Tax & Legal - Business Tax - Assistant Manager

  • Full-time
  • Service Line: Tax & Legal

Company Description

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.

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

Support engagement Manager and/or Partner/Director in delivery of services to clients on delegated engagement/project. In your role as an Assistant Manager in the Business Tax Team, you may:

  • Perform tax specialist accrual reviews as part of external audit/review engagements with a focus on current tax and deferred tax.
  • Prepare and/or review income tax computations for inclusion in the annual financial statements of clients.
  • Prepare and/or review income tax return submissions, including related return submissions (e.g. provisional tax return/IT14SD/etc submissions) and supporting documentation.
  • Assist clients with responses to SARS tax queries as may be required from time to time.
  • Liaise with SARS as may be required on various client tax matters.
  • Assist with providing tax support to local taxpayers and multinationals in a variety of jurisdictions. The tax support may include providing tax opinions, tax compliance support, managing multi-jurisdictional projects, and advising clients on local and international tax developments that may affect their businesses
  • Assist with the development of a sales pipeline, the drafting of engagement proposals, the performance of risk management procedures and the financial management of the assignments
  • Work closely with a highly skilled and motivated national team under the close guidance of more senior staff members.
  • Assist with providing internal technical tax training on a rotational basis.
  • Assist with providing input into the tax implications of a variety of transactions, both local and cross-border, including typical merger and acquisition transactions such as group reorganisations, unbundling transactions, BEE transactions and tax efficient acquisitions and disposals of shares or businesses
  • Assist with providing local and cross-border tax due diligence reviews and tax structuring and advisory engagements, working regularly with other Deloitte firms on cross-border engagements
  • Support engagement Manager in delivery of services to clients on delegated engagement / project.

 

Qualifications

Qualifications & Experience Required:

  • CA (SA) or B Com (LLB)
  • 3 years’ working experience

 

Preferred:

  • Postgraduate qualification in Taxation (Masters in Taxation)
  • 3 years working experience in a related role
  • 3 years’ experience in a client facing role

Additional Information

Core Professional Technical Capabilities:

  • Strategic Impact - Supports the implementation of strategy of the Service Line / Business Area in relation to specific area of expertise
  • Budgets / Profitability - Manages margins effectively through accurate budgeting,  pricing and profitability management on engagements
  • Tax Laws and Rules - Leads client projects and solves complex technical/business issues through innovative approaches while providing direction to others
  • Delivery Excellence - Takes ultimate responsibility to meet project objectives within established budget and timeline, optimizing project profitability
  • Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving - Facilitates innovative solutions to client problems and drives changes to processes or ways of working based on new trends/recent developments
  • Technology Tools and Solutions - Demonstrates advanced knowledge of service line or market specific technology solutions

 

Behavioural Capabilities:

  • Competitive Edge - Applies deep knowledge of disruptive trends and competitor activity to drive continuous improvement
  • 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 teams
  • Inspirational Leadership - Establishes a strong leadership brand and inspires followership through passion, integrity, and appreciation of others
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