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Job Description

Main Purpose of Job

Specialist in delivering on area of expertise to clients with a key focus on executing on the Journal Entry Centre of Excellence strategy. These areas of expertise will involve performing data extractions of the GL data and trial balance and preparing of datasets; resolving reconciliation of data issues; leveraging specialized data analytics techniques to address risk of management override with use of visuals for a risk assessment to appropriately understand where the risk lies for each entity; with the use of professional judgment based on these analytical procedures performed substantively test the journals that will address this risk ensuring that compliance with ISA 240 as well as Deloitte Methodology and ensuring teams evidence this at an appropriate level in their files.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

A professional accounting qualification (CA or equivalent)

Desired Qualifications

A professional accounting qualification (CA or equivalent)

Minimum Experience

2 years post articles at Deloitte

Desired Experience

2-year assistant manager experience

Additional Information

Technical

• Expert in field with excellent industry and business knowledge
• Relevant knowledge of the Journal Entry methodology
• Extraction and data preparation capabilities
• Leverage specialized data analysis techniques
• Create data visualizations
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• Ability to interpret, communicate and implement strategy
• Demonstrated execution of complex projects within timeframes and cost
• Experienced in development and delivery of professional presentations

 Behavioural

• 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
• Effective problem-solving ability
• Excellent business acumen

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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
•  

      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

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Job Description
Main Purpose of Job

To support the Transfer Pricing Manager to provide our clients with the critical expertise to deal effectively with inter-company issues and to articulate the economically significant aspects of their business operations. Make an impact that matters and setting the direction to deliver exceptional client service.

 Specialized Technical Capabilities

•        Supports the Engagement Manager in delivery of engagement / project, in specific area of competency
•       Provides initial recommendations based on current tax legislation across the Global Tax and Legal function to engagement leadership

   Applies knowledge and skills of relevant practices and processes (or relevant tax rules and regulations) in area of specialization to client problems

   Presents findings and recommends and implements advice independently relevant to tax and consults others as needed

   Reviews written technical advice, reports, memoranda and/or other deliverables relevant to tax laws and rules for adequacy of research conducted and appropriateness and accuracy of conclusions

•       Assesses the business impact of recent developments and changes relating to area of tax specialization for clients
•       Demonstrates advanced knowledge of the key capabilities required to deliver a high quality service experience to the client
•       Selects appropriate methods for collecting and analyzing data, and develops informed recommendations
•       Articulates how technology enables the business and communicates this effectively to clients while ensuring appropriate technologies and methodologies are used on projects.
•       Constructs economic analysis based on accounting principles, financial/transactional data concepts, industry specific/non-standard data sources and assumptions
•       Participates in drafting and reviewing client questionnaires, industry analysis, and data requests, ensuring sufficient information is obtained and summarized accurately
•       Identifies complex Transfer Pricing (TP) issues and makes referrals to other tax teams based on local or domestic income tax, corporate tax, international tax, and customs tax principles
•    Provides advice to project team based on hot topics, industry trends, and case law developments
•    Demonstrates understanding of local or domestic TP and penalty rules
•    Demonstrates awareness of other local or domestic income tax principles
•    Demonstrates awareness of the differences between OECD and foreign transfer pricing rules with local TUP rules and knows where to access this information

Identifies complex non-TP issues

Qualifications
Minimum Requirements

•    Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce, Law, Accounting, Economics or appropriate discipline or CA(SA)
•     3 years working experience and transfer pricing experience required

Desired Requirements

•    Postgraduate qualification in Taxation (Masters in Taxation)

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Job Description
Main Purpose of Job

• A support resource to team in delivery of standardised aspects of services to internal business especially on the GIMS Service Centre

Strategic Impact

• Under close supervision and guidance, assists team to deliver services within defined strategic objectives
• Researches innovation and trends related to business as directed by line for use in enhancement of service offerings to clients

Client Impact: External / Internal

•  Works collaboratively with own team and that of the client service line/area to deliver quality service in allocated tasks
• Starts to develop effective working relationships within client business to better understand their requirements

Operational Effectiveness

• Understands context of own delivery against timelines
• Assists team members as required
• Provides team with detailed reporting on status of deliverables on a daily basis
•  Remains aware of risk in area of expertise in alignment with Deloitte policies and processes
• Checks work prior to submission for review and notes feedback for reference

Development of Team

• Cultivates ability to give effective development feedback both upwards and to peers
• Actively works to address identified development areas

Budgets / Profitability

• Effective use of time, equipment and resources
• Differentiators for the role:

GIMS Service Centre

• Ensuring that the GIMS service centre functions are being performed accurately and effectively i.e.  GIMS friendly reviews, assistance to employees with updates, and any other ad-hoc requests relating to the GIMS Service Centre Function.
• Timeliness and accuracy of performing GIMS Reviews.
•  Accuracy of and timeliness of updating information for GIMS users.
•  Accuracy and completeness of completion of testing checklist and combined testing schedule.
•  Accuracy and completeness of updating additional portfolios for immediate family members.
• Accuracy and completeness of uploading user added holdings and subsequently uploading supporting documentation.
• Provide assistance to GIMS users timeously and accurately.
• Where possible breaches are identified - timeously escalation.
•  Display a general level of understanding Deloitte Policy Manual 1420 on Independence, especially relating to Financial Interest and the Global Independence Monitoring System (GIMS).
• Assistance with action items on a user’s dashboard and provide accurate and timeous assistance.
• Timeously follow-up procedures and escalation for individuals who did not make deadlines.
• Accurate and timeous enrolments to GIMS service centre

Competencies :

Technical Competencies

• Skilled in field with sound industry and business knowledge
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• Experienced in communication and implementation of strategy
• Proven ability to manage and execute projects
• Experienced in development and delivery of professional presentations
• Good report writing skills
• Good financial knowledge

Behavioural Competencies 

• 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
• Effective problem solving ability
• Excellent business acumen

Talent Standards : Support Staff Capabilities

Living our Purpose

• Builds own understanding of our purpose and values; explores opportunities for impact

Influence

• Actively focuses on developing effective communication and relationship-building skills

Performance drive

• Understands expectations and demonstrates personal accountability for keeping performance on track

Strategic direction

• Understands how their daily work contributes to the priorities of the team and the business

Talent development

• Demonstrates strong commitment to personal learning and development; acts as a brand ambassador to help attract top talent

Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications

National Diploma
Desired Qualifications

• Degree
• A commercial/business, compliance or risk qualification

Minimum Experience

•  One years' experience within the function
• ·Basic understanding of risk and independence aspects affecting the audit environment.
•  General Knowledge of Company Structures
•  Some knowledge of the regulatory bodies (IFAC/SEC/PCAOB etc.)
• Computer literacy- Microsoft Office, Outlook, Excel and Word.

Desired Experience

• 2 years’ experience within the function or similar