Tax & Vat Consultant (Contract) -Global Tax Centre Africa at Deloitte

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NB: This is a 2 year Fixed Term Contract based in the Midrand office.

Under minimal supervision, to manage and lead large multinational clients under Global Compliance Outsourcing. 

• Ability to lead Multinational clients without minimal support
• Is confident to present and lead with client discussions
• Ability to manage difficult conversations with clients and know when to bring in the Partner or AD to support
• Through the effective working relationships built within the client business to understand their requirements, suggests improvements to processes that better deliver to the business needs. 
• Registering taxpayers for various taxes
• Data wrangling on excel for importation into compliance tool
• Mapping of data into the VAT technology tool for countries across Africa
• Completing and electronically filing VAT returns for taxpayers using the automated compliance tool
• Preparing objections and penalty and interest remission requests to the South African Revenue Service
• Corresponding with the South African Revenue Service on follow ups on clients’ affairs
• Update and use of internal software (local and global)
• Provide ad hoc VAT compliance services, e.g., tax audits and verifications and high-level advice related to the ongoing VAT compliance services provided to clients
• Analyzing monthly work in progress, assisting with issuing of bills to clients and monthly follow ups with clients to settle invoices

Differentiators for this specific role:

• Tax Compliance in Africa
• Global compliance and reporting
• Worked on Multinational clients before
• Close to the trends in Africa and where Revenue Authorities are going
• Has good knowledge of Value-Added Tax (VAT) 

• B Com / Accounting / Programming / Informatics
• Minimum 1 years’ experience as a specialist in Value-Added Tax (“VAT”)
• A Tax or VAT qualification would be advantageous
• Previous experience dealing with the South African Revenue Service would be advantageous
• Knowledge of the Value-Added Tax Act and Tax Administration Act
• Understanding and knowledge of ERP systems (SAP, ORACLE, other ERP's) on a high-level is a plus
• Ability to integrate rapidly with existing team
• Strong interpersonal and excellent communication skills

Core Professional Technical Capabilities

• Tax Laws and Rules - Applies knowledge and skills of relevant practices and processes (or relevant tax rules and regulations) in area of specialization to client problems
• Delivery excellence - Proactively manages client issues, expectations and service level agreements
• Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving - Interprets and synthesizes data, exercises professional skepticism to challenge data, and identifies meaningful insights to develop recommendations that most effectively support a client’s business objectives
• Technology Tools and Solutions - Articulates how technology enables business processes and is able to communicate its value clearly to clients

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Note: The list of tasks / duties and responsibilities contained in this document is not necessarily exhaustive.  Deloitte may ask the employee to carry out additional duties or responsibilities, which may fall reasonably within the ambit of the role profile, depending on operational requirements.

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