Manager: Tax and Reporting - Johannesburg, South Africa - Recruitment Matters Africa

Recruitment Matters Africa

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Johannesburg, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Job Description:

Our client is looking for a Tax Manager to develop, implement and own thetax strategy and be responsible for all direct and indirect tax matters.

Responsibilities:

Creating and implementing a tax strategy to manage all tax matters.
He/She is required to oversee and ensure the accurate submission of all returns as well as ensure that all tax risks are mitigated.
The Tax Manager is responsible for coordinating the income tax audits.
Internal Liaison takes place with the finance team and payroll.
External liaison takes place with 3rd party consultants as well as the tax authorities.

Key Skills:

Good business acumen skills, inclusive of entrepreneurial skills and commercial thinking abilities.
Leading knowledge and understanding of practical impact of relevant regulatory and statutory requirements.
Sound understanding of the business value chain and its macro PESTEL environment (political, economic, social, technological, environmental, and legal)
Effective financial analysis skills to interpret financial data and make informed decisions based on the information at hand.
Exceptional administrative abilities with the ability to manage, coordinate and monitor.
Advanced organisational, project management and time management skills.
Effective customer service skills to enhance strategy development to improve the overall customer experience.
Proven management and social influence skills resulting in high employee engagement levels and an improved performance culture for the unit.
Exceptional communication skills that ensures that information (verbal and written) is conveyed clearly and concisely.
The ability to interact and complete tasks using computerbased technologies and other associated technologies where needed.
Good design and systems thinking skills.
Solid presentation skills and ability to explain complex processes to an audience.
Effective analytical thinking skills to ensure that a problem is investigated effectively to find the ideal solution in a timely, efficient manner.
Advanced emotional intelligence skills to recognize, manage, and understand emotions of self, coworkers, and subordinates.
Exceptional innovation skills to be creative, to solve problems and to continuously improve.
The ability to deal with the unknown, combine unrelated data and information to create new insight for effective decision making.
Exceptional stress management and resilience skills.
The ability to develop and maintain the interpersonal relationships that support innovation and other practices.
The ability to act as a change agent and to lead transformation successfully.
Excellent knowledge and proven success record in strategy development and business planning and/or business optimization.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in finance, accounting, or a related field.
A Higher diploma in Tax or equivalent related qualification is essential to this role.
Registered as a Chartered accountant is preferable.

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent

Ability to commute/relocate: