Tax Consultants (Fixed Term Contract) at AFA - Accounting and Financial Advisory

Key Responsibilities

Tax Consultants will be required to work on the following but not limited to:

• Complex financial transactions,
• Contract and reportable arrangements,
• Develop compliance risk profiles and work on the new and current Inventory of cases across VAT, PIT, CIT, and Trade Taxes and engage with the relevant taxpayers and traders (telephonically, by written correspondence, and through virtual meetings) where necessary to:
• assess submissions,
• establish the commercial substance of the documentation,
• validate claims made, and
• raise assessments as necessary pursuant to optimising service and enhancing compliance.

Tax Consultants should be:

• competent to work independently, with minimal supervision.
• confident to engage with taxpayers and/or their representatives.
• able to critically review tax returns and information submitted by taxpayers’ individuals or companies and identify possible discrepancies including follow up work and requirements.
• able to apply basic principles of forensic tax auditing in reviewing taxpayer information in conjunction with SARS third party information (bank accounts, e Natis, Masters records etc.)
• be informed on Applicable Law that impact on own work.
• be observant and engage on possible violations of regulations, policies, Standard Operating Procedures and standards of conduct and escalate where necessary.
• able to conduct standard (limited scope) audits to ensure compliance with the relevant acts.
• able to plan and organise own work tasks within area of work and to prepare and present submissions to the interest and penalty committees.
•  Tax Consultants should also take accountability for delivery of contracted work outputs within agreed parameters, quality standards and client service targets.
• Tax Consultants will be expected to facilitate the collection on assessments that they raise and to consider any objections and appeals that are submitted following the assessment.

Qualifications, Knowledge & Experience

• Degree (NQF 7)/Post Graduate Diploma /Honours degree (NQF 8) in Accounting/Tax and/or CA qualification.
• 2 to more than 10 years of proven experience in the tax consulting/tax compliance field.
• of which 5 years is at the management level for all senior roles.