Tax Analyst at Catch

ROLE OVERVIEW

• Trade Compliance is defined as “the process and procedures by which goods enter and exit a country and adhere to any laws, rules, regulations and requirements of the country from which the goods are being imported or exported.
• Trade compliance incorporates many different aspects of international trading, which includes classification, trade risk, taxes and import duties.”

The Tax Analyst role falls under the Trade Compliance/IP Department at the company and the role consists of the following:

Expertise in

• duties, taxes and levies
• product classification
• Capturing of duty and tax information from Customs Clearance Documents
• Critically review system-predicted tax discrepancies and
• identify the core issue
• develop an implementation plan to ensure Classification and Tax systems/databases are corrected
• Ensure country-specific tax structures and tax databases are seamlessly and timeously updated using automation tools (RPA)
• Research and identify tax legislation changes pre-emptively and translate these changes into the Classification and Tax systems/databases to ensure taxes are correctly predicted

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Excellent high school results
• University undergraduate degree of any background
• Honours degree advantageous

SKILLSET AND DESIRED COMPETENCIES

• Excellent command of English language
• Excellent knowledge and use of Microsoft Excel, Word and Out-look
• Detail-oriented and able to take initiative
• Maintain effective communication with team members at all times
• Maintain relationships with various internal and external stakeholders
• Able to co-ordinate large high-value projects and keep track of and successfully manage all elements on each high value project
• Analytical, research-driven and can solve problems head-on