Line of Service
Tax
Industry/Sector
Not Applicable
Specialism
General Tax Consulting
Management Level
Associate
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 tax financial services at PwC, you will assist businesses in preparing and reviewing tax provisions, tax returns, and financial statements, confirming compliance with accounting standards and tax regulations.
About the role
Our Financial Services Tax Disputes team is a market leading practice that has been built to support Financial Services clients with their immediate tax dispute risk needs as well as their overall tax compliance and disputes strategy. The team has achieved double digit growth in the last few years with a strong existing pipeline of work.
We offer an end-to-end disputes proposition to clients to help reduce the risk of disputes arising or to manage them through to a successful outcome. Our work crosses all of the different taxes. The team's integration into PwC's FS tax business enables it to offer clients an FS specialist fully integrated tax disputes offering, covering all stages of the dispute from initial enquiry and investigation to final resolution either by agreement or through the courts. Litigation is not a separate stage in the resolution process – it is part of that process to be used when required. Clients come to us because we understand their businesses; we have a market leading track record of achieving positive outcomes and we pride ourselves on giving clear strategic advice. Every potential dispute and client circumstance is different, what matters is our ability to flex how we resolve disputes together with our clients and their senior stakeholders. This includes advising and supporting clients across other settlement mechanisms such as ADR or Treaty resolution as well as our recognised expertise in tax litigation.
The breadth of the Financial Services client base within PwC means that the team has exposure to all types of issues and therefore no project is ever the same. Clients are offered a bespoke advisory service where the options for managing disputes depend on their own strategic aims and relationship with HMRC. A key difference is that our team frequently supports clients across multiple issues building in depth relationships of our own alongside our advisory colleagues.
The team includes a mix of lawyers, ex-HMRC staff and tax disputes specialists with varied backgrounds and experience, and draws upon that different expertise day to day in managing client matters.
We care about each other's personal and professional development at all levels, and we continue to have investment from the wider FS business unit to support the team's growth ambitions. It is an exciting time to be part of the team as it grows both in terms of size and pipeline, with opportunities for working across a variety of clients and multiple different tax issues. All of the above means there is also a positive environment for development and progression through the grades.
Key Responsibilities
* Assisting with the drafting of client advice and key Court and Tribunal documentation, and supporting with research tasks
* Supporting with preparing for Court and Tribunal hearings, including preparing bundles and taking responsibility for the administrative tasks
* Supporting the management of ongoing matters from an administrative and procedural basis, including management of timelines and documents, assisting with client onboarding, and supporting on billing tasks
The skills and experience we're looking for:
* Project / case management
* Excellent written and verbal skills
* Good time management and organisation
* High attention to detail
* A desire to learn and progress
* Ability to work independently
* Team player
* Tax disputes or litigation experience preferred, but other legal experience will be considered
Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)
Degrees/Field of Study required:Degrees/Field of Study preferred:
Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)
Required Skills
Optional Skills
Accepting Feedback, Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards, Active Listening, Business Tax Returns, Communication, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Financial Review, Financial Statement Analysis, Inclusion, Intellectual Curiosity, Optimism, Preparing Tax Documents, Tax Accounting, Tax Compliance, Tax Preparation, Tax Research, Tax Return, Tax Services, Teamwork, Well Being
Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)
Travel Requirements
Not Specified
Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?
No
Government Clearance Required?
No
Job Posting End Date