About Deloitte

Deloitte is a leading provider of world-class professional services dedicated to providing value added solutions to our clients. We take pride in our reputation for providing a globally consistent quality service, an integrated approach and world-class expertise. Deloitte is renowned for its innovative and collaborative culture, where talented people work closely with like-minded individuals to achieve collective success. 

Deloitte East Africa provides seamless cross-border services to multinationals, large national enterprises, small and medium sized enterprises and the public sector, across five (5) countries in the region: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi.

A career with Deloitte offers you the opportunity to engage with and work alongside leading corporations within the East African region, and an opportunity to start and grow your career within a dynamic and rewarding environment. You will get the support, coaching and training needed to advance your career in Kenya and within the East Africa market.

What impact will you make?

At Deloitte we have a clear purpose, to make an impact that matters to our clients, our colleagues and our communities. From professional development to leadership opportunities and career advancement, we empower our people to be their very best - because that’s how you make an impact.

Main Purpose of Job

Deloitte East Africa currently has an exciting opportunity for a dynamic person to join our Tax and Legal team as a Tax Senior Associate – Business Support. The person will be responsible for assisting opportunity and engagement teams (professionals at all levels) with performing and monitoring required for Finance, Quality Risk and Legal compliance processes.

• Ensure the department’s compliance with the firm’s risk and independence processes. Assist managers to capture client and opportunities on Phoenix system.
• Follow up on client acceptances/continuance with Risk, Independence & Legal or approvers.
• Follow up with opportunity managers and directors with regards to outstanding conflict checks or approvals.
• Provide support with completion and follow up on conflict checks.
• Follow up with LCSP and other approvers required as per the conflict check outcome.
• Ensure completion of the Engagement Acceptance (EA) Form in consultation with the Opportunity Partner/ Manager.
• Review and discuss opportunity and engagement monitoring reports regularly with the responsible Partner/Manager.
• Timely escalation of issues identified.
• Provide assistance to managers on DESC by facilitating the logging and follow up of service requests.
• Monitor business relationships and follow up with managers and directors regarding outstanding actions.
• Create and file relevant contract documents and letters of engagement in the system.
• Keep file archival tracker up to date and follow up as appropriate with managers to ensure files are archived and share regular reports on the same.

• A bachelor’s degree from a recognized university.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in the service industry.
• Good understanding of the organization risk management, finance and compliance systems and process.
• Very Good English language skills written and spoken.
• Strong administration skills and able to drive a task to completion and work with limited supervision.

Key performance areas

• Strategic Impact: Support the Partner/Director on delivery of designated engagement / project and managing the implementation of the agreed deliverables.
• Delivery Excellence: Recognize the key capabilities required to deliver a high quality service experience to the client.
• Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving: Collect, assimilate, and analyze data and use standard processes and tools to help surface and support solutions for solving problems in the Tax and Legal business.
• Technology Tools and Solutions: Apply technology knowledge to address client business challenges.

Technical Competencies

•  Project Administration
• Project documentation
•  Project Financials
• Teamwork
• General behaviour/Attitude/Punctuality and Availability
• Confidentiality
• Strong administration skills and able to drive a task to completion and work with limited supervision.

Your role as a leader

At Deloitte we believe in the importance of leadership at all levels. We expect our people to embrace and live our purpose by challenging themselves to identify issues that are most important for our clients, our people, and for society and make an impact that matters. 

Leadership / Behavioural 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.

How you’ll grow

At Deloitte, our professional development plan focuses on helping people at every level of their career to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there’s always room to learn. We offer opportunities to help build world-class skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their career. 

Our purpose

Deloitte is led by a purpose: to make an impact that matters. Every day, Deloitte people are making a real impact in the places they live and work. We pride ourselves on doing not only what is good for clients, but also what is good for our people and the communities in which we live and work—always striving to be an organization that is held up as a role model of quality, integrity, and positive change. Learn more about Deloitte’s impact on the world.  https://www2.deloitte.com/global/en/pages/about-deloitte/articles/impact-that-matters.html 

If you meet the above requirements, please visit our website and apply online: www.deloitte.com/ke

Closing date: 20th December 2019

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not ask individuals to pay any fees or money as part of the recruitment process.