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Tax Intern – Winter 2027 – Destination CPA
Job Description Summary At PwC, our people in tax services focus on providing advice and guidance to clients on tax planning, compliance, and strategy. These individuals help businesses navigate complex tax regulations and optimise their tax positions.
Driven by curiosity, you are a reliable, contributing member of a team. In our fast-paced environment, you will have the chance to work on a variety of assignments, each presenting varying challenges and scope. Every experience is an opportunity to learn and grow. You are encouraged to ask questions, take initiative, and produce quality work that adds value for our clients and contributes to our team’s success. During your time at the Firm, you start to establish your personal brand, paving the way 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 a Tax Intern, you will immerse yourself in the dynamic world of tax compliance, gaining hands-on experience in preparing tax documents, conducting tax research, and supporting client engagements. This role offers a unique chance to develop your skills in accounting practices and financial statement analysis, while working alongside professionals who will guide you through the intricacies of tax services. As an Intern, you will support teams by participating in projects, focusing on learning and gaining exposure to PwC’s methodologies. You will perform basic tasks and conduct research, observing professional work environments and contributing to the team’s success.
You will be encouraged to ask questions, take initiative, and produce quality work that adds value for clients and contributes to the team’s success. With a focus on developing your personal brand, you will have the chance to work on a variety of assignments, each presenting unique challenges and scope. This role is a stepping stone to more opportunities, paving the way for a rewarding career in tax services.
Responsibilities
– Supporting tax compliance processes by assisting in the preparation and filing of tax documents
– Participating in corporate tax planning activities to optimize tax positions for clients
– Conducting tax research to provide accurate and up-to-date information on tax laws and regulations
– Drafting tax documents necessary for filing, including income statements and tax returns
– Monitoring and analyzing financial trends to identify opportunities for improving margins and profitability
– Assisting in regulatory compliance consulting by advising on policies and procedures to meet current requirements
– Engaging in project management tasks to achieve project goals within specified timeframes
– Collaborating with teams to conduct financial audits and reviews, ensuring adherence to accounting principles
– Analyzing financial statement data to assess the health and performance of businesses
– Preparing tax documents by analyzing paperwork to identify potential deductions or liabilities
– Supporting client interactions by actively listening and communicating effectively to address their needs
– Learning and applying accounting practices to maintain accurate financial records and reports
– Observing and participating in professional work environments to gain exposure to PwC practices
– Contributing to team success by performing basic tasks and conducting research as needed
What You Must Have
– Currently pursuing or have completed a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
– Before starting full-time at PwC, meet the educational requirements to be eligible to sit for the CPA exam in your intended state of employment.
– At least a 3.0 overall GPA
– Client service intern positions are entry-level roles intended for job seekers who are in their third year of a four-year degree program or fourth year of a five-year program at the time of application. Winter internships typically occur during the spring semester preceding the student’s final year of school. Summer internships typically take place during the summer preceding the student’s final year of school.
What Sets You Apart
– Preference for a 3.3 overall GPA
– Demonstrating enthusiasm for learning and gaining exposure to tax practices
– Supporting teams with basic tasks in tax compliance and preparation
– Participating in projects related to corporate tax planning and regulatory compliance
– Observing and applying accounting practices in a professional environment
– Developing skills in drafting and preparing tax documents
– Excelling in communication and active listening within team settings
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.
As PwC is an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity); age; disability; genetic information (including family medical history); veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or, any other status protected by law.
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Tax & Legal Services – Indirect Tax (VAT) – Financial Services & Insurance – Senior Associate / Manager
Management Level
Manager
Job Description & Summary
At PwC, we are a community of solvers, where every individual plays an important role in shaping the future of our firm, clients and communities. We seek individuals who excel in their roles and embody our core behaviours, working together to create a better tomorrow. Our commitment to Trusted Leadership and Distinctive Outcomes, from our PwC Professional framework, defines how we deliver on our purpose and strategy, serving our clients and living our values in every interaction. Trusted Leadership emphasises building trust, delivering sustained outcomes, and demonstrating courage and honesty, especially during challenging times. Distinctive Outcomes focus on excellence, collaboration, and inclusiveness, ensuring our work adds value, meaning, and purpose. By integrating these principles into our daily operations, we ensure that our efforts are aligned with our values and objectives. Thus, we are looking for candidates who are self-aware, collaborative, committed to continuous learning, and dedicated to delivering quality and integrity.
Tax and Legal Services
Our people in tax services focus on providing advice and guidance to clients on tax planning, technology, compliance, and strategy. These individuals help businesses navigate complex tax regulations and optimise their tax positions.
Indirect Tax Business Unit
PwC’s Indirect Tax team offers advisory services across VAT, Excise Tax, Customs, and eInvoicing, helping clients navigate complex regulations and optimize their tax strategies. The role involves delivering insights into planning, compliance, and technology, while staying ahead of evolving legislation and digital tax trends. It’s ideal for professionals eager to grow in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
About the role
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Associate or Manager to join our Indirect Tax Practice in Dubai. This role is ideal for professionals with a strong background in Value-Added Tax (VAT), particularly within the financial services and insurance (FSI) sector. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering complex VAT advisory and implementation projects for a diverse portfolio of clients, including banks, financial institutions, insurance and reinsurance providers, and investment funds.
Key responsibilities
· Lead and manage large-scale VAT engagements across the FSI sector, ensuring high-quality delivery and client satisfaction.
· Provide strategic VAT advice tailored to the unique regulatory and operational challenges of financial and insurance clients.
· Leverage deep knowledge of EU VAT frameworks to support cross-border projects and ensure compliance with international standards.
· Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement VAT solutions that align with clients’ business objectives.
· Coach and mentor junior team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and high performance.
· Embrace and promote the use of technology and innovation to enhance service delivery and client outcomes.
· Uphold the firm’s professional and ethical standards, including compliance with PwC’s code of conduct and independence requirements.
What we’re looking for
· Proven experience in VAT advisory and compliance within the financial services and insurance sectors.
· Demonstrated expertise in EU VAT legislation and its application to FSI clients.
· Strong leadership and project management skills, with the ability to drive initiatives from planning through execution.
· Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a track record of building trusted client relationships.
· A proactive mindset with the ability to identify opportunities and contribute to the growth of the practice.
· Commitment to mentoring and developing others, with a focus on leveraging team strengths and fostering collaboration.
Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)
Degrees/Field of Study required:
Degrees/Field of Study preferred:
Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)
Required Skills
Optional Skills
Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Business Tax, Coaching and Feedback, Communication, Corporate Tax Planning, Creativity, Customs Brokerage, Customs Regulations, Customs Tariffs, Customs Valuation, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Inclusion, Indirect Tax, Indirect Tax Controversies, Input Value Added Tax (VAT), Intellectual Curiosity, International Taxation, Learning Agility, Optimism, Professional Courage {+ 17 more}
Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)
Travel Requirements
Not Specified
Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?
Yes
Government Clearance Required?
Yes
Job Posting End Date
Tax & Legal Services – Tax – Corporate Tax – Senior Associate – Dubai
Management Level
Senior Associate
Job Description & Summary
At PwC, our people in tax services focus on providing advice and guidance to clients on tax planning, compliance, and strategy. These individuals help businesses navigate complex tax regulations and optimise their tax positions.
In tax consulting and advising at PwC, you will focus on offering consulting and advisory services to clients on various tax matters. You will provide advice and guidance on tax planning, compliance, and strategy, helping businesses optimise their tax positions and navigate complex tax regulations.
Focused on relationships, you are building meaningful client connections, and learning how to manage and inspire others. Navigating increasingly complex situations, you are growing your personal brand, deepening technical expertise and awareness of your strengths. You are expected to anticipate the needs of your teams and clients, and to deliver quality. Embracing increased ambiguity, you are comfortable when the path forward isn’t clear, you ask questions, and you use these moments as opportunities to grow.
Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:
- Respond effectively to the diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others.
- Use a broad range of tools, methodologies and techniques to generate new ideas and solve problems.
- Use critical thinking to break down complex concepts.
- Understand the broader objectives of your project or role and how your work fits into the overall strategy.
- Develop a deeper understanding of the business context and how it is changing.
- Use reflection to develop self awareness, enhance strengths and address development areas.
- Interpret data to inform insights and recommendations.
- Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm’s code of conduct, and independence requirements.
Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)
Degrees/Field of Study required:
Degrees/Field of Study preferred:
Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)
Required Skills
Optional Skills
Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS), Business Tax, Business Tax Returns, Communication, Controlled Foreign Companies (Taxes), Corporate Tax Planning, Creativity, Document Management, Domestic Restructuring (Taxes), Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Financial Accounting, Financial Advising, Financial Planning, Financial Risk Management, Inclusion, Income Tax Provisions, Information Gathering, Integrated Global Structuring, Intellectual Curiosity {+ 38 more}
Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)
Travel Requirements
Not Specified
Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?
Yes
Government Clearance Required?
Yes
Tax & Legal Services – Tax – Corporate Tax – Senior Manager – Dubai
Management Level
Senior Manager
Job Description & Summary
At PwC, our people in tax services focus on providing advice and guidance to clients on tax planning, compliance, and strategy. These individuals help businesses navigate complex tax regulations and optimise their tax positions.
In tax consulting and advising at PwC, you will focus on offering consulting and advisory services to clients on various tax matters. You will provide advice and guidance on tax planning, compliance, and strategy, helping businesses optimise their tax positions and navigate complex tax regulations.
Growing as a strategic advisor, you leverage your influence, expertise, and network to deliver quality results. You motivate and coach others, coming together to solve complex problems. As you increase in autonomy, you apply sound judgment, recognising when to take action and when to escalate. You are expected to solve through complexity, ask thoughtful questions, and clearly communicate how things fit together. Your ability to develop and sustain high performing, diverse, and inclusive teams, and your commitment to excellence, contributes to the success of our Firm.
Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:
- Craft and convey clear, impactful and engaging messages that tell a holistic story.
- Apply systems thinking to identify underlying problems and/or opportunities.
- Validate outcomes with clients, share alternative perspectives, and act on client feedback.
- Direct the team through complexity, demonstrating composure through ambiguous, challenging and uncertain situations.
- Deepen and evolve your expertise with a focus on staying relevant.
- Initiate open and honest coaching conversations at all levels.
- Make difficult decisions and take action to resolve issues hindering team effectiveness.
- Model and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm’s code of conduct, and independence requirements.
Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)
Degrees/Field of Study required:
Degrees/Field of Study preferred:
Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)
Required Skills
Optional Skills
Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS), Business Tax, Business Tax Returns, Coaching and Feedback, Communication, Controlled Foreign Companies (Taxes), Corporate Tax Planning, Creativity, Document Management, Domestic Restructuring (Taxes), Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Financial Accounting, Financial Advising, Financial Planning, Financial Risk Management, Inclusion, Income Tax Provisions, Influence, Information Gathering {+ 46 more}
Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)
Travel Requirements
Not Specified
Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?
Yes
Government Clearance Required?
Yes
Tax & Legal Services – Tax – Corporate Tax – Manager – Dubai
Management Level
Manager
Job Description & Summary
At PwC, our people in tax services focus on providing advice and guidance to clients on tax planning, compliance, and strategy. These individuals help businesses navigate complex tax regulations and optimise their tax positions.
In tax consulting and advising at PwC, you will focus on offering consulting and advisory services to clients on various tax matters. You will provide advice and guidance on tax planning, compliance, and strategy, helping businesses optimise their tax positions and navigate complex tax regulations.
Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team member’s unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same.
Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:
- Analyse and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system.
- Take ownership of projects, ensuring their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion.
- Partner with team leadership to ensure collective ownership of quality, timelines, and deliverables.
- Develop skills outside your comfort zone, and encourage others to do the same.
- Effectively mentor others.
- Use the review of work as an opportunity to deepen the expertise of team members.
- Address conflicts or issues, engaging in difficult conversations with clients, team members and other stakeholders, escalating where appropriate.
- Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm’s code of conduct, and independence requirements.
Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)
Degrees/Field of Study required:
Degrees/Field of Study preferred:
Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)
Required Skills
Optional Skills
Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS), Business Tax, Business Tax Returns, Coaching and Feedback, Communication, Controlled Foreign Companies (Taxes), Corporate Tax Planning, Creativity, Document Management, Domestic Restructuring (Taxes), Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Financial Accounting, Financial Advising, Financial Planning, Financial Risk Management, Inclusion, Income Tax Provisions, Information Gathering, Integrated Global Structuring {+ 43 more}
Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)
Travel Requirements
Not Specified
Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?
Yes
Government Clearance Required?
Yes
Job Posting End Date
