Job Description

DETAILS OF THE VACANCY

Job Title

Tax Assistant

Location

Allen's Nek- Johannesburg

Salary Grade

PASS 1

Reporting to

Branch Manager

Reporting staff: None

Type of Position: Permanent

Working hours

Mondays to Fridays from 08h00 - 16h30

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION AND KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The purpose of this position is to assist members (clients) with tax advice and administrative solutions to commonTax problems, within the parameters set by the Company and the Scorpion Legal Protection membership agreement.

Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

Consulting with Members

Attending to clients and providing tax advice and assistance via telephone,

Emails, SMS Pinnacle

Drafting & attending to correspondence

Attending to drafting and responding to correspondence on behalf of clients

Case Management

Ensuring that all case files are maintained and regularly updated

Liaison with SARS, Tax Ombud, Appointed Attorney

Follow up with SARS / Tax ombudsman / Attorney and obtain necessary information and / or giving instruction to sort out member's tax problem

Providing Feedback to Clients

Ensuring that clients receive regular updates and feedback

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AND GENERAL WORKING CONDITIONS

Education

Must have Matric (Grade12) and relevant degree or diploma.

Experience

Must have experience in handling tax matters. Must know how individual tax within the Income Tax Act and Tax Administration Acts works and must be able to apply these

Principles when dealing with tax matters

Other

Must be computer literate (advanced); specifically, MS Word, Excel and Outlook,

Will be requested to perform ad-hoc projects

General working conditions

Regular office environment and no health and safety risks involved

Some travel might be required from time to time

PRE-REQUISITE COMPETENCIES

Knowledge Competencies

Organizational Awareness

Skill Competencies

Accuracy

Administrative skills

Analytical thinking ability

Attention to detail

Computer literacy (Advanced)

SCORPION LEGAL PROTECTION (RF) (Pty) Ltd

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Available to Internal & External Applicants

Conveying information

Flexibility

Listening skills

Organising ability

Planning ability

Self-control

Teamwork

Time management skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Behavioural Competencies

Action orientation

Administrative orientation

Assertiveness

Computer systems orientation

Concern for order

Customer service orientation

Information seeking

Initiative

Integrity

Levels of energy

Numerical orientation (Intermediate to advanced)

Self-confidence

Stress tolerance

APPLICATION AND CONTACT DETAILS

To apply for this position, send in your updated cv.

Contact Person

Thembi Tambani on Email: recruitment@scorpion.biz

Reference Number

When submitting your application, please quote reference number

SLP- 029-25

Closing Date

Friday, 30 May 2025

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

The company's intention is to promote equity through filling of all numeric targets as contained in the Employment Equity Plan. To facilitate this process successfully, an indication of race, gender and disability status is required on your application. Please note that the employment of family relatives is strictly prohibited.

In the event of no internal applications having been received, external applications will be considered.

If you have not been contacted within 2 weeks of the closing date, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful.

PROTECTION OF PRIVACY

Scorpion Legal Protection is committed to protecting your privacy. Your information will be used properly, lawfully, securely and transparently for the purpose of recruitment processes. Scorpion Legal Protection has implemented appropriate technical and organisational information security measures to help keep your information secure, accurate and current.

Job Type: Permanent

Pay: R16111,00 - R22972,00 per month

Ability to commute/relocate:

Allen'S Nek, Gauteng 1709: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Education:

Diploma (Required)
Experience:

Minimum: 1 year (Required)
Work Location: In person

Application Deadline: 2025/08/08