Tax Accountant

SUMMARY:
A leading, exciting and trusted energy brand in Cape Town is seeking a Tax Accountant to join their

POSITION INFO:

A leading, exciting and trusted energy brand in Cape Town is seeking a Tax Accountant to join their growing team. The ideal candidate must have strong knowledge of customs and excise legislation, previous SAP experience, ability to work with internal customers as well as external entities. This is a contract role and therefore will be seeking immediately available individuals. If this is you, please apply.

Responsibilities: 

• Produce DA160 Excise account, payment of Customs and Excise on a monthly basis
• Finalize DA160 customs account and supporting schedules
• Finalize payment requests for payment of Fuel Levy, Excise and Road Accident Fund levy, Slate levy, IIRL levy and Pipeline levy
• Produce journal entries to account for rebates, loss allowances, etc at month end
• Process payment of relevant Customs duties and Excise on finished product imports
• Calculate Customs duties and excise due on imports of finished product
• Verify clearance documents are processed by Clearing agents timeously
• Review export acquittal documents for compliance to regulatory requirements
• Verify original acquittal documents are sent to Head Office by relevant parties
• Regularly follow up on outstanding acquittal documentation
• Review acquittal documents for compliance to regulatory requirements
• Manage SARS queries and audits
• Issue SARS/Customs with requested information for Customs audits
• Manage monthly account recons of balance sheet accounts for internal control
• Verify all Customs and Excise processes are documented and improved where necessary 

Requirements: 

• Must have a B.Tech or B.Com degree in Accounting
• CA(SA) or articles experience beneficial
• Be immediately available 

Please note that if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of your application, please consider it as unsuccessful for this particular role. Please do though continue to follow us online and apply for suitable opportunities.