Senior Associate - US Taxation - BFSI

Job Description & Summary

A career in our Financial Services Tax practice, within Corporate Tax services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients meet their tax obligations while managing the impact tax has on their business. You'll advise clients on their local and overseas tax affairs, while acting as a strategic consultant related to business analysis, managing working capital, and profit sharing for partners. You'll also help organisations understand the pricing implications of goods and services between related parties, as well as providing advice on tax implications of deals.

Our team helps our Financial Services clients navigate the frequently changing and complex national and international tax environment related to stringent capital requirements, management of operational tax risks, and tax implications of investing in different jurisdictions. You'll help our clients with their tax structuring while helping to address the challenges of the continuously changing tax world, both locally and globally.

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 Senior Associate, 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:

- Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.

- Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.

- Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.

- Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.

- Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.

- Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.

- Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.

- Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.

- Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.

- Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Technical:

- Perform senior review on simple / complex returns to moderate US Partnership Tax, RIC Compliance and Provisions

- Research and detail oriented professional

- Participating in the entire life cycle of the engagement, from kick off to wrap up.

- Supervise and train staff and new joiners on assigned engagements.

- Lead the way and become expert in the use of all approved tools and technologies relevant to your work.

- Build rapport with engagement team and seek opportunity to work directly with them.

- Should be champion/ superuser on any of the tools widely used for tax compliance.

- Providing review comments on tax Provisions

- Handling complete engagement lifecycle without supervision

- Coaching and developing team members and guiding them with career progression plan

- Assisting manager in increasing scope of business

- Be point of contact from IAC on the respective engagements

General Requirements:

- Relevant Experience: 3 years - 6 years of experience in US Partnership Tax (Form 1065)

- Strong understanding of US tax compliance.

- Proficiency in Microsoft office software programs.

- Follow risk management and compliance procedures.

- Active participation in facilitating AWM training.

- Ability to learn various automation tools quickly and train other team members.

- Ability to meet deadlines and work efficiently.

- Active listening and ability to communicate effectively.

- Diversity and inclusiveness.

- Demonstrate positive attitude, collaborate and work as one team.

- Ability to achieve the target utilization set by the firm

Educational Qualifications:

- 3-7 years of hands on US Investment Management Federal and State Tax compliance experience in a similar organization.

- A Commerce Graduate/ Post Graduate, MBA Preferred

- A US CPA or Enrolled Agent certification would be a added advantage

- Sound technical knowledge with respect to US Investment Partnership Tax.

- Should have handled a team and possess excellent communication skills.