Tax Advisor – Compliance – Tax Department - Durban, South Africa at Bowmans (Law Firm)

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• BCom (Accounting), a tax specific qualification would be advantageous.
• 3 years tax compliance experience within a tax practice; articles experience would be advantageous.
• Proven numeracy and language skills.

JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Working as part of a team providing assistance to clients on a variety of tax compliance matters within a specialised tax practice.
• This includes tax registrations for multiple tax types, tax return preparation and submission for multiple tax types, the set up and management of SARS eFiling profiles, preparation and submission of disputes, application for tax clearances, suspension of payment requests, tax deregistrations, beneficial ownership submissions, and other tax compliance related matters.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:

• Initiative, enthusiasm and optimism
• Acting without prompting but aware of risks
• Takes action to achieve goals beyond what is required
• Optimistic in handling challenges and setting out for the best outcomes
• Genuinely engage with clients and colleagues in an enthusiastic manner
• Taking responsibility in all matters in which you are involved
• Taking pride in excellence of work done

Perseverance and resilience

• Ability to work well under pressure without compromising work quality or standards. 
• Ability to move past obstacles to achieve end results in an efficient and professional manner.
• Ability to recover quickly from setbacks.

Results driven

• Uncompromising attitude to service delivery.
• Delivery of results even under heavy pressure.  
• Ability to handle high volumes as well as meet deadlines, with the view to adding value to the business by delivering the required results.

Team player

• Working together with colleagues and staff to enhance the team’s overall performance
• Leveraging off team synergies and to ensure a productive, efficient, and caring work environment
• Ethical
• Displays honesty and integrity at all times

Client Focus

• Dedicated to understanding and meeting the expectations and requirements of clients.
• Obtains the necessary information from clients and utilises the information for the delivery of service to the client. 
• Establishes and maintains effective relationships with clients. 

Work Standards

• Sets high goals or standards of performance for self, producing work timeously, accurately and of a consistently high standard. 
• Able to work according to a fee budget.

Planning and organizing

• Set priorities, manage schedules and plan accordingly in a constantly pressurised environment.

OTHER SKILLS:

• Technical skills

Possesses tax compliance skills and knowledge

• Strong critical reasoning
• Ability to apply theory in a practical and commercially astute manner

Business and financial skills

• Possesses the necessary commercial understanding of client requirements in order to deliver excellent client service
• Ability to perform tax related calculations 

Communication

• Able to communicate effectively and express ideas clearly
• Ability to argue persuasively
• Produce documents that have appropriate organisation and structure, correct grammar and language, and which are easy to understand.

Computer Literacy

• Proficiency in all relevant computer software, including Word and Outlook.
• Proficiency in Excel is a pre-requisite – if this is not already present, on-the-job training will be provided to address these weaknesses