Tax Officer - Lagos, Nigeria - Phillips Consulting

    Phillips Consulting
    Phillips Consulting Lagos, Nigeria

    Found in: beBee S2 NG - 1 week ago

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    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.

    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, etcahead 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.