Job Summary
Our Client a Financial Services Firm located in Victoria Island, Lagos, requires a Tax Associate.
Minimum Qualification:
Degree
Experience Level:
Mid level
Experience Length:
3 years
Job Description
Responsibilities
Ensure detailed knowledge of the tax affairs of all Clients, providing each with sustainable tax solutions.
Lead yourself and your team members to ensure efficient and effective service delivery to all Clients.
Originate new Clients for the Company and originate new work from existing Clients for the Company.
Provide thought-leadership in your chosen areas of interest in taxation by periodic practice development activities.
Undertake multiple engagements and work with your Team members and other professionals and business support personnel in the provision of all service needs of Clients.
Deepen the knowledge-base of the Company in the Tax Desks those assigned to you.
Identify and make detailed proposition for any new Tax Desk for the Company.
Maintain healthy relationships with all regulators and relevant tax authorities whose action or inaction may have a direct or indirect impact on the business of the Company.
Manage risks and ensure that the practice of the Company is in accordance with extant laws and regulations at all times.
Document all important correspondences with Clients both on SharePoint/Company’s server/electronically and manually.
Keep all practice-related information, particularly Clients’ information as confidential as possible.
Support the Supervising Partner in all his practice development efforts.
Work directly with the Supervising Partner to meet your Tax Desk’s financial targets.
Publish a minimum of 3 tax and related articles in a local or international journal.
Provide overall knowledge, character and discipline in all your assigned responsibilities in the Company.
Effectively manage and maintain healthy and profitable relationships with all existing Clients of the Company, resolving all issues in a timely and profitable manner.
Mentor and supervise any intern or other personnel assigned to you for mentorship.
Constantly update yourself on all areas of business development, tax practice and ancillary disciplines, including acquiring new skills and expertise valuable to yourself and the Company.
Efficiently complete all other tasks as may be assigned by Management.
Qualifications and Requirements
1. Must have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university in an appropriate field (Accounting, Banking and Finance, Economics) and be a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation in Nigeria.
2. Must possess a minimum of 3 years of professional experience in a Tax Management role.
3. Must be charismatic and possess a strong sense of judgement and wit.
