Tax Acceleration Centre - Tax Advisory Manager

Job description / Role

Line of Service
Tax

Specialism
International Tax Services

Management Level
Manager

Job Description & Summary
PwC Middle East is establishing a new Tax Acceleration Centre (TAC) in Lebanon. The TAC will play a key role in supporting PwC's Middle East Tax practice, focused on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), international tax structuring (ITS) and local tax advisory for offices across the Middle East.

This is a great opportunity to join a young and professional team, providing support to ensure the delivery of quality tax services and support to PwC's client facing teams across the region. A career within the TAC will allow you to contribute to delivering the full value of PwC to our clients in our key markets, with a particular focus on the UAE and KSA.

As PwC continues investing in the region and developing local talent, as a manager in TAC your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

- Lead contact for the TAC, with clear and structured communication and interaction
- First point of contact with the engagement teams
- Stakeholder management, connecting with risk and quality, IT and technology services
- Resource Planning
- Acknowledge and approve work coming through from client facing teams.
- Assign work to the TAC team, ensuring optimal utilisation of the team of approximately 9 people (6 associates and 3 senior associates).

Reporting

- Developing and maintaining reports to drive meaningful analysis of key operational metrics and processes
- Onboarding for new joiners
- System accesses (where applicable)
- Time reporting application profile creations and license for applications
- Training schedules

Technical

- Review of deliverables and reports issued by the TAC team prior to sharing with the PwC Tax teams located in the different offices. The deliverables and reports issued would cover the following areas:
- Tax structuring advice - helping the client facing team in advising clients on how to operate their business in a tax efficient manner, tax efficient acquisitions and disposals for clients buying/selling businesses, debt and finance raising and vendor assistance.
- Mergers and acquisitions - looking at existing and potential tax issues and tax risks for clients wishing to sell/acquire businesses.
- Tax Modeling - working on tax inputs and assumptions to help our clients make informed investment decisions

Team Management

- Coordinating with other PwC tax teams in obtaining tax input from different jurisdictions whenever needed.
- Proactively assist in the management of several clients, while reporting to senior managers and above
- Establish effective working relationships directly with the client facing team and the TAC team
- Work effectively within tight deadlines and/or reporting schedules
- Engage with all levels across the firm, with the ability to adapt your approach and style to your audience.

Requirements

Required Knowledge and Skills

- University degree in accounting, finance, economics or any other related field
- At least three years of relevant work experience required in Tax - preferably tax advisory position (in big 4 or similar firms)
- Demonstrable working experience within a change environment that requires flexibility and autonomy
- Proficient in relevant computer applications centered upon Google and Microsoft Word, advanced Excel and PowerPoint)
- Able to translate tax documents into Arabic (preferred)
- Able to cope under pressure and meet tight deadlines in a fast paced environment
- Ability to build collaborative working relationships, establishing credibility
- Bilingual (English and Arabic)

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.