Senior Tax Associates

Job Description

Job Description

The incumbents will become part of a well-established team working with clients to understand, plan and execute effective commercial and tax strategies, assisting clients to respond to new legislation both in Uganda along with ongoing international tax reforms at the OECD level. As Senior Associates, you will ensure that the client and Firm’s expectations are met by delivering high quality services and maintaining high utilization levels.

What you will do

• Support on delivery of designated tax engagements / projects, and manage the implementation of agreed deliverables;
• Assist in the preparation of proposals / tenders and presentations;
• Generating innovative solutions on projects / engagements in collaboration with team members to enhance / renew service offerings to clients;
• Assist in developing knowledge of current tax matters across the tax function;
• Deliver client service according to relevant Deloitte standards, policies, and ethical principles;
• Carry out tax risk and opportunities reviews;
• Preparation of tax opinions, tax advice;
• Building and maintaining relationships with the clients and the Uganda Revenue Authority;
• Liaising with Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) on various tax cases;
• Assisting clients resolve URA audits;
• Preparing objections and appeals to URA assessments;
• Preparing tax publications for clients and writing articles on relevant tax matters;
• Actively build business relationships that generate opportunities;
• Involvement in different tax initiatives and tasks that are run from time to time in the department; and,
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned to you from time to time.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications and Experience

Behavioural competencies

Technical Competencies

Additional Information

Key Performance Areas

Your role as a leader

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Leadership Capabilities

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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.

Why Deloitte?

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Deloitte opens the door to a career that can cross borders virtually and physically across the African continent and globally to gain experience and access projects beyond our borders. We value difference, and embrace people with diverse backgrounds, experiences, abilities and thinking styles.

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Closing date : 13 July 2025

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At Deloitte, we want everyone to feel they can be themselves and to thrive at work—in every country, in everything we do, every day. We aim to create a workplace where everyone is treated fairly and with respect, including reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. We seek to create and leverage our diverse workforce to build an inclusive environment across the African continent.

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