Tax Analyst

Investec is a distinctive Specialist Bank serving clients principally in the UK and South Africa. Our culture gives us our edge: we work hard to find colleagues who'll think out of the ordinary and we put them in environments where they'll flourish. We combine a flat structure with a focus on internal mobility. If you can bring an entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to learn and collaborate to your work, this could be the boost your career deserves.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare and review corporate tax returns, advance tax computations, and tax audit reports.
• Support tax assessments, respond to notices, and assist in litigation matters.
• Monitor changes in Indian direct tax laws and assess their impact on the business. Contributing to overall expense management and ensuring adherence to various policies and processes.
• Ensure timely and accurate GST compliance, including returns, reconciliations, and input tax credit management.
• Support GST audits, assessments, and respond to queries from tax authorities.
• Advise on GST implications for cross-border and inter-unit transactions.
• Ensuring timely compliance with regulatory and statutory deadlines.
• Ensuring the timely completion of monthly, quarterly, and annual tax compliance (Indirect Tax, Direct Tax & Transfer Pricing).
• Finalizing annual financial audits by liaising directly with external auditors (Big 4) (Statutory, Tax, Transfer Pricing, GST).
• Ensuring the timely completion of Safe Harbour filing.
• Providing support for advance payment agreement
• Maintaining a strong and adequate control environment to minimise operational risk.

Technical knowledge and experience:

• CA with 3-4 years post-qualified experience (essential)
• Good understanding of GCC (advantageous but not essential)
• Experience in SOFTEX filing and safe harbour compliance.
• Excellent accounting skills (essential)
• Knowledge of IGAAP, IndAS & IFRS (advantageous but not essential)
• Proficient in the use of MS Excel

Personal attributes:

• Strong character with excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong relationship management skills, able to influence and build rapport
• Ability to analyse, interpret and assimilate information
• Pro-active with a strong work ethic
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to work in a dynamic and changing environment
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and under pressure, managing conflicting priorities and ability to multi-task when required.
• Ability to work well independently and as part of a team, across the entire financial and accounting spectrum
• An appetite for keeping abreast with the latest statutory and regulatory developments

As part of our collaborative & agile culture, our working week is 4 days in the office and one day remote.

Investec offers a range of wellbeing benefits to make our people feel healthier, balanced and more fulfilled in their lives inside and outside of work.

Embedded in our culture is a sense of belonging and inclusion. This creates an environment in which everyone is free to be themselves which helps to drive innovation, creativity and ultimately business performance. At Investec we want everyone to find it easy to be themselves, and to feel they belong. It's a responsibility we all share and is integral to our purpose and values as an organisation.

Research shows that some candidates can be reluctant to apply to a role unless they meet all the criteria. We pride ourselves on our entrepreneurial spirit here and welcome you to do the same – if the role excites you, please don't let our person specification hold you back. Get in touch

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