Senior Associate - Corporate Tax

PwC is hiring a Senior Associate - Corporate Tax in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Level rates it ; you can apply on PwC.

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Provide corporate tax consulting, compliance, and advisory services to help clients manage tax obligations and strategies.

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Line of Service

Tax

Industry/Sector

Energy

Specialism

General Tax Consulting

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

A career within Corporate Tax services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients plan and meet their tax objectives while managing the impact tax has on their business and support them with paying the right amount of taxes. You’ll advise clients on their tax affairs and help them navigate the complex and evolving tax landscape.

Our team helps our clients improve their tax function to control risk and facilitate better decision making. You’ll focus on helping businesses with tax strategy, ensuring tax compliance, increasing post tax profits to shareholders, and providing application support to achieve the best outcome to our client’s important problems.

Responsibilities

Your role will offer you exposure to a high standard of tax consultancy work on a diverse client base.

Tax Compliance - Ensure accurate and timely filing of all tax returns, including corporate income tax and other applicable taxes to the tax authorities.
Tax Planning - Develop and implement tax strategies to optimize the company’s tax position, minimize tax liabilities, and manage risks.
Advisory - Provide expert advice on tax implications for business transactions, mergers, acquisitions, and new business ventures.
Reporting - Prepare and review tax provision calculations for financial statements and ensure proper accounting for all tax-related items.
Regulatory Monitoring - Keep abreast of changes in tax laws and regulations and assess the impact on the company’s tax position.
Collaboration - Work closely with internal stakeholders, including finance, legal, and business units, to ensure alignment on tax-related matters.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex tax issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
Use digital tools to increase efficiency and accuracy of deliverables.
Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field and/or professional qualification.
Strong tax technical knowledge with at least 2-3 years' working experience in tax compliance and consultancy, ideally in a professional services organization.
Exceptional critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Excellent client management and ability to work in a diversified team.
A good level of commercial awareness.
Self-motivated and proactive with supporting business development efforts to advertise our services and secure new clients.
Possess good spoken and written skills.

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, Accounting Practices, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Communication, Corporate Tax Planning, Creativity, Drafting Tax Documents, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Financial Audit, Financial Review, Financial Statement Analysis, Inclusion, Intellectual Curiosity, Learning Agility, Monitoring and Analyzing Financial Trends, Optimism, Preparing Tax Documents, Project Management, Regulatory Compliance Consulting, Regulatory Submissions Filing, Self-Awareness {+ 9 more}

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Government Clearance Required?

Job Posting End Date

How we rate this

Senior Associate - Corporate Tax at PwC rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

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Key facts

Senior Associate - Corporate Tax is an open job at PwC.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The role is based in Kuala Lumpur.
The job was posted on September 15, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by PwC. Apply on PwC

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