Senior Tax Advisor

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Job Description

AIIM is seeking a Senior Tax Advisor to work within African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), a member of Old Mutual Alternative Investments (OMAI) with a reporting line to the AIIM COO and dotted reporting lines into OMAI CFO and Fund Investment Directors.

The resource will be dedicated to AIIM, providing tax input into various parts of the AIIM business, namely the Pan Africa, SADC and ATAF Investment teams and assisting with other corporate tax matters pertaining to the AIIM business and its various funds under management.

AIIM has 5 offices, South Africa (Cape Town & Johannesburg), Nigeria (Lagos), Cote d’Ivoire (Abidjan) and Kenya (Nairobi) and several affiliate entities are domiciled in Mauritius. The candidate will be required to travel occasionally to the AIIM regional offices and investee company jurisdictions, to build relationships with various stakeholders including the regional AIIM team members, management teams, external local tax advisors / firms and tax authorities.

The role will include the following :

• management of tax risk from both a fund and fund manager’s perspective;
• oversight and input into tax risks for investment and divestment transactions;
• providing strategic input to transactions, asset management and strategic initiative teams and well as investee company management teams;
• scoping, procurement and management of external tax advice;
• tax sign off and advice on legal documentation in respect of equity transactions and the transaction compliance certificate;
• advising on staff carried interest and co-investment schemes and management incentive plans for investee companies;
• advising on location of domicile for new funds and manager entities;
• interaction with Old Mutual Group Tax team and advisors in respect of transfer pricing, monitoring, reporting and adhoc queries;
• responsible for tax compliance, including FATCA / CRS compliance, across the various taxpaying legal entities;
• Providing Ad hoc tax advice to portfolio companies;
• general corporate / commercial advice.

The role also requires the candidate to appreciate the tax opportunities and challenges that exist, across the various assets under management, including the context of the wider international tax framework and BEPS.

Candidates with a strong history of not just providing or procuring tax advice but rather assisting with the commercial impacts of such advice into a Sale and Purchase Agreement, or Transaction documentation, will have an advantage.

The job function requires a strong skill set in SA domestic tax and international tax.

Key Result Areas

Transactions

Fund Structures

Old Mutual Group Tax

Corporate Tax

Qualifications and Experience required

Competemcies

Skills

Competencies

Education

Closing Date

25 September 2025 , 23 : 59

The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question.

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