Tax Assistant Manager/ Manager (Hanoi Office)

In order to meet the demand of our growing practices, we are looking for a qualified candidate to fill in a position of Tax Assistant Manager/Manager supporting our Tax Services of Hanoi office. Detailed tasks of and required qualifications for this position are as follows:
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Overall Role Purpose
• Handles the assignment smoothly with an assigned team;
• Manages and develops the assigned team members; and
• Manages a client portfolio and delivers services to clients as authorised by Tax Director/Partner.
Main responsibilities:
Market
• Demonstrates an understanding of the full range of the firm's products, services and capabilities and takes an active role in cross selling.
• Builds an understanding of the potential for selling into clients.
• Seeks to participate in business development activities and contributes to sales pitches, for own team as well as the wider firm.
Clients
• Builds a rapport with the individual client and develops a clear and detailed understanding of the business and client expectations.
• Meets clients' demands, keeping them up to date with progress and engenders trust and respect.
• Deals with a wide range of technical issues and client situations.
• Provides intelligent and creative solutions to client tax issues both reactively and proactively.
• Writes high quality tax reports, professionally presented documents, requiring minimal input from directors or partners.
Deliverables
• Responsible for planning and performing tax consultancy/compliance assignments.
• Prepares and files ruling requests on behalf of our clients.
• Acts as a first point of contact on specific projects for any queries from the business.
• Demonstrates the ability to analyse potential solutions and make recommendations accordingly.
• Accurately interprets advice obtained from other specialists and questions where required.
• Presents solutions to increasingly complex technical issues.
• Demonstrates an awareness of technical risk through well supported research.
Client take-on / risk management
• Has a sound awareness and adherence to the firm's risk management processes and procedures.
• Ensures compliance with internal procedures including the completion of take-on.
• Ensures bills are raised and costs are collected on a timely basis.
• Mitigates risk through review and involvement of senior people.
Technical competence
• Demonstrates sufficient technical knowledge to supervise relevant areas of work.
• Seen as a reference point on particular technical issues.
People
• Works effectively with all members of the team, building the confidence and respect of peers and subordinates.
• Appraises and mentors executives giving regular feedback, timely appraisals and provides development opportunities.
• Manages a team of staff on specific projects.
• Provide on the job training to staffs/seniors and clients' executives.
• Actively seek opportunities to attend training courses to develop technical and personal skills.
• Demonstrates a clear appetite for self-development through the appraisal and personal development plan processes.
• Reviews work afterwards for learning points
Operations and results
• Ensures bills are raised and collected on a timely basis.
• Manages work in progress to ensure recoverability targets can be met.
• Meets own financial target set.