Tax Officer at Phillips Outsourcing Limited

Phillips Outsourcing Limited is a leading outsourcing service provider in Nigeria committed to delivering qualitative, customised, and effective outsourcing solutions to our esteemed clients. Our innovative solutions have made us revered and renowned to be the go-to business partner for companies who want to scale-up and have a competitive edge in the market. With our workforce of highly skilled and experienced professionals, advanced technology and cost-effective mediums, our goal is to meet our client’s needs with precision.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Tax Officer

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Industry: FMCG

Responsibilities
Compliance:

• Support the Direct/Indirect tax teams to ensure timely remittance of taxes and resolve related issues.
• Obtain, collate and retain evidence of all tax remittances.
• Maintain a tracker for all tax payments.
• Support in processing Tax Clearance Certificate (TCC) for the Business.
• Visit tax offices for submission of letters/resolution of tax matters where required.
• Handle FIRS inspection of stock decantation and destruction exercises i.e., prepare and file invitation letters and supporting appendices to FIRS, agree a date for FIRS to witness the exercise and follow-up where necessary, plan with internal teams ahead of inspection, provide field logistics support to FIRS during inspection, represent Tax during the inspection exercise.
• Ensure timely upload of tax payment receipts (PAYE tax, VAT, WHT, Excise Duty and TCC) on the Business’tax compliance register for internal control purposes.
• Support the payroll team to ensure timely submission of tax returns to State IRSs.

Support during Tax Audits:

• Follow-up with relevant teams on document requests.
• Collate, review and analyse documents to be shared with consultants/Tax Authorities.
• Collaborate with internal teams: direct/indirect tax, procurement, facilities, security, safety teams, etc. ahead of field tax audits to ensure seamless exercises.
• Provide requested documents to consultants to ensure timely responses on audits.
• Reconcile and deal with suppliers’ concerns on WHT and VAT.
• Respond to all routine and ad-hoc requests addressed to the tax team.
• Participate in month end and year end reporting, and annual tax filing activities.
• Maintain good working relationships with all internal and external tax stakeholders.
• Perform all assigned tasks directly or indirectly related to, additional or supplementary to the scope of duties in this role profile.

Requirements

• Degree-level qualification in Accounting, Business Administration, or any related field with relevant work experience.
• Experience 2-3 years post qualification experience with proven integrity.
• Use of Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Basic knowledge of accounting software – SAP.

Salary
N250,000 Net + Other Benefits

Application Closing Date
1st June, 2025.