Global Employer Services and Employees’ Tax Senior Consultant/Assistant Manager at BDO South Africa

Purpose
Manage a mixed portfolio of expatriate tax compliance and expatriate and employees’ tax consulting projects. This role will involve working very closely with the head of the division and involve a lot of direct client contact. The successful candidate will also manage the performance of team members. The role is designed to lead to a fast track career progression for the right candidate.

Specification

• Reporting as part of Global Employer Services, Individuals, Trust and Estates; you will inter alia be responsible for:

Expatriate Tax Compliance and Consulting

• Review of expatriate annual tax and provisional returns and directly responsible for preparation and submission of more complex tax returns.
• Attending to SARS and clients queries/objections/appeals
• Review of monthly shadow payrolls
• Responsible for expatriate arrival and departure tax briefings.
• Managing various expatriate tax consulting projects and assisting the director on more complex cases including:

1. providing written advice on tax residence and cross border assignment tax issues
2. emigration matters
3. tax efficient structuring of expatriate’s assignment package
4. development or review of a company’s international assignment policy/relocation policy etc.

Employees’ Tax Consulting

• Responsible for employees’ tax aspects of IT14SD reconciliations
• Preparation of PAYE 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:

1. design or review of employer remuneration related policies, including fringe benefit policy/travel & expense policy etc.
2. remuneration structuring, including employee share incentive plan arrangements
3. employee retrenchments

Requirements
Qualifications and Experience:

• Degree or H Dip (Tax) / MCom Tax
• Candidates with proven relevant experience will also be considered.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience ideally working in a client facing expatriate and employees’ tax compliance and consulting role. Strong candidates with relevant technical experience from Industry or SARS will also be considered.
• Registered as a Tax practitioner with a controlling body
• Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

Competencies

• Team player
• Excellent communication (verbal and written) skills
• Enjoys opinion writing / drafting of reports
• Lateral thinker
• Ability to build strong and effective relationships internally and with clients to ensure a professional and quality service that meets required expectations and needs
• Confidence and decisiveness with excellent planning and organizing abilities
• Ability to work under pressure and achieve reporting deadlines
• Agility to adapt to different situations
• Showing initiative and taking ownership
• Energetic, passionate and possess a willingness to succeed
• Adherence to principles and values