Manager / AD - Corporate Tax

Reports to : Senior Manager / Director / Partner - depends on project

Typical Experience / Qualifications :

Accounting (CA, ACCA, CPA) or legal qualification, with at least 6 to 8 years of international corporate tax consulting experience

Job Role and Responsibilities :

• Key point of contact for some tax clients
• Actively undertakes business development in conjunction with the senior management with existing as well as new / potential clients with a view to generate projects and revenue for the tax practice and also for other functions of the firm
• Participates in proposals for tax projects and multifunctional projects including proposal strategy and development, providing key inputs to pricing of the engagement, co-ordination with other parties for inputs into the proposal, part of the team interacting with clients during the entire proposal process
• Delivers high quality tax engagements for Partner / Director review in a timely manner
• Maintains ongoing relationships with tax clients in the manager's portfolio
• Builds relationships with other functions and network offices, as well as lawyers investment managers and other relevant external contact network
• Co-ordinates with other offices in a multi-office engagement, and reviews inputs received from such offices such that the overall deliverable can be provided to senior management for review in a timely manner
• Is aware of and ensures that risk processes are adhered to at all times; consults internally and with the risk team for engagement and or client processes that deviate from the standard
• Ensures that practice management is up-to-date at all times including prompt submission of timesheets, client files, billing, collection, WIP review, payouts to other offices, multi-firm engagement documentation and closure of engagements on the system
• Assists in recruitment, on-boarding, mentoring of junior team members
• Actively manages teams, including effective delegation, review of work, training on the job and constructive regular feedback
• Co-ordinates with the Partner / Director group on client as well as team issues
• Undertakes performance manager role for team members reporting, ensures that the performance management cycle is completed effectively and in a timely manner
• Participates in developing formal training plans and implementation of the training plan for team members
• Acts as a mentor for team members, offers guidance and counseling as required
• Communicates regularly with the partner / director on client, people, risk and practice management aspects and seeks inputs on all key decisions and issues

Relevant skills and behaviors :

Core and technical skills

• Good knowledge and experience in international corporate tax including international holding structures, tax treaty network, fund structuring, tax policy and tax risk management
• Good knowledge and experience in M&A tax including tax due diligence, tax structuring for acquisitions and divestments, SPA support and post acquisition support work
• Practical knowledge of tax accounting, transfer pricing and International Executive Services related tax principles
• Basic awareness of Corporate Tax and other tax matters
• Good business development, client relationship and client management skills, including ability to generate opportunities, follow up on leads and convert into proposals, convert proposals into work for the Firm
• Maintain relationships with key clients, potential clients, international network contacts, legal contacts etc.
• Assist Partner and Director in identifying targets, assist in preparing action plan for developing the client and implementation of the plan able to identify opportunities for cross selling work of other functions
• Strong risk management knowledge and application including documentation, ability to escalate issues quickly to risk management specialists for resolution, incorporating risk management into work environment such that it is a part of the inherent process of engagement delivery
• Good practice management skills including knowledge and experience of financials, debtors, key performance indicators including utilization, recovery, efficiency etc
• Good platform skills and report writing skills including presentation skills, facilitation and training skills, review as well as write tax structure papers, tax opinions, M&A reports and tax analyses
• Good project management skills including coordinating with multiple teams across various jurisdictions