Senior Tax Accountant Full Time NEW

Key accountabilities and decision ownership: 

• Ensure monthly tax returns (VAT, withholding tax, Income Tax and Pension) are prepared and submitted to the Ministry of Revenue within prescribed timelines, including payment of the corresponding tax liabilities.
• Supporting timely reconciliation of tax related GL accounts and collaborate with stakeholders on identified exceptions monthly.
• To support monthly tax computation & adequate reporting with relevant input from all business touchpoints.
• To ensure adequate analysis, compiling and present supporting information required by Revenue Authority periodic information requirements and other audits in collaboration with relevant information sources.
• To support in the reviewing of new business initiatives and scoping any effects on existing transaction tax calculation process and systems set ups.
• Research and respond to tax queries and related projects as assigned with view of tax compliance and optimization.
• Actively participating in projects throughout their lifecycle from design to delivery and subsequent performance tracking and reporting
• Work with and where required, support regular and relevant training for finance staff and business partners to mitigate tax exposures within the control’s environment.
• Proactively advise and support the wider business in providing and coordinating tax advice on the implications of operational transactions and ad hoc projects as required.
• To set up a well-structured processes and a digital system of company documents and  managing all ther files and records in order meet all its regulatory and statutory obligations.
• To support the maintenance of a well-designed centralized registry that supports all the company information resources necessary for tax compliance
• Establish and maintain accurate and reliable databases of documents processed to ensure they are received,captured, stored and retrieved in an efficient and controlled structure.
• to develop a framework and a policy  for document information management and supporting procedures to ensure compliance across the business
• to support tax invoices collation and filing as per defined procedure on a monthly basis.
• On a regular basis, to support in setting up training programs on the key business stakeholders in order to build
• File labelling and entering the file information on a spreadsheet or portal developed to manage document processing
• Maintaining the document handling facilities in required state to support documet retrieval, use and maintainance processapacity,improve document manageemtn awareness and mitigate risks.

  Core competencies, knowledge, 2and experience:

  Business Competencies: –Working with Others

• Consciously takes steps to make the most of every conversation/interaction 
• Identifies people’s needs, interests and motives to be able to influence the decisions they make 
• Communicates simply to excite and engage people 
• Pro-actively adapts own style and approach to build rapport, and work with others more effectively 
• Builds and maintains strong relationships and networks

  Operational Excellence

• Targets effort and resources on high-value, high impact activity   
• Focuses on achieving maximum performance and driving continuous improvement 
• Thinks about processes and problems cross-functionally and end-to-end 
• Uses knowledge of products, technology, process, systems and policy to solve problems

  Creativity and Innovation

• Finds creative ways to exploit opportunities and solve problems 
• Takes risks and pushes what is possible 
• Experiments with unorthodox approaches

  Business Know how

• Uses data and research to make decisions that are competitively and financially robust 
• Balances current and future needs 
• Thinks and acts like an owner of the business 
• Acts in line with legal, regulatory, professional and ethical standards

  Working with Change

• Responds flexibly to changing situations
• Manages the business and people aspects of change to drive performance

  Project and Programme Management

• Defines scope and deliverables in terms of time, cost, quality and business benefit 
• Schedules activity and identifies resource needs, dependencies and synergies   
• Evaluates progress, mitigates risks and addresses issues

  Functional Competencies:

  Planning and Control

• Analyses performance trends to determine the health of the business
• Steers business performance by using strategy and external data to help set goals
• Translates strategies into actionable plans that add value via process and operational improvements
• Maintains controls within Financial Systems through setup control and master data management

  Accounting

• Prepares, analyses and summarises financial data to support business operations and delivery statutory information
• Ensures the integrity of processes and systems to record and authorise transactions in compliance with Safaricom accounting policies and regulation

  Reporting

• Delivers timely and accurate reports to satisfy statutory and business requirements
• Identifies key performance and variances, and provides recommendations

  Treasury

• Advises on funding requirements for the business

  Tax

• Delivers filings/reports to satisfy statutory and business requirements.
• Combines expertise and commercial awareness to deliver value added solutions

Education & Experience:

• A bachelor’s degree in business, legal or Accounting & Finance 
• Successfully completed a professional qualification (CPA, ACCA or equivalent accounting/tax designation)
• 5 years’ experience in progressive tax finance roles, including tax reporting, compliance, and accounting
• In depth experience and technical knowledge of tax accounting and disclosures for accounting & reporting purposes
• Experience in proactive management of tax matters, keeping up to date with changes in the regulatory environment and dealing with Tax Authorities will be an added advantage.