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 :

1. Analyse information and develop practical and creative tax solutions tailored to meet specific tax related scenarios.
2. Prepare monthly normal tax and deferred tax computations, including reviewing the effective tax rates and explaining the variances.
3. Prepare journals for tax payments and refunds.
4. Tax reporting to offshore ultimate holding company.
5. Prepare provisional tax returns, withholding tax returns, and tax returns, including year-end packs schedules.
6. Ensure compliance to tax legislation for all tax exposure areas, including income tax, CGT, withholding taxes, transfer pricing, VAT, customs duties, and PAYE.
7. Assist in updating, performing and reviewing Tax budgets & Financial Models.
8. Prepare the monthly VAT returns and ensure compliance with VAT legislation.
9. Prepare taxation, deferred taxation and VAT general ledger reconciliations on a monthly basis.
10. Responsible for the review of annual financial statements, financial statement disclosure in respect of taxation.
11. Provide support and assistance to tax year-end reporting processes.
12. Maintain up to date status checklist and reports of all companies' tax returns and outstanding SARS queries.
13. Proactively seek opportunities to achieve tax savings.

Knowledge and Skills :

1. Familiarity with transfer pricing issues.
2. Tax accounting.
3. 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 consulting experience, or commercial environment exposure within large, diverse multinational organisation.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities :

1. Required previous exposure to international tax frameworks.
2. Excellent knowledge of local and international tax legislation.
3. 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.
4. Exposure to tax accounting and tax compliance.
5. Exposure to international taxation.
6. Experience in handling tax queries and audits from SARS.
7. Pro-active in identifying potential tax problems and creating solutions.
8. 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.
9. Have the ability to communicate with all levels within the organisation and with various stakeholders as and when needed.
10. Be adaptable and able to cope under pressure.
11. Able to work independently as well as in a team environment.