Consultant – Group Tax Risk and Reporting -(LDC 6 Month) at MTN

Mission/ Core purpose of the Job

To provide expertise and support to the Group Tax function in areas relating to Tax Risk, Consolidation and Reporting requirements across the MTN footprint. Ensure optimal tax benefits for the MTN Group by applying sound tax management planning and principles within global and national legislative guidelines.

Key Performance Areas: Core, essential responsibilities / outputs of the position (KPA's)

Key Deliverables

Operational

• On a monthly basis, capture tax workings for adhoc Group entities.
• On a monthly basis, collate Opco tax computations. Review and prepare consolidated Group tax working and Group effective tax rate reconciliation.
• On a quarterly basis, obtain tax risk registers from all Opcos, review & consolidate to form Group tax risk register report.
• Support Tax function on interim and year-end audits and reporting.
• Attend to statutory audits, by external auditors, of all the group companies’ tax computations and group effective tax rate reconciliations.
• Collate all budget & forecast tax workings from all Opcos. Review and prepare a consolidated Group tax working and Group effective tax rate reconciliation.
• Highlight potential tax risk areas and provide recommendations to resolve.
• Respond to any tax reporting queries raised by stakeholders.
• Ensure Opcos adhere to tax reporting requirements.
• Assist Opcos with drafting & updating their in-country tax policies to ensure alignment with Group.
• Actively support and collaborate with Opco tax functions
• Participate in taxation and business projects and assignments, as required
• Ad-hoc administrative and analytical support.
• Maintain proper records of all responsibilities for governance and audit purposes
• Address and resolve tax related queries.

Reporting

• Report on an ad hoc basis on specific projects, as required
• Collect and reconciliation of tax information for reporting purpose.
• Regular reporting of tax status of MTN operations

Job Requirements (Education, Experience and Competencies)

Experience:

• 3 – 5 years of relevant working experience in Tax domain
• Tax operations experience especially in a multi-country operations environment

 Competencies:

• Ambiguity within the workplace
• Analysis
• Conflict management
• ERP (Oracle preferred)
• Problem solving
• Risk management
• Influencing others
• Data interpretation
• Presentation
• Reporting
• Analytical

 Behavioural qualities

• Accountable
• Adaptable
• Agile
• Collaborative
• Culturally aware
• Innovative