Tax Specialist

**Overall Responsibility**:
The purpose of the **Tax Specialist**role is to review the tax calculations and related submissions. The role entails maintaining and developing mandate by delivering end-to-end tax services in line with internal tax policies, procedures and templates. The role will provide expert tax advice, manage compliance with South African tax regulations, and optimize tax planning strategies. This role requires a deep understanding of local tax laws, excellent analytical skills, and the ability to handle complex tax matters across corporate and personal tax portfolios.

**Focus Area 1: Tax Compliance**:

- Prepare and submit accurate and timely tax returns (VAT, PAYE, Income Tax, etc.) in compliance with the South African Revenue Service (SARS) regulations
- Prepare, file, and manage federal, state, and local tax returns, including income, sales, use, property, and excise taxes.
- Ensure compliance with tax regulations specific to the brewing and alcohol industry.
- Maintain knowledge of tax law changes and communicate their impact to the company.
- Processing of corporate income tax calculations
- Processing all corporate income tax return submissions and reconciliations of tax accounts.
- Processing administration related to withholding taxes (including dividends, interest and technical fees)
- Performing tax administration and compliance functions including SARS e-Filing and other Revenue Authority websites.
- Review and analyse tax calculations (Capital Gains Tax, Interest Withholding Tax (IWT), Capital Gains Tax and Dividend Withholding Tax (DWT) calculations)

**Focus area 2: Excise Tax Management**:

- Monitor and report excise taxes related to beer production and distribution.
- Monitor and ensure adherence to excise duty laws, including correct classification of products under relevant tariff headings.

**Focus Area 3: Tax Strategy & Planning**:

- Develop strategies to optimize tax efficiency and identify tax-saving opportunities.
- Collaborate with financial and operational teams to advise on tax implications of business decisions.
- Review of tax disclosure - ZAR forcing translation entries, tax rate recons (other exempt income and non-deductible expenses) deferred tax recons, deferred tax breakdowns, tax losses, long term loan forex split.
- Providing Tax advisory services and related planning inputs

**Focus Area 4: Audit & Reporting**:

- Prepare and manage documentation for tax audits and respond to inquiries from tax authorities.
- Generate detailed reports on tax liabilities and provide insights to management.
- Report on and ensure compliance with DAFF regulations
- Assisting with tax implications of import/export activities regulated by DAFF
- Address/report on any non-compliance issues or disputes with SARS related to SDL/UIF.
- Prepare and assist with audits or queries concerning SDL/UIF payments.

**Focus Area 5: Risk Assessment**
- Ensure and monitor ongoing intercompany transactions to ensure compliance with Transfer Pricing (TP) policies
- Ensure compliance with South African legislation related to taxes and levies imposed to address environmental concerns.

**Minimum Requirements**:

- B Com Hons or equivalent - essential.
- Exposure and Experience in FMCG, specifically in the Liquor industry-essential.
- Tax qualification, Charted Accountant (CA)
- **5-7 years’ experience in a same/similar role** -**providing specialised corporate tax review and advisory services (or in a similar **specialised financial tax** orientated role and demonstrable exposure to:

- Internal financial controls and risk matrices (IFCs) - audit;
- IFRS, AFSs, corporate income tax calculations, deferred tax, transfer pricing, consolidation and foreign currency translations - essential**.**:

- Dealing with revenue authorities, auditors and other Group Finance orientated stakeholders.

**Preferred skills and competencies**:

- A clear understanding of **Corporate Tax, Compliance** and **Audit** landscape **Specialist Tax knowledge** - extensive knowledge of a range of tax contexts and scopes. Able to provide insights and value into the tax plan, procedures and outcomes combined with the ability to review and influence the full tax process cross-functionally.
- **Self-motivated and driven with strong integrity** - takes accountability for actions and mistakes.
- **Critical and analytical thinker** - analyses and reviews the tax context; identifies tax inconsistencies and compliance risks and establishes practice standards and monitoring mechanisms.
- **Detail** orientation** - able to scan the broader environment for risks and opportunities. Specialist at reviewing tax planning, provisions, calculations and IFRS disclosures - proactive in approach and meticulous attention to detail.
- **Collaborative partnering** - thinks and acts independently as well as collaboratively. Excellent stakeholder engagement and empowerment; ability to establish rapport and maintain effective working relationship