Tax Lead And Financial Manager Southern Africa

Mayfly Agri (Pty) Ltd; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A multinational agricultural firm based in Gauteng is seeking a highly skilled tax professional with a CA(SA) qualification and 5-8 years of tax experience. The candidate will be responsible for ensuring compliance with local tax laws, managing tax audits, and collaborating with tax authorities. Key qualifications include strong attention to detail and excellent communication skills. This role offers an opportunity to work in a dynamic environment with a focus on corporate taxes and VAT management.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5-8 years relevant tax experience.
• Experience in working with tax authorities is essential.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring compliance with all local tax laws and corporate taxes.
• Identifying tax risks and implementing mitigation procedures.
• Liaising with tax authorities and advisors.

Skills

CA(SA) specialization in Taxation

Attention to detail

Good presentation skills

Strong communication skills

Education

CA(SA)

Job description

Minimum Requirements

• Must be a CA(SA) with specialization in the field of Taxation.
• Minimum 5-8 years relevant tax experience.
• Previous experience within a multinational company would be highly advantageous.
• Experience in working with tax authorities is essential.
• Attention to fine detail in applying tax knowledge / analyzing facts and tax law.
• Must have good presentation and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring compliance with all local tax laws in the areas of corporate taxes and VAT, including tax payments, tax return submissions, and adherence to global guidelines and KPIs such as Effective Tax Rate and BKA reporting.
• Identifying tax risks and implementing mitigation procedures, while performing all tax calculations for accounting and audit purposes.
• Liaising with tax authorities, tax advisors, and transfer pricing offices.
• Training business group representatives on VAT and import duty issues.
• Supporting tax audits and tax litigation, including related risk management, and managing transfer pricing activities.
• Planning taxes and preparing annual tax returns and provisional tax payments.
• Ensuring compliance with all local tax laws in corporate taxes, supporting the development and implementation of directives, guidelines, and SOPs in coordination with functional areas.
• Scrutinizing internal control systems and processes to identify weaknesses, suggesting and developing control measures, supervising implementation, and conducting walk-throughs.
• Performing ad hoc internal audits, forensic audits, and investigations through the fraud line.
• Assisting with corporate internal audits and statutory audits.
• Performing short-term planning, forecasting, and recording/documenting Legal Entity Financials.
• Preparing local Legal Entity income statements and consolidations for tax forecasts and transfer pricing purposes.
• Preparing local Legal Entity cash flow statements for liquidity planning and impairment testing and preparing financials for exposure planning.
• Ensuring compliant and timely delivery of financial data to global systems (e.g., data.one, CoFiPot, BayTC).
• Ensuring data integrity and correcting errors as required.
• Supporting external reporting to authorities, complying with standard Financial Steering processes and timelines (divisional and non-divisional).
• Implementing and managing operational changes of defined planning processes and tools.
• Managing local governance of intercompany transactions and intercompany contracts.
• Ensuring compliance with Ics-relevant activities concerning legal entity processes.