Tax Accountant at MultiChoice Group

• Responsible for the development, implementation and maintenance of system of robust controls, procedures and policies
• Responsible for monitoring compliance to Tax Act
• Responsible for monitoring compliance to policies
• Review and implement recommendations to policies
• Ensuring compliance to tax framework
• Assist with providing / collating information to SARS queries
• Documentation of all processes and ensuring that the relevant controls have been implemented

Monthly Activities 

• Monthly preparation of detailed tax computations in accordance with tax legislation for group companies
• Preparation of monthly tax journals in SAP
• Preparation of monthly tax disclosure in accordance with tax legislation. Submission of disclosure on HFM
• Preparation of monthly tax cashflow disclosure and submission to the Central Accounting Team
• Monthly preparation and filing of indirect taxes (including VAT & withholding tax) and verification
• Ensure accuracy, validity and completeness of SARS payments
• Compiling and review of tax schedules for submission to SARS
• Monthly clearing of GL accounts
• Preparation of monthly balance sheet reconciliations
• Performing monthly tax reasonability, analysis and explanation for variances e.g. VAT analysis, effective tax rate, analysis of tax rate recon
• Preparation of monthly tax dashboard
• Guidance on transactional tax treatment
• Assistance with implementation of processes and monitoring plan

Interim and Year end activities

• Preparation of tax packs / audit packs
• Preparation of disclosure for accounting packs and Annual Financial Statements
• Preparation of tax returns
• IT14SD – tax reconciliations
• Calculation of provisional tax and payment
• Interaction with external auditors and audit queries
• Receiver of Revenue reconciliations
• Calculation of prior year tax adjustments
• Deferred Tax calculations (Balance sheet method)
• Assist with country-by-country reporting

General

• Assisting the Record to Report Senior Manager on strategic finance projects as determined by the Head of Finance Shared Services
• Ad hoc projects that arise on a continuing basis
• Analysis
• Attend to business partner queries
• Manage, improve and develop relationships with internal & external stakeholders
• Able to run with tasks and be proactive in delivery
• Recommendations and implementation of process efficiency
• General tax admin
• Various Tax reports

Qualifications

• BComm in Accounting
• Tax qualification preferred (HDip Tax / Advanced tax diploma

Experience / Skills

• Minimum 3 years’ relevant experience in a similar role
• Sound, detailed knowledge and experience in IFRS (including hedge accounting, accounting for FECs, IFRS 9 and IFRS 15) and Taxation rules
• SAP system experience
• Hyperion Financial Management
• Advanced excel skills
• Minimum 3 years’ people management experience in a similar role

Competencies

• Attention to detail
• Proactive and ability to plan ahead
• Ability to prioritise in order to meet multiple deadlines
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and pressurised situations
• Ability to think and move quickly in a dynamic fast-moving environment
• Excellent communication skills- upward, downward and lateral
• Conflict management
• Problem solving
• Coaching and mentoring
• Systematic and analytical
• Speed and accuracy with figures
• Stakeholder management