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The Tax Analyst is responsible for reporting to the Country Finance Lead as well as the Tax and Compliance Manager with relevant compliance feedback pertaining to tax laws, company registrar requirements and shareholders needs by ensuring all the records and reports are readily available on timely basis.
KEY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITES
1) TAX COMPLIANCE:
- Review all the information relating to both output VAT and Input VAT for the previous month and submit to tax authorities.
- Monitoring production volumes and submitting to tax authorities for final review and obtaining pay advice.
- Review for submission the calculations of current tax and deferred tax for the year under review.
- Monitor all benefits that attract FBT and calculate the fringe benefit tax.
- Review of monthly PAYE return and review of WHT calculation for accurate filling with tax authorities.
2) FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING:
- Accounting for management fees, royalties and dividends and ensure alignment to relevant contracts.
- Manage the decanting process and ensure obsolete inventory is accounted for appropriately.
- Accounting for all taxes periodically and reconciliations as required
- Journal processing relating to tax, legal, litigations and corporate affairs.
3) ADMINISTRATION:
- Manage the Company relationship with the Lesotho Revenue Authority.
- Assist with compliance to Companies act and governance.
- Review and approve payments.
- Coordinate annual financial audits and attend to audit queries.
4) BUDGETING:
- Coordinating the tax annual budgetary process and ensuring alignment to overall financial strategy.
- Manage Cash flow and cash tax forecasting.
- Monitoring and evaluating company performance against budget and in line with the company zero based budgeting principles.
- Be the custodian of Companys’ bottom line as necessary, it informs the corporate tax payable.
5) REPORTING:
- Lead the Latest Estimate (LE) process and reporting for tax, management fees, royalties and dividends.
- Report to Zone on YTD profitability and tax impact.
- Report to zone on monthly and YTD EBITA performance and how tax will be affected
- Prepare Annual Financial Statements.
- Run the overall performance analysis as required
PROFILE:
- BComm. Degree in Accounting OR General Accountant/Registered Accountant Certificate with at least 5 years of work experience.
- 3 years in senior or middle management.
- 2-3 years of experience within FMCG environment is preferred.
KEY ATRIBUTES AND CHARACTERISTICS
- Excellent interpersonal & communications skills
- High need for achievement
- Disciplined as well as assertive
- Strong leadership skills
- Attention to detail
- High energy levels
- Results focused
- Action oriented