Tax Specialist at United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA)

United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) is one of Africa's leading financial institutions, with operations in 19 African countries and 3 global financial centres: London, Paris and New York. From a single country organisation founded in 1949 in Nigeria UBA has grown to become a pan-African provider of financial services with over 11 million customers, through close to 1000 business offices and touch points globally.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Tax Specialist

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full time

Main Outputs and Responsibilities

Assist with implementation of tax optimization:

• Participate on the action plan defined for ETR ‘s reduction of all the Subsidiaries
• Liaise with subsidiaries in respect of tax issues raised, documentation requested
• Carryout routine review of concluded contracts, identify any tax-related gap and provide tax efficient recommendations
• Review contracts with vendors, highlight known tax leakages and recommend tax optimal approach where necessary.

Tax Compliance:

• Liaise with Subsidiaries to ensure the filling of monthly / Quarterly/ Bi annual Tax returns is done with statutory deadline
• Follow up the calendar of Transfer Price Regulations for all the Subsidiaries
• Ensure compliance with tax laws about the Bank’s operations
• Liaise with the Subsidiaries for the tax self-audits
• Review the exceptions reports
• Resolve the anomalies
• Monitor effectiveness of controls in place to avert re-occurrence
• Monitor compliance.

Experience

• Minimum requisite - 2 years in the banking industry or in a marketing/sales related role.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.