Job Responsibilities

• provides VAT advice and technical guidance to the Business, Operations and Finance teams in various JPMorgan lines of business and regional jurisdictions.
• reviews existing procedures and draft new procedures where required as well as project management.
• implements best practice across investment banking lines of business and legal entities.
• will represent JPMorgan at various industry VAT Forums
• performs various VAT compliance activities, including liaising with tax authorities’ requests for information and managing VAT audit, submission of VAT returns whilst ensuring a robust, controlled and well documented VAT compliance process reviews new products and new business initiatives.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• relevant professional qualification, preferably tax qualified
• practical experience in dealing with South African financial services VAT matters. 
• strong communication and inter-personal skills, an attention to detail, is a team player and able to act independently, and deliver whilst working in a demanding fast paced environment.
• professional work experience within either a big 4 or top tier accountancy firm, a law firm or from a financial services business.
• Fluency in English.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills 

• strong communication and written skills.
• quick learner with Strong analytical and critical thinking skills to formulate commercially sound solutions.
• strong team player, with excellent interpersonal skills to build working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• excellent knowledge of MS Excel, PowerPoint and other commonly used applications.