Consultant - Indirect Taxes
Consultant - Indirect Taxes
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Job Description
Main purpose of the job
The holder of this position will ensure that the client and Firms expectations are met by delivering high quality services and maintaining high utilization levels.
What you will do
- Support on delivery of designated indirect 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;
- Collecting assimilating and analysing relevant data using standard tools and data visualizations to help surface insights and solutions;
- Support in the development of new indirect tax products and market new products;
- Carry out tax risk and opportunities reviews;
- Preparation of tax opinions tax advice and proposals;
- Building and maintaining relationships with the clients and the Kenya Revenue Authority;
- Liaising with Kenya Revenue Authority on various tax and policy matters;
- Assisting clients resolve KRA audits;
- Preparing objections and appeals to KRA assessments;
- Preparing tax publications for clients and writing articles on relevant tax matters; and
- Actively build business relationships that generate leads.
Qualifications :
- A Bachelors Degree in Business Commerce Economics or Law from a recognised institution.
- Professional accounting qualification (CPA/ACCA).
- At least three(3) years relevant taxation experience.
- Technical expertise in VAT matters.
- Knowledge of Customs and excise duty matters will be an added advantage.
- Good knowledge of international and national taxation principles.
Behavioural competencies
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
- Effective interpersonal and relationship building/people management skills.
- Good mentorship and coaching ability with desire to develop self and others.
- Adaptable managing change and ambiguity with ease.
- Sound problem solving ability.
- Organizational supervisory and time management.
- Good networking skills.
Technical Competencies
- Demonstrated leadership skills.
- Excellent report writing skills.
- Good financial knowledge.
- Focus on quality and risk.
- Welldeveloped computer user skills.
- Good analytical and problemsolving skills.
- Good project management and planning skills.
- Strong negotiation skills and commercial sense.
Additional Information :
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
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Influence Builds relationships and communicates effectively in order to positively influence peers and other stakeholders.
Performance drive Seeks opportunities to challenge self; teams with others across businesses and borders to deliver and takes accountability for own and team results.
Strategic direction Understands objectives for clients and Deloitte aligns own work to objectives and sets personal priorities.
Talent development Develops self by actively seeking opportunities for growth shares knowledge and experiences with others and acts as a strong brand ambassador.
Why Deloitte
At Deloitte our professional development plan focuses on helping people at every level of their career to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entrylevel employees to senior leaders we believe there is always room to learn. We offer opportunities to help build worldclass skills in addition to handson experience in the global fastchanging business world.
Deloitte opens the door to a career that can cross borders virtually and physically across the African continent and globally to gain experience and access projects beyond our borders. We value differences and embrace people with diverse backgrounds experiences abilities and thinking styles.
Our purpose
Deloitte is led by a purpose: to make an impact that matters. Every day Deloitte people are making a real impact in the places they live and work. We pride ourselves on doing not only what is good for clients but also what is good for our people and the communities in which we live and workalways striving to be an organization that is held up as a role model of quality integrity and positive change. Learn more about Deloittes impact on the world. #Makinganimpactthatmatters
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If you meet the above requirements please visit our website and apply online: Deloitte East Africa Careers portal.
Your details will be treated with confidentiality and will not be shared with any third party.
Closing date: Friday 21 February 2024
We are an equal opportunity employer and do not ask individuals to pay any fees or money as part of the recruitment process. Women and Persons with Disabilities are encouraged to apply.
At Deloitte we want everyone to feel they can be themselves and to thrive at workin every country in everything we do every day. We aim to create a workplace where everyone is treated fairly and with respect including reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. We seek to create and leverage our diverse workforce to build an inclusive environment across the African continent.
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.
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
