Senior Tax Compliance Consultant - Durban South, South Africa - PwC

Description

Description

& SummaryA career in our Tax Compliance Services practice, within Tax services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients meet and manage their tax obligations across unique but ever changing tax specialties. You'll advise clients on their local and overseas tax affairs, while acting as a strategic consultant related to business analysis, managing indirect taxes, dispute resolution, and global enterprise tax solutions.

Our team helps our clients with compliance across all taxes, statutory accounting and complex tax reporting. You'll focus on bookkeeping and monthly reporting, drafting, auditing and filing of local statutory financial statements, and transaction processing.

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 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.

Role Summary:

We believe that challenges are better solved together. That's why you'll join a diverse, global community of solvers - an unexpected mix of people that come together to build trust in society and solve important problems in a place where you are encouraged to lead with your heart and values, where your unique skills are developed and put to work in unexpected and exciting ways, superpowered by technology.

As a Tax Compliance Consultant, you will provide tax compliance services to PwC's clients. All tax compliance and associated tasks must be completed in an efficient, professional and timely manner, providing a high quality of service to the client.

Qualifications / Certifications required:

Relevant South African degree / diploma with Taxation as core module

Experience required:

Minimum of 6 years' experience in tax compliance and tax administration

Responsibilities of role:

Administration of provisional and final income tax returns, and other SARS related returns, including companies, trusts, individuals and PBO's.

Maintenance of tax clients on tax management software (GreatSoft) and SARS eFiling.

Completion and Review income tax returns and assessments on eFiling and manage all SARS correspondence.

Liaison with SARS, clients and staff regarding assessments, objections, disputes, refunds, queries, income tax registrations and deregistrations etc.

Following up on outstanding SARS matters.

Meet with SARS on behalf of clients and PwC.

Ensure that clients' tax compliance affairs are kept up to date and SARS deadlines are met, delivering quality tax services.

Complete and submit VDP-applications.

Approval of International Transfers (AIT) and tax compliance status requests

Responding to SARS verification queries.

Client and PwC staff consultations regarding tax compliance and tax administration matters.

Support tax compliance co-team members and manager.

Comply with internal risk management procedures.

Issuing fees and following up on debtors.

General administrative tasks.

Attend internal and external training and comply with annual CPD requirements.

Training and coaching of staff.

Skill sets Required

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, should focus on detail, be accurate, organised and able to work independently within a team environment.

Strong multi-tasking skills and proactive towards tasks and deadlines

Sound computer literacy (i.e. MS Word, MS Excel, etc.) and administration skills.

Experience on GreatSoft or similar tax database package advantageous

Sound knowledge and experience in the South African Income Tax Act and Tax administration Act, dealings with SARS and SARS eFiling.

Must be prepared to work overtime if required.

Valid driver's license and own transport

Education

Degrees/Field of Study required:Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Desired Languages

Travel Requirements

Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

Yes

Job Posting End Date

May 4, 2024