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About Deloitte Tax & Legal 

We have a team of approximately 280 professional staff members across South Africa comprised of qualified charted accountants and lawyers who offer specialist insight across many industries.   Deloitte Tax professionals keep current on the latest changes that impact clients' business tax strategy, enabling clients to focus on business objectives while we address the tax requirements.   Deloitte Legal, amongst the largest legal and regulatory service providers in Africa, assists clients operating in increasingly complex legal, regulatory and digital environments through a multidisciplinary approach, combining integrated legal and commercial expertise. 

Main Purpose of Job

To support the GES Senior Manager in providing professional and robust tax advice on all local and international tax matters and more specifically individuals/expatriates. 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 and impact that matters, and setting the direction to deliver exceptional client service

Qualifications & Experience required

Required

Relevant Degree or B Com with H Dip Tax qualification

5 - 8 years working experience

Preferred

Postgraduate qualification in Taxation (honours)

5 years in a similar environment

Specialized Technical Capabilities

·         Global Employer Services Technology

o    Analyses client technologies in relation to how they enable clients to meet their goals and recommends enhancements

o    Identifies technology product/service synergies and recommends integrated product/service(s) that address client needs

o    Researches technology and gleans client feedback to inform brainstorming and development of future technology

o    Leverages technology expertise to client relationships to define project scope and engage resources

o    Serves as a technology subject matter expert, reviewing training content and sometimes delivering training

o    Uses advanced technology skills and application knowledge to troubleshoot complex client issues and trains team members on other support-related activities

o    Provides editorial review of training, technical documentation, and marketing deliverables

o    Demonstrates understanding of technology specific contractual concepts and reviewing statements of work, and identifying out-of-scope requests

·         Global Mobility

o    Examines global mobility programs to assess whether they achieve individual tax and social tax compliance and payroll reporting requirements, minimize potential for tax authority reviews, and manage both the individual and corporate tax and compliance risks inherent in global deployment

o    Understands all aspects of compensation packages, benefits, payroll, compensation data, compilation and reporting

o    Understands all aspects of compensation package, benefits, payroll, compensation data compilation and reporting

o    Understands the various approaches to global mobility operational structure and service delivery

o    Understands the end-to-end mobility compensation and payroll process from calculation of the balance sheet to the initiation of home and host payroll, to pay/no-pay and shadow pay instructions, to validation of required gross ups to payroll reconciliation

o    Understands mobility compensation collection process and reviews data provided to identify gaps as well as understands the impact of compensation on home and host country tax returns and shares data effectively to ensure consistent reporting

o    Understands inbound and outbound global mobility taxation issues

o    Understands pension and social tax rules

o    Uses understanding of tax equalization policies, and their impact on employees on international assignments

·         Reward Skills

o    Performs global compensation, benefits and pension consulting, collecting and analyzing data for tax compliance, identifying process efficiencies and improvements

Differentiators

·         Oversee the coordination, management and delivery of expatriate PAYE calculations across regional (Anglophone Africa) & global jurisdictions

·         Oversee the coordination, management and delivery of expatriate compensation management across regional (Anglophone Africa) & global jurisdictions

·         Continuously review and enhance expatriate PAYE payroll service delivery processes

·         Identify and implement automation opportunities to enhance client experience and internal objectives

·         Identify and deliver expatriate advisory services across regional & global jurisdictions

·         Continuously review and enhance strategic direction of the business

·         Develop and maintain the department’s go-to-market solutions

·         Manage financials through accurate budgets, cost control and profitability management

·         Build and develop long term relationships with senior Deloitte stakeholders, clients and Deloitte teams

·         Understand the objectives of the Global Mobility Compensation department in each of the key leadership areas and the actions/implications for the engagement

·         Proactively manage the client relationship as it relates to the Global Mobility practice

·         Demonstrate a broader perspective of potential issues encountered when managing diverse teams and the strategies to overcome them; have a clear understanding of the firm’s commitment to creating a more inclusive culture

·         Develop and grow junior talent in the team

Skills Required

·         Experience in local and global coordination of mobility and expatriate PAYE payroll services

·         In-depth understanding of expatriate PAYE payroll operations and management in South Africa

·         Working knowledge of expatriate PAYE payroll operations and management in Anglophone countries in Southern, East and West Africa

·         Experience or working knowledge of expatriate PAYE payroll software

·         Experience with developing, embedding and maintaining expatriate PAYE processes across multiple jurisdictions

·         Experience in identifying and delivering expatriate payroll advisory services e.g. expatriate PAYE reviews, technology platform selection, expatriate PAYE process and technology implementation including understanding annual equity awards and treatment thereof

·         Experience in project management (internal and external processes)

·         Experience in people management (internal and external stakeholders)

·         Experience in financial management

·         Working experience of excel macros and VBA coding

·         Knowledge and / or experience of sales & marketing in the Global Mobility space

Technical Competencies Required

·         Delivery Excellence

·         Recognizes the key capabilities required to deliver a high quality service experience to the client

·         Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving

·         Collects, assimilates, and analyses data and uses standard processes and tools to help surface and support solutions for solving problems

·         Technology Tools and Solutions

Behavioural Competencies Required

·         Report writing skills

·         Ability to develop marketing skills in the short term

·         Strong organizational skills

·         Proactive approach and client delivery focus

·         Logical reasoning abilities

·         Good interpersonal skills

·         Proactive approach to providing feedback to management

·         Commitment to achieve results

·         Contribute actively and positively to the team

·         Ability to deal with sensitive information in a confidential manner

·         Enquiring mind and lateral thinker with the ability to deal with ambiguity and explore multiple options to complex problems

·         Interacts well with people at all levels and fields with self-conviction and personal confidence

·         Good oral and written communication skills

·         Attention to detail

·         Ability to work under pressure and adhere to deadlines

·         Client service orientation

Core Professional Technical Capabilities

Tax Laws and Rules – Applies knowledge of current tax legislation, proposed/pending legislation, their implications, and understands interaction across the Global Tax and Legal function, specifically with their area of expertise

·         Delivery excellence - Demonstrates subject matter specialty and ability to share knowledge in one or more service lines within the Global Tax and Legal function

·         Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving - Uses appropriate research techniques and analytical skills to enable fact-based decision making

·         Technology Tools and Solutions – Uses common technology tools to improve work efficiency, effectiveness, and client service

Leadership / Behavioural Capabilities

·         Living our Purpose - Acts as a role model, embracing and living our purpose and values, and recognizing others for the impact they make

·         Influence - Influences clients, teams, and individuals positively, leading by example and establishing confident relationships with increasingly senior people

·         Performance drive - Delivers exceptional client service; maximizes results and drives high performance from people while fostering collaboration across businesses and borders

·         Strategic Direction - Understands key objectives for clients and Deloitte, aligns people to objectives and sets priorities and direction

·         Talent Development - Develops high-performing people and teams through challenging and meaningful opportunities

*Please note that this job advertisement provides a summary of the capabilities required and all candidates shortlisted will receive a full list of capabilities.