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Job Description
About PwC’s Corporate Tax Services:
PwC offers a career in Corporate Tax services where you’ll help clients meet their tax obligations while strategically managing tax’s impact on their business. This involves advising on local and international tax matters, acting as a strategic consultant regarding business analysis, working capital management, and profit sharing for partners. You’ll also assist organizations in understanding transfer pricing implications and provide guidance on the tax consequences of various deals. The team focuses on improving clients’ tax functions to mitigate risk and enhance decision-making, encompassing tax strategy, compliance, maximizing post-tax profits, and implementing best corporate tax practices. PwC emphasizes a purpose-led and values-driven leadership approach, utilizing the PwC Professional global leadership development framework to guide employee growth and success.
Detailed Job Description (Intern/Trainee):
As an intern or trainee, you’ll be part of a team solving complex business problems, from strategy to execution. Your responsibilities will include:
• Contributing to tax compliance engagements: Participating in select phases of these projects.
• Tax law research and analysis: Investigating tax laws, regulations, and applying them to specific situations.
• Teamwork and collaboration: Demonstrating creative thinking and initiative within a team environment, fostering strong relationships with colleagues.
• Seeking guidance and feedback: Proactively requesting clarification and feedback to ensure accurate and efficient work.
• Prioritization and task management: Demonstrating flexibility in managing tasks and employing professional skepticism.
• Developing PwC Professional skills: This includes cultivating curiosity, exploring PwC’s business model and client value proposition, thinking critically, utilizing various tools and techniques for research and problem-solving, producing high-quality work, staying current on technical developments, responsibly handling data, communicating clearly (verbally and in writing), embracing diverse perspectives, and upholding PwC’s ethical code.
Specific Intern Responsibilities within PwC’s Core Tax Practice:
• Participate in select phases of tax compliance engagements.
• Research tax laws, rules, and regulations, and analyze their application to specific situations.
• Demonstrate creative thinking and individual initiative while working as a team member, building solid relationships with team members.
• Proactively seek guidance, clarification, and feedback.
• Demonstrate flexibility in prioritizing and completing tasks while exercising professional skepticism.
Required and Preferred Qualifications:
• Basic Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting; minimum 3.0 GPA; 0 years of experience. Client service interns are typically in their 3rd year of a 4-year program or 4th year of a 5-year program, joining during winter/spring or summer before graduation.
• Preferred Qualifications: Meeting educational requirements for relevant professional credentials (e.g., CPA). Demonstrated success in researching and analyzing tax laws and regulations, interacting with clients and firm management, and self-motivation for personal and career development. A desire for a tax career and experience researching business/industry trends. Exposure to automation and digitization in a professional services environment, including working with large datasets and data visualization tools.
