Port Elizabeth: Tax Manager

About the Role

The Tax Manager will be responsible for providing expert tax advice to clients and staff, researching tax information, training staff on tax-related matters, and ensuring quality delivery of work outputs in a fast-paced environment. The successful candidate will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with clients, staff, and external stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise the tax department employees
• Oversee the completion of Income Tax returns to ensure compliance and meeting of deadlines
• Completion of complex Income Tax Returns
• Manage the administration of provisional tax; meeting deadlines and the complete billing process
• Oversee the administration of SARS-related documentation received, i.e. assessments and other notifications
• Control the input of data thus ensuring an accurate database
• Quality assures the completion of returns
• Quality assures the capturing of data
• Oversees the organization, retention, and compliance of all tax-related records to ensure accuracy, completeness, and regulatory adherence
• Assist and advise staff of matters relating to the completion of returns and tax administration
• Perform any other task that may be reasonably expected
• Controlling GreatSoft-related problems in terms of tax
• Ensure delivery of documents, returns, and payments to SARS at the end of each month
• Follow up regularly on payments requested from clients
• Review all assessments checked before signed off by relevant directors, ensuring that penalties and interest levied by SARS, and the balance of accounts are correct
• Resolve any disputes on assessments and accounts from SARS, relating to Income Tax
• In charge of the complete dispute resolution process and billing thereof
• Supervision of whole billing process via GreatSoft
• Quality assuring 10% – 20% of returns before submission via a review process
• Manage the IT 14 SD process and Income Tax Review Process
• Complex queries, tax opinions, and other ad-hoc tax-related work required by partners
• Weekly SARS visits for updating banking details and taxpayer particulars
• Responsible for Continued professional development
• Adhering and generating additional revenue targets as set by directors
• Collaborate with the Tax Ombud to address taxpayer complaints and ensure fair treatment and compliance with tax laws and regulation
• Oversees tax compliance, strategy, and reporting to optimize financial outcomes and mitigate risks for the organization

Requirements

• Grade 12 with accounting as a subject
• Tax or other relevant qualification
• Experience in a tax environment
• Registered with SAIT
• Skills:
• Communication
• Interpersonal
• Client Service
• Training
• Numeric
• Leadership
• Delegation
• Conflict resolution
• Management
• Computer literacy
• Ability to handle pressure and a busy workload
• Ability to research, interpret, and apply the Income Tax Act, Tax Administration Act, and VAT Act for various tax-related projects

Qualifications

• Formal education/certifications (none mentioned in original)

Salary & Benefits

• Salary information not specified in original description.