Tax Compliance Manager at ICEA Lion Group

Roles and Responsibilities:

The key responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Ensuring that all companies in the Group comply with all laws and regulations regarding taxes and other statutory requirements.
  Evaluating tax law changes and business initiatives to provide requirements to build new solutions or make changes to existing tax processes and systems.
• Driving and managing tax projects throughout their life-cycle.
• Communicating with internal and external customers about Group policies related to tax information collection.
• Tax information reporting, including research and analysis of exceptions related to tax information.
• Building capacity within the Finance team responsible tax administration in the Group
• Oversee timely and correct tax reporting and follow-up of tax payments/refunds.
• Research and analysis of tax legislation in countries where we are operational and intend to expand into.
• Working collaboratively with local in-country advisors to ensure direct, indirect and personal taxes are managed appropriately in foreign countries.
• Maintaining Tax, Compliance & Statutory returns calendar for the Group.
• Together with the CFO develop tax strategies to minimize overall taxation of the Group.
• Identify and mitigate tax risks.
• Management of tax audits for the Group as they arise.
• Improve processes by developing or implementing best practices.

Academic and Professional Qualifications:

• Bachelor Degree in accounting, Finance, Management, Taxation, Tax Law or related discipline from a reputable university.
• Master’s in business related course is an added advantage.
• Professional qualification(s) in accounting such as ACCA, CPA (K) or equivalent.

Experience & Knowledge:

• Ten (10) years’ experience in accounting and tax management, and at least 5 – 7 years’ experience in managerial position in a tax consultancy firm, a large multi-national organization or a Group of companies.
• Knowledge and in depth understanding of the East African tax regulatory environment.
• Strong tax research skills.
• An understanding and experience of the structures and tax planning approaches used internationally.
• Good communication and presentation skills.
• Experience building and maintaining relationships with cross-functional teams.
• In depth understanding of financial services and products.
• Versatility in a change environment.

Other Competencies Required for the Role:

• Strong leadership and skills to foster teamwork; develop and motivate staff, resolve conflicts as well as ability to provide direction, guidance, momentum and vision in order to achieve organizational objectives.
• Strong communication and presentation skills including ability to develop proposals, concept papers, position papers as well as write reports and prepare relevant publications.
• High level interpersonal and cross-cultural skills, including ability to build alliances and collaborative relationships with sensitivity to diversity.
• Strong expertise in strategic management project planning and budgeting, resource management, implementation as well as monitoring and evaluation.
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Strong persuasion and negotiation skills.
• Ability to effectively prioritize competing demands and manage multiple projects to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• People management skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Ability to demonstrate empathy for customer issues and problems.
• Ability to work as a team player in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Detail oriented, highly organized, decisive, and self-motivated.

Deadline: 24th March 2022