff in the CoE;
• Assist with training for technical, product delivery & professional as well as onboarding;
• Assist with the Methodology (AoT and tax compliance) and training thereof;
• Assist with technology being rolled out in CoE;
• Assist Melanie, Ian and Lizandre with delivery of AoT and Corporate Tax compliance assignments;

Minimum Qualifications

• BCom Accounting;
• Qualified CA(SA) will be advantageous;
• Post graduate Degree or Diploma in taxation or in process of studying in this regard;
• Completed SAIT or SAICA articles.

Experience

• 5-10 years of experience

Key Knowledge and Skills

• Commercial awareness and business acumen;
• Strong corporate tax skills;
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
• Self-starter with the ability to provide solutions to business problems;
• Ability to multitask, yet still pay attention to detail;

Education(if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

• Degrees/Field of Study required:
• Degrees/Field of Study preferred:
• Certifications(if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

• Optional Skills
• Desired Languages(If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

• Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

• No

Government Clearance Required?

• Yes

Job Posting End Date

March 30, 2023