Senior Tax Consultant job at Deloitte

About Deloitte

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Harnessing the talent of 450,000+ people located across more than 150 countries and territories, our size and scale puts us in a unique position to help change the world for the better—by bringing together the services we provide, the societal investments we make, and the collaborations we advance through our ecosystems.

Deloitte offers career opportunities across Audit & Assurance (A&A), Tax & Legal (T&L) and our Consulting services business, which is made up of Strategy, Risk & Transactions Advisory (SR&T) and Technology & Transformation (T&T).

Deloitte East Africa provides seamless cross-border services to multinationals, large national enterprises, small and medium sized enterprises, and the public sector, across three (3) countries in the region: Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.

A career with Deloitte offers you the opportunity to engage with and work alongside leading corporations within the East African region, and an opportunity to start and grow your career within a dynamic and rewarding environment. You will get the support, coaching and training needed to advance your career in Uganda and within the East Africa market.

Are you ready to apply your knowledge and background to exciting new challenges? From learning to leadership, this is your chance to take your career to the next level.

About the Department

Deloitte’s Tax and Legal professionals provide both compliance and advisory services across a broad range of matters affecting businesses. This approach ensures clients’ most demanding challenges when operating in multiple jurisdictions are holistically addressed in a coordinated way, by subject matter and industry specialists, locally and abroad. Deloitte deploys the right team at the right time to address the needs of its clients, wherever they operate.

Deloitte (Uganda) Limited currently has an exciting opportunity for one (1) dynamic person to join our Tax & Legal - Tax team as a Senior Tax Consultant. We are looking for an innovative, agile, driven, engaging and proactive individual to take our Tax business to the next level. The position will be based in our Kampala office in Uganda.

Job Description

The incumbent 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 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) level. As a Senior Consultant you will provide a comprehensive range of services, from strategic tax advisory projects and corporate transactions, to assisting clients with their evolving compliance and reporting obligations. You will be empowered to take responsibility for your own portfolio of clients, allowing you to take ownership of your workload, whilst delivering great service to a variety of businesses across different industries.

What you will do

• Client management and advisory: Manage a portfolio of clients, ensuring high-quality service delivery, timely completion of projects, and adherence to budgets.
• Business Tax compliance: Review corporate and monthly tax returns and as well as support clients with tax health checks, development of Tax Procedure Manuals and any other business tax support as needed.
• Strategic tax planning: Advise clients on both domestic and international tax issues and provide guidance on interpreting new legislation by explaining its relevance and assessing its potential impact on their business.
• Client and revenue authority liaison: Act as a key point of contact for clients and the revenue authority, drafting correspondence and resolving queries.
• Business development: Build strong client relationships to maintain existing business and generate new opportunities including involvement in preparation/review of proposals.
• Team leadership: Coach and mentor junior staff by providing both on the job training as well as being involved as a trainer in structured or formal training programmes.
• Project management: Plan and execute engagements which includes communicating effectively with internal and external teams, supporting with KYC processes and managing deliverables; and
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned to you from time to time.

Note: The list of tasks/duties and responsibilities contained in this document is not necessarily exhaustive. Deloitte may ask the employee to carry out additional duties or responsibilities, which may fall reasonably within the ambit of the role profile, depending on operational requirements.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications and Experience

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Taxation, Accounting, Finance, International Business Management, Law, Economics or any other tax relevant field desired;
• A recognized accounting or taxation qualification such as Certified Public Accountants (CPA), Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA) Advanced Diploma in International Taxation (ADIT);
• Minimum of six (6) years previous tax experience, ideally with international businesses in industry, tax revenue or a professional service firm.
• Proficiency in computer applications (Excel, Word, Power Point etc.); and
• Be a Ugandan citizen or eligible to work in Uganda.

Key Performance Areas

• Strategic Impact – Support the Engagement Manager in delivery of engagement / project, in specific area of competency, raise issues with manager as identified in area of focus that may affect the quality of delivery or timelines of the engagement, Identify opportunities for follow-on work and work with management to win the business, assist in development of client presentations / discussion documentation, actively build business relationships that generate leads, gather information to understand broader offerings of Deloitte and seek opportunities for cross-selling, raise solutions to address issues in area of expertise that may enhance/renew service offerings to client.
• Budgets / Profitability - Maintain quality and timeous delivery as per Service Level Agreement.
• Tax laws and rules - Provides initial recommendations of current tax legislation across the Global Tax and Legal function to Manager level practitioners
• Delivery excellence - Demonstrates advanced knowledge of the key capabilities required to deliver a high-quality service experience to the client
• Analytical thinking and problem solving - Selects appropriate methods for collecting and analyzing data, and develops informed recommendations that shape or support the client’s business strategy
• Technology tools and solutions - Applies technology knowledge to address client business challenges

Behavioural competencies

• Communication (oral and written).
• Interpersonal and proven people management.
• Negotiation and commercial sense.
• Organisational, supervisory and time management.
• Networking.

Technical Competencies

• Expert in field with sound industry and business knowledge.
• Demonstrated leadership skills.
• Excellent report writing skills.
• Good financial knowledge.
• Sound business acumen.
• Focus on quality and risk.
• Well-developed computer user skills.

• Manage a portfolio of clients, ensuring high-quality service delivery, timely completion of projects, and adherence to budgets.
• Review corporate and monthly tax returns and as well as support clients with tax health checks, development of Tax Procedure Manuals and any other business tax support as needed.
• Advise clients on both domestic and international tax issues and provide guidance on interpreting new legislation by explaining its relevance and assessing its potential impact on their business.
• Act as a key point of contact for clients and the revenue authority, drafting correspondence and resolving queries.
• Build strong client relationships to maintain existing business and generate new opportunities including involvement in preparation/review of proposals.
• Coach and mentor junior staff by providing both on the job training as well as being involved as a trainer in structured or formal training programmes.
• Plan and execute engagements which includes communicating effectively with internal and external teams, supporting with KYC processes and managing deliverables; and
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned to you from time to time.

• Communication (oral and written).
• Interpersonal and proven people management.
• Negotiation and commercial sense.
• Organisational, supervisory and time management.
• Networking.
• Expert in field with sound industry and business knowledge.
• Demonstrated leadership skills.
• Excellent report writing skills.
• Good financial knowledge.
• Sound business acumen.
• Focus on quality and risk.
• Well-developed computer user skills.
• Proficiency in computer applications (Excel, Word, Power Point etc.).

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Taxation, Accounting, Finance, International Business Management, Law, Economics or any other tax relevant field desired;
• A recognized accounting or taxation qualification such as Certified Public Accountants (CPA), Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA) Advanced Diploma in International Taxation (ADIT);
• Minimum of six (6) years previous tax experience, ideally with international businesses in industry, tax revenue or a professional service firm.
• Proficiency in computer applications (Excel, Word, Power Point etc.); and
• Be a Ugandan citizen or eligible to work in Uganda.