Professional Tax Consultant (Akwa-Ibom) at Heartland Alliance International (HAI)

Heartland Alliance International (HAI) is the youngest and fastest growing part of Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights, a family of organizations that has been leading anti-poverty and social justice work in Chicago for more than 129 years. HAI is comprised of nearly a dozen country offices implementing programs on a broad range of human rights issues globally, as well as the Chicago-based Marjorie Kovler Center for the Treatment of Survivors of Torture, which serves individuals from more than 50 countries.

HAI has significant expertise in the fields of trauma-informed mental health care and access to justice for survivors of rights abuses. It is also an industry leader in access to high-quality and stigma-free health care. Across all of its programs, HAI promotes progressive, innovative approaches to human rights protections and gender equality.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Professional Tax Consultant

Location: Akwa-Ibom

Job Description
Heartland Alliance International seeks to engage the service of professional tax consultant- organization to help manage her tax-related matters across the states of operations Nigeria

The tax consultant shall be requested to handle the following tax-related matters for the organization;

• To liaise with the relevant tax authorities (on behalf of HAI) in every state where HAI currently operates and when HAI opens an office in a new state.
• To follow-up with the various tax authorities on the collection of all outstanding and subsequently-accruing tax remittance-credit-notes for vendors of Heartland Alliance International in all the states of operation.
• Responding to tax-related enquiries by tax authorities on matters involving Heartland Alliance International or its employees properly acting in their official capacity.
• Secure tax identification numbers (TINs) for any new Heartland Alliance International staff as may be required.
• Processing of current-year income tax assessment for HAI employees
• Provide technical advice to HAI on administration of the Nigerian Income Tax Plan, PAYE computations and basis of tax deduction, in light of evolving tax policies in Nigeria.
• Manage the filing of tax returns and associated documents for all categories of tax remittances.
• Facilitate the process of collection of tax clearance certificates (TCC) for employees of Heartland Alliance International, etc.

Application Closing Date
15th May, 2018.

Method of Application
Interested professional tax-consultant organization should kindly submit their proposals to the under- listed address, detailing the following:

• A letter of expression of interest, indicating the willingness of the professional tax-consultant to provide the tax-consultancy service to Heartland Alliance International
• A profile of the professional tax-consultant organization, containing (but not limited to the following):
  • The details of the principals of the organization,
  • The staff strength of the organization
  • The list of other organizations (preferably NGOs) to which the tax-consultant currently provides tax services or have either provided tax services in the past.
• A photocopy of the CAC registration certificate of the tax-consultant organization
• A photocopy of the recent tax-clearance certificate of the tax-consultant organization (reflecting the organization’s TIN details)

All Applications should be sent to:
Procurement Committee,
Heartland Alliance International,
Plot 9, Akunwata-Ara Drive,
Gwarinpa Estate,
Abuja.
Email: HAI-NigeriaProcurementCommittee@heartlandalliance.org

Note: Heartland Alliance International DOES NOT solicit for gifts on any of her procurement.