Tax & Legal - Transfer Pricing - Manager at Deloitte

Job Description
Main Purpose of Job

• To support the Transfer Pricing Tax Senior Team in providing professional and robust tax and legal advice on all local and international tax TP matters.  Focus on the management and delivery of client engagements, as well as sales and practice development. Develop high-performing people and teams, leading and supporting them to make an impact that matters, and setting the direction to deliver exceptional client service.

Specialized Technical Capabilities

•       Provides subject matter expertise in current tax legislation, proposed/pending legislation, their implications, and understands interaction across the Global Tax and Legal function, specifically with their area of expertise
•       Demonstrates excellent knowledge in South African Tax Laws and regulations
•       Demonstrates deep knowledge in area of specialization and is recognized as a Transfer Pricing subject matter expert
•       Leads client projects and solves complex technical/business issues through innovative approaches while providing direction to others
•       Applies recent developments and changes relating to relevant customs practices, rules and regulations to the client’s business
•       Anticipates changes in Tax Laws and provides advice on the implications for clients
•       Stays current on emerging technologies, standards, and applications in order to address current/potential business opportunities and client issues
•       Assesses and implements new technologies and changes to current technologies if relevant
•        Applies in-depth knowledge of complex international and domestic laws to provide strategic solutions to clients business
•       Challenges, tests and verifies proposed actions and procedures based on in-depth knowledge of industry, client, and international and domestic laws
•       Leads and oversees complex economic analyses that enable attainment of key client’s objectives, while facilitating the definition of risk priorities
•       Evaluates and recommends modeling strategies that balance reliability, project objectives and shares strategy implementation plan with client
•       Adapts industry or transaction specific models to analyze complex or unique transactions
•       Addresses clients' questions regarding complex issues and manages risk and expectations associated with client transactions
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      Manages and adjusts data analyses based on accounting principles, financial/transactional data concepts and industry-specific/non-standard data sources

      Prioritizes and resolves various risk factors associated with economic analysis

•       Determines the Transfer Pricing (TP) method and delivery approach most suitable for the project based on sufficient information gathered and client discussions identifying intellectual property issues/risks
•       Ensures that key functions and risks are supportive of the methods chosen and the adjustments performed
•       Reviews the functional and risk write-ups and identifies how analysis can be structured for client
•       Guides others in gathering relevant data & conducting effective analyses
•       Reviews complex industry write-ups and shares feedback with team
•       Determines if adjustments need to be made to the analysis in light of industry or other factual circumstances
•       Works with industry experts and the audit team to ensure all relevant industry factors are considered
•       Provides recommendations of local or domestic income tax, corporate tax, international tax, customs, and multistate tax principles to identify

Core Professional Technical Capabilities

•          Tax Laws and Rules – Understands local/country-specific tax laws and regulations to determine their implications on clients
•          Delivery excellence - Develops a network of internal and external contacts within the organization to facilitate sharing/retrieving of information; encourages others to make organizational knowledge more productive
•          Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving - Effectively organizes and presents complex issues, results, and recommendations to project team and clients
•          Technology Tools and Solutions – Spots emerging industry specific technology trends and recommends how clients can prepare for these changes

Leadership / Behavioural Capabilities

•          Living our Purpose - Acts as a role model and inspires others to embrace and live our purpose and values
•          Influence - Builds deep relationships across a diverse network and uses a flexible influencing style to gain buy-in and drive impact
•          Performance drive - Creates opportunities to drive impact; anticipates client needs and delivers superior results by leveraging each person’s strengths to build high performing teams across businesses and borders
•          Strategic Direction - Translates broader strategy into a compelling team vision and goals; aligns the team and sets priorities to achieve objectives
•          Talent Development - Actively contributes to building the talent pipeline; creates a talent experience that attracts, develops and retains top talent and high performing team

Qualifications

• Qualifications & Experience required

Required

•       Bachelor degree in Law, Economics or Accounting or related 
•       CA(SA)

Preferred

•       Postgraduate qualification in Taxation or Economics (Honours or Masters)
•       4-6 years’ tax experience; 3 of these in a management role