Group Tax Manager

**AVI LIMITED** is home to many of South Africa’s leading and best-loved brands Listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and centred on the FMCG market, AVI’s extensive brand portfolio includes more than 50 brands. Our brands span a range of categories including hot beverages, sweet and savoury biscuits and snacks, frozen convenience foods, out-of-home ranges, personal care products, cosmetics, footwear, accessories, and fashion apparel. We have a well-developed Shared Services structure spanning: International, IT, Finance, Logistics, Marketing, Procurement and Field Marketing, which allows us to take advantage of our scale. Our single-minded purpose is our brands' growth and development.

An exciting opportunity exists for a **GROUP TAX MANAGER **at **AVI HEAD OFFICE** in Illovo, Johannesburg. The role is responsible for oversight of tax compliance across the AVI Group and requires involvement in all taxes at an operational, tactical and strategic level.

**Line Manager**: Group Financial Manager

**Job Specification**:
**Key Performance Areas**:

- ** Tax compliance and reporting**:

- Oversight of tax compliance across the AVI Group
- Reviewing SARS correspondence, addressing SARS queries and, where necessary, supporting external advisors on complicated SARS matters
- Review of direct and certain indirect tax returns i.e. income tax, provisional tax, withholding tax (dividends and other), PAYE and VAT
- Management and review of subsidiary tax submissions and ensuring compliance with tax legislation, including foreign jurisdictions
- Review of interim and year-end tax computations covering both current and deferred tax
- Management of tax receivables and liabilities
- Overseeing the tax related aspects of the year end audit process
- ** Process improvement, efficiency and governance**:

- Performing ad hoc tax health checks/audits across the Group covering tax compliance including the development and implementation of improvement recommendations
- Maintaining a high standard of tax compliance and risk management across the AVI Group
- Keeping abreast with SARS audits including the review of responses and maintaining an effective working relationship with SARS
- Assessing and identifying tax risk areas and developing action plans to mitigate/minimise risks identified
- Identifying tax planning opportunities and developing action plans to utilise these opportunities
- Remain abreast of legislative tax changes and, where applicable, implement changes across the Group
- Effectively implement and update standard operating procedures to maintain standards and ensure compliance
- ** Advise/recommendation of business solutions**:

- Researching of tax matters and preparation of internal tax memoranda
- Prepare tax due diligence assessments and prepare supporting opinions
- Involvement in project and restructuring work across the AVI Group from a tax perspective and, if necessary, obtaining independent tax advice
- Managing tax related matters to support the Financial Manager in the execution of his/her responsibilities
- Reviewing of business transactions from a tax perspective and provide guidance as to the tax implications thereof
- ** Stakeholder engagement**:

- Regular meetings and presentations with key stakeholders at both a Group and Business Unit level

**Minimum Requirements**:
**Experience**:

- Minimum of 6 years’ relevant experience in all aspects of tax at a senior level
- At least 2 years’ Group Tax experience highly advantageous including without limitation:

- Income tax
- Value-added tax
- Customs and excise
- Employees tax
- Carbon tax and
- International tax, including interpretation of double tax agreements

**Qualifications**:

- Completed BCom
- HDip Taxation
- MCom taxation or LLM (tax) and/or Qualified CA (SA) would be highly advantageous

**Additional Requirements**:

- Commercially astute and stays current on key business and tax related matters
- Good knowledge of financial processes

**Competencies**:

- Thinking analytically
- Interpreting data
- Articulating information
- Staying composed
- Meeting deadlines
- Attention to detail
- Minimising risk
- Planning and organising