DIRECT TAX ANALYST

Job description

JOHANNESBURG-BIERMANN AV(ZAF)
Job Description

The Total South Africa Finance Department is looking for a new Direct Tax Analyst!

In this role, your responsibilities will be:

Direct Tax Management
·  To ensure timeous and accurate preparation and completion of all tax returns (Income tax, withholding tax and dividend tax) as they pertain to direct taxes of the Total South Africa Group;
·  To ensure timeous preparation and submission of payments to tax authorities and accounting thereof in the general ledger;
·  To perform timeous and accurate reconciliation of all direct tax accounts, including deferred tax at year-end for accounting purposes anddisclosure to the Annual Financial;
·  To ensure timeous and accurate preparation of monthly current tax and deferred tax computations, and preparation of tax journals for the Group thereto;
·  Performmonthlyreview of analysis of risky accounts such as legal fees, consulting fees, overseas travelling, donations, repairs and maintenance etc for tax implications including bad debts;
·  To manage the Tax Asset Register to ensure correct treatment of assets purchases, disposals, scrapping and expensing;
·  Assist with external, internal and SARS audits on all direct tax matters of the TSA Group;
·  To support the NBE country finance teams on tax issues
·  To assess the tax implications of the business transactions to optimize tax advantages or minimize tax liability;
·  To initiate, verify and effect changes to the systems and procedures of the company to ensure compliance with legislation in a workable, practical and efficient manner;
·  Gather information as requested by internal (including SOX) and external audit;
·  Assist Direct Tax Specialist with ad-hoc tax projects;
·  To provide ad-hoc tax support , training and advice to the group;
·  To ensure all policies and procedures clearly documented and updated timorously;
·  Train the intern assigned to the tax department; and
·  To keep abreast with tax changes.  
HSEQ (Health, Safety, Environment, Quality)
·  To optimize tax benefits and minimize tax obligations of the company within the parameter of all relevant tax legislation.
·  Comply with HSEQ rules and raise alerts when contraventions are identified.
·  To ensure confidentiality.
Offer ID

27255BR
Country

South Africa
About us / company profile

Give your best to better energy and make the commitment with Total. With over 500-plus professions in 130 countries, we offer high safety and environmental standards, strong ethical values, an innovation culture and wide-ranging career development. Be part of the global team whose mission is already shared by 100,000 employees: to make energy better each and every day.
Candidate profile

You possess the following:

·  B Com majoring in accounting and taxation (completed articles advantageous).
·  Post-graduate Diploma in Taxation advantageous;
·  A minimum of 2 - 5 years’ experience in Corporate tax
·  Proven knowledge of financial statements, reconciliation skills, strong financial information analysis and risk identification,
·  Knowledge of MS Office, SAP

Key competencies includeanalytical ability, high attention to detail and accuracy, excellent communication skills, problem solving ability, high level of integrity, planning and organizational skills, high level of responsibility and accountability, very strong accounting skills, ability to work under pressure. English is the working language

Métier

Taxes Customs & Insurance
Job Title

DIRECT TAX ANALYST
Branch

Marketing & Services
Region, department, area

South Africa
Functional discipline

Finance
Experience level required

0 - 3 years, 3 - 6 years
Employment type

Regular position
Affiliate (if known)

TOTAL SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD
Context and environment