Tax Technical Accountant at Santam Insurance

What will make you successful in this role?

• The role will primarily be responsible for the tax reporting process, including the preparation and review of tax disclosures in the Annual Financial Statements and/or Regulatory Reporting
• Analyse tax on investments to ensure accuracy and completeness of taxes reported by asset managers.
• Prepare and/or review of consolidated deferred tax and effective tax rate for the Group
• Prepare and/or review of income tax returns for submission to SARS
• Assist with monitoring, assessing and advising on the changes to tax legislation and or tax reporting requirements
• Identify inefficiencies and gaps with within the group tax reporting process and provide solutions including automation of processes.
• Assist with responding to business, audit and SARS tax queries
• Reviews and/or preparation of ad-hoc tax reporting requirements as required from time to time
• Assist with implementation of new SARS and IFRS requirements impacting tax reporting.
• Assist with ad-hoc tax projects, including inputs i.r.o. Corporate Finance deals.
• Building relationships within Group Tax, Group Reporting, wider business units and stakeholders
• Building strong relationships with SARS at the Middle Management and Tax Specialists Subject Matter Levels 
• Work independently to pro-actively identify and investigate potential risks and to research and present potential solutions to the Group Tax Manager for review.
• Provide coaching and guidance to relevant team members.

Qualification and Experience

• CA(SA) or Bcom with Higher diploma/honours in tax with 3 years or more relevant tax compliance and/or tax reporting experience
• Experience in a short-term insurance environment would be highly beneficial

Knowledge

• HFM and Oracle experience is highly beneficial 
• Financial Services/Short term Insurance Tax related experience is essential
• IFRS knowledge particularly related to tax disclosure, tax accounting and group reporting
• Strong Tax Compliance and or Tax Reporting experience

Skills

• Taxation and accounting skills 
• Independent research skills
• Solution oriented and pro-active (self-starter)
• People management and relationship building skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Computer literacy (advance excel spread sheet capabilities, working knowledge of financial and general ledger systems)