EYFR - Tax Compliance & Reporting - Consultant

EY Ford Rhodes; Karachi Division; On-site; PKR 2,000,000 - 2,750,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services firm in Karachi is seeking a Tax Professional to assist clients with tax compliance, financial reporting, and digital processes. The role involves managing client engagements, supervising teams, and ensuring adherence to quality guidelines. The ideal candidate has a bachelor's degree in a relevant field, strong analytical and leadership skills, and at least 2 years of experience in a similar environment. This role offers the opportunity to work in a multicultural environment with multinational clients.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience, ideally within a large professional services company.
• Extensive knowledge of Financial Reporting Standards and relevant tax rules.
• Experience dealing with multinational clients.

Responsibilities

• Assist clients in financial digital processes and tax compliance.
• Supervise high performing teams and ensure adherence to Tax Quality guidelines.
• Manage client engagements and deliverables effectively.

Skills

Excellent communication

Detail-oriented

Analytical skills

Management experience

Organizational skills

Ability to multitask

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting, business, finance, taxation

MBA or related advanced degree

Professional qualifications (CA, CPA, ACCA, CTA, ADIT)

Tools

SAP

Job description

The opportunity

Our ACR tax service line operates as a team of highly experienced tax professionals who focus on delivering efficient and effective resources to companies in the region. Our goal is to improve quality, manage risk, create efficiency and drive value. Our market leading approach combines standard and efficient processes, highly effective tools and an extensive network of local tax and accounting professionals.

You will have the opportunity to provide clients an integrated, consistent, quality service that unlocks the potential of the compliance function, with tax compliance, statutory accounts preparation and tax accounting calculation support.

Your key responsibilities

You will be assisting clients in their financial digital processes (e.g. preparation and interpretation of year-end-closings, audit assistance, financial statements, etc.), tax compliance (corporate tax returns and VAT returns, etc.), general accounting, credit control and internal optimization projects. You will also be responsible for management reports, budgeting, analytical bookkeeping, financial health and competitors’ analysis.

You will be responsible for overall day to day requirements in client engagements, monitor progress and deliverables, put in place the necessary standardized processes, anticipate and identify risks, resolve or escalate issues as appropriate and drive performance-improvement solutions.

You will supervise high performing teams and build a positive learning culture, coaching and counseling junior team members to help them develop. You will also be responsible for ensuring adherence to our Tax Quality guidelines.

Skills and attributes for success

If you are an excellent communicator and detail oriented professional with a strong track record of management experience who is comfortable working across borders with a wide network of people and with large amount of data, you will be perfect for the role.

To qualify for the role you must have

• A bachelor's degree with strong academic credentials in accounting, business, finance, taxation or any related essential fields.
• Preferably an MBA, Masters or another related advanced degree and/or professional qualifications e.g. CA, CPA, ACCA, CTA, ADIT or equivalent qualification.
• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience, ideally within a large professional services company or similar environment.
• Extensive and in-depth knowledge of Financial Reporting Standards, relevant tax rules, procedures and guidelines.

Ideally, you also have

• Experience of dealing with multinational clients and ability to work in multi-cultural environment.
• Experience and knowledge of tax compliance, financial reporting and ERP systems such as SAP.
• Demonstrated good understanding and capability of implementing accounting concepts.
• Excellent analytical, management and leadership skills.
• Effective organization and time management skills with ability to work under pressure and adhere to project deadlines.
• Ability to multitask and work efficiently in a fast-paced environment