Manager - Indirect Tax

PwC - Global; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; USD 48,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC seeks a Manager in indirect tax to provide advisory services on VAT/GST and other related tax issues. You'll help clients navigate complex regulations and optimize tax positions while mentoring team members and leading projects. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in Accounting and at least five years of experience in indirect tax.

Qualifications

• 5 years or more of experience in indirect tax.
• Strong academic background.
• Self-motivated with a strong sense of initiative.

Responsibilities

• Provide advisory services on indirect tax issues.
• Ensure clients are compliant with indirect tax regulations.
• Mentor and support the development of team technical skills.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Communication

Coaching and Feedback

Indirect Tax

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field

Job description

Line of Service

Tax

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

VAT/GST

Management Level

Manager

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, our people in tax services focus on providing advice and guidance to clients on tax planning, compliance, and strategy. These individuals help businesses navigate complex tax regulations and optimise their tax positions.

In indirect tax at PwC, you will focus value-added tax (VAT), goods and services tax (GST), sales tax and other indirect taxes. Your work will involve providing advice and guidance to clients on indirect tax planning, compliance, and strategy, helping businesses navigate complex indirect tax regulations and optimise their indirect tax positions.

Job Description

• Provide advisory services on indirect tax issues (including VAT, GST, customs duties, and other related taxes).

• Ensure clients are fully compliant with indirect tax regulations via thorough indirect tax preparations and returns.

• Identify tax risks and tax saving opportunities by implementing tax strategies.

• Mentor, coach, and support the development of technical skills within the team.

Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team member’s unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

• Analyse and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system.

• Take ownership of projects, ensuring their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion.

• Partner with team leadership to ensure collective ownership of quality, timelines, and deliverables.

• Develop skills outside your comfort zone, and encourage others to do the same.

• Effectively mentor others.

• Use the review of work as an opportunity to deepen the expertise of team members.

• Address conflicts or issues, engaging in difficult conversations with clients, team members and other stakeholders, escalating where appropriate.

• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field and/or professional qualification.

• 5 years or more of experience in indirect tax.

• Strong academic background.

• Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning and professional development.

• Effective communication skills.

• Excellent team-working skills.

• Self-motivated with a strong sense of initiative

• Good organizational and interpersonal skills.

• Awareness of potential risks and the ability to identify and address them effectively.

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

Degrees/Field of Study required: Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Business Tax, Coaching and Feedback, Communication, Corporate Tax Planning, Creativity, Customs Brokerage, Customs Regulations, Customs Tariffs, Customs Valuation, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Inclusion, Indirect Tax, Indirect Tax Controversies, Input Value Added Tax (VAT), Intellectual Curiosity, International Taxation, Learning Agility, Optimism, Professional Courage {+ 17 more}

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

Yes

Job Posting End Date