ITX VAT Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Job Description & Summary

A career in our Indirect Tax 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 optimise cash flow and reduce risk by managing challenges related to indirect taxes. You’ll support our clients with all aspects of indirect taxation related to global, regional and domestic projects as well as comprehensive restructuring and reporting value added tax projects.

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 an authentic and inclusive leader, at all grades/levels and in all lines of service. 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 Manager, 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:

• Pursue opportunities to develop existing and new skills outside of comfort zone.
• Act to resolve issues which prevent effective team working, even during times of change and uncertainty.
• Coach others and encourage them to take ownership of their development.
• Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.
• Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations.
• Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm's/client's expectations.
• Develop a perspective on key global trends, including globalisation, and how they impact the firm and our clients.
• Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.
• Focus on building trusted relationships.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Preferred skills

• Knowledge of tax accounting and taxation laws i.e. VAT, Customs Duty or Excise Duty laws
• Knowledge of general accounting principles and practices
• Tax knowledge in a specific industry
• Negotiation skills
• Presentation skills
• Analytical skills
• Dispute resolution skills
• Good communication skills
• Good project management skills
• Leadership and coaching skills
• Business and global acumen

Minimum years experience required

• At least 5 years work experience

Additional application instructions - Posses at least one of the following:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent professional qualifications
• Certified Public Accountant of Kenya (CPA) Finalist or
• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Finalist

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required: