Tax Reporting & Strategy - Deals Manager

The Innovation Team is at the core of innovation and emerging technology development, discovery, deployment and support activity. Our team is leading the effort to digitally enable our business. Our mission is to develop disruptive & innovative technologies and products that drive the evolution of how we deliver our services now and in the future. The key technology domains we are currently focused on include business process automation, data curation, industrialized analytics, machine learning & AI and scalable delivery platform. A career in our Tax Reporting and Strategy practice, within Innovation services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients’ tax departments redesign, redefine, and redeploy tax to be a strategic asset across the enterprise. You’ll focus on assisting clients incorporate increased automation in the tax reporting process, increase analytic capabilities through data integration, and create solid internal controls that will enable the Tax function to deliver better quality output and contribute more strategically to organisational decision making. Our team helps our clients expand the tax role to include research, analytics, and technologies to improve how their organisation collaborates and performs. You’ll focus on enhancing the tax reporting process by incorporating increased automation, integrating quality data, developing analytic capabilities, and utilising technology to deliver better quality output in less time.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Develop new skills outside of comfort zone.
• Act to resolve issues which prevent the team working effectively.
• Coach others, recognise their strengths, and encourage them to take ownership of their personal development.
• Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.
• Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations.
• Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm's/client's expectations.
• Use data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making.
• Develop a point of view on key global trends, and how they impact clients.
• Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.
• Simplify complex messages, highlighting and summarising key points.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Additional Responsibilities:

The Deals group within Tax Reporting & Strategy (TRS) is comprised of subject matter specialists that provide planning and implementation consulting during every stage of the M&A lifecycle between the signing of the deal through full integration or separation. Projects include consulting on acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, IPOs and legal entity strategy & simplification.

Custom Orgs:

Global LoS:
Tax

Global Network:
Tax Reporting & Strategy

Global Competency Network:
TRS Consulting

Go-To-Market:
Not Applicable

Sector:
Not Applicable

Programme Type:
Contract Type - Not Applicable

Job Requirements and Preferences:

Basic Qualifications:

Minimum Degree Required:
Bachelor Degree

Required Fields of Study:
Accounting, Business Administration/Management, Economics, Finance, International Business, Management, Quantitative Finance, Accounting & Technology, Finance & Technology

Minimum Years of Experience:
4 year(s)

Certification(s) Required:

At least one of the following: CPA, Admission to the Bar, Enrolled Agent, Professional Certification in Project Management (PMP), Six Sigma Black Belt/Lean Black Belt/Master Black Belt, Certified Business Intelligence Professional (CBIP), SAP Certified Professional, Oracle Certified Professional, PhD - Computer Science/Information Science or STEM Equivalent, Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE), Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD), Certified Software Quality Analyst (CSQA), Certified Software Tester (CSTE), UX Certificate - Nielson Norman Group, Certified Analytics Professional (CAP) or equivalent institutional, Data Science Program, Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred Knowledge/Skills:

Demonstrates extensive abilities and/or a proven record of success in the following areas:

• Tax issues facing multinational U.S. companies or publicly traded companies in the areas of Subchapter C, ASC 740 and ASC 740-10;
• M&A practices, including corporate M&A, private equity, post deal integration, bankruptcy and corporate insolvency;
• Tax organizational design, process improvement, controls, risk management, tax strategy and implementation of software;
• The application and interpretation of U.S. federal income tax law as it relates to Subchapter C corporations, Subchapter S corporations, partnerships, consolidated groups, corporate bankruptcies and insolvencies and legal entity reorganizations;
• ASC 740 and ASC 740-10 provision preparation and review, tax basis balance sheet preparation and review, and corporate tax compliance preparation, review and planning;
• Experience with the application of ASC 740 during the transaction lifecycle including pro forma financial statements, purchase accounting and opening balance sheet, carve-out financial statements, held-for-sale classification, and discontinued operations;
• Tax technology implementations, including selection of software packages, assessments of processes and data flows, tax systems implementation and configuration and digital tax transformation;
• Tax-related data analytics; and,
• Implementation of ERP Systems (such as SAP and Oracle) and tax-related applications such as OneSource, Corptax, Hyperion Tax Provision, Longview Tax, etc.

Demonstrates extensive abilities and/or a proven record of success in identifying and addressing client needs by:

• Developing and sustaining deep client relationships using networking, negotiation and persuasion skills to identify and sell potential new service opportunities;
• Preparing and presenting complex written and verbal materials;
• Defining resource requirements, project workflow, budgets, billing and collection;
• Leading teams to generate vision, establish direction and motivate members, create an atmosphere of trust, leverage diverse views, coach staff and encourage improvement and innovation; and,
• Utilizing effectively written and verbal business communication skills, including interacting with clients and firm staff and/or management.

Demonstrates extensive abilities and/or a proven record of success in automation & digitization in a professional services environment including but not limited to:

• Innovating through new and existing technologies, along with experimenting with digitization solutions;
• Working with large, complex data sets to build models and leverage data visualization tools to provide insights to clients; and,
• Utilizing digitization tools to reduce hours and optimize engagements Knowledge of alternative fee arrangements, including the use of pricing tools, to provide a point of view on pricing strategies.

Please note that, at this time, to be in-person at a PwC office, client location or PwC-sponsored events, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.

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