Senior Tax Associates job at Deloitte

Vacancy title:
Senior Tax Associates

Jobs at:
Deloitte

Deadline of this Job:
Sunday, July 13 2025

Duty Station:
1 Lumumba Ave | Kampala | Uganda

Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, July 2 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

Job Description

The incumbents will become part of a well-established team working with clients to understand, plan and execute effective commercial and tax strategies, assisting clients to respond to new legislation both in Uganda along with ongoing international tax reforms at the OECD level. As Senior Associates, you will ensure that the client and Firm’s expectations are met by delivering high quality services and maintaining high utilization levels.

What you will do

• Support on delivery of designated tax engagements/projects, and manage the implementation of agreed deliverables;
• Assist in the preparation of proposals/tenders and presentations;
• Generating innovative solutions on projects/engagements in collaboration with team members to enhance/renew service offerings to clients;
• Assist in developing knowledge of current tax matters across the tax function;
• Deliver client service according to relevant Deloitte standards, policies, and ethical principles;
• Carry out tax risk and opportunities reviews;
• Preparation of tax opinions, tax advice;
• Building and maintaining relationships with the clients and the Uganda Revenue Authority;
• Liaising with Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) on various tax cases;
• Assisting clients resolve URA audits;
• Preparing objections and appeals to URA assessments;
• Preparing tax publications for clients and writing articles on relevant tax matters;
• Actively build business relationships that generate opportunities;
• Involvement in different tax initiatives and tasks that are run from time to time in the department; and,
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned to you from time to time.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• A Bachelor’s Degree (preferably 1st class or Upper 2nd class) in Taxation, Accounting, Finance, International Business Management, Law, Economics, or any other tax relevant field desired;
• Pursuing at least at level 2 or completed a recognized accounting or taxation qualification such as Certified Public Accountants (CPA), Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA), Advanced Diploma in International Taxation (ADIT), Post Graduate Diploma in Tax and Revenue Administration (PODITRA) or Certified Tax Advisor (CTA) is an added advantage;
• Minimum of three (3) years previous tax experience, ideally with international businesses in industry, tax revenue authority or a professional service firm;
• Work experience of at least two (2) years in a professional services firm or Tax Authority is an added advantage;
• Technical expertise in Tax matters;
• Good knowledge of international and national taxation principles;
• Proficiency in computer applications (Excel, Word, Power Point etc.); and
• Be a Ugandan citizen or eligible to work in Uganda.

Behavioural competencies

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal;
• Effective interpersonal, relationship building skills and proven people management;
• Strong client delivery focus;
• Be willing to work under minimal supervision and learn new skills;
• Strong desire to develop self and others;
• Adaptable and able to manage ambiguity with ease; and
• Sound problem-solving ability.

Technical Competencies

• Expert in field with sound industry and business knowledge.
• Demonstrated leadership skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications including Microsoft Office Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Excellent report writing skills.
• Good financial knowledge.
• Sound business acumen.
• Focus on quality and risk.
• Well-developed computer user skills.

Key Performance Areas

• Strategic impact - Support the Director on delivery of designated engagement / project, managing the implementation of the agreed deliverables.
• Tax laws and rules - Develop knowledge of current tax legislation across the Global Tax and Legal function.
• Delivery excellence - Recognizes the key capabilities required to deliver a high-quality service experience to the client.
• Analytical thinking and problem solving - Collects, assimilates, and analyses data and uses standard processes and tools to help surface and support solutions for solving problems in the Tax and Legal business.
• Technology tools and solutions - Applies technology knowledge to address client business challenges.

Your role as a leader

At Deloitte we believe in the importance of leadership at all levels. We expect our people to embrace and live our purpose by challenging themselves to identify issues that are most important for our clients, our people, and for society and make an impact that matters.

Leadership Capabilities

Living our Purpose - Builds own understanding of our purpose and values; explores opportunities for impact.

Influence - Actively focuses on developing effective communication and relationship-building skills.

Performance drive - Understands expectations and demonstrates personal accountability for keeping performance on track.

Strategic direction - Understands how their daily work contributes to the priorities of the team and the business.

Talent development - Demonstrates strong commitment to personal learning and development; acts as a brand ambassador to help attract top talent.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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