Customs and Global Trade Advisory Senior Consultant

  • Full-time
  • Service Line: Tax & Legal

Company Description

Deloitte is the largest private professional services network in the world. Every day, approximately 345,000 professionals in more than 150 countries demonstrate their commitment to make an impact that matters.

Deloitte West Africa is a cluster of Deloitte offices that has joined together to provide seamless cross-border services to our clients in the region and to pass on the benefits of scale and access to resources that this organisation can generate.

In Ghana, Deloitte is one of the leading professional services organisations, specialising in providing Financial Advisory services, Risk Advisory, Audit, Tax & Regulatory, Business Process Solutions and Consulting. We serve clients in a variety of industries from financial services, to consumer business and industrial products, telecommunications, energy and resources, manufacturing and the public sector.

Our professionals are unified by a collaborative culture that fosters integrity, outstanding value to markets and clients, commitment to each other, and strength from cultural diversity. They are dedicated to strengthening corporate responsibility, building public trust, and making a positive impact in their communities. We understand that our professionals hold interests outside of the workspace and we aim to encourage work/life balance, supporting them in all aspects of their lives.

About Tax and Regulatory Services 

Deloitte offers its clients a broad range of fully integrated tax services. Our approach combines insight and innovation from multiple disciplines with business and industry knowledge to help our clients excel globally.

Our major service offerings include:

•    Business Tax 
•    Transfer Pricing 
•    International Tax
•    Global Employer Services 
•    Tax Management Consulting
•    Indirect Tax
•    Mergers and Acquisition Tax 

 

 

 

Job Description

We are seeking suitably qualified high performing professionals to join our Customs and Global Trade Advisory team in our Tax and Regulatory department. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering deep knowledge of tax and statutory requirements whiles supervising clients’ projects/engagements. 

Successful applicants will have the opportunity to collaborate with other Deloitte member Firms and work with a number of high-profile multinational organisations and further develop their leadership capabilities. 

Responsibilities:

  • Participate in engagements requiring analysis for a variety of entities and their affiliates
  • Research national and international trade requirements, and assist clients to align their trade functions with those requirements
  • Advise clients on global import and export strategies and compliance
  • Participate in duty-optimization planning such as free trade zones, bonded warehouses, free trade programs, duty drawback, and preferential trade agreements
  • Assist clients during Customs audits and represent them before customs and trade authorities
  • Work with clients to assess and potentially automate their international trade management procedures within all major trading regions
  • Help clients realize efficiencies and advantages in their global supply chain
  • Develop innovative approaches to address client issues in a commercially focused manner.

 

 

Qualifications

Qualifications

  • Must have graduated from a recognized University in Ghana or overseas with a minimum of second class upper in Accounting, Taxation, Management, Economics, Law or related discipline
  • Qualified or partly qualified member of ICAG, CITG, ACCA, CIMA or similar qualification
  • Minimum of 3 years relevant experience working in a consulting or legal firm or tax authority.
  • Experience with export/import, trade and customs regulations, including advising on supply chain optimization, rules of origin, free trade agreements, valuation, trade remedies, anti-dumping, licensing requirements, accessing facilities. 
  • Excellent research and analytical skills
  • Clear understanding, citation and application of the tax guidelines and regulations
  • Good logical reasoning, problem solving and analytical skills
  • Excellent writing, oral and presentation skills 

Proficiency in the use of computer packages such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access

Additional Information

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’ll 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’s 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, The 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 on 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 on the world.  https://www2.deloitte.com/global/en/pages/about-deloitte/articles/impact-that-matters.html

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Applications from all qualified individuals should be sent by  31st September  2023.

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