Tax Operations Leader Job at GE Nigeria

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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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