EY Assistant Manager - Private Tax Employees Consulting 

South Africa, Gauteng, Johannesburg 

649913141

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in key client relationships to provide advice and support the client in their personal and international tax function
• Drafting opinions relating to high net-worth individuals, personal tax, employees’ tax, international tax matters and exchange control matters, specific to local South African and cross border matters
• Assist with payroll reviews at multinational clients focussing on employees’ tax compliance as well as other payroll compliance matters, i.e., UIF, SDL and Compensation Fund and drafting of reports setting out findings and recommendations
• Assist the transaction tax team with due diligence reviews and drafting of reports setting out findings and recommendations
• Assist the expatriate tax compliance team with complex tax issues relating to cross-border assignments.
• Assist partner and senior manager in managing a portfolio of clients including understanding the client expectations
• Assist in identifying new business opportunities – with a focus on identifying opportunities for other business units and wider international tax and personal tax planning services.
• Identify potential new clients and overall growth of the national high net-worth individuals, personal, employees’ tax and international tax structuring business.
• Assist partner and senior manager with financial portfolio management including WIP management, billing and cash collection
• Research, read and interpret applicable legislation in order to appropriately draft advice to clients on various personal, employees’ tax and international tax issues
• Promote and live the team values
• Present technical training topics

Qualifications & Experience

• Tax attorney with preferably one or two years in a tax consulting environment.

Skills and Behavioural Attributes

• Excellent interpersonal skills. Independent thinker.
• Good report writing ability.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Computer literate: a good working knowledge of Word and Excel and Powerpoint.
• Good analytical skills
• Manage and oversee client deliverables deadlines.
• Presentation skills
• Motivated and driven
• Ability to work on your own, a team player.
• Ideally this candidate will, in addition to technical skills in personal and international taxes, have energy, enthusiasm and drive to grow a long-term career in our business.