Regional Services: Africa - Global Compliance and Reporting Assistant Manager

Job description

The Opportunity

You will manage multiple large multinational engagements across Africa. Overall responsibility of the compliance deliverables across all African countries which include adherence to implemented and agreed processes; contractual arrangements and review quality of deliverables such as preparation or review of corporate income tax returns and consolidation of filing positions across multiple countries, if required. Preparation of legislative update reports across multiple countries and discussions with clients on actions to be taken to ensure implementation of changes or ongoing compliance.

 

Key Responsibilities

Research clients and potential pursuits for the Africa region. Prepare proposals & coordinating different service-lines. Scoping and pricing for proposals and engagements. Manage client relationships and identifying new business opportunities, based on technical knowledge, on existing accounts. Ensure Quality and Risk Management processes are followed for a new client. Engagement planning and administration, including preparation of budgets, work in progress management and client billings Facilitation of client workshops such as compliance training and “lessons learned of tax cycles”, including preparation of material, dashboards and analyses. Co-ordinating Annual Financial Statement preparation. Scope and review tax advisory projects that involve countries across the continent (The advice will be mainly compliance related advice) including inter alia. Health-checks (including Tax landscape). Opinions on specific topics. Work closely with diverse African teams across 28 countries where EY has offices and other countries where we use contractors.

Skills and attributes for success

·  Beconfident, pro-active and a responsible individual
·  Be self-motivated and ability to function in a fast-paced environment
·  Understand and improve multiple processes
·  Have good interpersonal and organizational skills
·  Advanced skills in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
·  Proven ability to operate efficiently within a team
·  Eager to learn and work on different technologies
·  Be interested in understanding and developing Africa generalist tax knowledge (direct, indirect taxes)
·  Have strong attention to detail to deliver high quality output (expectation to prepare client dashboards, placemats, discussion decks and RFP responses)

To qualify for the role, you must have 

·  BCom Tax, or similar Tax qualification or studying towards tax qualification
·  3/4 years tax experience
·  Demonstrate experience in managing multi-country TP; ITS or tax advisory projects will be an advantage
·  Project management skills, plan and prioritize work, meet deadlines, monitor engagement metrics and junior staff
·  Excellent team management skills
·  Strong communication skills, both written and verbal– expectation to facilitate client calls and training, prepare material, review and translate documents (including assessments, correspondence with Tax Authorities)
·  Self-motivated with ability to work in a virtual environment is a must

What working at EY offers; 

As one of our valued employees in EY, you get to work with inspiring, meaningful and challenging projects. Our focus is education and coaching alongside practical experience to ensure your personal development. At EY we value our employees and you will be able to control your own development with an individual progression plan. You will quickly grow into a responsible role with challenging and stimulating assignments. In addition to these, you will be part of an interdisciplinary environment that encourages high quality and knowledge exchange. Furthermore, we offer excellent working conditions, in a stimulating, inclusive and enjoyable environment. We offer:

·  Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
·  Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
·  The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you

About EY

As a global leader in assurance, tax, consulting, strategy and transaction services, we hire and develop the most passionate people in their field to help build a better working world. This starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. So that whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime.

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

Join us in building a better working world.

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