Zone Tax Risk Management Manager at The South African Breweries (SAB)

Key Responsibilities

Zone Tax Risk Management

• Implement and operationalize ABI’s Tax Risk Management Framework within the Zone
• Maintain visibility of Zone-wide tax exposure and emerging risk themes
• Escalate material and cross-border risks to Global Tax Risk Management

Tax Controversy & Dispute Leadership

• Lead and support audits, inquiries, and disputes across multiple countries in the Zone
• Review and challenge audit strategies and settlement proposals
• Ensure technically robust and defensible tax positions

Global Alignment & Governance

• Act as Zone liaison to Global Tax Risk Management
• Ensure compliance with global methodologies and decision frameworks
• Provide insights to support global tax risk assessments

Technical Advisory & Capability Building

• Serve as senior technical sounding board for country tax teams
• Strengthen audit readiness, documentation standards, and governance controls
• Lead post-audit reviews and capability uplift initiatives

Transformation & Process Excellence

• Enhance controversy processes, tools, and reporting transparency
• Drive pre-controversy risk mitigation across the Zone
• Partner with Transformation to improve predictability and consistency

Success Metrics

• Adherence to ABI’s Tax Risk Management Guidelines
• Favorable resolution rate of tax controversies
• Pre-controversy risk mitigation performance
• Quality and timeliness of global escalations
• Audit readiness and documentation standards

What You’ll Bring:

• Law degree, Tax degree, or equivalent qualification
• 6+ years in tax controversy, tax audits, dispute resolution, or technical advisory
• Strong expertise in direct and/or indirect tax
• Multi-jurisdictional audit management experience
• Strong analytical judgment and stakeholder influence skills
• Ability to operate effectively in a matrix environment
• Fluency in English

Preferred:

• Advanced qualification (LLM, MBA, CTA or equivalent)
• Experience in multinational environments
• Exposure to tax risk management frameworks