Vacancy for Tax Compliance Manager

JOB SUMMARY

Company Standard Chartered
Industry Banking
Category Banking/Finan...
Location Accra
Job Status Full-time
Salary GH¢
Education -:-
Experience 3 years
Job Expires 24 Jun, 2011
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Job Description

The successful candidate will report to the Chief Finance Officer:

* To ensure that SCB Ghana's direct and indirect tax liabilities are reported correctly in accordance with applicable laws / accounting standards and settled on time
* Provide tax services to business heads
* Update and implement tax strategies to facilitate lowering of effective tax rates
* Responding to ad-hoc queries and requests for tax advice

Key Roles:

* Manage the tax compliance process and create value through optimizing claims to reliefs, etc
* Drive successful implementation of tax saving initiatives developed by regional tax
* Accuracy of taxation features incorporated in country addenda for products and PARs for assigned projects
* Accuracy & timeliness of external SCB Ghana tax reporting
* Maintain SCB Ghana tax records as required by fiscal authorities
* Manage tax disputes, audits and enquiries
* Ensure tax advice given is correctly reflected in tax returns and external reporting
* Maintain permanent file of notes regarding issues affecting the tax return or external reporting
* Create standard list of filing optimizations & capture & make available to team / corporate memory
* Contribute to Group high value project team initiatives

Diversity & Inclusion:

* Standard Chartered is committed to diversity and inclusion. We believe that a work environment which embraces diversity will enable us to get the best out of the broadest spectrum of people to sustain strong business performance and competitive advantage.
* By building an inclusive culture, each employee can develop a sense of belonging, and have the opportunity to maximize their personal potential

Required Skills or Experience

* Relevant tax law or accounting qualification
* At least 3-4 years corporate tax experience
* Tax Supervisor level
* Sound knowledge of Ghana tax law and practice
* Good research and analytical skills
* Strong interpersonal and communication skills with a ready appreciation of business issues
* Ability to build and maintain good working relationships
* Enthusiastic and self-motivated, capable of working without close supervision
* Proficiency in basic computer applications (MS-Office)

How To Apply

Interested persons should please submit their application and CV together with all supporting documents to: taxcomgr@gmail.com