Tax Supervisor at Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company

• As a Tax Supervisor, you will support effective tax management and compliance across the organization, ensuring accurate computation, timely filing, and remittance of statutory obligations.
• You will play a key role in providing tax advisory on business transactions, managing tax accounting and reconciliations, and strengthening adherence to regulatory requirements and internal policies.

You’ll contribute to:

• Tax Advisory & Compliance: Analyse the tax aspects of agreements and business transactions, providing actionable guidance to management to ensure compliance and optimize tax outcomes.
• Accounting Coordination & Reconciliation: Collaborate with accounting units to ensure proper tax accounting, reconcile discrepancies, and maintain data integrity across statutory and internal records.
• Tax Provision & Filing: Manage tax provisions, prepare and submit returns including TDS, Sales Tax, Service Tax, Work Contract Tax, TCS, Income Tax, and Wealth Tax, and ensure timely remittance.
• Management Reporting: Develop MIS reports and dashboards to track the status of all taxrelated compliance, providing leadership with clear, data-driven insights.
• Risk & Governance Oversight: Identify and mitigate tax risks, ensure accurate calculations, and maintain compliance with Nigerian tax legislation and regulatory frameworks.

Skills & Competencies

• The role affords you to develop technical and behavioral competencies, that is, skills, knowledge, and behaviors required to successfully perform in the role and
• contribute to the organization's goals.

Technical Competencies:

• Tax Compliance & Advisory
• Statutory Filings & Reporting (Income Tax, VAT, Withholding Tax, TDS/TCS, Wealth Tax)
• Tax Provisioning and Accounting
• Reconciliations
• Risk Assessment and Mitigation
• Strong IT systems knowledge, including
• ERP and tax management platforms

Behavioral Competencies

• Customer Centricity: Provide timely and accurate tax advice, ensuring internal stakeholders’ compliance needs are met efficiently.
• Risk Management: Identify potential tax and regulatory risks, implement mitigation strategies, and maintain adherence to statutory requirements.
• People Leadership: Collaborate with accounting and finance teams, sharing knowledge and fostering accountability to ensure tax-related processes are executed effectively.
• Entrepreneurship: Innovate and optimize tax processes to create efficiencies and identify opportunities for tax savings.
• Organizational Learning: Stay updated on tax legislation, regulations, and best practices, promoting knowledge sharing across the team.
• Change Management: Implement new tax processes and regulatory updates smoothly, ensuring minimal disruption and compliance continuity.

Minimum Requirement

• This opportunity is a Supervisory role. This role reports directly to the Tax Lead and provides oversight for tax compliance, advisory, and assurance activities across the organization.
• Successfully applicants will typically possess the following criteria:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or it’s equivalent in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related numerate discipline.
• Professional certifications such as ICAN, ACCA, or CITN are preferred.

Work Experience:

• A minimum of 2–5 years of progressive experience in tax compliance, advisory, or related finance functions, with demonstrable understanding of Nigerian tax legislation and experience managing tax audits or disputes.