Senior Statutory Accountant

Solugrowth (PTY) Ltd

2025/04/09 Pretoria

Job Reference Number: SG-539

Department: BPO R2R - Mastercard

Industry: Banking/Finance And Investment

Job Type: Contract

Positions Available: 1

Salary: Market Related

Our client in the Banking/Finance and Investment industry has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Statutory Accountant in Gauteng, Pretoria.

Job Description

• Reviewing booked invoices from Oracle for each MEA entity in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region to check for compliance.
• Reviewing various tax schedules and data packs for monthly, quarterly, bi-annual and annual compliance reporting.
• Forwarding the tax schedules to the outsourced tax consultants for review and validation.
• Interacting with in-country outsourced tax consultant teams on the review of the various tax data packs.
• Managing and responding to queries and feedback from the MEA Tax Management Team.
• Providing support to MEA Tax Management in the execution of MEA region tax compliance.
• Reviewing Trial Balances for all MEA entities to validate entries and completeness.
• Reviewing expense and revenue General ledger accounts in all MEA Operating Units to validate accuracy and completeness.
• Verifying Service Fee calculations for entities to ensure alignment with Marketing and Liaison Agreements.
• Doing revenue and expense projections for entities for Provisional tax, Instalment tax, Advance corporate tax and final tax calculations.
• Collaborating with the MEA Controllership Team for the validation of trial balances and discharge of internal and external audits.
• Supporting tax audits by handling and responding to queries from Tax Authorities in MEA region providing all support documents as requested.
• Compiling, reviewing and posting journals in the accounting system.
• Tax Balance Sheet Recons - preparation and review.
• Monitoring expense and payments booking to ensure correct allocations.
• Collaborating and liaising with internal stakeholders such as AP, Payments and Accounting to ensure correct and accurate capturing of transactions.
• Handling internal and external audit information requests on MEA entities on indirect taxes.
• Identifying opportunities for process improvement and efficiencies (CPI) in the processes in MEA tax compliance deliverables.
• Managing client expectations.
• Team Supervision (3 x FTEs) including contributing to the performance review process, reviewing of work, allocating deliverables and providing training.

Job Requirements

• Minimum requirement: B.Comm Accounting Honours (including Tax as a major).
• 3-5 years Statutory Accounting Experience in a Corporate Environment.
• Oracle ERP Experience.
• Corporate Tax, VAT and Withholding Tax Experience.
• Ideally supporting the MEA (Middle East Africa) Region.
• Working in a Shared Services environment experience (preferred).
• Core Competencies and Attributes:
• Time Management, Planning and Organizing.
• Problem Solving.
• Accountability and Dependability.
• Ethics and Integrity.
• Communication and Teamwork.
• Planning & Organising.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize effectively.
• Attention to detail.
• Superior stakeholder service.