Employment Taxes Senior Associate

Management Level Senior 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. Those in mergers and acquisition tax at PwC will focus on providing tax advice and guidance during mergers, acquisitions, and other business transactions. Your work will involve analysing the tax implications of such transactions, developing tax structures, and assisting clients in navigating complex tax regulations to optimise tax outcomes. Focused on relationships, you are building meaningful client connections, and learning how to manage and inspire others. Navigating increasingly complex situations, you are growing your personal brand, deepening technical expertise and awareness of your strengths. You are expected to anticipate the needs of your teams and clients, and to deliver quality. Embracing increased ambiguity, you are comfortable when the path forward isn’t clear, you ask questions, and you use these moments as opportunities to grow. Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to: Respond effectively to the diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others. Use a broad range of tools, methodologies and techniques to generate new ideas and solve problems. Use critical thinking to break down complex concepts. Understand the broader objectives of your project or role and how your work fits into the overall strategy. Develop a deeper understanding of the business context and how it is changing. Use reflection to develop self awareness, enhance strengths and address development areas. Interpret data to inform insights and recommendations. Uphold 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.

Summary: We are seeking a motivated Senior Associate to join the Employment Tax team. The successful applicant will support the delivery of practical employment tax advisory services to clients, including advice on PAYE, SDL and UIF treatment, fringe benefits, payroll set-up and coding reviews, cross-border employment tax matters, global mobility support, employee value proposition advisory, due diligence support and employment tax audit assistance. Responsibilities of role: · Advise clients on the correct PAYE, SDL, and UIF treatment of various remuneration components. · Perform payroll set-up reviews, payroll coding reviews, and IRP5 reconciliations for review purposes. · Provide consulting on fringe benefits, including the identification, classification, and valuation of fringe benefits in accordance with the Seventh Schedule to the Income Tax Act. · Advise on the employer obligations in respect of both local and foreign employees, including cross-border employment tax implications. · Support global mobility engagements, including shadow payroll requirements, tax equalisation and secondment structuring. · Assist with Employee Value Proposition (EVP) advisory, including the design and structuring of benefits packages to enhance employee attraction and retention in a tax-efficient manner. · Act as a subject matter expert in support of due diligence engagements, providing employment tax insights on target entities. · Provide subject matter expert support on tax audits, including assisting clients with SARS employment tax audits, queries and verifications. · Prepare engagement scoping documents and fee proposals for review by senior team members. · Manage day-to-day client relationships and ensure timely delivery of work products. · Assist with invoicing, work-in-progress tracking and debtor management on assigned engagements. · Ensure compliance with PwC’s internal risk management and quality assurance procedures, including