Tax Compliance and Reporting Lead

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Gaming VAT and taxation

• Review gaming VAT and tax calculations for all Africa operating companies.
• Submission of returns, request payment and follow through to completion before deadline.
• Submission of calculations, request payment and follow through to completion before deadline.
• Assist with queries received from the relevant authorities and coordinate collation of the required information.

Normal VAT and Withholding Tax

• Review VAT and Withholding Tax calculations for all Africa operating companies.
• Review VAT and Withholding Tax submissions for final review.
• Submission of final returns, request payment and follow through to completion before deadline.
• Assist with queries received from the relevant authorities and coordinate collation of the required information.

Corporate tax

• Prepare quarterly tax disclosure schedules and deferred taxes – post taxes where applicable.
• Prepare/review final tax computations for final review.
• Submit corporate tax submission to the Head of Tax, Finance Director and auditors for review.
• Submission of return to the relevant tax authority and follow up on payments and receipts.
• First review of all tax payments to submission.
• Review monthly tax and VAT vendors follow up on outstanding payments and unmatched items.

Tax training

• Coordinate tax training of finance staff on any legislative changes that impact the business.

Monthly reporting

• Analyse and comment on month-to-month tax movements.
• Prepare reconciliations between returns and accounting records for all taxes.
• Monthly submission and review of SOX support on FloQast for audit purposes.

Audit: Year-end audit files (External)

• Prepare quarterly and year-end income tax disclosure and deferred tax files for all entities.
• Research new IFRS and apply to annual financial statements where applicable.
• Assist in the management of the audit process.
• Upload all audit files onto audit portal.
• Constant follow up with team leads and financial manager to ensure timely submission of files.
• Assist in finalization of audit files and TBs for submission to auditors.
• Coordinate all audit queries received (send to team lead and follow up on outstanding items).
• Maintain an audit query list to ensure all queries answered and to assist with the following year's audit.
• Review of financial statements for management and audit review.
• Audit Journals.
• Track audit and client journals resulting from audits.
• Summarise journals and compare TBs after journals were posted to signed AFS.
• Communicate journals to the relevant teams.
• Quarterly audit files (Internal), set up review meetings.

Ad hoc:

• Update and maintenance of the Tax Matrix document to reflect relevant entity & country tax profiles, including new markets.
• Other ad hoc duties as may be required from time to time.

Desired behavioural attributes

• Effectively work as a team with relevant client treasury accountant and financial/gaming accountants.
• Effectively communicate to manager and team members to ensure key deliverables are met on time and potential problems escalated.
• Openly communicate with managers and team members effectively to ensure that all key deliverables are met timeously and accurately.
• Communicates clearly and effectively at all levels; both internally and externally.
• Bi-annual setting of objectives.

*Please note we will apply relevance to our Talent Management and Talent Development Programme as part of our recruitment process.

*Shortlisted candidates may need to complete an assessment.

This position requires trust and honesty; it has access to customers' financial details - therefore a credit and criminal record check will be conducted. The qualifications identified herein are an inherent job requirement; therefore, a qualification verification check will be done. By applying for this role, and supplying the necessary details, you hereby grant us permission to apply for these checks. This will be done in a confidential manner, and solely for the purposes of verification.

Should you not hear from us within 2 weeks, please deem your application as unsuccessful.

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