Tax Management Consulting, Technology Associate Director – Africa Tax & Legal

  • Full-time
  • Service Line: Tax & Legal

Company Description

About Deloitte

Deloitte is a leading global provider of audit and assurance, consulting, financial advisory, risk advisory, tax and related services. Our global network of member firms and related entities in more than 150 countries and territories (collectively, the “Deloitte organization”) serves four out of five Fortune Global 500® companies. Learn how Deloitte’s approximately 312,000 people make an impact that matters at www.deloitte.com

Every day, your work will make an impact that matters, while you thrive in a dynamic culture of inclusion, collaboration and high performance. As the undisputed leader in professional services, Deloitte is where you will find unrivalled opportunities to succeed and realize your full potential.

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.

Job Description

Main Purpose of Job

This is a client-facing role that requires high competence in technical and relationship management.

About the Job

We are looking for the person who is best able to fulfill the following job requirements:

  • Strong business development experience in a consulting environment, including ability to build a pipeline of work, actively target and develop proposals to meet client needs
  • Ability to identify and convert large opportunities for TMC in the areas of:
  • Tax Technology (Tax Systems and Processes, Tax ERP, Tax Data Analytics)
  • Organisation and Operations
  • Global Compliance & Reporting Services
  • Strong project management skills and experience in a finance and IT environment
  • Strong people management skills and experience – has managed medium-size teams effectively
  • Overseeing the delivery of all TMC projects to ensure the projects objectives are achieved within the required timeframe and budget
  • Ability to interact with highly specialised, technical individuals from different disciplines with confidence
  • Ability to interact effectively and professionally with executives at the highest levels of blue chip organisations (financial and IT)
  • Effective interaction with peers in global offices
  • Results driven in terms of ensuring the business achieves the required level of fees and profitability
  • Ability to assist in developing strategies and business plans for TMC and ensuring these are properly executed
  • Ability to work in a structured (Big 4 Accounting firm) environment and collaborate on opportunities and projects with other Tax Business Units and Deloitte Service Lines 

Leadership / Behavioural Capabilities

  • Living our Purpose - Acts as a role model and inspires others to embrace and live our purpose and values
  • Competitive Edge - Applies deep knowledge of disruptive trends and competitor activity to drive continuous improvement
  • 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 teams
  • Inspirational Leadership - Establishes a strong leadership brand and inspires followership through passion, integrity, and appreciation of others

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

Qualifications

  • Information Systems or BSc Computer Science qualification/degree or BCom, CA (SA)
  • Appropriate Project Management qualification and/or experience
  • Tax qualification and/or experience would be an advantage

Experience

  • 10 years in a client service role with 7 of these in a senior management role
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