Tax Manager at Huawei Technologies

Main Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and monitor tax managers’ work in Southern Africa region and assess their performance in terms of tax compliance index such as data quality and timeliness.
• Review complex Income Tax, VAT and WHT returns and ensure compliance.
• Perform adhoc compliance testing to check the quality of our tax data.
• Identify and mitigate tax risks within the region.
• Manage tax provision, tax assets and tax compliance process.
• Improve processes by developing or implementing best practices
• Ensure relevant risk related registers are maintained and updated and actions agreed by management are implemented
• Assist with the compilation of tax and deferred tax calculations
• Ensure correct accounting of tax payments
• Ensure correct accounting of tax assessmentsTax Advice and Tax Risk Management
• Provide tax advice

Requirements:

• BCom (Accounting) or relevant Accounting qualification
• Tax qualification will be advantageous
• At least 5 to 10 years' tax experience in a corporate environment
• International Tax experience would be advantageous
• Excellent knowledge of tax accounting, tax compliance and all types of tax returns declaration and filling.
• Knowledge of tax and accounting software and MS Office.
• Excellent at working under pressure and meeting tight deadlines.
• Analytical skills with detail orientation
• Experience in liaising with regulators on tax matters (e.g. audits/revenue authorities)
• Understanding of legislation and/or experience in tax in African Countries will be advantageous Computer literacy: Advanced level (MS Office Software and Financial systems)

Competencies required:

Honesty, Passion & Resourcefulness; Analytical; Problem solving; Decision making; Building and maintaining relationships; Attention to detail, Planning, organising and control; Business acumen; Assertiveness