Tax Transformation Leader at PwC South Africa

Key responsibilities will include: 

• Lead initiatives to grow PwC’s Tax Transformation business and to position PwC as the market leader in this segment
• Advising PwC clients on digital tax transformation strategy and initiatives for South African and multinational companies, covering all elements of the tax function, automating the compliance and reporting processes for direct and indirect taxes, and enabling real time reporting of taxes in the ERP. Monitor progress and identify/address any delivery risks or issues
• Interacting and leveraging the firm’s Alliance partners to deliver on client opportunities. Stay updated with local and international tax laws and regulations. Ensure ERP Tax Ledger configurations comply with these regulations, including VAT/GST, sales tax, and other indirect taxes
• Leverage and sell existing tax technology solutions developed by the firm & to identify opportunities to develop new technology solutions based on market demand
• Ensure the Tax Transformation team is resourced with people who have the required skills, experience and motivation to do their roles effectively
• Stakeholder management and business partnering - build strong relationships with programme stakeholders and senior stakeholders within the business across different functions like finance, accounting, and IT to address any tax-related challenges

Your Professional Experience

• Experience of leading Tax Transformation projects covering: 
• Tax vision & strategy, policy, governance
• Tax organisational design covering insourcing vs outsourcing, decentralised vs decentralised models 
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail for Tax process and automation 
• Setting digital tax strategy supplemented by robust digital roadmaps
• Implementation of tax technologies to automate tax accounting  / reporting, tax compliance
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams and explain complex tax concepts to non-experts
• Design of tax technologies to automate tax reporting and compliance processes, including automated e-filing solutions
• Proven experience working with ERP Tax Ledger for the design and implementation of tax compliance and reporting in ERP systems 
• Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams, and fast-paced project environments
• Experience of influencing, negotiating with and providing challenge to senior stakeholders
• Experience of working effectively with risk within a complex change portfolio
• Experience of change management technical expertise
• Experience and ability of leading teams (small or large)
• Excellent communication skills
• Good problem solving and analytical skills to address tax-related challenges effectively.
• Recognised Programme/Project Management qualifications
• GSuite collaboration platform skills preferred
• Knowledge and experience of business process automation, and/or data analytics preferred.