Tax and Statutory Accountant at CHEP

 Position Purpose

• Assist with the maintenance and compliance of the Taxation and Financial Accounting functions to provide meaningful and reliable financial support to the SSA region, whilst complying with Group requirements, regulatory standards and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
•  Assist with the maintenance of sound business processes and control systems to deliver an efficient financial accounting and taxation service.
•  Provide meaningful input to the Business Partner Outsourcing (BPO) service provider; i.e. Genpact

Key Accountabilities include:

• Assist the Taxation functions (Income Tax, CGT, WHT, PAYE, VAT) to ensure that effective processes and controls are in place to produce accurate and timely tax computations, deferred tax computations, tax returns, tax reconciliations, tax certificates and provisional payments for all countries in the SSA and ME region.
• Assist the Financial Accounting function to ensure that effective processes and controls are in place to produce accurate and timely financial information in line with IFRS, including responsibility for journal preparation, month-end processes, review of Trial Balances, Balance Sheet reconciliations, and query resolution.
• Assist with the Companies Act and Statutory compliance function to ensure that effective processes and controls are in place to produce annual company returns and Stats SA returns.
• Assist with the review and submission of the bi-annual and annual Group Results, Taxation and IFRS reporting. 
• Assist with the preparation of local Annual Financial Statements for all required entities in the SSA and ME group in line with deadlines and statutory requirements.
• Assist with the review and exception reporting of the Business Partner Outsourcing (BPO) service provider.
• Addressing tax related queries from the respective Tax Authorities as well as from the Business
• Assist in the investigation and follow up of requirements for Africa Expansion and other Tax/Statutory related projects
• Contribute to the annual budget process in line with the budget plan and reporting requirements of the Group.
• Assist with the preparation of audit deliverables for external and internal auditor.

Measures

• All Brambles financial reporting deadlines are met.
• Timeous submission of tax returns by due dates
• Review and prompt resolution of balance sheet reconciliations by due dates
• Compliance with legal and statutory requirements
• Compliance with the various tax laws in the various tax territories
• Preparation of the AFS in terms of the agreed time frame

Scope

• Number of statutory companies: 10 (South Africa, Namibia, Swaziland, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Botswana, and Mozambique)
• Number of branches                  : 2 (Zimbabwe and Zambia)
• Number of currencies                : 10 (ZAR, NAD, ZWL, SZL, AED, SAR, BWP, ZMK, MZM)

Qualifications

• B. Comm Degree

Experience

• 5 Years finance experience, with exposure to taxation, accounting, computerised information systems knowledge

Skills and Knowledge

Specific experience to Position:

• Experience in a computerised accounting environment, with knowledge of control systems, taxation and company requirements. 

System Knowledge:

• SAP
• MS Office Suite
• SARS e-Filing

Preferred Education

• Associates

Preferred Level of Work Experience

• 3 - 5 years