Tax & Legal - Tax Advisory & Transactions - Assistant Manager at Deloitte

Job Description
This role is critical in supporting the Tax Transactions and Advisory team in providing tax services to clients.

• Assist in providing input into the tax implications of a variety of transactions, both local and cross-border, including typical merger and acquisition transactions such as group re-organisations, unbundling transactions, BEE transactions and tax efficient acquisitions and disposals of shares or businesses
• Perform local and cross-border tax due diligence reviews, tax structuring and general advisory engagements, working regularly with other Deloitte firms on cross-border engagements
• Provide tax support to multinationals in a variety of jurisdictions. The tax support may include providing tax opinions, tax compliance support, project managing cross-border assignments and working with other Deloitte teams, and advising clients on international tax developments that may affect their businesses
• Assist with the development of a sales pipeline, the drafting of engagement proposals, the performance of risk management procedures and the financial management of the assignments
• Provide initial recommendations based on current tax legislation.
• Proactively manage client issues and expectations, monitor execution of own work to ensure adherence with quality standards and identify and manage areas of risk.
• Select appropriate methods for collecting and analysing data and developing informed recommendations
• Ensure appropriate technologies and methodologies are used on projects.

Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in similar field

Minimum Experience:

• 2-3 years working experience in a similar role is essential
• Experience with transactions (M&A; cross-border)  

Desired Experience:

• 2-3 years within a client facing and advisory role

Additional Information

Technical & Behavioural Competencies:

• Expert in field with sound industry and business knowledge
• 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