Job Title: Tax Operations Leader
Employer: General Electric (GE)
Location: Ikosi – Lagos, Nigeria
Job Number: 1804534
Business: GE Corporate
Business Segment: Corporate Finance & Operating Components
Career Level: Experienced
Function: Finance
Function Segment: Tax
Relocation Assistance: Yes
Essential Responsibilities:
• Understanding the operations of the business, policies & procedures, and accounting records to ensure correct and timely compliance with tax legislation.
• Assist with the preparation and/or review of corporate income, value-added-tax, withholding tax, consumption tax, payroll tax reconciliation and/or stamp duty returns prior to filing with tax authorities.
• Assist with preparation and/or review of corporate income tax estimates to ensure that provisional/advance tax payments are accurate.
• Perform controllership tax checks including reconciliation of all tax liabilities in terms of tax assessments received from the revenue authorities with tax returns filed and deal with discrepancies.
• Assist with tax audits and work with external tax advisors where required.
• Preparation of correspondence for queries/disputes with revenue authorities.
• Attend operational pulsing calls and summarize key achievement, next steps to the team.
• Participate in the enhancement of ERP systems to facilitate tax compliance.
• Identify risk areas which can impact on the timely and accurate compliance with tax laws and use the appropriate communication channels provided by the project framework to escalate issues.
Qualifications/Requirements:
• Bachelors' degree in finance and/or accounting and/or law.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in a tax compliance or tax advisory role preferably at a Big 4.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the Nigerian tax system including the local documentation and filing requirements.
• Comprehensive knowledge of OHADA Accounting an taxation systems including the local documentation and filing requirements.
• Knowledge of Nigerian GAAP.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• A self-starter with a commitment to meet deadlines and able to take ownership.
• Wanting to work in a dynamic environment with a positive attitude towards change.
• Ability to learn quickly the internal business processes and apply tax knowledge in the preparation of tax returns.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Team player who is able to work closely with the accounting, corporate, VAT and business tax and finance teams.
• Strong PC skills, experience with ERP and reporting systems.
• Fluent in English and French – both written and spoken.
• Willing to travel throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.
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