Tax & Vat Consultant (Contract) -Global Tax Centre Africa at Deloitte

Job Description
NB: This is a 2 year Fixed Term Contract based in the Midrand office.

• Under minimal supervision, to manage and lead large multinational clients under Global Compliance Outsourcing. 
• Ability to lead Multinational clients without minimal support
• Is confident to present and lead with client discussions
• Ability to manage difficult conversations with clients and know when to bring in the Partner or AD to support
• Through the effective working relationships built within the client business to understand their requirements, suggests improvements to processes that better deliver to the business needs. 
• Registering taxpayers for various taxes
• Data wrangling on excel for importation into compliance tool
• Mapping of data into the VAT technology tool for countries across Africa
• Completing and electronically filing VAT returns for taxpayers using the automated compliance tool
• Preparing objections and penalty and interest remission requests to the South African Revenue Service
• Corresponding with the South African Revenue Service on follow ups on clients’ affairs
• Update and use of internal software (local and global)
• Provide ad hoc VAT compliance services, e.g., tax audits and verifications and high-level advice related to the ongoing VAT compliance services provided to clients
• Analyzing monthly work in progress, assisting with issuing of bills to clients and monthly follow ups with clients to settle invoices

Differentiators for this specific role:

• Tax Compliance in Africa
• Global compliance and reporting
• Worked on Multinational clients before
• Close to the trends in Africa and where Revenue Authorities are going
• Has good knowledge of Value-Added Tax (VAT) 

Qualifications

• B Com / Accounting / Programming / Informatics
• Minimum 1 years’ experience as a specialist in Value-Added Tax (“VAT”)
• A Tax or VAT qualification would be advantageous
• Previous experience dealing with the South African Revenue Service would be advantageous
• Knowledge of the Value-Added Tax Act and Tax Administration Act
• Understanding and knowledge of ERP systems (SAP, ORACLE, other ERP's) on a high-level is a plus
• Ability to integrate rapidly with existing team
• Strong interpersonal and excellent communication skills

Core Professional Technical Capabilities

• Tax Laws and Rules - Applies knowledge and skills of relevant practices and processes (or relevant tax rules and regulations) in area of specialization to client problems
• Delivery excellence - Proactively manages client issues, expectations and service level agreements
• Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving - Interprets and synthesizes data, exercises professional skepticism to challenge data, and identifies meaningful insights to develop recommendations that most effectively support a client’s business objectives
• Technology Tools and Solutions - Articulates how technology enables business processes and is able to communicate its value clearly to clients