Openings at BDO South Africa

Description
BDO has a vacancy for a Senior Tax Consultant within the Corporate Tax Consulting business unit. The successful candidate will be reporting to the Head of Corporate Tax Consulting and will inter alia be responsible for:

• Assisting BDO to achieve its financial targets driving the BDO brand, business development, technical tax competence and client service in line with BDO values.
• Interpreting and applying theoretical knowledge to a practical business solution by utilising a sound knowledge of income tax and corporate law.
• Preparing and/or reviewing income tax and deferred tax computations.
• Reviewing tax computations for the audit department.
• Drafting technically correct opinions and reports for review and reviewing tax opinions and advice to be provided to clients and the audit department.
• Gathering information from different sources by using effective research tools.
• Assisting with the research and preparation of proposals.
• Identifying income tax issues arising at clients and use various tools and techniques to provide suggestions on how to solve them.
• Adapting to a changing work environment and accommodate changing client demands.
• Liaising with audit partners and audit staff with regards to tax issues.
• Liaising with SARS.
• Visiting clients to remediate tax issues and assisting clients with SARS audit and queries.
• Managing and maintaining client relationships.
• Preparing and managing budgets, debtors and monthly invoices.
• Producing accurate work and client deliverables to a high technical standard while coaching and mentoring junior staff.
• Managing subordinates in the corporate tax consulting team.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• LLB degree with postgraduate tax qualification and CA(SA).

Professional designation:

• SAICA and/or SAIT.

Experience:

• Minimum of 4 to 5 years’ experience as a Corporate Tax consultant.
• Experience working with and interpreting financial accounting records.

Competencies:

• Excellent writing skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Leadership and supervising skills
• Working with people
• Adherence to principles and values
• Relating and Networking skills
• Analytical skills
• Leaning and researching skills
• Planning and organisational skills
• Delivering results and meeting customer expectations
• Adapting and responding to change
• Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking

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BDO Johannesburg has a vacancy for a Senior Manager within the Individual, trusts, estates, and expatriate compliance business unit - Tax Department. Reporting to the leadership of the business unit. Functions may include

• Partner in key client relationships to provide advise and support the client in their employees’ tax function.
• Managing a portfolio of clients including understanding the client expectations.  
• Assisting BDO to achieve its financial targets driving the BDO brand, business development, tax competence and client service in line with BDO values.
• Grow and develop new business opportunities – focusing on identifying opportunities for other business units.
• Interpreting and applying theoretical knowledge to a practical business solution by utilizing a sound knowledge of basic income tax law.
• Assisting with the research and preparation of proposals
• Gathering information from various sources by using effective research tools 
• Drafting technically correct opinions and reports for review and providing tax opinions and advise to clients.
• Preparing and/or reviewing income tax returns and supporting tax schedules.
• Preparing and/or reviewing provisional tax calculations.
• Preparing and/or reviewing objections and appeals.
• Visiting clients to discuss tax issues and assist clients with SARS audit and queries.
• Present technical training topics.
• Liaising with SARS.
• Adapting to a changing work environment and accommodate changing client demands.
• Producing accurate work to a high technical standard while coaching and mentoring junior staff.
• Performance manager to allocated staff.
• Quality control of all deliverables and ensuring compliance with the BDO risk policies and procedures to ensure meeting of statutory deadlines.
• Financial discipline, manage staff as well as WIP, monthly invoices and outstanding debtors.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Minimum B. Com.
• Preferably post graduate qualification in Tax or B. Com Hons.

Experience:

• Member of South African Institute of Taxation (SAIT)
• Registered Tax Practitioner
• Minimum of 10 years’ tax experience  
• 3 years’ managerial experience in an advisory environment

Competencies:

• Excellent communication skills (including verbal and written)
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Strong focus of risk processes and procedures
• Technical competency
• Planning and organizational skills
• Leadership skills
• Negotiating skills
• Strategic thinking
• Well versed in all facets of general tax compliance (systems, e-filling, SARS liaison, deadline management)
• Must have good knowledge of South African Income Tax
• Need to be assertive and pro-active
• Task driven
• Team player