Corporate Tax Manager - Corp Tax(Cape Town) at KPMG South Africa

Purpose of the Job:

The purpose of this role is:

To provide a wide range of tax advisory services to a large portfolio of clients

Key job duties or responsibilities:

• Answer tax related questions and understand highly complex tax related problems
• Conduct confidential relations with clients
• Effectively manage relationships with the relevant local and foreign legal authorities
• Explain tax requirements in the context of the provision of financial advice
• Interpret the complete spectrum of local tax laws
• Make complex recommendations regarding tax solutions
• Manage a team of junior team members and professional staff
• Manage the administration of tax matters
• Manage the maintenance of essential tax records, reports and files
• Operate relevant software packages
• Prepare clear, sound, accurate reports containing findings, conclusions and recommendations
• Review field designs to ensure conformity with standards
• Sell sufficient work to meet budgetary targets
• Be able to support the development of opportunities and management of relationships with colleagues within other business units outside of tax
• Be able to manage a project from start to finish (including risk and billings), manage junior team members and be able to work directly with the partner or AD in delivering a quality product on time.

Critical Interpersonal or Interactive skills

• Ability to operate and think on feet
• Ability to delegate
• Strong selling skills
• Good communication and interpretation skills
• Good command of the English language
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Team player with good people skills
• High level of competence
• Ability to deal effectively with people at all levels
• Good writing skills
• Be able to interact directly with clients in a professional manner

Qualifications and experience

• CA (SA) or LLB; HDip (Tax)
• At least 4 years relevant experience in a corporate tax environment
• Knowledge of Word and Excel
• Must have a wide range of corporate tax skills and experience including opinion writing, concept papers, compliance and due diligence reviews