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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

A support resource to Engagement team in delivery of services to / at client premises on delegated engagements / projects.

Specialized Technical Capabilities

• Compliance & Reporting - Completes basic tax returns by incorporating understanding of client’s business and its impact on tax filings
• Tax Accounting - Plans audits of tax provisions based on Firm policies, procedures, identification of risks, and completion of reporting documents
• Tax Advisory & Consulting - Understands corporate reorganization issues and applies to existing client scenarios when preparing recommendations
• Tax Controversy Management - Researches tax authority audit/appeals process and prepares draft reports to be presented before the tax authorities in tax audits/administrative appeals

Core Professional Technical Capabilities

• Tax Laws and Rules - Develops knowledge of current tax legislation across the Tax and Legal function
• 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 in the Tax and Legal business
• Technology Tools and Solutions - Applies technology knowledge to address client business challenges

Behavioural Capabilities

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Effective interpersonal and relationship building skills
• Strong client delivery focus
• Adaptable, managing change and ambiguity with ease
• Focus on quality and risk
• High attention to detail
• Sound problem solving ability
• Resilient
• Creative problem solver
• Committed to personal development
• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent at formulating persuasive legal and commercial arguments
• Ability to work in a team and independently

Qualifications & Experience required

• BCom (Accounting) or BCom (Accounting Honours) or BCom (Accounting) Honours in Taxation
• 2 years’ experience in professional services / 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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