Financial Controller: Tax and Compliance

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Analyse financial results, identify material variances and provide insight to management.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS, Group financial reporting requirements and applicable statutory requirements.
• Manage direct and indirect tax compliance, including Corporate Income Tax, provisional tax, VAT, withholding tax and dividends tax.
• Oversee tax provisioning, deferred tax calculations, tax computations and supporting reconciliations.
• Manage engagements with SARS and other relevant revenue authorities, including audits, verifications, reviews and disputes.
• Monitor legislative developments and assess their financial and operational impact.
• Provide technical tax guidance on complex transactions, restructures, integrations and business initiatives.
• Coordinate transfer pricing, cross-border taxation and withholding tax requirements.
• Maintain and strengthen financial compliance and internal control frameworks.
• Lead the remediation of control deficiencies, audit findings and compliance gaps.
• Identify financial, tax and compliance risks and implement appropriate mitigation plans.
• Coordinate internal and external audits and act as a key finance contact for auditors.
• Ensure statutory and regulatory submissions are completed accurately and within deadline.
• Provide practical finance, tax and compliance guidance to management and business units.
• Support strategic projects, acquisitions, restructuring and business integrations.
• Drive process improvement, standardisation and appropriate automation within Finance.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• 8–10 years' relevant finance experience, with at least 5 years in a senior financial control, tax, compliance or finance management position.
• Demonstrated experience in statutory reporting, tax compliance, audits and engagements with revenue authorities.
• Strong practical knowledge of IFRS, Corporate Income Tax, VAT, withholding taxes and transfer pricing.
• Experience within a medium to large multinational, shared services, logistics or multi-entity environment would be advantageous.
• Experience with Sub-Saharan African taxation and VAT would be advantageous.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Experience with SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, SAP BPC, Group Reporting or comparable finance systems would be advantageous.
• A postgraduate qualification in Accounting, Taxation or a related field is preferred.
• Professional qualification such as CA(SA), SAIPA, HDip Tax, MCom Taxation or Tax Practitioner registration would be advantageous.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

You will be a technically strong and commercially minded finance professional with excellent analytical and problem-solving ability. Strong attention to detail, sound professional judgement, integrity and the ability to manage senior stakeholders are essential.

You should be comfortable operating in a complex, multi-entity environment and have the confidence to provide practical advice across finance, tax, compliance, controls and governance.

This is a contract opportunity and candidates who are immediately available will be strongly considered.

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