Senior Manager - Indirect Tax

1 Month ago • 10 Years + • Legal

About the job

Job Description

PwC's Senior Manager - Indirect Tax role involves providing advisory services on indirect tax issues (VAT, GST, customs duties, etc.), ensuring client compliance, identifying tax risks and savings, and mentoring team members. Responsibilities include crafting impactful communication, applying systems thinking, validating outcomes with clients, directing teams through complexity, and deepening expertise. The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of indirect tax experience, a strong academic background, and excellent communication and team-working skills. The role requires navigating complex indirect tax regulations, optimizing tax positions, and contributing to the firm's success through high-performing teams.
Must have:
  • 10+ years indirect tax experience
  • Advisory services on indirect tax issues
  • Ensure client compliance
  • Identify tax risks and savings
  • Mentor and coach team members
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field
Good to have:
  • Specific certifications
  • International taxation experience
  • Customs brokerage expertise

Line of Service

Tax

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

VAT/GST

Management Level

Senior 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.

Responsibilities

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

  • Ensure clients are fully compliant to 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.

Growing as a strategic advisor, you leverage your influence, expertise, and network to deliver quality results. You motivate and coach others, coming together to solve complex problems. As you increase in autonomy, you apply sound judgment, recognising when to take action and when to escalate. You are expected to solve through complexity, ask thoughtful questions, and clearly communicate how things fit together. Your ability to develop and sustain high performing, diverse, and inclusive teams, and your commitment to excellence, contributes to the success of our Firm.

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

  • Craft and convey clear, impactful and engaging messages that tell a holistic story.

  • Apply systems thinking to identify underlying problems and/or opportunities.

  • Validate outcomes with clients, share alternative perspectives, and act on client feedback.

  • Direct the team through complexity, demonstrating composure through ambiguous, challenging and uncertain situations.

  • Deepen and evolve your expertise with a focus on staying relevant.

  • Initiate open and honest coaching conversations at all levels.

  • Make difficult decisions and take action to resolve issues hindering team effectiveness.

  • Model 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.

  • 10 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, Influence, Input Value Added Tax (VAT), Intellectual Curiosity, International Taxation, Learning Agility, Optimism {+ 20 more}

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

Yes

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About The Company

At PwC, our purpose is to build trust in society and solve important problems. We’re a network of firms in 152 countries with over 327,000 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, advisory and tax services. Find out more and tell us what matters to you by visiting us at www.pwc.com. PwC refers to the PwC network and/or one or more of its member firms, each of which is a separate legal entity.


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