Roles & Responsibilities:

• Drive the tax compliance and planning agenda for all tax heads (Income Tax, Withholding Taxes, VAT, Excise duty, Payroll & Customs) affecting the business and review tax returns for each tax obligation.
• Advisory to the Company specific transactions including reviewing customers’ and suppliers’ contracts and highlighting tax exposure areas and ensure that businesses take advantage of existing double tax treaties when contracting.
• Supervising duty remission program to ensure the business obtains optimal tax benefits from the scheme.
• Preparing the Companies’ current tax and deferred tax calculations and analyze the effective tax rate.
• Liaise with external tax auditors in preparation of end of year statutory financial statements.
• Provide leadership in tax risk mitigation plans and proactively advise the business on new legislation that may lead to tax exposure in the markets where the businesses operate.
• Ensuring all changes in tax laws affecting the business are implemented in a timely manner.
  Monitoring key-related party transactions that may lead to transfer pricing risks.
• Work closely with tax consultants to develop robust transfer pricing policies, perform periodic reviews and align the same with local income tax laws and Organization for Economic and Cooperation Development guidelines.
• Providing support for external audits, internal compliance checks and participating in monthly, quarterly, and yearly compliance audits and health checks.
• Work in collaboration with tax consultants in handling audit queries raised by the revenue authority and implement agreed upon decisions.
• Resolving any tax assessments with the tax authority and developing mitigation measures to avoid future tax exposures.
• Act as the link between business and key stakeholders like external tax consultants, external auditors, tax authorities, lobby groups and banks on business matters.
• Ensuring all banking and cash operations are within the company policies.
• Ensuring the Company maintains adequate funds to meet financial obligations as and when they fall due through effective cash-flow management.
• In liaison with banks adopt an optimal hedging strategy against exchange risk exposure.
• Closely monitoring and supervising credit control operations by ensuring that customers trade within their credit terms and adopt strategies to mitigate credit exposure.
• Ensuring all Company assets are adequately insured against all potential risks and perils.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelors’ degree in Accounting/ Finance/ Economic
• Professional accounting qualification (CPA-K/ACAA).
• 10 +years’ experience in Accounting or Finance, 5 years of which in similar role in the manufacturing industry.
• Experience in working in an ERP/Oracle environment