Direct Tax Specialist - JHB at TotalEnergies

Candidate Profile

As a Direct Tax Specialist, ideally you will possess the following :

• Chartered Accountant or B Com Honours in Accounting and Taxation (completed articles advantageous).
• Post-qualification Diploma in Taxation or M Com Taxation advantageous. 
• Accreditation with accounting or tax body.
•  A minimum of 6 - 8 years’ experience in Corporate Tax (Tax accounting, tax compliance, tax advice and SARS Controversy). 
• Proven knowledge of financial statements; reconciliation skills; strong financial information analysis and risk identification. 
• Knowledge of MS Office, SAP and OneSource Corporate Tax (advantageous). 
• Key competencies include analytical ability, high attention to detail and accuracy, excellent communication skills, problem solving ability, high level of integrity, planning and organizational skills, high level of responsibility and accountability, very strong accounting skills, ability to work under pressure.

Activities

As a Direetc Tax Specialist, you will be responsible for the following activties 

• Resources: The South African, Namibian, Botswana, Eswatini (NBE) Income Tax Acts, Keeping abreast of OECD proposed and enacted Tax Legislation, Relationship Building and Management with the South African and NBE Revenue Authorities for Tax Risk and Reputational Risk Management, Industry Lobbying, SAP. 
• To ensure timeous and accurate preparation and submission of all tax returns (Income tax, provisional tax and withholding tax) as they pertain to direct taxes of the TMSA Group; 
• To ensure timeous preparation and submission of payments to tax authorities within statutory deadlines and accounting thereof in the general ledger; 
• To perform timeous and accurate reconciliation of all withholding taxes and direct tax accounts, including deferred tax at year-end for accounting purposes and disclosure to the Annual Financial Statements; 
• To ensure timeous and accurate preparation of monthly current tax and deferred tax computations, and preparation of tax journals for the Group; 
• Perform quarterly review of risky accounts such as legal fees, consulting fees, overseas travelling, donations, repairs and maintenance, bad debts etc. for tax implications;
• To manage the Tax Asset Register to ensure correct treatment of assets purchases, disposals, scrapping and expensing; 
• Annual update and submission of the TMSA Groups transfer pricing policies; 
• Assist with external, internal and SARS audits on all direct tax matters of the TMSA Group; 
• To support the NBE country finance teams on tax issues;
• To assess the tax implications of the business transactions to optimize tax advantages, minimize tax liability and ensure the correct implementation of new business transactions; 
• To initiate, verify and effect changes to the systems and procedures of the company to ensure compliance with legislation in a workable, practical and efficient manner
• Gather information as requested by internal (including SOX) and external audit;
• Manage ad-hoc tax projects with the Tax Manager. 
• Manage and support Direct Tax Analyst and Intern assigned to direct taxes; 
• Upskill Direct Tax Analyst and Tax Intern in all aspects pertaining to direct taxes; 
• To provide ad-hoc tax support, training and advice to the group to ensure tax risk management; 
• To ensure all tax policies and procedures clearly documented and updated timeously; 
• To keep abreast with annual tax changes and ensure all changes to the various tax legalisations are implemented by the business timeously and accurately (including legislation impacting New Energies business lines).
• Optimize tax benefits and minimize tax obligations of the TMSA Group within the parameter of all relevant tax legislation. 
•  This is a review function but is expected to prepare and submit in times of absence / capacity constraints / time pressures. 

HSEQ (Health, Safety, Environment, Quality) 

To effectively manage and minimise HSE risk within area of responsibility by ensuring: 

• Compliance with all HSE Policies, rules, guideline and legal requirements 
• Promotion of safe working environment and positively contributing to the company HSE KPIs and risk reduction strategies 
• That HSE competency requirements are identified & enforced within area of responsibility.