Rollout Contact Person-Tax (Expert) 2897

Open Source (Pty) Ltd; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology consulting company in Pretoria is seeking a Tax Consultant to provide tax implementation support, develop compliance guidelines, and lead digital tax solutions. The ideal candidate must have a postgraduate qualification in Taxation or equivalent, strong knowledge of ERP systems like SAP, and excellent communication skills. Experience in international taxes and project management is highly advantageous.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate degree or certification in Taxation is preferred.
• Minimum BCom in Accounting, Law, Computer Science or similar would be considered.
• Chartered Accountant or MBA (advantageous).

Responsibilities

• Responsible for tax implementation support and testing for compliance.
• Develop relevant tax standards and guidelines, ensuring timely documentation.
• Define data needs of the tax team and develop the tax digitalization roadmap.
• Deliver tax solutions aligned with the company’s digitalization roadmap.
• Coordinate and oversee specific market rollout within product scope.
• Maintain overview of feature team-specific processes & structures.
• Ensure implementation & testing of market feature team solutions.

Skills

In-depth process & accounting knowledge

Experience with international taxes

Change & project management skills

Knowledge of data use in tax management

Working knowledge of ERP systems including SAP

Excellent communication skills

Ability to influence and engage with authority

Strong business acumen

Education

Postgraduate degree or certification in Taxation

Minimum BCom in Accounting, Law, or Computer Science

Chartered Accountant or MBA

Tools

SAP

Job description

ESSENTIAL SKILLS :

• In-depth process & accounting knowledge.
• Experience and affinity for IT & processes, particularly in international taxes.
• Strong change & project management skills.
• Good knowledge of the role of data and the use of technology in managing tax.
• Working knowledge of ERP systems including SAP.
• Excellent and articulate communicator.
• Ability to influence and engage with authority.
• Strong business acumen.
• Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter.

ADVANTAGEOUS SKILLS :

• Experience in global SAP template rollouts.
• Experience in test management, test automation or similar.
• Agile methodology experience.

QUALIFICATIONS :

• Postgraduate degree or certification in Taxation is preferred.
• Minimum BCOM in Accounting, Law, Computer Science or similar would be considered.
• Chartered Accountant or MBA (advantageous).

RESPONSIBILITIES :

• You are responsible for tax implementation support, including testing in the development, adaptation, and expansion of IT systems and processes to ensure tax compliance (e.g., indirect taxes, tax authority reporting, tax ledger reporting, tax risk management, KPI reporting, etc.).
• Your tasks include independently developing relevant tax standards and guidelines and ensuring timely tax documentation.
• You define the data needs of the tax team and continue developing the tax digitalization roadmap aligned with group-wide strategies.
• You deliver tactical and strategic data and digital tax solutions set out in the company tax digitalization roadmap.
• Coordinate and oversee a specific market rollout within your product scope.
• Maintain an overview of feature team-specific processes & structures.
• Ensure that the feature team solution for a market is implemented & tested.