Tax Compliance Officer

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  Location

  (SOUTH AFRICA) and Johannesburg

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  Job Reference

  18046

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  Functional Area/Experience

  Business, Accounting & Finance / 3 Years

Job Description & Qualifications

Global Compliance Services (‘GCS’) is a specialised team within Tax and Legal Services using custom built software and tailored work processes to ensure efficient and effective tax compliance services for our clients. GCS in Waterfall City, has a vacancy for a corporate tax senior associate 2 to assist with providing various corporate income tax compliance services to its clients, and performing related administrative tasks.

Please note that this is a corporate tax position and the ideal candidate must have corporate tax experience. This is not a legal compliance role. The role is for a tax professionals.

Duties:

• Preparation of corporate income tax returns and supporting schedules using electronically captured data.
• Calculation of provisional tax payments and preparation of IRP6
• Provisional Tax returns.
• Checking of income tax assessments.
• Liaison with managers regarding clients' affairs.
• Assisting with the management of a portfolio of compliance clients.
• Maintaining client records and related correspondence, including preparation of applicable documentation and correspondence.
• Attending to queries raised by SARS and general liaison with SARS regarding clients' affairs.
• Ensuring that clients' tax compliance affairs are kept up to date and that SARS deadlines are met.
• Complying with Tax risk management procedures.
• Delivering quality tax services.
• Keeping abreast with changes in Tax Legislation.
• Wip and debtor management.

Qualifications and experience:

• An accounting or tax degree or similar qualification.
• Experience in income tax and the experience with the preparation of corporate income tax returns and related matters will be advantageous. At least 3-4 years experience in Tax is required.
• Tax qualification will be advantageous.

Job Skills/Competencies Required

The successful applicant should:

• Have knowledge and experience in the application of the Income Tax Act.
• Be computer literate and have a working knowledge of MS
• Powerpoint, Word and Excel. Knowledge of Google suite will be advantageous.
• Have good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Have the ability to prioritise and work under pressure.
• Have the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Be accurate and have good judgmental, numerical and analytical skills.
• Be able to pay attention to detail and have the ability to follow through on tasks.
• Be well organised.
• Be motivated and confident.
• Be fluent in English and be able to draft correspondence in English.
• Be committed to assisting with the growth of the Global Compliance Services team.