Tax Officer at Phillips Consulting

REQUIREMENTS

• Degree level qualification in accounting, business administration, or any related field with relevant work experience.
• Experience 2-3 years post qualification experience with proven integrity.
• Use of Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Basic knowledge of accounting software – SAP.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Compliance

• Support the Direct/Indirect tax teams to ensure timely remittance of taxes and resolve related issues.
• Obtain, collate and retain evidence of all tax remittances.
• Maintain a tracker for all tax payments.
• Support in processing Tax Clearance Certificate (TCC) for the Business.
• Visit tax offices for submission of letters/resolution of tax matters where required.
• Handle FIRS inspection of stock decantation and destruction exercises i.e., prepare and file invitation letters and supporting appendices to FIRS, agree a date for FIRS to witness the exercise and follow-up where necessary, plan with internal teams ahead of inspection, provide field logistics support to FIRS during inspection, represent Tax during the inspection exercise.
• Ensure timely upload of tax payment receipts (PAYE tax, VAT, WHT, Excise Duty and TCC) on the Business’tax compliance register for internal control purposes.
• Support the payroll team to ensure timely submission of tax returns to State IRSs.

Support during Tax Audits

• Follow-up with relevant teams on document requests.
• Collate, review and analyse documents to be shared with consultants/Tax Authorities.
• Collaborate with internal teams: direct/indirect tax, procurement, facilities, security, safety teams, etcahead of field tax audits to ensure seamless exercises.
• Provide requested documents to consultants to ensure timely responses on audits.
• Reconcile and deal with suppliers’ concerns on WHT and VAT.
• Respond to all routine and ad-hoc requests addressed to the tax team.
• Participate in month end and year end reporting, and annual tax filing activities.
• Maintain good working relationships with all internal and external tax stakeholders.
• Perform all assigned tasks directly or indirectly related to, additional or supplementary to the scope of duties in this role profile.