Senior Tax Manager/Consultant – CVZSTMC

Main job function

• Ensuring overall tax compliance and tax management in business activities.
• Review of month end tax process to ensure accurate closing process.
• Review and management of queries arising on tax related balances.
• Review and approval of monthly, bi-annual and annual returns for submission to revenue authorities.
• Provide tax support including technical tax support to business in relation to new investments/divestments and existing operations:
• Reviewing and approval of transactions, legal agreements relating to acquisition and disposal of projects, due diligence, development of new activities, new ventures, new investments, reorganisation/restructuring.
• Proactively provide tax advice to Business on any tax issues, identify the risks, participate in identifying solutions and drive the implementation of the solutions and recommendations.
• Control and liaise with external and internal audit in all areas of taxation. Ensure adequate documentation for tax audits is prepared and kept.
• Identification and monitoring of tax legislation, highlighting tax legislation changes applicable to business and response to legislative changes.
• Ensure overall tax compliance in accordance local and international tax rules for efficient and timely filing of returns and timely payment of taxes for all tax types.
• To manage recovery of VAT refunds from SARS.
• Monitoring and management of tax audits and correspondence from SARS and responding appropriately to revenue authorities.
• Review analysis of P&L and tax budgets, forecasts and forecast and reconciliation of effective tax rates.
• Manage and co-ordinate tax advisor relationships and engagements including the management of external advisor costs.
• Assist Group Tax with tax compliance regarding Pillar 2, Country by Country Reporting and CFC rules.
• Development of internal tax policies with respect to income tax and transfer pricing, in line with the Group’s Internal Tax Control Framework
• Coaching of AFC staff on tax related matters

Qualifications and Skills required

• International & Corporate Tax experience (6 to 10 years) in house or from consulting firms
• CA (SA) with post-graduate qualification in taxation, ideally MCom (Taxation).