Senior Associate - Tax Dispute Resolution

PricewaterhouseCoopers Services LLP

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Kuala Lumpur Until 8/22/2026 First posted November 7, 2025 Last posted November 7, 2025
Job description

Line of Service

Tax

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Tax Dispute Resolution (TDR)

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

A career within Tax services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients meet and manage their tax obligations across unique but ever changing tax specialties. You’ll advise clients on their local and overseas tax affairs, while acting as a strategic consultant related to business analysis, managing indirect taxes, dispute resolution, and global enterprise tax solutions.

Our team helps our clients identify and reduce tax risks, meet compliance obligations, implement tax strategies that complement business and operational objectives, resolve disagreements with tax authorities, and manage tax accounting and reporting issues. You’ll be engaged in projects dealing with International tax, mergers and acquisitions, state and local tax accounting, regulatory processes, tax reporting and strategy.

Responsibilities:

  • The role will involve you dealing with all tax enquiries and investigations from the early stage introduction to the settlement of the tax dispute.

  • Manage the tax audits / investigations process through a pro-active role to mitigate tax risks of the client.

  • Advising the client on tax issues relating to the tax audits / investigations and its implications.

  • Advice on information / documentation preparation.

  • Review document for onward submission to the tax authorities.

  • Attend meetings to present / explain the position taken by the Company on the issues raised or document submitted.

  • Tax legislation and case law research in relation to the issues raised by tax authorities.

  • Shortening the investigation period through satisfactory resolution of issues between the client’s company and tax authorities.

  • To discuss with the Company the overall strategy on finalisation and settlement of the client’s Company tax dispute.

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 business 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.

  • 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.

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, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Audit Defense (Taxes), Communication, Corporate Tax Self Assessment, Creativity, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Inclusion, Intellectual Curiosity, Learning Agility, Optimism, Payroll Tax Efficiency Reviews, Reverse Audits, Self-Awareness, Tax Controversies, Tax Disclosures, Tax Dispute Resolution, Taxes, Tax Governance, Tax Litigations, Tax Modeling {+ 4 more}

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

No

Job Posting End Date

About this role

Summary

Manage tax disputes, audits, investigations, and advise clients on tax issues and strategies.

Job title

Senior Associate - Tax Dispute Resolution

Experience level

senior level

Industry

not applicable

Location requirements

Kuala Lumpur, no remote work allowed

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

tax dispute resolutiontax auditstax investigationstax legislationtax law research

Preferred skills

accepting feedbackactive listeninganalytical thinkingcommunicationemotional regulation

Specializations

tax dispute resolutiontax auditstax investigationstax legislationtax law research
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

On-site City