Manager – Sales Tax

Sui Southern Gas Company Limited; Karachi Division; On-site; PKR 2,000,000 - 2,750,000; Full time

Job summary

A major energy company seeks a qualified individual to manage and implement a strategy for sales tax compliance. Responsibilities include overseeing sales tax policies, ensuring timely filings, and coordinating with consultants for audits. Candidates should possess an MBA in Finance and an LLB with relevant experience in sales tax matters.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in filing sales tax returns.
• 5+ years of relevant experience for LLB candidates.

Responsibilities

• Direct and oversee the organization’s Sales Tax policies and objectives.
• Ensure timely deposit of withholding sales tax.
• Supervise sales tax reporting cycle and ensure compliance with regulations.
• Coordinate with sales tax consultants regarding audits or litigation.

Skills

Sales tax compliance

Financial reporting

Regulatory knowledge

Risk management

Education

MBA in Finance

LLB with Bar Enrollment

Job description

MBA in Finance from HEC recognized university with at least 4 years of experience in filing sales tax returns.

LLB with at least 5 years of relevant experience and 2 years of Bar Enrollment

Job Summary

This purpose of this position is to manage and lead development and implementation of a strategy to comply with sales tax laws while minimizing the incidence of liability fines, or refund delays related to SSGC. Monitors filing of sales tax related reports and returns in accordance with regulations.

Job Responsibilities

1. Direct and oversee Organization’s Sales Tax policies and objectives and ensure that Sales Tax Policies & Procedures are appropriately documented and properly implemented to deliver a full range of sales tax services in compliance with laws and regulations. Guide the Organization in Sales Tax Planning as well as accurate forecasting of Sales Tax related payments, liabilities, and refunds for better cash flow management.
2. Supervise the management of sales tax compliance profile of Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC), ensuring that sales tax and FED related deductions, payments and filing requirements are understood and documented and filings and payments are made on time. Supervise and review timely deposit of withholding sales tax with the concerned authorities. Ensure all federal and provincial sales tax returns and any refund claims are prepared accurately and filed on time in accordance with applicable laws.
3. Supervise sales tax related transactions and govern strict adherence to procedures and guidelines to ensure that accounting books and records are properly maintained, according to sales tax laws and regulations.
4. Supervise management of the periodic sales tax reporting cycle for the company, follow up with FBR, Collect orates and accounting teams to ensure that sales tax entries are correctly documented, reconciled, posted, and are in line with relevant regulations. Supervise the implementation of improvements to the sales tax reporting process at SSGC.
5. Every month, review Sales Tax return, ensuring all Annexures to Sales Tax return are correctly filed and Sales Tax Liability calculated by FBR Portal is identical with SSGC calculation.
6. Ensure that all Sales Tax invoices in GL (particularly invoices becoming time barred after 6 months) are timely claimed by checking GL reports and FBR purchase data and consolidated Input record of SSGC for last 6 months.
7. Check whether Sales Tax invoices are claimable as per Law & as per prescribed format. In case of discrepancy, coordinate with concerned department for correction. Coordinate with Vendors as and when required to ensure purchase invoices declared in Vendor returns are claimable by SSGC. Ensure accurate reconciliation of data collected against software report and ensure completeness of invoices and Sales Tax amount & resolution pertaining to IRIS issues.
8. Review withholding sales tax transactions to ensure accuracy of withholding sales tax deduction and processing Payment Voucher for deposit of Tax Liability into Government treasury.
9. Review Sales Data to ensure that zero-rating, General Sales Tax, Extra Sales Tax and Further Sales Tax has been properly applied as per Law and Coordination with customer to accept Credit Adjustments declared by SSGC in Return.
10. Coordinate with sales tax consultants and advocates pertaining to sales tax cases under audit or litigation. Oversee and arrange supporting documents for various sales tax cases pending at level of High Court, Collect orates, and sales tax offices.
11. Monitor coordination with sales tax authorities regarding tax exemptions, refunds, and rectification of arbitrary orders, including resolution of queries, attending multiple hearings, and arranging documents as and when required.
12. Ensure that the Sales Tax sub-section is complying with the risk management framework. Also ensure coordination with nominated risk champions in activities to identify, record and manage risk activities across the sub-section.
13. The individual shall ensure compliance to the Enterprise Risk Management Framework enforced in the Company while performing job responsibilities in accordance with his assigned role.
14. The individual shall ensure compliance to the Business Principles and Ethics Policy / Code of Conduct.
15. Undertake any other task as assigned by the supervisor.