Job Description

POSITION: GROUP TAX SPECIALIST
INCUMBENT: VACANT
REPORTS TO: GROUP TAX MANAGER
DIRECT REPORTS: 0

JOB OBJECTIVE:

Responsible for the ongoing tax compliance for the Ascendis Group of companies globally. Work closely with businesses to help prepare and submit both Income Tax and VAT returns on an ongoing basis. Engage and monitor ongoing compliance for the non-South African legal entities by continuously engaging with the various Tax Advisors in the various jurisdictions across the globe.

• Manage tax audits with both Revenue Authorities and the company's auditors
• Work closely with the businesses and manage communications received and sent from/to the various
Revenue Authorities.
• Support businesses with their monthly, semi-annual and yearly Income Tax calculations
• Prepare the tax notes for the consolidated Annual Financial Statements to ensure timely reporting to the
respective stakeholders
• Register newly acquired legal entities for corporate taxes
• Keep up to date with tax legislation, tax case law and any items published by the South African Revenue
Services (Rulings, Interpretation Notes etc.)
• Regularly participate in internal tax technical training sessions
• Conduct tax technical research and advise business on various tax queries raised
• Prepare monthly tax computation for month -end
• Calculate and prepare provisional tax payments
• Completion and filing of annual tax returns
• Review and completion of annual transfer pricing documents

TASK DESCRIPTION:

• Review the Income Tax and Deferred Tax calculations completed by the businesses monthly
• Provide training to the South African businesses on various tax matters
• Work with the South African businesses to manage various communications received from SARS on an ongoing basis
• Actively manage the group's relationship with the various revenue authorities
• Facilitate the submission of the foreign tax returns with the finance teams and the foreign tax advisors
• Assist with the preparation of all the tax financial statements disclosure notes
• Assist the Group from a tax point of view with various restructuring projects
• Advise the South African businesses on operational tax queries
• Assist with rolling out and embedding various tax processes and controls across the Group
• Assist with improving existing tax controls at Group level
• Meeting transfer pricing requirements
• Interaction with stakeholders in implementation of new tax legislation
• Managing relationships with external tax advisors and internal & external auditors
• Assist businesses maintain all tax records
• Other ad-hoc tax and accounting responsibilities