Senior Associate- Audit/Assurance Tax Regulatory at Doc Advisory

The Senior Associate will be involved in engagements within the Audit/Assurance and Tax regulatory units. These are specialized units within the audit and tax departments that focuses on delivering stellar services to the engagement teams cost-effectively and efficiently.

The role supports the assistant manager in achieving the strategic objectives. High-quality work, high level of professionalism and ongoing development are required for this function. We will look to you to show initiative, be proactive, and expertise that will enable the firm apply best practices in audit and tax management.

Job responsibilities

• Start and take financial advisory assignments (forensic accounting investigation, Due Diligence) to a logical conclusion with minimal supervision
• Start and take audit assignments to logical conclusions with supervision.
• Demonstrate basic awareness of prevailing accounting standards, as well as accounting disclosure requirements for the captions, worked on
• Prepare audited financial statement for medium/large companies with minimal supervision.
• Prepare and put together simple audit working papers and schedules with minimal supervision (expenses, cash, and bank, property, plant and equipment etc.)
• Prepare and file tax returns (Companies Income Tax, Value Added Tax, Capital Gains Tax, Personal Income Tax and Withholding Tax, amongst others) alongside computations and supporting documents;
• Respond to queries from taxation regulatory authorities, including Federal Inland and State Internal Revenue Service
• Manage Withholding Tax ("WHT") matters for Clients, including WHT credit note recovery;
• Must be ready to attend to tax issues, reconciliations with relevant authorities, and get tax certificates for clients.
• Ensure the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of records and procedures; and
• Ensure compliance with the various tax policies and regulations.

Experience required

• Minimum of Three(3) years cognate experience
• Audit, Accounting and Tax experience from Audit/Tax Consulting firm is an added advantage

Qualifications

• First degree in Accounting, Finance or related field
• Professional Qualification is required i.e. ACCA/ACA/CPA

You must

• Be proactive
• Have problem solving & analytical skills
• Have excellent knowledge and use of Microsoft office suites, particularly Excel and accounting software such as Sage etc.
• Have excellent communication and Interpersonal skill