Corporate Tax Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

As a Senior Associate, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Proactively assist in the management of several clients, while reporting to Managers and above
• Train and lead staff
• Establish effective working relationships directly with clients
• Contribute to the development of your own and team’s technical acumen
• Keep up to date with local and national business and economic issues
• Be actively involved in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients 
• Continue to develop internal relationships and your PwC brand

• Assist with buy side and sell side due diligence
• Assist in advising clients on the structuring of business transactions and tax implications thereof
• Drafting of opinions for clients on the tax consequences of various ad hoc queries
• Preparation of annual income tax computations for audit of tax purposes
• Research of complex tax issues
• Interpretation of tax legislation
• Liaison with SARS
• Assist with the implementation of transactions
   

Additional responsibilities in respect of the above will include:

• Planning assignment approach including understanding client expectations and scoping work
• Proactively identifying areas of contention and discussing these with the engagement team and proposing solutions (where possible)
• Ensuring timely delivery
• Assisting with financial portfolio management including WIP management, billings and cash collection
• Complying with risk management procedures
• Assist in expanding professional network internally and externally
• Assist in supervising office administration functions
• Contribute to the upskilling and development of junior team members
• Assisting in managing the work performance of junior team members
   

Preferred skills

• Proven commitment to the Tax profession
• Highly proficient in MS Office
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Interpersonal skills
• Must be able to work independently and with minimal supervision
• Able to provide solutions to business problems through research and consulting with subject matter experts
• Ability to multi-task yet still pay attention to detail
• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent time management skills and ability to work in a high performance team environment
• Excellent project management skills
• Ability to coach and train team members

Minimum years experience and qualifications required

• 2 - 3 years experience in a Tax Consulting environment
• CA (SA) or postgraduate qualification

Additional application instructions

• Must be prepared to pursue additional tertiary studies in Tax, viz Masters in Tax