Senior Manager – Workforce Tax

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Job Description & Summary

About Us:

Our Workforce Tax Team helps large corporate employers stay ahead of tax and regulatory changes that impact their businesses and their workforces. 

We deliver deep technical people and tax expertise, while providing the critical context to employers to help them make informed and compliant decisions. 

Our clients range from multinational organisations and public sector bodies to entrepreneurs and family businesses.

We’re a dynamic two-partner team, made up of over 30 curious minds. We’re focussed on growth and quality. Each team member actively contributes to a culture that empowers all of us to thrive and feel a sense of belonging at PwC. As part of the team you’ll take part in our fantastic calendar of social activities and have the opportunity to give back to the community through our CSR volunteering days.  

What we do:

We provide expert advice and solutions to major organisations in areas including 

• Employment tax, 

• Workforce restructuring, 

• Employer risk identification, management and compliance

• Revenue interventions and audits

• Mergers and acquisitions 

• Share schemes , and 

• Payroll consulting and optimisation.

Our work is tremendously varied and involves supporting organisations in dealing with the strategic challenges associated with their people and in aligning their People strategy with business performance and employment tax compliance. 

We are a technology enabled team and we are focused on leveraging technology solutions in a number of new and innovative ways to deliver effective and impactful employment tax services to our clients. 

What does this role offer? 

As a Workforce Senior Manager, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. As a senior member of the team, your focus will be on  further developing the business by inputting into strategy, leveraging your network, enhancing client relationships and growing and supporting the team.

You will work on a varied portfolio of projects, including, for example, supporting our clients on mergers and acquisitions, working with clients’ HR and tax departments to deliver workforce restructuring projects and identifying and managing tax costs and tax risk, including Revenue interactions.  

In addition to working across a range of clients and industries, you’ll also have the opportunity to develop areas of specialisation by getting involved in one or more of our subject matter expert teams, including Equity, Gender Pay Gap or Payroll Consulting. 

We are committed to supporting our people. We want to help everyone on our teams unlock their full potential, acquire new skills and be challenged. We will offer you excellent learning and development opportunities which will support you to take your career where you want it to go. 

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Leading and managing a challenging, evolving and varied client portfolio, with excellent opportunities to develop further opportunities with support of Partners and other mentors. 

• Develop and maintain business relationships and market profile with a view to winning new business; 

• Develop and maintain new products and service offerings;

• Bring business knowledge, innovation and insight to create value for clients and the firm.

• Embrace the digital transformation being undertaken in our business. Being motivated to drive the implementation and integration of  technologies further within our day-to-day business and that of our clients. Digital innovation is a key part of our Workforce business and we challenge ourselves to embrace and leverage technology in how we provide solutions and advice to clients.

• Operate and collaborate effectively with a mindset that transcends geographic and cultural boundaries.

• Motivating your team to perform at their best, make a difference and deliver results, while providing mentorship and guidance allowing them to stretch to their full potential;

• Work on attracting, developing and retaining the best talents for the firm.

• Participate in flexible working arrangements and achieve a level of autonomy at Senior Manager grade within the support network of a dynamic professional services firm; 

• Being part of and contributing to fostering the fun working environment offered by PwC and acting as an advocate to promote our continuous learning culture.

About you – Key skills and competencies:

• At least 7 years experience in Tax with at least 2 at manager level;

• AITI/CTA Qualified (or qualified by experience) with a strong academic record.

• Commercial awareness with an ability to develop business opportunities in order to generate growth within Workforce and the firm.

• Expert at directing and driving the success of multiple engagements.

• Business Acumen - use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current trends in the market and utilise this information to assist your clients in making innovative business decisions.

• Relationship management - ability to read situations and modify behaviour to build quality, diverse relationships.

• Creative - demonstrate an ability to contribute to new ideas and propose innovative solutions to problems. 

• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.

• Enthusiastic team player and manager with a passion to coach and encourage others to achieve their potential.

• Leadership – demonstrate strong commitment and experience to developing yourself, your team members, your clients and your business.

Unlock your potential with PwC Ireland

We believe that challenges are better solved together. We’re inspiring and empowering our people to change the world. Powered by the latest technology, you’ll be a part of amazing teams encouraged to collaborate and innovate in a way that creates powerful solutions and makes a positive impact. This purpose-led work, and our continuous development and encouragement, will help unlock your potential and take your career to the next level.

Enjoy PwC’s perks

We reward your impact, and support your wellbeing, through a competitive compensation package, inclusive employee benefits and flexibility programs that will help you thrive in work and life. Learn more about us at Life@PwC. (https://www.pwc.ie/careers-ie/life-at-pwc.html).

Being appreciated for being you

Our most valuable asset is our people and we recognise you for it - ensuring you feel like you belong and that you are valued and rewarded for the great work you do everyday. PwC is an equal opportunities employer and creating a diverse workforce that is representative of the communities we serve is hugely important to us.

We believe this so much that we have signed up for the Business in the Community Inclusive Workplace Elevate Pledge. (https://www.bitc.ie/the-leaders-group-on-sustainability/inclusive-workplace-pledge/)

Our Inclusion First strategy puts inclusion at the heart of our culture - supporting an environment where individuality is embraced, diversity is celebrated and inclusion is valued. Check out our culture of belonging and explore our range of inclusive programmes, initiatives, employee resource groups and more at www.pwc.ie.

Avoid the confidence gap; you do not have to match all the listed requirements exactly to apply, we’d love to hear from you!

We will ensure that everyone is supported throughout and, if required,  provided with reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

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