Tax & Legal - Chief of Staff

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Deloitte offers career opportunities across Internal Clients Services (ICS), Audit & Assurance (A&A), Tax & Legal (T&L) and Africa Consulting Services (ACS), which is made up of Strategy, Risk & Transactions Advisory (SR&T) and Technology & Transformation (T&T).

Are you ready to apply your knowledge and background to exciting new challenges? From learning to leadership, this is your chance to take your career to the next level.

The Chief of Staff is the Managing Partner for Tax & Legal's trusted strategic partner, extending the Managing Partners capacity and impact across Africa Tax & Legal. The role translates leadership intent into clear priorities, disciplined execution and decision-ready insight; aligns the Africa Tax & Legal strategy with Africa Firm and Global Tax & Legal priorities; provides strategic coordination across Lead Co, the COO and key enabling functions;

and supports the stewardship, continuity and growth of priority clients for which the Managing Partner has leadership or relationship responsibility.

Strategy and enterprise alignment

• Partner with the Managing Partner and Lead Co for Tax & Legal to shape, refresh and communicate the Africa Tax & Legal strategy, distilling complex inputs into a clear enterprise narrative and focused priorities.
• Ensure alignment with Africa Firm and Global Tax & Legal strategy and identify implications from business and market plans.
• Lead strategic coordination of the Long-Term Plan and enterprise submissions with Finance and subject-matter leaders.
• Bring external, market and competitor perspectives to growth, investment, capability and portfolio choices.
• Interpret Firm, Global and Africa Tax & Legal requirements, reducing noise and protecting leadership and client-facing capacity.

Executive advisory and decision support

• Serve as a trusted thought partner to the managing partner,providing constructive challenge and translating analysis into options and recommendations.
• Prepare and quality-review decision materials, executive briefings, Board reports, ExCo submissions and leadership communications.
• Support preparation for Africa Executive, Business Council, Global and other priority leadership forums.
• Handle sensitive matters with discretion and convert decisions into clear ownership, actions and follow-through.
• Support visibility and reporting against agreed leadership priorities and commitments.

Performance, execution and strategic initiatives

• Establish a single, reliable view of progress against strategic priorities, financial and operational commitments.
• Oversee a selective portfolio of high-impact strategic initiatives with clear outcomes, governance, milestones and value realisation.
• Provide executive oversight and challenge on growth initiatives and investment proposals.
• Identify cross-business opportunities to simplify processes, improve reporting and increase leadership effectiveness.
• Escalate material delivery risks promptly and facilitate resolution across leaders, businesses, markets and enabling functions.

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