Tax and Reporting Manager

Ability Executive Recruitment; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Chartered Accountant with 5+ years of tax experience to manage tax compliance and prepare financial statements for various entities. The role includes calculation of taxes, ensuring compliance with SARS, and support for financial audits. The ideal candidate possesses advanced Excel and knowledge of accounting systems, preferably MDA, along with experience in managing trusts.

Responsibilities

• Calculation of provisional tax for all entities and full year Income Tax calculations.
• Ensure all queries and audits from SARS are dealt with timeously.
• Maintain a tax compliance schedule for all companies and trusts.
• Prepare the consolidation of CGH annually for audit.
• Prepare Annual Financial Statements for the group.
• Assist and check monthly balance sheet recons.
• Assist with group wide tax planning.
• Assist the CFO on ad hoc tasks/projects.
• Ensure tax compliance throughout the group.
• Ensure the Annual Financial Statements are drafted to the highest standard.
• Provide accurate and timely information for banks and CEO/COO.
• Make daily decisions that align with long-term company goals.

Skills

Accounting system – MDA (preferable)

Qualified Chartered Accountant SA

Previous experience with trusts

5+ years of experience with all tax types and dealing with SARS

Advanced knowledge of excel & word

Relevant property knowledge or similar field

Education

Qualified Chartered Accountant SA

Job description

The role is responsible for the tax and tax compliance throughout the group (including trusts), for annual financial statements for all companies and trusts, and monthly balance sheet recons and quality of all general ledgers.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Accounting system – MDA (preferable)
• Qualified Chartered Accountant SA
• Previous experience with trusts
• 5+ years of experience with all tax types and dealing with SARS
• Advanced knowledge of excel & word
• Relevant property knowledge or similar field

DUTIES:

• Calculation of provisional tax for all entities, as well as full year Income Tax calculations for all entities, including deferred tax.
• Ensure all queries and audits from SARS, for all tax types, are dealt with timeously and resolved.
• Maintain a tax compliance schedule for all companies and trusts in the group.
• Prepare the consolidation of CGH annually for audit.
• Prepare, or supervise the preparation of all Annual Financial Statements for the group, as well as the consolidated Annual Financial Statements.
• Prepare all reporting required by the CEO/COO and banks.
• Assist and check monthly balance sheet recons, journals as required.
• Assist with group wide tax planning, to ensure tax exposure is minimised, within the relevant tax laws.
• Assist the CFO on ad hoc tasks / projects.
• To ensure tax compliance throughout the group for all entities.
• To ensure that the Annual Financial Statements are drafted to the highest standard and signed timeously.
• Accurate and timely information for the banks and CEO/COO as requested.
• To make daily decisions that aligns with the long-term goal of the company and department.