Corporate Tax Compliance - Associate

Line of Service

Tax

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

General Tax Consulting

Management Level

Associate

Job Description & Summary

About us:
As Ireland's leading tax practice and with over 650+ tax professionals around the country, we are renowned for the depth and quality of our specialist services. We work with many types of businesses - MNCs, Irish companies, privately owned organisations, entrepreneurs, family businesses, trusts, partnerships and private individuals.

What we do:
Our approach embraces many aspects of tax solutions from ideas to implementation across a range of tax services including tax compliance, business taxation, transactions, transfer pricing, international tax structuring, VAT, customs, tax management, research and development tax relief, personal tax advisory and compliance, human resource tax services and foreign direct investment.


The tax practice is organised into four client service teams - Domestic and International outbound (DIO), Financial Services (FS), Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Specialist Tax Services (STS). For more information check out www.pwc.ie/tax.

What does this role offer?

This role is located at our Kilkenny office and there would be a requirement to work from the Kilkenny office thrice a week.

As an Associate on the Corporate Tax Compliance team, you will support the Directors, Managers, Senior Associates and a wider team with the ongoing operation and coordination of Corporate Tax Compliance projects.  You will assist in the day to day running of the projects and be responsible for coaching and supporting a team with an emphasis on ensuring high quality tax compliance services. You will possess a good working knowledge of the clients assigned to your team.

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Work on challenging, varied and complex corporation tax computations, with excellent opportunities to work on higher complexity cases across a variety of sectors and industries. 

• Prepare VAT compliance and assist with the first stage review of some VAT returns

• Helping to implement and coordinate an efficient, cost effective model based on optimal resource scheduling and process efficiency that exploits current technologies to maximum potential.

• Assist with training for new joiners and members of the specialists team

• Work collaboratively with client engagement leads across the PwC Ireland tax practice to deliver tax compliance services.

• Helping to manage client relationships, interactions with clients and resolving queries and managing expectations.

• Embrace the digital transformation being undertaken in our business. Be motivated to familiarise yourself with these evolutions and proactively use these technologies further in our day-to-day business and that of our clients.

• Have an active role in identifying training needs and utilising our digital tools to provide upskilling opportunities.

• Operate effectively with your internal team members to create a collaborative working environment, drive improvements in upstream and downstream processes. 

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

• Be part of and contribute to the fun working environment offered by PwC and act as an advocate to promote our learning culture. 

• Reporting to a team of experienced senior team members.

Development of your own career: 

Our high performing team can provide you with exciting projects, meaningful client interactions and the support to develop your career. With sustained levels of growth in our tax practice, you will have an excellent opportunity to progress, specialise and travel. You will have access to an extensive range of tax experts as well as advisory and accounting specialists, and a dedicated coach who will help guide your performance and development.

About you – Key skills and competencies:

• 2.5+ years of relevant tax experience.

• Excels in their attention to detail and reviewing the work of others. 

• Relationship management - ability to read situations and modify behaviour to build quality, diverse relationships with both internal stakeholders and clients. 

• Proactive and solutions focused mindset with ability to drive a portfolio.

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

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

• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.

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

• Ambitious – demonstrate strong commitment to personal learning and development.

 

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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Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

No

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