Candidate Profile

As a Direct Tax Analyst you will possess the following:

Requirements: B Com majoring in accounting and taxation (completed articles advantageous).

Post-qualification Diploma in Taxation advantageous;

A minimum of 2 - 5 years' experience in Corporate tax;

Proven knowledge of financial statements, reconciliation skills, strong financial information analysis and risk identification;

Knowledge of MS Office, SAP;

Key competencies include analytical ability, high attention to detail and accuracy, excellent communication skills, problem solving ability, high level of integrity, planning and organizational skills, high level of responsibility and accountability, very strong accounting skills, ability to work under pressure, English is the working language.

Activities

As a Direct Tax Analyst you be will responsible for the following activities:

Resources: Working Knowledge of the South African, Namibian, Botswana, Eswatini (NBE) Income Tax Acts. Advanced SAP.

This jobholder is a Preparer Function .

To ensure timeous and accurate preparation and submission of all tax returns (Income tax and withholding tax) as they pertain to direct taxes of the TMSA Group;

To ensure timeous preparation and submission of payments to tax authorities and accounting thereof in the general ledger;

To assist with the timeous and accurate reconciliation of all direct tax accounts, including deferred tax at year-end for accounting purposes and disclosure to the Annual Financial Statements;

To assist with the timeous and accurate preparation of monthly current tax, withholding taxes and deferred tax computations, and preparation of tax journals for the Group;

Perform quarterly review of analysis of risky accounts such as legal fees, consulting fees, overseas travelling, donations, repairs and maintenance etc for tax implications including bad debts;

To assist with the management of the Tax Asset Register to ensure correct treatment of assets purchases, disposals, scrapping and expensing;

To assist with the compilation of the annual update and submission of the TMSA Group's transfer pricing policies;

Assist with external, internal and SARS audits on all direct tax matters of the TMSA Group;

To support the NBE country finance teams on tax issues;

To assist with assessing the tax implications of the business transactions to optimize tax advantages or minimize tax liability;

To initiate, verify and effect changes to the systems and procedures of the company to ensure compliance with legislation in a workable, practical and efficient manner;

Gather information as requested by internal (including SOX) and external audit;

Assist Direct Tax Specialist with ad-hoc tax projects;

To provide ad-hoc tax support, training and advice to the group;

To ensure all policies and procedures clearly documented and updated timeously;

To keep abreast with tax changes;

Train the intern assigned to the tax department; and

To assist with the optimization of tax benefits and minimize tax obligations of the company within the parameter of all relevant tax legislation.

HSEQ (Health, Safety, Environment, Quality)

Comply with HSEQ rules and raise alerts when contraventions are identified and to ensure confidentiality.

Context & Environment

Political: Economic crisis in South Africa resulting in change in political focus and change in tax laws

Legal: Rapid change in legal and tax environment

Organizational: At the end of the process
Technical: Very large volumes of transactions in the organisation and manual nature of computations of current, deferred, withholding tax

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TotalEnergies is an equal opportunity employer and all applicants that meet the specified criteria will receive consideration for employment without discriminating unfairly on any arbitrary ground, including but not limited to race, gender, sex, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religious conscience belief, political opinion, culture, language, marital status, or family responsibility.