Role: Tax Associate

Business Unit: Tax and Regulatory Services

Location: Abuja, Lagos and Port-Harcourt

Main Purpose of the Job

Tax Associate role provides opportunity for young and vibrant individuals desirous of building a career in professional tax services to be mentored in realizing their dream. Successful candidates will join a team of tax experts to render professional tax services to multinational companies and other strategic clients.

Your Role as an Associate
Your role as an Associate will focus on applying Deloitte methodologies, tools, and understanding of technologies to plan, conduct, and manage engagements. In this role, you will also identify and apply relevant specialized professional, regulatory, technical, and industry standards. You will be required to display appropriate breadth and depth of experience and knowledge in a specialized service area for a given level.

Key Competencies Required

Core Professional & Technical Capabilities

Develops knowledge of current tax legislation across the Tax function
Recognizes the key capabilities required to deliver a high quality service experience to the client
Collects, assimilates, and analyzes data and uses standard processes and tools to help surface and support solutions for solving problems in the Tax business
Applies technology knowledge to address client business challenges

Leadership Capabilities

Living our Purpose – Builds own understanding of our purpose and values; explores opportunities for impact
Influence – Actively focuses on developing effective communication and relationship-building skills
Performance drive – Understands expectations and demonstrates personal accountability for keeping performance on track
Strategic direction – Understands how their daily work contributes to the priorities of the team and the business
Talent development – Demonstrates strong commitment to personal learning and development; acts as a brand ambassador to help attract top talent

Qualifications Required

Must have graduated from a recognized University/Polytechnic in Nigeria or overseas with a minimum of second class upper/upper credit (or its equivalent) in any discipline
Have a minimum of 5 credits in WASSCE Ordinary Level/NECO subjects or accepted equivalent examination, including Mathematics and English Language in one sitting only
Associate Membership of ICAN, ACCA, CITN would be an added advantage
Must be 26 years or younger by December 2017

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