Senior Tax Consultant at Grant Thornton South Africa

Job Description

Purpose

Manage a mixed client portfolio of expatriate tax compliance and consulting based projects and employees’ tax consulting projects.

Job specification

• Expatriate Tax Compliance and Consulting
• Responsible for preparation, processing and submission of expatriate annual tax and provisional returns
• Attending to SARS and clients queries/objections/appeals
• Managing tax registration and de-registration of expatriate clients
• Calculation and processing of monthly shadow payrolls
• Assist with conducting of expatriate arrival and departure tax briefings.
• Assisting with various expatriate tax consulting projects including:
• providing written advice on tax residence issues
• tax efficient structuring of expatriate’s assignment package
• development or review of a company’s international assignment policy/relocation policy etc.

Employees’ Tax Consulting

• Responsible for employees’ tax aspects of IT14SD’s
• Assisting with tax due diligence projects;
• Assisting with client PAYE Health checks
• Assisting clients with SARS PAYE audits/VDP applications
• Work on various other employees’ tax consulting projects including:
• design or review of employer remuneration related policies, including fringe benefit policy/travel & expense policy etc.
• remuneration structuring, including employee share incentive plan arrangements
• Employee Retrenchments

Skills and experience

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience working in a client facing expatriate tax compliance and consulting role (ideally also has employees’ tax consulting experience or at least has a desire to work in this area)
• Registered as a Tax practioner with a controlling body
• Microsoft word ,excel, power point and outlook

Qualification

• Matric
• H Dip (Tax) or studying for this qualification.

Personal attributes

• Team player
• Attention to detail
• Excellent writing skills
• Enjoys opinion writing/drafting of reports
• Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines
• Agility to adapt to different situations
• Good organisational skills
• Showing initiative and taking ownership
• Professional at all times
• Energetic, passionate and possess a willingness to succeed

Office Hours

08:00 – 17:00

There will be occasions when the incumbent will need to work overtime.

EE candidates will be given preference.