Markets

- Builds an understanding of the potential for selling into clients and seeks to participate in business development opportunity.

- Develops an internal network within the tax department and other service lines.

Clients

- Builds good rapport with the client, with a clear understanding of client expectations and achieving high levels of client service.

- Provides general support to clients in the provision of tax advice.

- Regularly attends meetings; when appropriate, answering client queries. Takes minutes and proactively encourages the partner/manager to follow up on agreed actions.

Tax Delivery

- Provides general support to clients in the provision of tax advice.

- Prepares/review tax returns, PIT, CIT, FCT, VAT and computations in conjunction with agreed timescales; ensures the efficient and risk managed delivery of compliance.

- Prepares and files ruling requests on behalf of the client.

- Supports managers on tax planning and other ad hoc projects.

- Can produce a well-supported piece of technical research.

- Assists with the production of tax reports and reviewing documents.

- Acts as a point of contact on specific projects for any queries from the business.

Client take-on / risk management

- Has an awareness of the firm's risk management procedure and adheres to this.

- Mitigates risks by involvement of senior people and ensures appropriate advice is sought.

- Takes steps to minimise professional risk, including the appropriate documentation of services provided.

Technical competence

- Demonstrates sufficient technical knowledge to undertake relevant area of work.

- Seeks solutions to technical issues and demonstrates a willingness to understand and recognise the breadth of possible technical issues.

People

- Is an approachable and respected member of the team who takes a proactive interest in the team's performance and well-being.

- Inputs to all assignment appraisals for junior staff, and also completes self-job appraisal and mid-year appraisal forms on a timely basis.

Operations and results

- Monitors own time incurred and undertakes analysis as directed.

- Manages work in progress to ensure recoverability targets can be met.

- Monitors invoices raised and cash collected in a timely manner to ensure aged debtors do not escalate.

- Meets own financial targets set.

-Qualifications/Skills

- Bachelor’s degree in law, accounting, auditing, finance or business is strongly preferred;

- Minimum of 2 years working experience as a Tax Consultant

- Fluency in English, both speaking and writing;

- VTCA/CPA/ACCA/ CPAA is preferable

- Good working knowledge of MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint;

- Good administration and secretarial skill; and

- Good organisation and time management skill.

Desired competencies:

- Initiative: Demonstrate a thirst to understand how your role fits in and seeks opportunities by yourself to contribute beyond own role without being told by others;

- Ownership: Takes responsibility for own actions and learns from experience.

- Adaptability: Shows agility and flexibility to easily adjusts yourself into any changes in working situations and develop the understandings on the changes on situations; and

Application Requirements

- Application and resume must be in English and attached with a recent photo, and copy of the transcript

- Name your file with quoting reference (Application - Senior Tax Associate - HCMC Office);

- The total document file size must not exceed 2MB;

- Discuss during the interview