Group Financial Reporting and Tax Manager at payd (a division of Clickatell)

Job description

Purpose:

The purpose of this role is to manage the completion of accurate & timely financial and management accounting and reporting for all group entities up to consolidated level. To implement tax planning and structuring on company and group level. To ensure relevant processes & internal controls are in place in order to facilitate Clickatell’s compliance with statutory, tax & legal requirements across the group.

Key responsibility areas:

• Overall group tax planning and structuring, and per Clickatell entity
• Responsible for transfer pricing policies, benchmarking, calculations and allocations
• Preparation, management and submissions to Tax Authorities of VAT and Corporate Tax calculations, controls and advice
• Responsible for the oversight and planning of the any tax related audit and preparation of schedules including working within the designated subsidiaries / regions
• Exchange control (SA Reserve Bank, NOTAP etc.) and other statutory compliance work & submissions
• Stock Option Plan support and annual 409A valuations
• Manage business insurance needs for the group. Ensure policies are up to date and reviewed at least once a year. Ensure all insurance claims are submitted on a timely manner to the insurance broker
• Manage and provide leadership to the FP&A team, ensuring they produces timely, accurate and relevant financial & management accounting information
• Review and completion of all financial reporting with variance analysis and communicate financial results to management as required
• Provide support to Commercial Managers as required
• Review and verify sales commission calculations and assist with compilation of annual sales commission plans with financial scenario testing
• When required, support to the Legal team for all company secretarial & Corporate governance related functions and reporting
• Review vendor application forms as required by customers and suppliers
• Assist the Finance Director in the financial internal controls of Clickatell companies
• Assist HR in BBBEE reporting

Core Competencies:

• Ability to keep team members accountable and have tough conversations when required
• Excellent communication: Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Excellent Administrative skills: Be able to work with a high level of accuracy.
• Be able to work under pressure: Deadlines are very tight, accurate reporting is a must.
• Team Work: Must be able to work as part of a team. Must be able to work reliably and responsibly with internal and external colleagues.
• Analysis and logic, systematic and orderly planning, attention to detail.
• Demonstrable experience of excel skills and good working knowledge of Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Excel.
• Ethical and principal based working methods.
• Ability to think creatively and take an innovative and flexible approach to problem solving in a fast hanging technology driven company
• Self-starter who can work with minimum of supervision
• Experience of creating and sustaining a culture of responsive, timely, reliable and knowledgeable service to users
• Ability to prioritise tasks and manage personal and departmental schedules effectively to meet tight deadlines
• Project management skills

Experience and education:

• Master Degree in Corporate Tax
• CA (SA) with 5 years’ post article experience
• IFRS and US GAAP experience
• Proficient in IBM Cognos tools (TM1) and OneSource
• Tax and Financial planning and modelling experience
• Experience in creating and maintaining complex spread sheets. Advanced MS Excel skills essential

General Competencies:

• Excellent negotiating skills both internally to team and externally with other departments
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Willingness to work outside of normal office hours when circumstances dictate.

Personal Characteristics:

• Assertive nature
• High levels of initiative
• Work independently, with a high degree of responsibility
• Work well under pressure and to meet deadlines
• A positive, “can do” attitude, including when under pressure.
• The ability to take a task through to completion in the allotted time.
• Willingness to assist or performs tasks outside of own job description and function as required.
• The ability to take on responsibility, ownership and be accountable for results and actions taken.
• Manage direct reports, and other relationships within Finance & other departments in a fair, tactful and appropriate way

Reporting to you:

The FP & A Department