To provide Tax, financial, accounting and administrative services to ensure efficient timely and accurate reporting of accounts, under his/her control.
Scope of the Job
The tax specialist role & responsibilities will be to look after the South & Eastern Africa Region (consisting of South Africa, Namibia, Zambia, Ethiopia, Botswana and Mozambique)
Compliance
- Practice the ALS Health and Safety Foundation Standards
- Practice the ALS company core values
- Abide by the ALS company policies and procedures
- Abide by local legislative requirements at all times
- Corporate Income taxation (including provisional taxation), VAT, Withholding taxation (WHT) and any other International tax matters
- Responsible for all related tax returns for all entities. This will include calculating, preparing, submitting and ensuring payment is made on time, as per each regions tax deadlines.
- Ensuring the necessary tax schedules are maintained on a regular basis and ready for submission with the corporate tax returns.
- Reconcile all tax related balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis.
- Preparing deferred taxation calculations.
- Ensure Tax packs are completed on a monthly basis.
- Ensuring that all correct tax deductions is made when repaying intercompany accounts. And that these deductions are correctly filed and paid over to the Revenue authorities.
- Preparing monthly report of the status of monthly tax filing and risks identified.
- Responsible to ensure that all additional assessments received from the regions Revenue authorities are addressed on time. Ensuring the necessary application of notice of objections and / or notices of appeal, as required
- Manage and drive all tax audit request received from the regions Revenue authority.
- Providing general tax advice and consultation as required (local and international)
- Assist with preparing transfer pricing documentation, where required
- Ensure all statutory compliance requirements, for all entities are met, as required in each region.
- Assist with ad-hoc queries raised by Group Tax
Behavioral Competencies
- Excellent interpersonal, planning and communication skills
- Maintain confidentiality and integrity
- Highly organised and flexible
- Sound decision making, problem solving and preventive measures skills
- The ability to work accurately with minimal supervision on routine accounting tasks
- Demonstrates accountability and a team player
- Ability to investigate, resolve and respond to queries
- Inspires and drives excellence in all aspects of work
- Interact and communicate in a respectful manner taking into consideration the diverse cultures
- Excellent fiscal and numerical competency
- Attention to detail and work under pressure
- Ability to influence, motivate and engage at all levels of the business through clear and articulate communication
- Minimum BCom degree in Tax
- At least 2 years commercial experience in a similar role
- Experience with various African countries preferred;
- Knowledge of general bookkeeping and accounting procedures;
- Knowledge of regulatory standards and compliance requirements;
- Knowledge of SAP Business one preferred ;
- Excellent English communication, reporting writing and presentations skills.
- Excellent Excel skills
