Senior Tax Consultant at Deinde Odusanya & Co.

Deinde Odusanya & Co. was registered, under the Companies and Allied Matters Decree 1990, as No LAZ.036178 on 23rd July, 1996 and is currently situated at 6b, Ireti Street, Sabo, Yaba, Lagos. The firm was registered with the main objective of utilizing a multi-disciplinary approach to its Accountancy, Assurance Advisory, Taxation and Economic Consulting services in order to provide its clients with an integrated means of meeting their needs and achieving their objectives.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Tax Consultant

Location: Lagos

Job Descriptions

• Supervise the Firm’s Taxation Advisory Unit which involves drawing up workable programme and timetables.
• Coordinate and execute all Taxation engagement in manual and computerized environments;
• Display excellent understanding of Nigeria and International Tax Law and use of Taxation and Transaction Advisory tools and software including Ms-word, Ms-Excel, Ms-PowerPoint; etc.
• Respond to queries from tax regulatory authorities i.e. Federal Inland Revenue Service and respective State Boards of Internal Revenue (SBIR);
• Provide compliance and consulting services to corporate and individual clients;
• Identify complex tax issues and provide tax analysis for a variety of entities and their affiliates;
• Research and analysis of a wide range of tax issues related to business transactions and tax implications of financing techniques for a variety of entities and their affiliates;
• Process and obtain corporate and personal tax clearance certificates for the firm and its clients, as it may apply;
• Coordinate FIRS and relevant SBIR audits of clients;
• Ensure clients’ compliance with the various tax policies and regulations;
• Conduct research on various tax stay awake issues; and
• Ensuring the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of records and procedures;
• Carry out other professional task as may be assigned by Management.

Essential Skills and Educational Requirement

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in providing tax planning services or preparing and reviewing client work papers and income tax returns;
• Bachelor or Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, Law, Taxation or other business related fields;
• Critical thinking, a thirst for knowledge, confidence and strong business sense;
• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal), with command of English;
• Excellent Information Communication Technology (“ICT”) skills including Excel, PowerPoint and Word; and
• Demonstration of practical knowledge of IFRS and US GAAP.
• Must be chartered (ICAN)

Other Requirements:

• Self-driven, resilient and able to thrive in a fast paced environment;
• Willingness to undertake new challenges and step up into supervisory roles, taking leadership where necessary;
• Ability to work in diverse/complex situations and from international work perspective;
• Possession of excellent project management, evaluation and analytical skills, superior decision-making ability, time management, prioritisation and organisational skills;
• To build the Firm’s reputation through quality of work, knowledge and experience; and
• Monitor and uphold high quality of service to clients.

Application Closing Date
31st December, 2019.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the "Job title" as subject of the email.