Fiduciary and Tax Specialist - (PERMANENT)

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

Duties:

• Establish a client base of trusteeships, executorships, trust accounting and tax compliance matters.
• Provide tax and fiduciary advisory services to clients, including advice with regards to Wills dealing with local and offshore assets, local and offshore trusts, company structures, philanthropy and the tax and any exchange control consequences relating to all aspects of the services mentioned.
• Advise on wealth and estate planning.
• Draft Wills, Deeds of Trust, resolutions and minutes and conduct trustee meetings.
• Act as nominee of the company as trustee and executor.
• Write technical articles and conduct presentations on fiduciary matters.
• Promote the Fiduciary and Tax offering to all stakeholders within the company business.

What will make you successful in this role:

• Self-starter and proactive individual
• Energetic and flexible
• Professionalism
• Ability to work with people at all levels
• Marketing ability

Qualifications and Experience:

• Tertiary commercial or legal qualification
• Post graduate qualification in taxation, estate planning or legally related field
• 4 - 6 years’ substantive experience, at a high level, in the areas of trusts, wills and estates, related accounting, income tax for individuals, trusts and estates and investments.
• Experience with high-net-worth individuals

Knowledge and Skills:

• Ability to deal effectively and credibly with stakeholders such as senior managers, high net worth clients and colleagues in both spoken and written format.
• Excellent organizational skills, a team-orientated attitude and the ability to meet deadlines and handle multiple priorities.
• Excellent interpersonal and networking skills within the tax and fiduciary industry.
• Ability to work quickly and independently while meeting the required quality levels.
• Demonstration of living the company’s values – being transparent, passionate and innovative
• Strong analytical ability and attention to detail.
• Strong service orientation towards all stakeholders.

Personal Qualities:

• Strong numerical orientation
• Highly organized with a high level of customer focus
• Accurate and detail orientated
• Ability to perform well under pressure and show maturity, confidence and resilience
• Excellent listening, communication and interpersonal skills
• Pro-active approach to work, clients and problem solving
• Learning agility and curiosity
• Assertive
• Motivated and target-driven
• Passionate about the ownership of results

Kindly regard your application as unsuccessful if you have not heard from the agency within 2 weeks.