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The successful candidate will report to the Head of Financial Accounting and International Tax , and will be responsible for, inter alia, the following:

Key Responsibility: Tax Planning and Strategy

Core Tasks:

• Align tax strategy with business strategy and corporate structure.
• Interpret the strategy laid out by the Group and implement the necessary strategy to achieve these objectives.
• Keep management and Group board informed of changes to the organisation’s tax landscape.
• Provide tax advice on company specific transactions, including reviewing relevant procurement and customer contracts where necessary.
• Due diligence and structuring support for mergers and acquisitions

Key Responsibility: Direct and Indirect Taxes

Core Tasks:

• Oversee and manage the tax compliance and risk function for the SEACOM Group.
• Ensure that all deadlines in respect to tax compliance are adhered to.
• Review of deferred tax line items, current tax expenses/credits and withholding tax paid/payable and assist local accountants with tax reporting.
• Review Income Tax, VAT and WHT returns and ensure compliance.
• Assist with the compilation of tax and deferred tax calculations.
• Ensure correct accounting of tax payments and tax assessments.
• Overseeing responses to audits by revenue authorities in various jurisdictions
• Report to internal stakeholders on (expected) tax metrics, both on actuals as well as plan based.

Key Responsibility: International Taxes

Core Tasks:

• Implement and further develop Group tax strategy.
• Identify and mitigate tax risks within the region.
• Coordinate multi-territory and cross-border tax related activities.
• Implementation of transfer pricing methodologies, as appropriate.
• Monitor and execute tax related compliance with various stakeholders (Country by Country reporting, Economic Substance rules)

Key Responsibility: People Management

Core Tasks:

• To create a customer centric service culture in the tax function
• To support the finance team in the achievement of its objectives and the company’s objectives as a whole in a manner that is guided by Seacom values and business objectives.
• Ensure that all staff adhere to group HR policies.

Generally, do all such things which, although not specifically referred to herein, are necessary and/or required for the due, proper and efficient rendering of the services for the purposes contemplated by this role.

EDUCATION:

• Hons BCom Accounting
• Post Graduate studies in Tax (HDip Tax)
• Relevant professional qualification (CA (SA)/LLB an advantage

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:

• At least 6 years’ taxation experience of which a minimum of 3 years must be in Corporate Tax in a consulting environment (Big 4)

​REQUIRED KEY COMPETENCIES/ATTRIBUTES:

• Leadership
• Good communication skills both written and verbal
• Analytical thinking,
• Strong problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Strong business and financial acumen
• Ability to work in a team.
• Tolerance for stress,
• Applied strategic planning.
• Ability to identify areas that impact the business and flag potential business impact.
• Professional and Technical excellence in taxation
• Opinion drafting skills and ability to explain complex tax technical information in simple understandable terms.
• Managing and/or interacting with African finance and tax teams outside of South Africa, specifically Mozambique and Mauritius.
• Overseeing responses to audits by revenue authorities in various jurisdictions
• Corporate Tax Structuring exposure and inter-company transaction structuring in the context of transfer pricing

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