EU&R Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Job Description & Summary

• A career within Corporate Tax services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients meet their tax obligations while managing the impact tax has on their business. You’ll advise clients on their local and overseas tax affairs, while acting as a strategic consultant related to business analysis, managing working capital, and profit sharing for partners. You’ll also help organisations understand the pricing implications of goods and services between related parties, as well as providing advice on tax implications of deals.
• Our team helps our clients improve their tax function to control risk and facilitate better decision making. You’ll focus on helping businesses with tax strategy, ensuring tax compliance, increasing post tax profits, and providing application support to achieve the best corporate tax practices

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Manager, 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:

• Develop new skills outside of comfort zone.
• Act to resolve issues which prevent the team working effectively.
• Coach others, recognise their strengths, and encourage them to take ownership of their personal development.
• Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.
• Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations.
• Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm's/client's expectations.
• Use data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making.
• Develop a point of view on key global trends, and how they impact clients.
• Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.
• Simplify complex messages, highlighting and summarising key points.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Within our Corporate Tax group, the Deals Tax team offers its expertise to clients to enable them to deliver tax effective business transactions, whether they be restructuring, due diligence, re-financings, BEE transactions, mergers and acquisitions or divestments.
Responsibilities

• Assist the team with buy side and sell side due diligences.
• Assist in advising clients on the structuring of business transactions and tax implications thereof;
• Drafting of opinions for clients on the tax consequences of restructures, mergers and acquisitions as well as other pertinent matters;
• Research of complex tax issues;
• Interpretation of tax legislation;
• Liaison with SARS and Counsel regarding complex and uncertain tax matters; and

Assist with the implementation of transactions including:

• review of financial models; and
• transaction legals.

Tax Consultant responsibilities in respect of the above will include:

• Assisting management in planning assignment approach including understanding client expectations and scoping work;
• Ensuring timely delivery, including performing relevant research, review of information, identifying tax issues and drafting of deliverables;
• Assisting with financial portfolio management including WIP management, billings and cash collection.
• Complying with risk management procedures

Key Internal Clients / Relationships

• Deals Tax Partners, Managers and team
• The larger Tax community and staff
• Cross Line (X-Los) Partners and Managers
• Relevant firm subject matter experts
• Transaction Services
• Corporate Finance

Skills / Qualifications / Knowledge required

• Relevant professional qualification (CA/Admitted attorney and/or Postgraduate studies in Tax)
• At least 1 year experience in a tax consulting environment would be preferred and a post-graduate tax qualification would be ideal.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Self-starter with the ability to provide solutions to business problems
• Ability to multi-task yet still pay attention to detail
• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent time management skills

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

Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)