Tax Manager at The South African Breweries (SAB)

End Date: March 6, 2026 

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

First Line of Defence to Tax Authorities

• Serve as the primary local contact for tax authorities.
• Manage day to day queries, audits, and information requests.
• Ensure alignment with global reporting standards under the One ABI Way of Tax.

Tax Strategy Insights

• Partner with Zone Tax Strategy and the Zone Head of Tax Operations to provide grounded country-level insights that support the development of tax planning opportunities and the broader tax policy agenda.
• Identify local legislative developments, business model changes, tax authority behaviors, and emerging risks that may require strategic response or represent potential planning opportunities.
• Assess feasibility and potential impact of proposed tax planning or policy initiatives at the country level and provide structured feedback to Zone teams.
• Contribute country-specific intelligence to the strategic pipeline, ensuring Zone and Global Tax have early visibility of issues and opportunities arising in the market.
• Support alignment and implementation of approved tax planning initiatives and policy positions within the country.

Governance, Controls & Risk Management

• Ensure full compliance with ABI’s Tax Compliance Framework, internal controls, and documentation requirements.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation for all tax positions.
• Identify risks proactively and escalate when needed.
• Ensure that GBS execution aligns with RACI and control expectations.

Support Local Tax Policy & Legislative Monitoring

• Monitor legislative and regulatory developments affecting tax.
• Provide local insights to Zone Tax Policy teams.
• Support implementation of global and zone tax policy initiatives locally.
• Participate in industry engagements or policy forums as agreed with Zone.

Cross- Functional Collaboration

• GBS/back office teams for execution and data integrity
• Country Finance for P&L reporting, local compliance and tax matters that impact local finance e.g. tax audits, engagements with policymakers
• Zone Tax Operations for governance and alignment
• Zone Tax Risk Management for high risk queries

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Taxation or other relevant degree; advanced degree preferred.
• Bachelor’s in Tax, Finance, Accounting, or related discipline
• +/- 5 years of corporate tax experience, including compliance, audits, and reporting
• Experience dealing with tax authorities
• Strong knowledge of local tax legislation
• English proficiency + local language fluency