T&L: Assistant Manager, Financial Services

Are you ready to unleash your potential?

At Deloitte, our purpose is to make an impact that matters for our clients, our people, and the communities we serve.

We believe we have a responsibility to be a force for good, and WorldImpact is our portfolio of initiatives focused on making a tangible impact on society’s biggest challenges and creating a better future. We strive to advise clients on how to deliver purpose-led growth and embed more equitable, inclusive as well as sustainable business practices.

Hence, we seek talented individuals driven to excel and innovate, working together to achieve our shared goals.

We are committed to creating positive work experiences that foster a culture of respect and inclusion, where diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone is recognised for their contributions.

Ready to unleash your potential with us? Join the winning team now!

Deloitte Financial Services Tax Team

Our Financial Services Tax team has been growing as a direct result of positive market impact. Our team continues to go from strength to strength, and opportunities exist for likeminded people to contribute to the next stage of the practice’s growth.

Our team is diverse and comprises tax advisors, accountants, lawyers and economists. Team members have broad experience from professional practices and in-house roles, both in Singapore and from wider afield. We strive to learn from each other and leverage our respective skills and experiences.

We support financial services stakeholders across all subsectors, including Banking and Capital Markets, Investment Management, Real Estate and Insurance. We also have strong expertise in the emerging Digital Assets and Web 3.0 spaces.

Our team helps clients across the entire tax lifecycle, including ad hoc advisory assistance; fund, financing and transaction structuring; tax due diligence; tax compliance; global information reporting; and assisting with tax disputes. We often lead the delivery of regional and global engagements from Singapore.

Through joining a dynamic and impactful team, you can expect to be exposed to opportunities to shape your own role and career progression.

Work you’ll do

Responsibilities will vary depending upon your leading level of seniority, experience and skills, but might include some of the following: tax research and the production of advice regarding tax technical matters; supervising preparation of tax computations/filings; leading tax workstreams vis-à-vis M&A transactions (including tax due diligence, tax structuring, tax modelling and SPA support); managing, training and coaching more junior members of the team; preparation of proposals and presentations and assisting with business development.

Your role as a leader

At Deloitte, we believe in the importance of empowering our people to be leaders at all levels. We connect our purpose and shared values to identify issues as well as to make an impact that matters to our clients, people and the communities. Additionally, Assistant Managers across our Firm are expected to:

• Actively seek out developmental opportunities for growth, act as strong brand ambassadors for the firm as well as share their knowledge and experience with others.
• Respect the needs of their colleagues and build up cooperative relationships.
• Understand the goals of our internal and external stakeholder to set personal priorities as well as align their teams’ work to achieve the objectives.
• Constantly challenge themselves, collaborate with others to deliver on tasks and take accountability for the results.
• Build productive relationships and communicate effectively in order to positively influence teams and other stakeholders.
• Offer insights based on a solid understanding of what makes Deloitte successful.
• Project integrity and confidence while motivating others through team collaboration as well as recognising individual strengths, differences, and contributions.
• Understand disruptive trends and promote potential opportunities for improvement.

Requirements

• You should have at least 5-7 years of corporate tax experience preferably with an international accounting/law firm. Experience in both compliance and advisory roles are preferred. 
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Law or other business-related field, with a Professional Qualification as recognised by ISCA.  An SCTP accreditation would be an added advantage.
• Strong analytical skills, good communication skills, proven project management skills and will work well both individually and as a member of a team. You will have experience managing people and be able to co-ordinate and deliver high-quality work.
• You will have a tax and finance, legal or accounting background and experience concerning one or more of the financial services sub-sectors listed below. We would also be particularly interested in speaking with persons who have investment management and/or M&A tax experience. 

Due to volume of applications, we regret only shortlisted candidates will be notified. Candidates will only be contacted by authorised Deloitte Recruiters via firm’s business contact number or business email address.