Job Description

Support engagement Manager and/or Partner/Director in delivery of services to clients on delegated engagement/project. In your role as an Assistant Manager in the Business Tax Team, you may:

• Perform tax specialist accrual reviews as part of external audit/review engagements with a focus on current tax and deferred tax.
• Prepare and/or review income tax computations for inclusion in the annual financial statements of clients.
• Prepare and/or review income tax return submissions, including related return submissions (e.g. provisional tax return/IT14SD/etc submissions) and supporting documentation.
• Assist clients with responses to SARS tax queries as may be required from time to time.
• Liaise with SARS as may be required on various client tax matters.
• Assist with providing tax support to local taxpayers and multinationals in a variety of jurisdictions. The tax support may include providing tax opinions, tax compliance support, managing multi-jurisdictional projects, and advising clients on local and international tax developments that may affect their businesses
• Assist with the development of a sales pipeline, the drafting of engagement proposals, the performance of risk management procedures and the financial management of the assignments
• Work closely with a highly skilled and motivated national team under the close guidance of more senior staff members.
• Assist with providing internal technical tax training on a rotational basis.
• Assist with providing input into the tax implications of a variety of transactions, both local and cross-border, including typical merger and acquisition transactions such as group reorganisations, unbundling transactions, BEE transactions and tax efficient acquisitions and disposals of shares or businesses
• Assist with providing local and cross-border tax due diligence reviews and tax structuring and advisory engagements, working regularly with other Deloitte firms on cross-border engagements
• Support engagement Manager in delivery of services to clients on delegated engagement / project.

Qualifications

Qualifications & Experience Required:

• CA (SA) or B Com (LLB)
• 3 years’ working experience

Preferred:

• Postgraduate qualification in Taxation (Masters in Taxation)
• 3 years working experience in a related role
• 3 years’ experience in a client facing role