PWC

Value Added Tax (VAT) Senior Manager

PWC$124K — $335K *
Legal & Accounting
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or equivalent qualifications such as JD, LLM, or Master's in Accounting/Taxation.
  • At least 5 years of relevant experience in tax advisory services.
  • Professional credentials like CPA, Bar membership, or specific tax/finance qualifications preferred.
  • Strong background in VAT structuring and global VAT strategies required.
  • Experience with automation and technology in professional services.

Responsibilities

  • Lead large-scale tax advisory projects and innovate processes for efficiency.
  • Maintain high standards of operational excellence in project delivery.
  • Engage with senior-level clients to drive successful project outcomes.
  • Build and sustain long-term client relationships.
  • Mentor and develop junior team members to enhance team effectiveness.
  • Leverage technology and automation to impact tax processes positively.
  • Apply technical knowledge to fulfill specific client needs.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401k retirement plan with company match.
  • Generous holiday and vacation policies.
  • Personal and family sick leave benefits.
  • Annual discretionary bonus eligibility.
Full Job Description
Industry/Sector
Not Applicable

Specialism
State & Local Tax (SALT)

Management Level
Senior Manager

Job Description & Summary
At PwC, our people in tax services focus on providing advice and guidance to clients on tax planning, compliance, and strategy. These individuals help businesses navigate complex tax regulations and optimise their tax positions.

In indirect tax at PwC, you will focus value-added tax (VAT), goods and services tax (GST), sales tax and other indirect taxes. Your work will involve providing advice and guidance to clients on indirect tax planning, compliance, and strategy, helping businesses navigate complex indirect tax regulations and optimise their indirect tax positions.

Growing as a strategic advisor, you leverage your influence, expertise, and network to deliver quality results. You motivate and coach others, coming together to solve complex problems. As you increase in autonomy, you apply sound judgment, recognising when to take action and when to escalate. You are expected to solve through complexity, ask thoughtful questions, and clearly communicate how things fit together. Your ability to develop and sustain high performing, diverse, and inclusive teams, and your commitment to excellence, contributes to the success of our Firm.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

  • Craft and convey clear, impactful and engaging messages that tell a holistic story.
  • Apply systems thinking to identify underlying problems and/or opportunities.
  • Validate outcomes with clients, share alternative perspectives, and act on client feedback.
  • Direct the team through complexity, demonstrating composure through ambiguous, challenging and uncertain situations.
  • Deepen and evolve your expertise with a focus on staying relevant.
  • Initiate open and honest coaching conversations at all levels.
  • Make difficult decisions and take action to resolve issues hindering team effectiveness.
  • Model and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.


The Opportunity

As part of the State and Local Tax team you provide benefits through digitization, automation, and increased efficiencies. As a Senior Manager you are tasked with leading large projects, innovating processes, and maintaining operational excellence while interacting with clients at a senior level to drive project success. You are also responsible for developing and sustaining client relationships and mentoring staff members.

Responsibilities

- Lead large-scale projects and innovate processes

- Maintain exceptional standards of operational excellence

- Engage with clients at senior levels to achieve project success

- Build and sustain client relationships

- Mentor and develop team members

- Drive impact through technology and automation

- Increase efficiencies in tax advisory services

- Apply technical knowledge and industry insights to address client needs

What You Must Have

- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting

- At least 5 years of experience

- CPA, Member of the Bar or other tax, technology, or finance-specific credentials may qualify for this opportunity

- A Juris Doctorate (JD), Master of Laws (LLM), or Master's degree in Accounting or Taxation field of study will be considered in lieu of a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting

What Sets You Apart

- Juris Doctorate in Taxation preferred

- Profound knowledge of VAT structuring and technical consulting

- Providing advice on global VAT strategies and cross-border operations

- In-depth technical skills in global VAT taxation issues

- Identifying and addressing client needs

- Building and utilizing networks of client relationships

- Managing resource requirements, project workflow, budgets, billing, and collections

- Leading as a business advisor with a 'One Firm' service mindset

- Knowledge of automation and digitization in a professional services environment

Travel Requirements
Up to 20%

Job Posting End Date

The salary range for this position is: $124,000 - $335,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance

About PWC

PwC is a multinational professional services network of firms headquartered in London, United Kingdom, operating as partnerships under the PwC brand. PwC ranks as the second-largest professional services network in the world and is considered one of the Big Four accounting firms, along with Deloitte, EY and KPMG. PwC firms operate in 157 countries, 742 locations, with 276,000 people. As of 2020, 26% of the workforce worked in the Americas, 26% in Asia, 32% in Western Europe, 5% in Middle East and Africa and 11% in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
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Size
284,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1998

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