Tax / Audit Director at Westfield Consulting

Course of Study: Accounting

Job Description
The candidate shall report to the Chairman/CEO and handle the following direct reports:

Job Role

• Effectively manage the running of the day to day and business activities of the Company.
• Develop and manage the achievement of the medium and short term goals and objectives of the Company.
• Develop and manage effectively a robust audit and investigation framework to ensure reduction or elimination of tax frauds, evasion, avoidance, assessment errors and mistakes.
• Produce and cause to fully implement audit and investigation programmes for internal and field use.
• Install the procedures for the efficient monitoring and controlling of the activities of the Service
• Ensure the identification of taxpayers who have ceased filing required returns and detection, registering and bringing into compliance individuals and businesses which have defaulted in filing their returns.
• Suggest areas of the tax audit services that could be developed.
• Review and Prepare final reports of tax audits
• Monitor tax exemptions, issuance of tax credit certificates/refunds by the IRS
• Evaluate availment of tax incentives
• Manage and maintain the Audit, Third-Party Information
• Conduct surveillance on persons identified and suspected to be tax violators
• To ensure expeditious disposal and settlement of Clients' Revenue Audit Objections
• Continuous evaluation of the effectiveness of the collection framework in place and recommend improvements
• Any other responsibility that may be assigned to him by the Board or Chairman/CEO.

Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:

• Degree in Accountancy, Economics, Finance, Banking, Management or Administration
• Membership of a recognized professional accountancy body.
• Membership of the Chattered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria.
• Minimum of 8 yrs work experience out of which 5 yrs must be in management position in large public or private sector or international multilateral institution.
• Must have a demonstrated hands-on approach and success in working/leading in a team-based environment.
• Masters Degree, preferably an MBA

Skills/ Competencies:

• Experience in setting up and critically reviewing operational performance
• Deep Experience and knowledge of Nigerian Tax System
• Good organizational, leadership and supervisory skills
• Excellent Strategic planning experience
• Excellent analytical mind
• Discipline and integrity
• Result oriented/quality focused disposition
• Strong communication skills
• 5 years professional or external audit experience
• Good IT Skills