Tax & Legal Services - MERC Tax - Risk & Quality - Associate

Job description / Role

Line of Service
Tax

Specialism
General Tax Consulting

Management Level
Associate

Job Description & Summary
This role will sit alongside the business and support them in tasks that vary from client risk management checks, project organisation, to finance system control and much needed e-administration. It's an incredibly interesting and challenging role that provides the opportunity to work directly with our client facing teams and clients.

The role includes:

- Preparing and assisting with client risk management onboarding process
- Project planning, progress monitoring and reporting
- Understanding and administering our risk management process
- Create Opportunity set-up / job code creation within our internal risk management and finance systems
- Know your client - Checking the client background - getting information from the internet.
- CES checking - to establish independence issues
- Raising of AFS if required and follow-up the required approval
- Client opportunity set-up in Salesforce and within internal systems
- Completion of risk assessment entry to be approved by the Job Partner, ensuring the following have been performed and cleared:
- Relationship checks / conflict checks - forward the list to the MIC for checking / confirmation
- Client's AML - completion based on the information gathered from the background checking of the client
- Tax engagement acceptance - based on EL with regards to changes in ToB - to check with the manager in charge
- Ensure the risk assessment is inline with the engagement letter
- Preparation of draft EL - as instructed by the Job Manager (per request)
- Monitoring of risk assessment entries which are not yet approved by the job partner
- Sending them reminders on the approval of Affirm & assisting them if required
- Raise any concerns regarding inadequate and bring to the attention of senior management.
- Work in teams, taking direction from your MIC
- Are passionate in the role they play to help achieve business priorities and excellent client service.
- Enjoy the demands that come with working on client engagements and to define KPI's.
- Manage their time, and personal chargeable time.
- Are willing to learn new tasks and take on new responsibilities when needed.
- Take the time to learn about our clients, and the services we're providing to them.
- Share ideas and best practice with colleagues and peers.

Requirements

What we're looking for

- Enthusiasm and passion to deliver exceptional client service
- Confidence with numbers and budget work
- Excellent proven organisation, multi-tasking skills and enjoyment in building strong working relationships.

The role would suit an experienced project coordinator or office administrator used to the demands that exceptional business administration requires.

About the Company

At PwC Middle East, we've set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

We're a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

We're striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we're proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone's uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

If you're looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you're a future PwCer.