Tax Services Generalist at PwC South Africa

A career within Tax services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients meet and manage their tax obligations across unique but ever changing tax specialties. You’ll advise clients on their local and overseas tax affairs, while acting as a strategic consultant related to business analysis, managing indirect taxes, dispute resolution, and global enterprise tax solutions.

Our team helps our clients identify and reduce tax risks, meet compliance obligations, implement tax strategies that complement business and operational objectives, resolve disagreements with tax authorities, and manage tax accounting and reporting issues. You’ll be engaged in projects dealing with International tax, mergers and acquisitions, state and local tax accounting, regulatory processes, tax reporting and strategy.To really stand out and make us ?t for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be an authentic and inclusive leader, at all grades/levels and in all lines of service. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Senior Associate, 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:

•  Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
•  Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities and coach to help deliver results.
•  Develop new ideas and propose innovative solutions to problems.
•  Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current trends in business area.
•  Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
•  Share relevant thought leadership.
•  Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing others.
•  Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality, diverse relationships.
•  Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Laising with clients and colleagues to provide Corporate Tax Consulting Services. 
• Producing high level tax opinions and reports that add value to clients businesses.
• Performing tax reviews as part of statutory audits.
• Attending to Tax related queries from SARS.
• Organising, monitoring and managing your own workload. You will be asked to assist Managers on large groups and ad hoc projects.
• Researching Tax technical issues.
• Cost, fee and debtors management, including WIP.
• Key Internal Clients / Relationships
• Departmental Tax team
• National Tax team
• Relevant firm subject matter experts
• Portfolio Managers/Partners

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS 

• Relevant Tax qualification (B. Comm./Acc/Law).
• Qualified CA and Postgraduate studies in Tax desirable

EXPERIENCE

• 2 years of Corporate Tax consulting experience essential and exposure to Financial Services clients would be highly desirable.

KEY KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• Knowledge and experience in application of the Income Tax Act.
• Have commercial acumen and be driven to provide excellent client service
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to work as part of dynamic team
• Attention to detail and the ability to follow-through on tasks
• Good interpersonal skills and professional skills
• Ability to perform in a high pressure environment and work towards deadlines