Tax Senior Managers / Managers PwC Kenya

PwC Kenya helps organisations and individuals create the value they’re looking for. We’re a member of the PwC network of firms with 169,000 people in more than 158 countries. We’re committed to delivering both territory and global quality in assurance, tax and advisory services.
PwC is the leading provider of tax services worldwide. We understand your business and economic environment and we combine this with specialist tax knowledge. We can help you navigate complexity to:

• Achieve business objectives by reducing tax risks and meeting your compliance obligations and
• Improve business and operating efficiency through tax efficiency and understand and manage the total tax contribution your business makes to governments.

Our services include:

• International tax services
• Transfer pricing
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Indirect taxes (including VAT, Customs and Excise)
• Human Resource Services (including International Assignee Services)
• Tax Management and Accounting Services (including Corporate Tax Compliance, Accounting, Payroll and related services, as well as Tax Function Effectiveness)

What are we looking for

We are in the process of strengthening our growing Tax practice in Kenya and we would like to recruit ambitious, highly motivated and dynamic persons. The selected candidates will work with multi-disciplinary assignment teams in a number of roles.

Senior Manager / Manager
Roles & Responsibilities
This role requires you to develop specialised tax expertise in at least one or more areas    (Indirect Tax - VAT & customs) and act as a key resource on complex tax technical matters.

• Contribute to the development of new methodologies or approaches to address emerging tax issues for our clients.
• Show a good understanding of tax or legal legislation and develop insightful solutions to complex client issues.
• Demonstrate experience in strategic tax planning, restructuring and complex tax authority enquiries, business development initiatives on target clients and development of new market opportunities locally and internationally.
• Assist clients by identifying issues they may not recognise and recommend solutions tailored to their strategic and commercial objectives whilst considering the regulatory environment
• Manage existing client portfolios and maintain sound client relationships
• Identify new opportunities within existing clients
• Leverages on internal and external networks to enhance firm’s connectivity, performance and profitability opportunities
• Ensure compliance with risk management procedures on own and team assignments.
• Ensure that financial targets of self and team are achieved
• Provide coaching on an ongoing basis;
• Provide performance feedback on assignments and input to appraisals for other junior staff;
• Ensure that the working environment contributes to improving staff morale and increasing productivity,
• Provide in writing technical opinions or reports on for clients ;
• Conduct technical training - internal and to clients as and when required;
• Keep up to date with changes in legislation relevant to specific tax areas

Skills & Competencies

• Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized university,
• You will have an accounting or tax qualification
• Over five years of relevant experience at a managerial level together with good technical tax knowledge in tax specialisms and tax advisory work.
• Excellent analytical skills and commercial expertise are required for you to succeed in this role.
• You must also demonstrate the ability to communicate with impact, have excellent business development and negotiation skills.
• You will have good leadership skills, be an effective team player, excellent management skills and good project management skills.

Closing date for applications: 14 October 2012

Department: PwC Kenya Tax

Job type: Permanent

Working hours: Full-time

Working days: Day

Application deadline: 14 October 2012

Expected Start Date: 1 November 2012

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Reference Number: 5521441022