Senior Accounting and Tax Analyst

Job Location: Sandton, South Africa 

Senior Accounting and Tax Analyst-1182978

Description

General

· Identify opportunities for process improvement and policy development.

· Provide mentoring and guidance to junior analysts.

· Provide complex and occasionally highly complex financial analysis for tax and financial accounting, typically exercising a strong understanding of the business to determine the best method for achieving objectives.

· Consult with business leaders to guide and influence strategic decision-making within a broad scope

Accounting Responsibilities

· Manage the preparation of the annual financial statements and manage the annual audits of 2 non-listed entities and ensure IFRS (typically non-complex IFRS).

· External audit management;

· Internal audit management;

· Ad hoc IFRS-US GAAP conversion (advisory);

· South Africa compliance reporting;

· Balance sheet management (analysis, review, escalatables tracking)

· Liquidations & deregistration of dormant entities;

· Merger & acquisition accounting (when applicable);

· Process implementation, documentation and improvement;

· Manage records retention in terms of the Companies Act

· Input into corporate secretarial matters such as board resolutions and annual reports needed by directors

Tax Responsibilities

· Review and ensure that the following are accurately prepared and submitted on time:

• Provisional and annual tax returns (IT14 and IT14SD).
• VAT returns.
• Quarterly business results and tax forecast (Current and Deferred Tax forecast)
• Tax related financial statement disclosures.
• Assess internal policies or guidelines around tax reporting processes to ensure compliance with fiscal laws.
• Manage tax audits.

· Review/ formulate opinions around the tax consequences on day-to-day cross border invoicing as well as finance and structuring transactions covering implications arising from VAT, Capital Gains Tax, Income Tax, Withholding tax on dividends, Double Tax Agreements etc.

· Identify tax risks.

· Liaison with SARS and external tax experts.

Qualifications

Education and Experience Required

· Bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance preferably with an advanced degree/ HDip Tax and an accounting certification

· Public accounting experience and strong tax (transfer pricing, VAT, Income Tax and Customs and Excise) background preferred

· Typically 3+ years of experience after completion of training contract

· Completion of training contract at one of the big 5 Auditing Firms

· CA(SA)

Knowledge and Skills Required:

· Excellent understanding of accounting and tax principles and financial analysis

· Excellent analytical skills.

· Excellent business application skills (e.g., Microsoft Excel).

· Excellent communication and influencing skills.

· Superior teamwork skills, business acumen and project management skills.

· Demonstrated ability e.g. performance rating from prior employment

· Ability to prioritise and follow through to completion

· Knowledge of local legislation relevant to finance (e.g. Companies Act 2008, Foreign Exchange regulations, the various tax laws, etc)

Job - Finance

Primary Location - South Africa-South Africa-Sandton

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