Tax Specialist at Palmpay Limited

PalmPay is a pan-African fintech company currently operating in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania and expanding to other markets in this year. We’re reinventing the payments experience by making it easy and reliable for everyone to transfer money, pay bills and shop online.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Tax Specialist

Location: Ikeja, Lagos
Job type: Full Time
Career level: Mid Level

Job Description

• We’re looking for an experienced Tax Specialist who is passionate about our mission of driving financial inclusion in Africa.
• The ideal candidate will assist in preparing quarterly and annual tax provisions and performing tax accounting duties.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Prepare and review tax calculations and estimates such as monthly WHT, VAT, and PAYE, current and deferred tax; secure approval for payment.
• Review and reconcile general ledger entries for tax implications; provide corrective and improvement measures accordingly.
• Ensure compliance, timely filing and remittance of all taxes and levies (such as expatriate PAYE, VAT, WHT, CIT, ET, business premises levy, development levy, etc.) within government time frame.
• Ensure timely collection of all tax remittance receipts, documents and certificates, such TCC, credit notes, revenue receipt, etc. for all entities.
• Manage relationship with tax authorities and consultants and supervise all tax audits.
• Provide comprehensive report on every tax audit exercise and give regular status update on tax cases, remittances, levies, fees, payments to agents and consultants.
• Provide innovative tax management, planning, and tax-savings strategies, backed with statistical data and/or analysis.
• Be abreast with all tax regulations and new promulgations / enactments and advise finance management accordingly.
• Play advisory role and support all the BUs on tax matters as may be required. 
• Identify and implement processes improvements in the company’s tax affairs; establish work flow procedures and policies and develop Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for all processes within the job role.
• Perform any other role(s) that may be assigned from time to time. 

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree / HND in Accounting, Finance, or relevant field.
• Relevant professional certifications such as ACA, ACCA, ACTI.
• Minimum of 5 years proven professional tax practice experience 
• Big Four accounting firm experience /Fintech firm experience /Group tax planning experience

As well as formal qualifications, you should have:

• An analytical mind
• Negotiation skills and the ability to develop strong working relationships
• Commercial and business awareness
• Good communication skills - both written and verbal
• A keen eye for detail and desire to probe further into data
• Ability to stick to time constraints

Necessary Skills:

• Communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Problem solving skills
• Punctuality
• Critical thinking skills
• Teamwork and collaboration skills
• Adaptability skills
• Work ethic
• Project management skills

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.