Customs Consultant

About Deloitte

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Deloitte offers career opportunities across Audit & Assurance (A&A), Tax & Legal (T&L), and our Consulting Services business, which is made up of Strategy, Risk & Transactions (SR&T) and Technology & Transformation (T&T).

Are you ready to apply your knowledge and background to exciting new challenges? From learning to leadership, this is your chance to take your career to the next level.

About the Department

Deloitte Tax & Legal simplifies tax and back-office management for you by bringing a rigorous approach that combines practical tax advice with a robust compliance framework. We provide deep expertise in compliance requirements and back-office operations, ensuring all tasks are completed accurately, efficiently, and on time, allowing clients to focus on their core business. By connecting clients to our capabilities, global technology, and innovative ideas, we help them confidently navigate the complex regulatory landscape and enhance compliance across their organisation.

What we offer

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic person to join our Tax Team as a Customs Consultant. This position will be based in our Nairobi office in Kenya.

Main purpose of the job

The holder of this position will ensure that the client and Firm’s expectations are met by delivering high quality services and maintaining high utilization levels.

Behavioural competencies

- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Effective interpersonal and relationship building/people management skills.
- Good mentorship and coaching ability with desire to develop self and others.
- Adaptable, managing change and ambiguity with ease.
- Sound problem solving ability.
- Organizational, supervisory and time management.
- Good networking skills.

Responsibilities

Delivering client services according to relevant Deloitte standards, policies and ethical principles,; Supporting on delivery of designated customs and excise duty engagements/projects, and manage the implementation of agreed deliverables,; Assisting 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,; Assisting in developing knowledge of current tax matters across the tax function,; Collecting, assimilating and analysing relevant data using standard tools and data visualizations to help surface insights and solutions,; Supporting in the development of new indirect tax products and market new products,; Carrying out tax risk and opportunities reviews,; Preparation of tax opinions, tax advice and proposals,; Building and maintaining relationships with the clients and the Kenya Revenue Authority,; Liaising with Kenya Revenue Authority on various tax and policy matters,; Assisting clients resolve KRA audits,; Preparing objections and appeals to KRA assessments,; Preparing tax publications for clients and writing articles on relevant tax matters, and; Actively building business relationships that generate leads.

Requirements

A Bachelor’s Degree in Business/Commerce/Law from a recognised institution.; Professional accounting qualification.; 4 to 5 years relevant taxation experience.; Technical expertise in customs and excise duty matters.; Good knowledge of international and national taxation principles.; Knowledge of VAT matters will be an added advantage.; Sound industry and business knowledge.; Demonstrated leadership skills.; Excellent report writing skills.; Good financial knowledge.; Focus on quality and risk.; Well-developed computer user skills.; Good analytical and problem-solving skills.; Good project management and planning skills.; Strong negotiation skills and commercial sense.

Benefits

Tax Compliance Services; Tax Advisory & Legal; Payroll, Finance and HR outsourcing; Global Employer Services (GES)