Specialty/Competency: General Tax Consulting

Industry/Sector: Not Applicable

Time Type: Full time

Travel Requirements: Up to 20%

At PwC, we focus on nurturing and developing individuals across our Entry Level programmes, providing them with opportunities to start their professional journey. We offer various entry-level positions and programmes for individuals to gain valuable experience and grow their skills.

As a tax generalist at PwC, you will be responsible for providing comprehensive tax services and advice to clients. Your role involves assisting with various tax-related matters, including compliance, planning, and consulting. Here are some specific tasks and responsibilities of a tax generalist:

Tax compliance: You will help clients comply with tax laws and regulations by preparing and reviewing tax returns, including corporate, individual, partnership, and international tax filings. You will ensure accuracy and compliance with relevant tax codes and legislation.

Tax planning: You will assist clients in developing effective tax strategies to minimise tax liabilities and optimise financial outcomes. This may involve analysing financial data, identifying tax-saving opportunities, and recommending appropriate tax planning strategies.

Tax research and interpretation: You will stay updated on tax laws, regulations, and rulings to provide accurate and relevant advice to clients. You will conduct research on complex tax issues, interpret tax guidelines, and provide guidance on the application of tax laws to specific client situations.

Client advisory: You will collaborate with clients to understand their tax needs, goals, and challenges. You will also provide proactive advice, answer client queries, and offer guidance on tax implications of business decisions, mergers and acquisitions, and other transactions.

Audit support: You will work closely with auditors and provide necessary tax documentation and explanations during financial audits. You will also help clients respond to tax-related inquiries or challenges from tax authorities.

Cross-functional collaboration: You will often collaborate with professionals from other departments within the Firm, such as audit, advisory, and transaction services teams. You will provide tax experience and support to these teams on client engagements that require tax considerations.

Client relationship management: You will build and maintain relationships with clients, ensuring excellent service delivery and client satisfaction. You may also participate in business development activities, including identifying opportunities to expand services to existing clients or acquiring new clients.

Overall, you will play a crucial role in providing comprehensive tax services to clients, ensuring compliance, minimising tax liabilities, and assisting with tax planning strategies.

Driven by curiosity, you are a reliable, contributing member of a team. In our fast-paced environment, you are expected to adapt to working with a variety of clients and team members, each presenting varying challenges and scope. Every experience is an opportunity to learn and grow. You are expected to take ownership and consistently deliver quality work that drives value for our clients and success as a team. As you navigate through the Firm, you build a brand for yourself, opening doors to more opportunities.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

• Apply a learning mindset and take ownership for your own development.

• Appreciate diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others.

• Adopt habits to sustain high performance and develop your potential.

• Actively listen, ask questions to check understanding, and clearly express ideas.

• Seek, reflect, act on, and give feedback.

• Gather information from a range of sources to analyse facts and discern patterns.

• Commit to understanding how the business works and building commercial awareness.

• Learn and apply professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), uphold the Firm's code of conduct and independence requirements.

The Opportunity

As part of the Corporate Tax team you are expected to participate on engagements, research tax laws, rules, and regulations, and analyze their application. As an Associate you are expected to focus on learning and contributing to client engagement and projects while developing your skills and knowledge to deliver quality work. You are expected to be exposed to clients to learn how to build meaningful client connections, manage and inspire others, and grow your personal brand by developing your technical knowledge of firm services and technology resources.

Responsibilities

• Participate in client engagements and project tasks

• Conduct research on tax laws, rules, and regulations

• Analyze the application of tax laws and provide solutions

• Demonstrate creativity and initiative in various projects

• Collaborate effectively as a team member

• Address client needs and provide exceptional service

• Adapt to changing priorities and finish tasks promptly

• Develop technical knowledge of firm services and resources

What You Must Have

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting

• Required Cumulative GPA: 3.0

What Sets You Apart

• Before starting with PwC full-time, meet all educational requirements to be eligible for the primary credential license appropriate for relevant practice area, such as meeting all educational requirements to satisfy the 150 credit hour requirement necessary for the CPA license in the state in which your office will be located, or provide documentation satisfactory to the Firm that your CPA license can be obtained in the state in which your office will be located through reciprocity based on either a CPA license held, or CPA exam passed, in another state.

• Researching and analyzing tax laws

• Interacting with client and firm management

• Self-motivation and personal growth

• Knowledge of federal and state tax laws

• Experience with tax compliance services

• Innovating through new technologies

• Working with large, complex data sets

*Client service associate positions are entry-level roles and job seekers have completed or are in the process of completing their final academic year of educational requirements

Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work

PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.

The salary range for this position is: $53,500 - $132,000, plus individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. For roles that are based in Maryland, this is the listed salary range for this position. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance