Senior Specialist: Tax

2 weeks ago

Sandton, South Africa Absa Bank Limited Full time
Bring your possibility to life Define your career with us

  • With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.
Job Summary


The role requires a self-driven tax specialist with strong tax technical skills, an understanding of accounting principles and experience to support and be a trusted advisor to business in relation to financial transactions, structured investments products and financial transaction products.


Job Description:

Key Accountabilities

Accountability:
Business support

  • Manage relationships with key stakeholders in Global markets, Absa Capital Securities and Private Equity. Proactively communicate major items (e.g., risks and opportunities) to those stakeholders, as required, guiding them on key technical, reputational, and commercial issues from a tax perspective
  • Proactively engage with and provide technical tax advice to stakeholders to ensure tax compliance with new and current tax legislation
- managing external stakeholders (such as National Treasury, SARS, Industry bodies etc.) in contributing to the formulation of tax legislation and ensuring that Absa's interests are advocated, protected, and advanced

Accountability:

Compliance and Reporting:

  • Managing and overseeing the resolution of tax queries raised, as well as lodging of any objections and appeals
  • Ensure tax training is provided to businesses as regards tax compliance, where appropriate, to enhance the level of compliance
  • Oversight on the submission of income tax returns of entities within Global markets and tax payments to SARS
  • Implementing efficient tax controls and remediation processes

Accountability:

Management of tax risk by:

  • Identifying and implementing (and/or supporting implementation of) tax opportunities
  • Attending Forums, Mancos and Board meetings to present tax matters impacting the relevant entity
  • Providing tax sign off on new products within the business
  • Advising the business on the tax implications relating to transactions and recommending solutions
  • Liaising with external auditors to close off on identified tax issues
  • Preparing tax briefs and liaise with external tax advisors on tax opinions relating to complex transactions
  • Reviewing and providing commentary on changes in tax legislation impacting business
  • Providing tax training to businesses where appropriate to enhance tax awareness and effective tax management
  • Collaborating, implement guidance in relation to tax accounting, compliance, reporting activities carried on within and outside of the Group Tax function

Accountability:
People

  • Motivate and coach team members and ensure that their efforts are recognised
  • Encourage and partake in frequent knowledge sharing between team members
  • Assist with the interviewing and recruitment of new members to the broader Tax team
  • Maintaining a good working relationship with colleagues within the Group Tax team
General

  • Develop and maintain industry knowledge and represent Absa on industry sub committees (e.g., BASA, National Treasury, SASLA etc)
  • Supporting the Head of Tax and Tax Leadership team in delivering the Tax Strategy
Role / Person Specification

Education and Experience Required

  • Qualified Chartered Accountant
  • Honours Degree (in Accounting)
  • Master's Degree in Business Taxation
  • Ongoing tax updates and / or qualifications
  • Minimum of 8 years' experience in tax roles with proven 'indepth' tax experience ( Financial Services Industry specifically investment banking required).
Knowledge & Skills

  • Ability to resolve complex tax and finance issues faced by banking firm and in an everchanging environment
  • Excellent technical income tax and international tax law knowledge
  • Control and execution focused
  • Strong ability to identify opportunities and add value
  • Maturity to interact and communicate with management and employees at all levels
  • Strong negotiation skills and experience in negotiations with SARS
  • Strong manager of professional external advisors
  • Proven business acumen and ability to look at the bigger picture
  • A strong understanding of financial analysis
  • Excellent provider of analysis and summaries
  • Strong understanding of accounting and deferred tax requirements (as appropriate for the specific role)
  • Understanding of regulatory requirements
Competencies

  • Deciding and initiating action
  • Learning and researching
  • Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking
  • Relating and networking
  • Adapting and responding to change
  • Persuading and influencing
  • Creating and innovating
  • Willingness and initiative to share skills and develop a highperforming team
Education

Postgraduate Degrees and Professional Qualifications:
Financial Sciences (required)

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