Audit & Tax Specialist – Cape Town needed at DigiOutsource

Who we’re looking for

• We’re on a thrilling journey of growth and innovation, and we need passionate, driven individuals to join us. At DigiOutsource, every day is action-packed, and we expect you to bring your A-game. In return, you’ll find a supportive environment where your skills can flourish and your career can soar.
• Ready to become a game-changer? Supercharge your career with us and be part of something extraordinary.

Why we need you

• We’re on a mission to create extraordinary experiences for our customers, and we believe that your unique skills, passion and superdrive will help us achieve our vision.
• As a Audit and Tax Specialist you’ll be supporting the delivery of reporting to the business, spanning multiple entities worldwide, covering all statutory, financial compliance, reporting and taxes for their allocated silo. This will help us excel at improving processes to stay ahead of the game.

What you’ll be doing

As part of your role, your responsibilities will include:

• Oversight of standard monthly team processes:
• Overall management (including review and confirmation of submission) of monthly and regulatory returns ensuring all deliverables are met on time.
• Reporting
• Monthly Reporting
• Preparation of monthly reports for in country partners and stakeholders, being monthly publish.
• Ensure early roll over of all reports for the new month.
• Ensure all reports are ready for management review and follow up where reports are required from the greater finance team.
• Drafting of management accounts when requested on standard templates.
• Statutory Reporting
• Review of single entity and annual consolidated financial statements including all notes.
• Review of all accounting policies and ensure that all new accounting policies have been accounted for in the relevant sets of financial statements and consistent application across responsible entities and compliance to IFRS.
• Prepare Annual Financial Statements for the entities within the silo that are not prepared externally under the applicable accounting framework on Caseware.
• Review of Annual Financial Statements for the entities within the silo that are prepared externally in line with our standard template.
• Board reporting
• Review & assist with the preparation and coordination of all information for board reports where applicable.
• Ensure disclosure in the AFS complies with IFRS and aids in displaying decision useful information for example:
• Sensitivity analysis per major market for:
• Currency exposure;
• Accepted purchases;
• Processor receivables;
• Interest, credit and market risk and reasons for changes; and
• Liquidity risk and evaluation of working capital management across all groups (Cash flow vs liquidity and solvency ratio). 
• Compliance reporting
• Review of all required reporting and submissions for regulated markets where required.
• Review of all required reporting for all Gaming Authorities.
• All monthly and annual entity reports to administrators.
• All reporting to be standardized across entities.
• Audit reviews
• Obtain audit fees across all entities and request new proposed audit fees for negotiation.
• Review of the monthly audit fee and accounting accruals and ensure the accruals are raised based on the quoted fees in the engagement letters.
• Prepare audit timelines and plan each year in coordination with the Group Audit Specialist (Financial Manager to be involved).
• Set up of all audit review meetings.
• Review research of new IFRS reporting and apply to annual financial statements where applicable.
• Manage the audit process:
• Ensure uploads of all audit files onto audit portal.
• Ensure constant follow up with team leads and financial manager to ensure timely submission of files.
• Sign off on the group audit schedules in coordination with the Group Audit Specialist.
• Assist in finalization of audit files and TB’s for submission to auditors.
• Manage the coordination all audit queries received.
• Maintain an audit query list to ensure all queries answered and to assist with the following years audit.
• Review of drafted of financial statements for management and audit review, (applicable if the financial statements were drafted by a third party, or another team member)
• Review of audit journals:
• Review summary of audit and client journals resulting from audits and compare TBs after journals were posted to signed AFS.
• Ensure that Retained Earnings per the ERP (NAV) agrees to signed AFS in local currency.
• Quarterly audit files (Internal)
• Set up meetings for quarterly audit reviews within Floqast, specifically SOX audits
• Maintain IFRS16 schedules for group reporting.
• Statutory
• Structures
• Obtain and maintain relevant group structures with Company Secretary.
• Ensure regulatory bodies are in good standing order. Agree all share capital to all relevant statutory documents and ensure that all investments are correctly recorded and consolidate out, where applicable.
• Maintain a director’s register for all entities in group structures.
• Action director changes within silo and communicate such changes to the Group Company Secretary, where applicable.
• Investments & Evaluation
• Ensure accurate going concerns with forecasting.
• Perform valuations of companies, databases etc.
• Accounting recording and reporting systems
• Assist financial accountants and financial managers with new company set up for entities the statutory structure (organic or acquired) in Navision and Cognos ensuring consistency with all other entities. Mapping new entities in Cognos and ensuring all reporting updated accordingly.
• Teamwork
• Effectively work as a team with rest of the finance team.
• Effectively communicate to manager and team members to ensure key deliverables are met on time and potential problems escalated.
• Openly communicate with managers and team members effectively to ensure that all key deliverables are met timeously and accurately;
• Communicates clearly and effectively at all levels; both internally and externally;
• Effectively feeds information to required members of the team to ensure all important updates are shared appropriately;
• Manages others expectations appropriately and proactively communicates any potential problems.
• Bi-annual setting of objectives.​
• Ad hoc projects:
• Assist in the drafting of process notes detailing how and why monthly tasks are performed to ensure business continuity.
• Other ad hoc duties as may be required from time to time.
• This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities. You may be required to complete other reasonable duties in order to achieve business objectives.

Essential skills you’ll bring to the table

The necessary skills that we require for this role include:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex ideas clearly and effectively
• Experience working collaboratively in cross-functional teams, with a focus on achieving shared goals
• Expertise in managing multiple projects simultaneously, with a track record of delivering on time and within scope
• Exceptional attention to detail, ensuring high standards of quality in all outputs
• Ability to adapt quickly to changing environments and priorities, maintaining effectiveness in dynamic situations
• CA (SA) or ACCA
• Accounting reporting experience
• Knowledge of IFRS
• Minimum 2 years taxation experience
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills

Desirable skills you’ve got up your sleeve

It would be great if you also have some of the following skills:

• In-depth knowledge of sports betting markets, including odds calculation, betting types and market trends
• Previous experience in the online gaming or casino industry, with a strong understanding of player behaviour and industry regulations
• Familiarity with gambling regulations and compliance requirements in various jurisdictions, ensuring adherence to legal standards
• Experience in developing and executing customer retention strategies
• Experience in Navision.
• Experience in Caseware