Snr Specialist: Tax at Liberty Group South Africa

Purpose

• To provide specialist advice and deliver and ensure statutory tax compliance for a specific company or specific tax discipline within the Group and provide tax advice where appropriate.

Minimum Experience

• 3 - 5 years experience in a similar environment, of which 1 -2 years at a junior specialist level

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas [NQF Level 07] in Finance Economics and Accounting

Additional Minimum Qualifications

Responsibilites

• Provide specialist advice and support in area of accountability to ensure that identified solutions and recommendations are appropriate and effective.
• Identify, diagnose and recommend improvements and provide specialist advice and support; ensuring that solutions are appropriate and effective.
• Investigate and make recommendations that could potentially lead to tax savings in compliance with relevant legislation.
• Source, collate, analyse and interpret financial data in order to assist in and support the review of the financial performance of the business.
• Keep abreast of regulation and industry developments to advise and guide on key compliance risk issues; enabling informed decision making.
• Advise on the accurate and timeous completion and submission of tax returns, related payments and monthly tax accounting entries.
• Review and compare, on a monthly basis, internal tax accounting with SARS statements of accounts to ensure they are reconciled.
• Review and identify improvements to the preparation of tax submissions and ensure compliance in the process.
• Accountable for the improvement of quality, service and work outputs, continuously recommending improvements.
• Plan for the organisation of work outputs and process improvement activities in light of a specific situational context related to the area of specialisation.
• Proactively identify area of specialisation related problems, determine cause and effect and recommend the best option to implement corrective action based on previous experience.