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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 Engagement Manager in delivery of services to / at client premises on delegated engagement / project. 

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

Specialized Technical Capabilities

• Compliance and Reporting - Leads global solutions and quickly identifies and mitigates risks with regards to compliance and reporting in other countries
• Tax Advisory and Consulting - Designs, proposes, and implements highly effective domestic and global tax planning strategies and leads client discussions on highly complex tax projects/transactions
• Tax Accounting - Provides leadership of process, resource management, review and sign off of provisions from a tax perspective and takes lead role in the sale and delivery of global engagements
• Tax Controversy Management - Works as primary liaison between the client and tax authorities and works with specialty service lines to resolve complex tax disputes

Required

• CA (SA) or B Com (LLB)
• 4-5 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.

What Impact Will You Make?

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.

How You Will 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 is 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 at Deloitte University, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their career. Explore Deloitte University Leadership Centre. https://deloitte.zoomforth.com/du

 Benefits

At Deloitte, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our people and offer employees a broad range of benefits.

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 in 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.  https://www2.deloitte.com/global/en/pages/about-deloitte/articles/impact-that-matters.html

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