Duma Works is recruiting a Tax Assistant for one of our clients; a leading medium sized
audit and business consultancy firm providing various finance and business
related services.
Job Type: Full time
Duties:
- Preparing and filing taxes for over 400
clients.
- To ensure all taxation filing deadlines are
met.
- To ensure the VAT transactions are applied
accurately and consistently across the accounting system.
- Other duties, including special projects.
- Answer and respond to clients’ inquiries on
their tax problems.
- Organize and manage all tax reports,
statements and documents relating to clients.
- Maintain strict client confidentiality
relating to their tax matters.
- Dealing with queries on taxation as emanated
from Audit or from Client.
- General correspondence with clients and KRA.
- Must be aware of the Tax Laws and emerging
issues; Vat, Paye, Nssf, NHif, withholding taxes, Installment taxes etc.
- Effective Maintenance of tax files having an
index and things to do clearly labeled and effectively followed.
- Effective Listing of all Clientele in relation
to tax.
- Completion and submission of self-assessment
returns and Corporate tax returns (now on ITAX).
- Visit to KRA offices to sort out client tax
matters.
- Visit to client’s premises when tax officials
are carrying out an in depth exercise.
- Be conversant with the KRA I tax platform and
be ready to deal with all queries on the same.
- Assist the Tax Department on In-depths.
Essential Skills:
- Tax deadline conversant
- Computer literate comfortable using
spreadsheets and formulas.
- Should have a liking to read.
- Microsoft Office Skills are required.
- The candidate should have a keen interest in
detail
Key Competencies:
- Integrity
- Honesty
Preferred background
- Minimum one year experience
- Audit Firm Tax Department
- KRA Clerk
- Tax oriented BPO or consultancy firm
Education:
- ICPAK Certification is a plus.
Core Values:
- Integrity and Honesty; to enhance
stakeholders’ confidence in our services, we shall meet their expectations
by carrying out duties and responsibilities with honesty, fineness and
integrity.
- Confidentiality; Utmost Privacy is required
for the job at hand.
- Professionalism; to adhere to best practices,
high levels of competence and ethics through Continuous Professional
Development for improved service delivery.
- Team Work; we shall collaborate with
colleagues and stakeholders to achieve our goals and objectives through
consultations, consensus building, participation and consideration of
diversity of opinion and experiences.
- Creativity and Innovation; Promote innovation
and creativity through; research, regular brainstorming sessions and
exchange of ideas at all levels, so as to tap the full potential of our
staff, members and
partners.
- Social Responsibility; to exhibit a high
degree of sensitivity and responsibility within the Firm.
- Co-operation; to be accommodative and
responsive.
How to Apply:
Applications letters and detailed CV
are to be sent by email to apply@dumaworks.com marking the subject as “TA
1855”, Your Full name & Phone number e.g. TA 1864, Barack Obama,
07xxxxxxxxx.
If you don’t follow these
instructions, your application will not go through
Deadline for receiving applications: 30th September 2015