Statutory and Tax Analyst at Eaton

What you’ll do:

• Tax Planning and Compliance: Ensure accurate tax planning, reporting, and compliance for all sub-Saharan Africa entities, including VAT, corporate taxes, and withholding taxes;
• Technical Accounting Support: Provide support to ensure compliance with IFRS and implement new accounting policies on time;
• Audit Coordination: Assist the Zone Statutory Manager in zone audits and manage statutory compliance, including external audits and AFS compilation;
• Record Maintenance: Organize and maintain records of tax payments, assessments, refunds, and payments;
• Tax Enquiries Management: Prepare responses and liaise with SARS to resolve tax inquiries and follow up on outstanding matters;
• Operational Compliance: Determine and manage operational requirements for compliance with relevant tax acts and statutory requirements;
• Internal Controls Improvement: Create and implement procedures to enhance internal controls and streamline financial processes;
• Financial Guidance: Provide financial guidance to operations management to protect corporate assets and ensure expected returns;
• Compliance Reporting: Ensure accuracy in monthly and annual reporting, including participation in bi-annual tax risk meetings;
• Ad-Hoc Support: Assist with additional financial requests, BBBEE compliance, company secretarial tasks, and support audits in other countries as needed.

Qualifications:

• Degree in Finance or Accounting from an accredited institution is required; 
• Minimum of +3 years of professional accounting experience is required;
• Experience within a Big 4 company

Skills:

• Sound working knowledge of SAP/Syspro beneficial;
• Technical capability to prepare, analyze and interpret financial and operational data/reports;
• Strong knowledge of accounting standards ( GAAP , IFRS ); 
• Knowledge of Oracle and Thomson Reuters system.