Tax Advisory Consultant (Junior) at Moore South Africa

Minimum Requirements
Experience and Skills Required:

• SAICA training contract completed 
• Good client and inter-personal relationship management
• Prior exposure to technical tax matters and group reorganisation transactions beneficial
• Strong report writing skills

 Minimum Level of Education/Qualifications Required:

• SAICA’s ITC Exam
• SAICA’s APC Exam

Personal Qualities:

• Passionate about tax
• Ambition to learn about a variety of taxes and commercial transactions
• Ability to actively engage with clients in a professional manner
• Strong technical ability
• Solutions-driven / problem-solving mind set with the ability to think on one’s feet
• High level of attention to detail
• Ability to effectively communicate and interact with clients in meetings and other correspondence
• Positive can-do attitude
• Has a commercial mind set and a general interest in business affairs
• Ability to work in a high pressure, deadline driven environment
• Confident and self-assured
• Team player
• Self-motivated

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assisting the team in providing tax advice to clients regarding:
• corporate transactions (mergers and acquisitions, group restructures, funding transactions etc.);
• the conceptualisation of tax efficient structures;
• international / offshore structures (both inbound and outbound investment);
• private investment structures;
• employee share ownership plans; and
• a wide variety of other tax matters (VAT, STT, Estate Duty etc.)
• Prepare tax structuring memoranda, formal tax opinions, tax advice notes, reports and transaction tax calculations in respect of the above items
• Team member in tax due diligence projects and tax compliance and efficiency review engagements
• Perform income tax reviews on high risk Moore audit clients
• Attending and participating in client meetings
• Provide deal and implementation support in respect of transactions (review of transaction agreements for tax specific matters, advising on post-implementation matters such as the appropriate tax return and financial reporting disclosures etc.)
• Assist with SARS dispute resolution processes, including review of related correspondence and drafting of appropriate responses to SARS