Tax Officer at Opay Nigeria

Job Purpose

• Work closely with the Tax Compliance Manager to ensure the effective running of the tax department, proactively predicts and take actions to mitigate tax exposures and strategically position to dealing with all forms of tax issues both with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), State Internal Revenue Services (SIRS) and other Tax Regularity Authorities.

Job Responsibilities

• Work closely with Tax Compliance Manager in delivering and ensuring that all Tax Risk are properly managed within the time frame allowed by Law.
• Responsible for monthly WHT reconciliation and remittance to both the FIRS as well as all applicable SIRS.
• Work closely with the Tax Compliance Manager in preparing and updating all tax provision schedules for year-end activities.
• Work closely with the Tax Compliance Manager to ensure that all tax queries and correspondences are
• responded to, and appropriate steps are taken to avoid penalties or sanctions due to non-compliance.
• Work closely with the Tax Compliance Manager by providing comprehensive report on every tax audit exercise and give regular status update on tax cases including keeping track of all applicable response timeline allowed by Law.
• Preform all clerical tax works assigned by the Tax Compliance Manager relating to managing the tax risk.

Requirement

• Minimum of 3-4 years experience as a Tax Officer
• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree or Higher National Diploma in Accounting, Finance or any related discipline.
• Certification in Taxation (CITN) is an added advantage. Must be a student Member of CITN.