Role : Client Investment Tax Lead
Category : Tax Reporting
Location : Claremont | Pretoria | Sandton
A leading financial services firm is seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Client Investment Tax Lead to drive data integrity, tax reporting accuracy, and compliance across multiple investment platforms. This role plays a key part in designing and executing data quality controls and ensuring timely and accurate tax submissions across both in-house and outsourced platforms.
Key Responsibilities :
Client and Product Tax Oversight :
- Support the Operations and Tax teams in ensuring accurate client tax reporting, including IT3 reporting, withholding tax, PAYE, and life company five-fund tax.
- Develop and execute comprehensive test plans for tax reports such as :
- IT3(b), IT3(c)
- IRP5 and IT3(a) (payroll-related)
- Conduct continuous monitoring of data for quality issues, escalating and driving remediation within operational teams.
- Review business rules, forms, and system inputs to ensure alignment with tax reporting requirements.
- Oversee and test PAYE calculations and payroll submissions for Living Annuity income.
- Validate SARS directive deductions and ensure proper payroll reporting.
- Review and test :
- Capital gains / losses calculations
- Complex corporate actions
- False disposal cases (e.g., fund class switches, transfers)
- Fund income distributions and dividends
Endowment and Sinking Fund Tax Reviews :
Oversee tax deduction calculations for share portfolios (PSPs) in endowment structures.Review and test capital gains tax calculations and end-of-year adjustments.Assist in testing system changes impacting client and five-fund tax.Offshore Platform Tax Compliance (PWP) :
Manage IRS Qualified Intermediary (QI) compliance including :1042, 1042-S, and 1099 filingsWithholding tax testing and validationData collation and submissions (in collaboration with Guernsey)FATCA & CRS Compliance :
Develop and implement a FATCA / CRS data testing programme.Identify and remediate data issues with operations teams.Submit accurate FATCA / CRS reports to SARS and Guernsey (via IGOR system).Requirements : Qualifications :
BCom Accounting or equivalent.HDip Tax or Postgraduate Tax qualification.Experience & Competencies :
Solid understanding of financial products, including :LISP products : discretionary investments, RAs, living annuities, preservation funds, TFSA, endowment policiesFinancial instruments : unit trusts, ETFs, direct sharesStrong knowledge of tax regulations and accounting principlesExperience in tax reporting (IT3, PAYE, FATCA, CRS, IRS QI)Proficient in data analysis and testing :SQL and advanced ExcelAble to design test scenarios, identify anomalies, and resolve data issuesExperience with outsourced platforms (e.g., Peresec) and international filings is a plusPersonal Attributes :
Highly analytical and numerateStructured and logical thinkerProactive and self-motivated with a strong sense of ownershipComfortable working across tax, operations, and technology teams