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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 the Indirect Tax Senior Team in providing professional and robust tax and legal advice on all local and international tax matters with speciality in Global Trade Advisory (GTA).  Focus on the management and delivery of client engagements, as well as 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

• Demonstrates excellent knowledge in South African Customs Laws and regulations
• Provides subject matter expertise in current customs legislation, proposed/pending legislation, their implications, and understands interaction across the Global Tax and Legal function
• Demonstrates deep knowledge in area of specialization and is recognized as a customs subject matter expert
• Leads client projects and solves complex technical/business issues through innovative approaches while providing direction to others
• Applies recent developments and changes relating to relevant customs practices, rules and regulations to the client’s business
• Anticipates changes in customs laws and provides advice on the implications for clients
• Stays current on emerging technologies, standards, and applications in order to address current/potential business opportunities and client issues
• Assesses and implements new technologies and changes to current technologies if relevant
• Applies in-depth knowledge of complex international and domestic laws to provide strategic solutions to clients' customs and global trade planning effort
• Challenges, tests and verifies proposed actions and procedures based on in-depth knowledge of industry, client, and international and domestic laws. 

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

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

Qualifications & Experience required

Required

• Bachelor degree in Accounting/Law
• 7 years working experience

Preferred

• Postgraduate qualification in Taxation (Honours/Masters)
• 5 -7 years’ tax experience; 3 of these in a management 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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