Tax Senior Associate

About the role

Grant Thornton (Vietnam) Limited, an independent member firm of Grant Thornton International offering Audit, Tax, Advisory and Business Process Solutions, is hiring a Senior Associate for its Ho Chi Minh City Tax Services practice. The role supports the tax team and involves client support, tax return preparation and filing, and business development.

Key responsibilities

• Build an understanding of the potential to sell into clients and take part in business development opportunities, while developing an internal network within the tax department and other service lines.
• Build good rapport with clients, provide general support on tax advice, attend regular meetings, take minutes and encourage the partner/manager to follow up on agreed actions.
• Prepare and review tax returns, PIT, CIT, FCT, VAT and computations within agreed timescales, ensuring efficient and risk-managed compliance delivery.
• Prepare and file ruling requests on behalf of clients, support managers on tax planning and ad hoc projects, and produce well-supported technical research.
• Assist with tax reports and document reviews, and act as a point of contact for project queries.
• Follow the firm's risk management procedures, involve senior people where needed and document services provided.
• Monitor own time, manage work in progress to meet recoverability targets, monitor invoices and cash collection, and meet financial targets.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in law, accounting, auditing, finance or business strongly preferred.
• Minimum of 2 years of working experience as a Tax Consultant.
• Fluency in English, spoken and written.
• VTCA/CPA/ACCA/CPAA is preferable.
• Good administration and secretarial skills, and good organisation and time management skills.
• Desired competencies: initiative, ownership and adaptability.

To apply, candidates must complete the application form with all fields filled in; otherwise they should contact the HR recruitment team for more information.