Tax Consultant at Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. CRS’ relief and development work is accomplished through programs of emergency response, HIV, health, agriculture, education, microfinance and peacebuilding.

Expressions of Interest (EOI) are invited from suitable candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Tax Consultant

Location: Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Contract

Scope of Work for National Housing Fund Reconcilaition

• Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is an international non-governmental organization supporting relief and development work in over 99 countries around the world. CRS programs assist persons on the basis of need, regardless of creed, ethnicity or nationality.
• CRS works through local church and non-church partners to implement its programs, therefore, strengthening and building the capacity of these partner organizations is fundamental to programs in every country in which CRS operates.
• CRS has worked in Nigeria for more than 25 years. Through local partners, CRS has implemented programs in 24 of the country’s 36 states, demonstrating the agency’s extensive grassroots network and significant capacity to reach the rural poor.
• Focusing on agriculture, emergency response and recovery, and health, CRS is helping to strengthen health care systems, Catholic Church partners, other community-based organizations, and government institutions. CRS’s current projects are improving the lives of more than 1.4 million Nigerians.

Primary Purpose

• The objective of this assignment is to provide consultancy services for the processing of tax clearance certificates for all CRS staff including the staff in all sub-offices in Nigeria and Abuja for the year 2023 and to update the Catholic Relief Services profile as necessary for requirements with the applicable tax authority and submit all related documents for purposes and staff Tax clearance certificate for physical year 2023 to CRS.

Objectives

• Processing of tax clearance certificates (TCCs) for every employee for the fiscal year 2023.
• Update the CRS profile with the designated tax authority.
• Processing tax identification numbers for employees without TINs when necessary.
• Upon completion of the exercise, inform CRS with updated profile data, including user ID, password, and login credentials.
• Assist in optimizing tax strategies, ensuring compliance with regulations, and minimizing tax liabilities.
• Submit a detailed final report on the whole assignment.

Required Qualifications
CRS seeks expressions of interest from consultant(s) / a firm of consultant with the following skills / qualifications in conducting a similar activity:

Technical Requirements:

• Previous experience conducting a similar task.
• Professional certifications and eligibility to perform services.
• Adequate work plan that details work to be performed and Leadtime to complete it.
• Excellent networking skills with private and public sector institutions
• Good interpersonal skills, including the ability to conduct discussions with a diversity of people.

Payment Schedule

• Payment will be disbursed as per activity schedules, submission of completed & verifiable report upon completion of agreed deliverables.
• Please note that CRS will deduct and remit to the relevant tax authority a 5% or 10% withholding Tax from the total consultancy fees for individuals or organizations in accordance with the Nigerian Tax Law.

Application Closing Date
Friday; 29th March, 2024 (COB).

Method of Application
Interested and qualified consultants should send their Expression of Interest (EOI) along with a detailed Resume as one document (PDF) to: tenders.ngr@crs.org using the consultancy being applied for and the Job Ref Code (e.g. Tax Consultant) as the subject of the application.

Note
The EOI should include but not limited to the following:

• Expected daily rate, personal / company profile, skills, competencies, and suitability for the assignment ,as well as readiness for immediate short-term consultancy plus a copy of such previous work done.
• Only qualified persons will be contacted and invited for screening.

Equal Employer Opportunity:

• “CRS is an equal-opportunity employer, does not discriminate based on race, colour, religion and we are committed to gender sensitive programming and management’. etc.
• Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply”

Safeguarding:

• By applying to this job, I understand and acknowledge that CRS requires its staff to treat all people with dignity and respect and to actively prevent harassment, abuse, exploitation, and human trafficking. Further, I understand that if I am a successful candidate, I will be subject to a comprehensive background check, and my personal/professional references will be asked to evaluate my behaviours related to the above safeguarding-related topics.

Statement of Commitment to Protection:

• ‘’CRS’ recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation’’

Confidentiality:

• By applying to this job, I understand and acknowledge that CRS employees, consultants and affiliates both during and after employment are required to safeguard the agency’s confidential, proprietary, and/or sensitive material and information that they have access to.