Job Description

Are you a tax specialist looking to work with a listed REIT?

Our client is a South African-based Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT). Their primary goal is to grow and improve cash flow to deliver quality earnings, which will underpin growth and sustained value creation for all stakeholders. They actively manage a diversified multi-billion-rand property asset platform, comprising local and international property assets.

They are on the hunt for a qualified CA, the ideal person would be the tax specialist for the Group and will deal with all tax aspects for the Group: from reviewing the tax computation and returns, writing tax opinions, involvement in tax planning, managing the tax team, liaising with tax experts/service providers/auditors/SARS and overall improvement of all tax processes. Some key performance areas of the role include taxation, reporting (quarterly and/or bi-annually), management accounting as well as consistent budgeting and forecasting. This role will require knowledge of corporate taxation, IFRS, consolidation workings, corporate governance and companies act legislation.

The successful candidate will be a Chartered Accountant (SA) with a postgraduate tax qualification H.Dip, M.Com or equivalent. Along with having 10 - 15 years (post articles) company income tax and VAT experience, you will have experience with REIT tax as well. You will have held tax positions in large companies and have performed income tax computations for those companies. Being computer proficient (Microsoft office, financial systems) is imperative to being considered. Another key component is experience with international tax - transfer pricing and preparing associated documentation, controlled foreign companies' assessment and calculations. If you tick these boxes, do not hesitate to apply.

Macdonald & Company