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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.

To support the Indirect Tax Senior Management team in providing professional and robust tax advice on all local and international tax matters with speciality in VAT. Focus on the management and delivery of client engagements, provide support on sales and practice development. Develop high-performing people and teams, leading and supporting them to make an impact that matters, and setting the direction to deliver exceptional client service. 

Specialized Technical Capabilities

• Indirect tax laws and rules
  • Applies expert and up to date understanding of South African VAT legislation and court case rulings in area of specialism to all deliverables
• Compliance and consulting
  • Defines the scope of research activities, ensures data and documents from client/ regulators is comprehensive and supports the research questions/focus
  • Analyzes and reviews data and others’ analysis to spot inconsistencies, discrepancies, and omissions in data
  • Drafts complex, well-structured formal and informal communications in accordance with quality standard policies and procedures
  • Drafts advice that clearly communicates technical positions and solutions
  • Communicates risks and issues in a timely manner to Senior Management team and/ or client
  • Works with clients and Deloitte team to ensure accurate and timely completion and review of all compliance and consulting procedures and obligations
  • Gains the confidence of the client by demonstrating in client interactions an understanding of their business
  • Strong presentation skills- ability to present training sessions/ VAT updates to clients and/or other services lines within Deloitte
• Products to Market
  • Assesses the business impact of recent developments and changes relating to area of tax specialization for clients
  • Identifies and seeks opportunities to take VAT products and services as well as integrated service offerings to market
  • Utilises relationships and networks within the local country office and globally to identify opportunities for developing business
• Tax Authority Relationship Management
  • Contacts and liaises with tax authorities on administration issues
  • Prepares and collates supporting documentation to be submitted to tax authorities on client’s behalf
  • Attends meetings with local tax authorities and actively contributes, takes responsibility to follow up with tax authorities
  • Developing and maintaining strong relationships with local tax authorities, is aware of and adheres to local procedures and protocols, remains aware of triggers for tax audits and working with clients to mitigate risk
• VAT Technology
  • Strives to keep up to date with advancing tools and technologies
  • Understands how to manage and apply Indirect Tax knowledge in combination with tax technology possibilities e.g., how to apply Indirect Tax knowledge and rules within the most important areas where Indirect Tax automation can be applied, such as in ERP and tax determination
  • Articulates how technology enables business processes and is able to communicate its value clearly to clients
  • Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office however having knowledge and use of Alteryx, Power BI is advantageous
• VAT Strategy
  • Demonstrates good understanding of how daily project works aligns to the Indirect Tax strategy
  • Takes responsibility for management of work in progress, billing, and revenue collections
  • Committed to coaching and development of junior team

Core Professional Technical Capabilities

• Tax Laws and Rules – Understands local/country-specific tax laws and regulations to determine their implications on clients
• Delivery excellence - Develops a network of internal and external contacts within the organization to facilitate sharing/retrieving of information, encourages others to make organizational knowledge more productive
• Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving - Effectively organizes and presents complex issues, results, and recommendations to project team and clients
• Technology Tools and Solutions – Spots emerging industry specific technology trends and recommends how clients can prepare for these changes. 

Behavioural Competencies

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Effective interpersonal and relationship building skills
• Good mentorship and coaching ability with desire to develop self and others
• Strong client delivery focus
• Adaptable, managing change and ambiguity with ease
•  Focus on quality and risk
•  Attention to detail
• Sound problem-solving ability

Required

• CA (SA), B Com (Honours in Tax) or LLB qualification

Recommended/ Advantageous Qualifications and Certification

• Relevant postgraduate in Tax
• Advanced Professional Certificate in VAT

Experience:

• 4-6 years of working experience (Indirect tax- tax-VAT)
• Previous experience working in Big 4 firms or the professional services industry. 

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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