Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, February 01, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Line of Service: Tax
Specialism: Global Compliance Services
Management Level: Associate

Job Description & Summary
A career in our Tax Compliance Services practice, within Tax services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients meet and manage their tax obligations across unique but ever changing tax specialties. You’ll advise clients on their local and overseas tax affairs, while acting as a strategic consultant related to business analysis, managing indirect taxes, dispute resolution, and global enterprise tax solutions.
Our team helps our clients with compliance across all taxes, statutory accounting and complex tax reporting. You’ll focus on bookkeeping and monthly reporting, drafting, auditing and filing of local statutory financial statements, and transaction processing.
In such an era of rapid development of information technology, data is king. The traditional tax consulting that embraces high-tech will certainly bring a profound change, and tax technology is the product of this change. As an emerging field, tax technology is full of opportunities and challenges. As such, PwC Kenya Tax Technology business is looking to recruit a qualified candidate to fill the position of a Tax Technology Associate.
The Tax Technology Associate will join the Tax Technology team and focus on the use of information technology and data analysis tools to provide professional Tax Technology solutions to help enterprises reduce tax risk and improve the level of tax compliance. You will also work collaboratively as a part of our project delivery team to support different stages of the project such as proof of concept, implementation, deployment and testing.
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.
The role of the Tax Technology Associate will entail that of a software developer, business analyst, software test analyst and ETL consultant implementation.
As an 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:

Software Developer:
• Design and implement web applications for internal and client facing applications
• Integrate back-end technologies and implement API endpoints
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle including analysis, design, implementation, testing and tuning
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use and ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholder
Business Analyst:
• Understand business needs and derive business requirements
• Perform systems and/or proposal comparisons and evaluations
• Prepare business requirements document, project plan, training materials, rollout plan, etc.
• Effectively manage business requirements and change requests
• Manage project tasks and timeline
• Work closely with developers and test analysts throughout the Software Development Lifecycle
Software Test Analyst:
• Responsible for software quality control, including functional test, integration test, load test, etc.
• Design test plan and test strategy, develop test cases, and prepare test data
• Use testing tools and testing techniques to perform testing, record testing results, track and prioritise issues
• Create testing related documents including test plan, test cases, software testing reports, etc.
• Work closely with other teams to improve software quality and system stability
ETL Consultant Implementation:
• Execute Tax software implementation for client engagements
• Engage in system set up and configuration of Tax software
• Collect customization requirement from client and confirm timely with BA
• Handle and process data using ETL (Extract, Transform, Load)
• Manage project stakeholder’s requirement and maintain satisfaction
• Provide quality IT professional services to clients

Preferred skills
• A bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Management Information Systems, Computer Science or related field;
• A strong interest in technology and its use in business processes
• Confident with a strong sense of innovation, creative thinking and decision making
• Flexibility and open-mindedness
• Excellent communication skills with a strong command of the English language
• A person of integrity and with a spirit of teamwork

Minimum years experience required
• A minimum of one year work experience in an IT related environment

Additional application instructions
• If you wish to be considered for this position, please access our online application system to submit your application no later than 7 February 2022.
• Persons with Disabilities (PwD) and Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)
• Degrees/Field of Study required: Bachelor Degree - Computer Science, Bachelor Degree - Management Information Systems

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:
Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills
Optional Skills
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
February 7, 2022

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 12

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Use the link below to apply.
https://pwc.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Global_Experienced_Careers/job/Nairobi/Tax-Technology-Associate_296445WD?source=891422

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