Senior Statutory Accountant needed at SoluGrowth Pty Ltd

Job Brief

• Reviewing booked invoices from Oracle for each MEA  entity in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region to check for compliance
• Reviewing various tax schedules and data packs for monthly, quarterly, bi-annual and annual compliance reporting
• Forwarding the tax schedules to the outsourced tax consultants for review and validation
• Interacting with in-country outsourced tax consultant teams on the review of the various tax data packs
• Managing and responding to queries and feedback from the MEA Tax Management Team
• Providing support to MEA Tax Management in the execution of MEA region tax compliance
• Reviewing Trial Balances for all MEA entities to validate entries and completeness
• Reviewing expense and revenue General ledger accounts in all MEA Operating Units to validate accuracy and completeness.
• Verifying Service Fee calculations for entities to ensure alignment with Marketing and Liaison Agreements
• Doing revenue and expense projections for entities for Provisional tax, Instalment tax, Advance corporate tax and final tax calculations
• Collaborating with the MEA Controllership Team for the validation of trial balances and discharge of internal and external audits
• Supporting tax audits by handling and responding to queries from Tax Authorities in MEA region providing all support documents as requested
• Compiling, reviewing and posting journals in the accounting system
• Tax Balance Sheet Recons – preparation and review
• Monitoring expense and payments booking to ensure correct allocations
• Collaborating and liaising internal stakeholders such as AP, Payments and Accounting to ensure correct and accurate capturing of transactions
• Handling internal and external audit information requests on MEA entities on indirect taxes
• Identifying opportunities for process improvement and efficiencies (CPI) in the processes in MEA tax compliance deliverables
• Managing client expectations
• Team Supervision (3 x FTEs) including contributing to the performance review process, reviewing of work, allocating deliverables and providing training

Requirements

Qualification and years of experience required

• Minimum requirement: B.Comm Accounting Honours (including Tax as a major)
• 3-5 years Statutory Accounting Experience in a Corporate Environment
• Oracle ERP Experience
• Corporate Tax, VAT and Withholding Tax Experience
• Ideally supporting the MEA (Middle East Africa) Region
• Working in a Shared Services environment experience (preferred)