Position Summary
We are looking for a Tax Chief of Staff with previous accounting or professional services experience, to join our Tax service line leadership team and provide strategic support and guidance to our Talent lifecycle key projects and initiatives. You will be responsible for driving and overseeing the execution of Talent priority areas within the Tax service line, ensuring alignment with our business goals and objectives, and facilitating cross-functional collaboration and communication.
As the Tax Talent Chief of Staff, you will work closely with the Chief Talent Officer, Lead Talent Director and other senior leaders to plan, execute, and monitor the progress of our service line’s activities. You will also act as a liaison between the service line and other internal and external stakeholders, such as clients, partners, and vendors. You will help identify, advise, influence and resolve issues, manage risks, optimize resources, and drive continuous improvement.
Work You’ll Do
- Collaborate with the Chief Talent Officer and other senior leaders to determine and prioritize the service line’s strategies, goals, and objectives
- Oversee the key strategic priority areas for Talent within the Tax service line as a whole ensuring alignment with the service line’s vision, mission, values, and standards, working in close collaboration with Talent, Operations/Finance, Strategy, Marketplace, and Quality/Risk teams
- Develop and drive strategic communications that impact all areas of the Talent lifecycle within the Tax service line
- Help drive use of technology and automation to improve service offerings, execution and profitability
- Provide oversight to resource management personnel in proper allocation/assignment of talent and assist in determining recruiting goals
- Support Tax leadership in working with Growth leadership to measure and monitor pipeline, growth, and profitability
- Coordinate and facilitate tax leadership meetings, preparing agendas, materials, and action items and manage cadence regarding recurring leadership and service line meetings
- Assist with workforce planning, talent acquisition, retention, development, and performance management for the service line
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance the quality, efficiency, effectiveness, and innovation of the service line
- Exercise exceptional tact and discretion with confidential information
- Operate as an extension of and leverage to the Chief Talent Officer for Tax
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor's degree
- 8+ years of related experience with Deloitte Tax in a client facing or management level support role
- Ability to travel up to 10%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve
Preferred:
- Strong project management/delivery skills for working with senior leaders
- Ability to think both strategically and tactically
- Strong executive communication skills
- Demonstrated skill to influence, articulate, and implement the business and Talent strategy; thought leadership (includes innovation/creativity, leveraging best practices and outside eminence)
- Experience with or strong working knowledge of the internal Talent organization
- Proficient Microsoft Office skills
You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.
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