Tax Specialist

Main purpose:

• Assist the Head of Tax with the day-to-day, month to month operational management of tax technical, tax research, tax training and development within the Tax department.
• Providing consulting services to the partnership Group (Audit Partners), and to Clients of the Firm via the Tax Partner.
• Establishing internal and external market presence thereby contributing to the tax strategy of the tax department

Qualifications & Experience required:

• Bachelors Degree in the field of Commerce or Law.
• Must have a minimum of 5 years experience in Taxation and a demonstrated history of working across various industries and various tax types
• Must have recently worked in an accounting, audit or tax consulting firm or equivalent Industry type is advantageous 

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

The successful applicant will be required to handle (but is not limited to) the following:

• Assistance in Tax technical (Research and Development)
• Drafting of Tax opinions for Tax partner review.
• Application for tax rulings to SARS.
• Lodgement of Dispute resolutions to SARS
• Assist in and develop tax solutions for internal and external clients.
• External Market focus, in line with tax strategy, contribute to external market growth, revenue and market presence.

Competencies required:

• Knowledge of South African Tax Legislation
• High attention to detail and accuracy
• Able to work well under pressure
• Logical and analytical thinker
• Persuasive, assertive and solution driven
• Strong customer focus and service delivery
• Knowledge and workings of Double Taxation agreements (DTA’s)