Corporate Tax, Audit of Taxes, Manager - PwC
About the role
Our goal is to provide a technology enabled service you can be a part of, working alongside people with experience in developing solutions for our clients.
We are looking for Managers to join our corporate tax team with a mixed portfolio of advisory / audit of tax work. The portfolio mix can be flexed according to candidate and experience, anticipating an advisory element of up to 50%. This role has opened as part of the growth of our Audit of Tax Specialist (ATS) Network - a group who support our audit practice on the more complex areas of large corporate audits of tax (AoT).
Working across an advisory and audit portfolio will provide the ability to develop both deep technical capabilities and the ability to evaluate judgements on complex tax risks and structures. The nature of the audit work we do within the tax line of service includes consideration of technically complex areas and review of third-party advisory reports which will accelerate your development and enhance your capabilities as a tax advisor.
Key Responsibilities- Work across our corporate advisory and audit of tax teams, leading a portfolio in each area and helping drive the network. This could be in promoting best practice in audit of tax risk and quality, supporting the firm's internal technical training and development, promoting, or taking a role in the operation of the ATS network, analysing the network's financial contribution and/or supporting technology and transformation initiatives.
- Manage a client portfolio of tax advisory work, liaising internally with technical specialists and externally with client teams, and reporting to the local and wider Partner / Director group.
- You will be responsible for delivering complex audits of tax, liaising with internal specialists, clients and client tax advisors and the core audit team as required You will produce or review detailed, high quality audit documentation, ensuring compliance with audit methodologies and documentation standards
- You will produce or review detailed tax advice according to the requirements of clients and in line with the firm's requirements and procedures
- Manage, coach and delegate effectively to the juniors on the team
- You will consider a broad range of audit issues, including tax risks associated with international supply chain, finance structures, the impact of changing tax rules, the impact of major corporate transactions and appropriately accounting for tax uncertainties.
The skills and experience we're looking for:
- Must possess a UK professional qualification (ACA/ACCA/ATT/CTA/legal qualification) or an international equivalent or have equivalent work experience. This includes international candidates who qualify through experience in their home country.
- Knowledge of UK GAAP and IFRS
- You will have gained audit of tax experience on international audits and/or tax accounting experience on international projects.
- You will need a strong understanding of audit risk and how this is managed through procedures and documentation.
- Senior Stakeholder experience of developing and maintaining strong relationships with clients and internally.
- Strong analytical skills and a proven ability to solve complex problems in a collaborative and creative way.
- Strong tax accounting background and be capable of delivering tax accounting assistance and advice relevant to consolidated international tax provisions and impacts of changes to accounting policy.