Senior Tax Specialist at Enel Green Power

Role Overview:

This role  will report directly to the Head of Tax for South Africa. The successful incumbent will be responsible for the full corporate tax function including tax accounting & reporting, tax advisory, tax risk management, and tax compliance.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Advises the business on various local and international tax implications that impact on the operations.
• Analyse information and develop practical and creative tax solutions tailored to meet specific tax related scenarios.
• Prepare monthly normal tax and deferred tax computations, including reviewing the effective tax rates, explaining the variances.
• Prepare journals for tax payments and refunds.
• Tax reporting to offshore ultimate holding company.
• Planning and reporting to the holding company.
• Prepare provisional tax returns, withholding tax returns, and tax returns, including year-end packs schedules.
• Ensure compliance to tax legislation for all tax exposure areas, including income tax, CGT, withholding taxes, transfer pricing, VAT, customs duties, PAYE.
• Assist in updating, performing and review of Tax budgets & Financial Models
• Prepare the monthly VAT returns and ensure compliance with VAT legislation.
• Prepare income tax, deferred taxation and VAT general ledger reconciliations on a monthly basis.
• Responsible for the review of annual financial statements, financial statement disclosure in respect of taxation.
• Provide support and assistance to tax year-end reporting processes.
• Maintain up to date status checklist and reports of all companies’ tax returns, outstanding SARS queries.
• Proactively seek opportunities to achieve tax savings.

Knowledge and skills:

• Familiarity with transfer pricing issues
• Tax accounting
• Tax advisory
• Self-starter
• Enthusiastic, energetic
• Reliable and disciplined

Academic Qualifications:

• Qualified CA (SA) will be advantageous with postgraduate tax qualification advantageous, or BCom (Honours) degree in Accounting/Taxation with postgraduate tax qualification

Experience:

• A minimum of 2 years’ post-articles accounting and tax experience, or 4 – 5 years accounting and tax experience.
• Must have a consulting experience, or commercial environment exposure within large, diverse multinational organisation.

Knowledge, skills & abilities:

• Required previous exposure to international tax frameworks
• Excellent knowledge of local and international tax legislation
• The applicant should demonstrate an understanding of increasingly complex tax concepts and effectively apply his/her tax knowledge to situations, developing and delivering innovative tax planning ideas with timely, responsive services and work products that meet business needs.
• Exposure to tax accounting and tax compliance
• Exposure to international taxation
• Experience in handling tax queries and audits from SARS
• Pro-active in identifying potential tax problems and creating solutions
• Have a high level of organisational skills and ability to prioritize, handle multiple projects at a time and meet multiple deadlines in a fast paced environment.
• Have the ability to communicate with all levels within the organisation and with various stakeholders as and when needed.
• Be adaptable and able to cope under pressure
• Able to work independently as well as in a team environment

Please note that this role is in line with EGP RSA’s EE requirements and we reserve the right not to make an appointment. This role is not open to external recruiters/ agencies or head-hunters and the like and therefore any CV's and/or candidate profile submitted by the candidate will be considered without reservation of third parties.