About Deloitte

Deloitte provides audit, tax, consulting, and financial advisory services to public and private clients spanning multiple industries. With a globally connected network of member firms in more than 150 countries, Deloitte brings world-class capabilities and high-quality service to clients, delivering the insights they need to address their most complex business challenges. Deloitte has approximately 456,800 professionals all committed to becoming the standard of excellence of professional services firms.

Deloitte’s professionals are dedicated to strengthening corporate responsibility, building public trust, and making a positive impact in their communities, and enjoy an environment of continuous learning, challenging experiences, and enriching career opportunities. All our professionals are united by our shared values, a set of core principles that guide our collective behavior. They set the expectations we have for one another and define how we, as stewards of Deloitte, should behave. They provide common ground to unite us across cultures and geographies. And, importantly, they help us to earn the trust and respect of our key stakeholders. Our shared values are lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact.

Deloitte East Africa provides seamless cross-border services to multinationals, large national enterprises, small and medium sized enterprises, and the public sector; with offices in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Malawi, and in the process of expanding our operations by re-opening an office in Ethiopia. 

A career with Deloitte offers you the opportunity to engage with and work alongside leading corporations within the East African region, and an opportunity to start and grow your career within a dynamic and rewarding environment. You will get the support, coaching and training needed to advance your career in Kenya and within the East Africa market.

What impact will you make?

At Deloitte we have a clear purpose, to make an impact that matters to our clients, our colleagues, and our communities. From professional development to leadership opportunities and career advancement, we empower our people to be their very best - because that’s how you make an impact.

About the Department

Deloitte’s Tax and Legal professionals provide both compliance and advisory services across a broad range of matters affecting businesses. This approach ensures clients’ most demanding challenges when operating in multiple jurisdictions are holistically addressed in a coordinated way, by subject matter and industry specialists, locally and abroad. Deloitte deploys the right team at the right time to address the needs of its clients, wherever they operate.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic person to join our Tax Team as a Senior Manager in the Business Tax service line. This position will be based in our Nairobi office in Kenya.

Main purpose of the job

The holder of this position will support the department in growing their business and managing the on-going assignments to a logical conclusion; provide outstanding value to clients and the Firm; develop high-performing people and teams, leading big teams and supporting them to make an impact that matters; and setting the direction in line with the Firm’s strategy to deliver exceptional client service.

What you will do

• Handle a wide variety of tax advisory assignments efficiently and comprehensively;
• Oversee effective management of tax compliance engagements in a timely manner;
• Manage global tax compliance assignments;
• Manage tax risks and opportunities and review assignments;
• Oversee investment allowance review projects;
• Manage tax dispute resolution assignments;
• Manage client communications;
• Manage the allocated client portfolio;
• Ensure preparation of proposals and engagement letters while ensuring that client take on procedures are completed in a timely manner;
• Lead business development activities aimed at growing the business tax portfolio and revenues;
• Manage different teams to ensure client deliverables and deadlines are met;
• Manage working capital and debtors for assigned client portfolio; and
• Train and coach (classroom and on-job) other staff in the department.

• A Bachelor’s degree in Business/Commerce, Economics or Law.
• 10-15 years’ professional tax experience with at least 2 years’ experience working at a senior managerial level.
• Professional accounting qualification (CPA/ACCA).
• Master’s degree will be an added advantage.

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.
• Adaptable, managing change and ambiguity with ease.
• Sound problem solving ability.

Technical Competencies

• A proven track record of leading and delivering big and complex projects.
• Extensive experience in leading client relationships and client–facing advisory projects.
• Expert in field with sound industry and business knowledge.
• The proven ability to generate significant sales from clients and develop business through leading bids, proposals and negotiations.
• Strategy articulation.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated leadership skills.
• Experience in drafting and presenting client proposals.
• Excellent report writing skills.
• Good financial knowledge.
• Sound business acumen.
• Focus on quality and risk.

Your role as a leader

At Deloitte we believe in the importance of leadership at all levels. We expect our people to embrace and live our purpose by challenging themselves to identify issues that are most important for our clients, our people, and for society and make an impact that matters.

Leadership Capabilities

Living our Purpose - Fosters broad commitment to our purpose and values; inspires peers and teams to make an impact that matters.

Influence - Builds long-term, trust-based relationships with senior stakeholders and influencers, and uses highly developed influencing skills to drive impact, often in complex situations.

Performance drive - Builds a high performance culture by cultivating individual and team strengths; drives outstanding client service, often through large cross-business and/or cross-border teams.

Strategic direction - Sets & communicates strategic direction, excites people around the vision and goals and aligns diverse, cross-functional and cross-border teams to achieve success.

Talent development - Manages the development of a strong pipeline of talent for current/ future success; owns and drives a talent experience that differentiates Deloitte.

Competitive Edge - Anticipates market and competitor trends to develop and deliver bold and innovative solutions that differentiate Deloitte with clients.

Inspirational Leadership - Leads from the front, acting as an exemplary role model for leaders at all levels; promotes a strong sense of loyalty and followership and energizes others to act.

Why Deloitte?

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.

Deloitte opens the door to a career that can cross borders virtually and physically across the African continent and globally to gain experience and access projects beyond our borders. We value differences, and embrace people with diverse backgrounds, experiences, abilities and thinking styles.

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. #Makinganimpactthatmatters

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If you meet the above requirements, please visit our website and apply online: Deloitte East Africa Careers portal.

Your details will be treated with confidentiality and will not be shared with any third party.

Closing date: Tuesday, 13 February 2024

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not ask individuals to pay any fees or money as part of the recruitment process. Women and Persons with Disabilities are encouraged to apply.

At Deloitte, we want everyone to feel they can be themselves and to thrive at work—in every country, in everything we do, every day. We aim to create a workplace where everyone is treated fairly and with respect, including reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. We seek to create and leverage our diverse workforce to build an inclusive environment across the African continent.