Intern to Tax Reporting & Strategy team (Almaty/Astana)

Job Description & Summary

A career in our Corporate Tax Reporting practice, within Corporate Tax services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients meet their tax obligations while managing the impact tax has on their business. You’ll advise clients on their local and overseas tax affairs, while acting as a strategic consultant related to business analysis, managing working capital, and profit sharing for partners. You’ll also help organisations understand the pricing implications of goods and services between related parties, as well as providing advice on tax implications of deals.

Our team helps our clients to leverage co-sourcing and outsourcing as a critical component of tax function strategy to better align tax function investments and use of talent with organisational goals. You’ll focus on coordinating all the tax compliance activities related to direct and indirect taxes, tax accounting, and preparation of statutory financial statements to help clients create an integrated and global approach to local compliance services.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As an Intern / Trainee, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Be curious and try new things.
• Learn about how PwC works as a business and adds value to clients.
• Think broadly and ask questions about data, facts and other information.
• Support research, analysis and problem solving using a variety of tools and techniques.
• Produce high quality work which adheres to the relevant professional standards.
• Keep up-to-date with technical developments for area of specialism.
• Handle, manipulate and analyse data and information responsibly.
• Communicate confidently in a clear, concise and articulate manner - verbally and in materials produced.
• Embrace different points of view and welcome opposing and conflicting ideas.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

About us

Tax Reporting & Strategy team assists Clients with tax and accounting tasks, including but not limited to:

• taxpayer registration;

• development of tax accounting policy;

• accounting set-up;

• bookkeeping;

• preparation / review of tax returns and statutory reports (statistics, National Bank);

• addressing tax notifications, tax audits;

• improving tax and accounting processes and automating routine tasks.

Your roles and responsibilities will include:

• Accounting and tax accounting transactions for representatives offices/branches of foreign legal entities, local companies;

• Preparation and submission of tax (VAT, WHT, CIT other taxes) and statistical reports, reports to the National Bank of Kazakhstan;

• Participation in the tax reviews, ad-hoc tax consulting, work on tax notifications

• Communication (both correspondence and personal) with clients and team on a daily basis;

• Process enhancements and routine tasks automation, participation in the development of the digital products for the Clients;

• Participation in the marketing and promotional activities.

Knowledge and skills required:

• Higher education in finance, accounting or economics

• Advanced user of MS Office (Excel, Word)

• Ability to self-study, learn new tools and skills;

• Ability to work with a large amount of data, analytical mind, ability to work in a team and clearly communicate results;

• Ability to work both remotely and in the office;

• English: from the Intermediate level;

• Previous experience as an accountant; 1C:Enterprise 8.3 and advanced IT skills (programming, data analytics, BI) is an advantage

We offer:

• Personal development plan and annual performance-based bonuses
• Participation in various projects (local/multinational clients, cooperation with other lines of business and PwC offices around the world)
• Annual technical and soft skills trainings
• Corporate online learning platform (technical knowledge, digital & soft skills)
• ACCA/other professional certifications
• Firm-wide digital challenges, competitions
• Kazakh & English courses
• Сonfidential and free of charge consultations with well-being experts and professional psychologist
• Medical insurance for you and partially for your spouse/children