RPO Recruitment's client, a major food manufacturer, is seeking a talented Tax Accountant to join their team of professionals in Johannesburg. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the company’s tax portfolio, ensuring compliance, keeping abreast with the latest legislative changes to identify and mitigate potential tax issues/risks and will act as an adviser on all aspects of the company’s tax position.

Responsibilities

• Prepare annual income tax returns for all SA legal entities within the group.
• Calculating and submitting provision tax returns.
• Perform the IT14SD reconciliation when filing the annual income tax return.
• Manage tax year-end and half-year accounting processes for the Group and ensure accurate calculation of income- and deferred tax accounting entries for the companies within the Group and preparing supporting schedules for disclosure purposes in the group consolidated financial statements.
• Preparation and submitting monthly VAT returns and ensuring refunds are received timeously from SARS.
• Liaising with SARS during the monthly VAT verification process.
• Preparation, submission and payment of monthly withholding tax returns.
• Preparation and submission of the annual country-by-country reporting requirements for the group as a Multi-National Entity Group.  (i.e. Master File and Local File)
• Quarterly monitoring of transfer pricing compliance for intra-group transactions to ensure profit margin are within the benchmarked range.
• Preparation and submission of annual carbon tax returns and ensure timeous payment of carbon tax.
• Update the annual carbon tax licenses with SARS as and when required.
• Advising the business on any new proposed tax legislation and assessing the potential impact to the business. (i.e. Sugar beverage levy, VAT rate change, limitation on assessed loss utilisations etc.)
• Filing and paying of dividend withholding tax returns and security transfer taxes.
• Engage with tax authorities in SADC countries from time to time to assist the foreign subsidiaries in resolving audit queries.
• Advising the business on various local and international tax implications that impact the business, including providing guidance to the business on appropriate transfer pricing methodologies for cross border transactions with related parties.
• Roll-out of training to business to ensure input VAT are captured accurate on transactional level.
• Keeping up to date with new IFRS being published and determining the tax effect on the Group.
• Responsible for monthly IFRS 16 lease accounting.
• This role will also entail some accounting functionalities from time to time.
• Prepare working papers for disclosure notes for the Group Consolidated Financial Statements.

Requirements:

• CA (SA)                                                                 
• MCom Taxation                                                    
• FMCG industry experience                                  
• Article experience within Audit/Assurance        
• 1 – 4 years post-article experience within tax
• International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) knowledge
• Income Tax Act                                                      
• VAT Act
• International Tax (Withholding taxes and transfer pricing)
• Carbon Tax Act

Benefits:

• Salary: R850-R950K per annum

 

RPO is a Specialist Recruitment Agency that provides candidates and clients with unique recruitment solutions tailored to their needs. We focus on helping you reach your personal and professional goals by connecting you to your perfect career path.

 

• Apply for this role today, contact Keegan Wolhuter at RPO Recruitment or on LinkedIn
• You can also visit the RPO Recruitment website: rporecruitment.us or email us your CV: [email protected]

 

We will contact you telephonically in 3 days should you be suitable for this vacancy. If you are not suitable, we will put your CV on file and contact you regarding any future vacancies that arise.