Associate Director, Tax Accounting, Tax Technology

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Job description

Connect to your Industry

Deloitte's Tax Technology Consulting ("TTC") team have a market-leading reputation in London and across Europe, we are the largest integrated tax process and technology team of the Big 4. TTC is looking for a motivated individual to join our team of professionals dedicated to improving and transforming our clients' tax accounting processes.

We are looking for high calibre and motivated individuals who are interested in working at the forefront of Global tax transformation. Utilising your existing tax and/or accounting foundations you will expand your expertise into emerging and existing technologies and processes. You will be creating relationships with clients that enable you to support them to transform their tax accounting processes and systems.

Our Tax Technology Consulting team have a strong reputation for being collaborative, proactive and fun to work with. Working for us will present you with the opportunity to get involved in high profile projects and will enable you to expand your horizons.

We encourage consideration of flexible ways of working, both formal and informal arrangements that allow for the best outcomes for our people and our clients. If this opportunity is of interest to you with some flexibility, please do discuss with us.

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It's how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other , foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most .

Connect to your opportunity

Joining the TTC London team will give you access to senior leadership across the myriad of industries and markets within the UK, across our North-South Europe region and internationally. This would be a perfect opportunity for a newly-qualified corporate tax advisor with corporate income tax advisory, compliance and/or accounting experience and an interest in the wider TTC areas.

You'll work as part of a multi-disciplinary team of industry, tax SMEs and technology specialists to provide specialist tax accounting expertise and support on a diverse range of projects. You will also play an important role in advising clients across the globe to rethink their accounting and tax provisioning processes to factor in Pillar Two. We'd also encourage and support exploration and working within the many other disciplines which TTC offers.

By joining our team, you will also become part of the UK section of our Global Tax Accounting Group. This team is focused on building tax accounting as a high growth market opportunity on a global basis and we have support from the senior leaders within the UK Tax practice to invest in this space. We are looking to expand this team with highly motivated people that are seeking new opportunities and ways of leveraging their skillsets to be part of an exciting strategic priority for TTC London.

You will be responsible for:

• Preparing, coordinating and reviewing key income tax accounting judgments, Pillar 2 assessments, significant tax estimates, technical tax accounting conclusions, and tax disclosures using a variety of technology solutions.
• Developing and utilising a working knowledge of multiple GAAPs from a tax perspective (FRS 102, IFRS & US GAAP)
• Tax accounting advisory projects such as acquisition accounting, technology and process improvements.
• Implementations of tax reporting technology solutions for clients which will include working on bespoke Excel models, third party software tools and being part of wider tax transformation projects such as the implementation of new ERP platforms including S/4 Hana.
• Managing diverse teams with an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution.
• Managing and running internal and external tax accounting training.
• Developing close working relationships with clients and targets alike and to introduce different areas of TTC to them through the platform of a tax accounting relationship.
• Working on go to market activities including targeting clients and responding to RFPs.

Connect to your skills and professional experience

• Excellent communication skills- able to explain complex ideas and techniques to non-experts.
• Track record of success and teaming.
• A background in corporate tax compliance and/or advisory services.
• Experience of delivering corporate tax accounting services to entities located in the UK and overseas under IFRS, FRS 101/102, or US GAAP is preferred or a willingness to learn this if not.
• A personal interest in being part of the technology enabled tax function of the future and willingness to learn the skills required to manage tax accounting technology projects.
• Able to define, plan, manage and execute a project.
• An ability to manage multiple-work streams at the same time.
• Flexibility to be able to learn new software and techniques quickly on the job and invest time in getting up to speed with the tax technology market.
• Hold an accounting or tax qualification (desirable) or equivalent.
• A hunger for understanding the technical complexities associated with corporate tax accounting and an interest in staying up to date with the latest industry trends and market drivers.
• Ability to develop close working relationships with clients and targets alike and to introduce different areas of tax to them.

Connect to your business - Tax

Innovation and tax consultancy may not seem to go together, but that's exactly what you'll find at Deloitte. We're constantly seeking the new and working together to push the limits of what's possible. Discover a new kind of tax career that you can make your own.

Tax

Our comprehensive range of services encompasses everything from the completion of tax returns (corporation tax self-assessment) to complex consultancy assignments and strategic tax planning. We advise on corporate and general tax, international M&A, stamp tax, cross-border transfer pricing, reorganisations and reconstructions, and competent authority negotiations.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

Connect with your colleagues

"We advise some of the largest, most prestigious clients in the world, so the work is really challenging and exciting. We also have a fantastic team of smart, driven people, and a supportive, entrepreneurial culture where everyone's encouraged to be bold, creative, and ambitious"

-Oliver, Tax

Our hybrid working policy

You'll be based in London with hybrid working.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That's why we'll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you'll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You'll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Connect to your return to work opportunity

Are you looking to return to the workplace after an extended career break?

For this role we can offer coaching and support designed for returners to refresh your knowledge and skills, and help your transition back into the workplace after a career break of two years or more. If this is relevant for you, just let your recruiter know when you make your application.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it's why we're here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we're nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we'll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it's only when you're comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we'll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it's from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you'll learn every day. Through world-class development, you'll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you'll learn how to lead.

Connect to your next step

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you'll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You'll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you'll never stop growing, whatever your level.

Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers

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