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Senior Tax Advisor – Tax Department - Durban, South Africa

Senior Tax Advisor – Tax Department - Durban, South Africa

BowmansDurban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
19 days ago
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Overview

Job title : Senior Tax Advisor – Tax Department - Durban, South Africa

Job Location : KwaZulu-Natal, Durban

Deadline : October 26, 2025

Experience and Qualifications

  • Preferably a Chartered Accountant (SA), with post articles experience within a tax practice or BCom (Accounting), with 5-7 years post articles experience within a tax practice
  • Corporate, compliance and tax dispute resolution experience
  • Multi-disciplinary tax experience, international tax experience and deferred tax experience would be an advantage
  • High academic achiever, with numeracy and language skills
  • Post graduate diploma or degree in taxation is a requirement

Job Accountabilities

  • Working as part of a team providing assistance to clients on a variety of matters within a specialised tax practice
  • Furnishing legal opinions and advice for clients on various tax issues, including legal and tax research
  • Providing advice and assistance with tax disputes
  • Providing tax related input on transaction structures, including in a cross-border context
  • Providing tax related drafting support and commentary on legal documents
  • Performing or reviewing tax calculations
  • Preparing or reviewing corporate tax returns

    • Personal Attributes

    Initiative, Enthusiasm, and Optimism

  • Acting without prompting but aware of risks
  • Takes action to achieve goals beyond what is required
  • Optimistic in handling challenges and setting out for the best outcomes
  • Genuinely engage with clients and colleagues in an enthusiastic manner
  • Taking responsibility in all matters in which you are involved
  • Taking pride in excellence of work done

    • Perseverance and Resilience

  • Ability to work well under pressure without compromising work quality or standards.
  • Ability to move past obstacles to achieve end results in an efficient and professional manner.
  • Ability to recover quickly from setbacks.

    • Results driven

  • Uncompromising attitude to service delivery.
  • Delivery of results even under heavy pressure.
  • Ability to handle high volumes as well as meet deadlines, with the view to adding value to the business by delivering the required results.

    • Team player

  • Working together with colleagues and staff to enhance the team’s overall performance
  • Leveraging off team synergies and to ensure a productive, efficient and caring work environment

    • Ethical

  • Displays honesty and integrity at all times

    • Client Focus

  • Dedicated to understanding and meeting the expectations and requirements of clients.
  • Obtains the necessary information from clients and utilises the information for the delivery of service to the client.
  • Establishes and maintains effective relationships with clients.

    • Work Standards

  • Sets high goals or standards of performance for self, producing work timeously, accurately and of a consistently high standard.
  • Able to work according to a fee budget.

    • Planning and organizing

  • Set priorities, manage schedules and plan accordingly in a constantly pressurised environment.

    • Other Skills

    Legal Technical skills

  • Possesses the legal technical skill to research, interpret and argue legal points, in order to deliver excellent tax opinions, transaction structures and legal documents.
  • Strong critical reasoning
  • Ability to apply theory in a practical and commercially astute manner

    • Business and financial skills

  • Possesses the necessary commercial understanding of client requirements in order to deliver excellent client service
  • Ability to utilise information from financial statements or other accounting records, within the context of tax opinions or tax due diligences (on-the-job training will be provided to enhance these skills)

    • Communication

  • Able to communicate effectively and express ideas clearly
  • Ability to argue persuasively
  • Produce documents that have appropriate organisation and structure, correct grammar and language, and which are easy to understand.

    • Computer Literacy

  • Proficiency in all relevant computer software, including Word and Outlook.
  • Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint is a requirement
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