SENIOR TAX ADVISOR
Reporting Lines: The person will report directly to the Tax Manager for South Africa.
The successful incumbent will be responsible for the tax accounting & reporting, tax advisory, tax risk management, and tax compliance.
Duties and Responsibilities:
* Analyse information and develop practical and creative tax solutions tailored to meet specific tax related scenarios.
* Prepare monthly normal tax and deferred tax computations, including reviewing the effective tax rates, explaining the variances.
* Prepare journals for tax payments and refunds
* Tax reporting to offshore ultimate holding company.
* Prepare provisional tax returns, withholding tax returns, and tax returns, including year-end packs schedules.
* Ensure compliance to tax legislation for all tax exposure areas, including income tax, CGT, withholding taxes, transfer pricing, VAT, customs duties, PAYE.
* Assist in updating, performing and review of Tax budgets & Financial Models
* Prepare the monthly VAT returns and ensure compliance with VAT legislation.
* Prepare taxation, deferred taxation and VAT general ledger reconciliations on a monthly basis.
* Responsible for the review of annual financial statements, financial statement disclosure in respect of taxation.
* Provide support and assistance to tax year-end reporting processes
* Maintain up to date status checklist and reports of all companies' tax returns, outstanding SARS queries.
* Proactively seek opportunities to achieve tax savings.
Knowledge and skills:
* Familiarity with transfer pricing issues
* Tax accounting
* Tax advisory
* Self-starter
* Enthusiastic, energetic
* Reliable and disciplined
Academic Qualifications:
* Qualified CA (SA) will be advantageous with postgraduate tax qualification advantageous, or BCom (Honours) degree in Accounting/Taxation with postgraduate tax qualification
Experience:
* A minimum of 2 years' post-articles accounting and tax experience, or 4 - 5 years accounting and tax experience.
* Must have a consulting experience, or commercial environment exposure within large, diverse multinational organisation.
Knowledge, skills & abilities:
* Required previous exposure to international tax frameworks
* Excellent knowledge of local and international tax legislation
* The applicant should demonstrate an understanding of increasingly complex tax concepts and effectively apply his/her tax knowledge to situations, developing and delivering innovative tax planning ideas with timely, responsive services and work products that meet business needs.
* Exposure to tax accounting and tax compliance
* Exposure to international taxation
* Experience in handling tax queries and audits from SARS
* Pro-active in identifying potential tax problems and creating solutions
* Have a high level of organisational skills and ability to prioritize, handle multiple projects at a time and meet multiple deadlines in a fast paced environment.
* Have the ability to communicate with all levels within the organisation and with various stakeholders as and when needed.
* Be adaptable and able to cope under pressure
* Able to work independently as well as in a team environment
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