Audit of Tax CoE- Senior Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

As a Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
• Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
• Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
• Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
• Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
• Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
• Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
• Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
• Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

JOB PURPOSE

• The primary focus of the role is to prepare and manage (with the support of the senior manager) multiple audit of tax, compliance and tax accounting assignments in the PwC Mid-Market tax practice and to deliver quality tax services. 

JOB PROFILE

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

Particular focus areas include:

• Builds new and manages existing client relationships and demonstrates basic knowledge of client’s businesses.
• Manage and perform corporate tax accounting assignments.
• Manage and perform audit of tax assignments.
• Manage and perform corporate tax compliance assignments.
• Liaising with SARS and handling queries raised by SARS.
• Engage in technical discussions with colleagues and clients and draft written technical responses.
• Manages multiple clients, budgets and production goals and comply with firm risk policies and procedures.

DIMENSIONS FINANCIAL

STAFF ORGANOGRAM

• Assisting the Senior Manager/Partner level with financial portfolio management including, WIP management and billing.
• Financial and revenue targets as set by firm policies on Senior Associate level will be a key performance metric.
• Assisting Senior Managers/Partner with the management of Associates and Support staff.

PERSON PROFILE

Qualifications Experience

KEY KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• BCom Accounting;
• Qualified CA(SA) will be advantageous;
• Post graduate Degree or Diploma in taxation or in process of studying in this regard;
• Completed SAIT or SAICA articles.
• 1 years post article experience in a corporate tax position
• Commercial awareness and business acumen;
• Strong corporate tax skills;
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
• Self-starter with the ability to provide solutions to business problems;
• Ability to multitask, yet still pay attention to detail;
• Excellent time management skills and ability to work in a high performance team environment;
• Analytical skills;
• Good client relationship management skills;
• Ability to prioritise; work under pressure/work to deadlines;
• Passionate about growing a career within the Tax department

DEFINITIONS

JOB PURPOSE

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PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES (KPA’S)

• For which aspects are you responsible?
• Brief statements which describe the major activities and contributions of this position and measures applied to determine performance.

DIMENSIONS (FINANCIAL)

• Rand values e.g. budget.  Unit measures i.e. number of clients/ disciplines/suppliers/projects/machines.

STAFF (PEOPLE MEASURES)

• Number of immediate subordinates or number of employees your service supports and information and systems i.e. organization wide information services and support services.

ORGANOGRAM

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MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Minimum requirements to be successful in the position.  Practical experience.

KEY KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Professional/Technical Skills/Management Skills.

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

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Job Posting End Date

March 31, 2023