Group Secretary & Compliance Officer | Meridian Services | Cape Town at Managed People Solutions

Exciting Opportunity Alert! A dynamic Finance and IT firm in the upscale wine sector seeks a Group Secretary & Compliance Officer to join its team of experts within the Cape Town, Brackenfell area. If you possess excellent analytical abilities, attention to detail and strong project management skills, we want to hear from you!

Responsibilities

• Review of contracts/agreements to identify areas of focus and risks.
• Maintaining of all the various share registers.
• Issuing and cancellation of share certificates.
• Ensuring compliance with the latest regulatory requirements.
• Driving key compliance such as the POPI Act.
• Income and other taxes calculations, submissions, support, planning and coordination.
• Preparation and maintaining of the group’s transfer tax policy and related requirements.
• CIPC compliance and changes (i.e. directors, new entities, year-ends, deregistration’s).
• SARS e-filling coordination and management.
• SARS audits management and coordination.
• “Internal audit” functions as and when required.
• Championing the group’s ESG drive.
• External Audit support to the Head of Finance.
• Technical accounting support to the Head of Finance.
• International tax support (Kenya, Zambia etc.).
• Finance related SOP’s & Drafting of policies.
• VAT efficiency monitoring and optimization.
• FNB banking portal – updating of master data (adding new cards etc.).
• Maintaining Ultimate Beneficial Ownership status at the various banks & CIPC.
• Ad-hoc support to the HOF, CFO and CEO.
• Managing access control over BC.

Minimum requirements:

• CA (SA) Registration.
• Minimum of 5-years post article experience.
• Ability to work independently.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Deep knowledge of South African regulatory, compliance and IFRS for SME requirements.
• Strong risk identification skills.
• Strong project management skills.
• Driven to get tasks and projects done effectively and efficiently.
• Strong communication skills.

Closing Date: 21 March 2024