Manager, Tax and Compliance

Are you a go-getter, positive minded individual who fits the role profile captured below? There is an opportunity for ambitious, self-driven individuals to fill the above position.

Reporting to: Chief Finance Officer (CFO).

Job Purpose:

To assist the CFO in ensuring that the Bank remains fully compliant to the Tax regulations, develop a Transfer pricing document and maintaining a positive relationship with the Regulator

Key Responsibilities:

•  Ensure that all Tax computations and remittances (PAYE, Withholding Taxes, VAT, Excise etc) are fully compliant and submitted on a timely basis in line with the Act
• Continuously update the Management on current as well as imminent changes to the tax laws and regulations and be responsible for their implementation
• Ensure that all products, services and strategic initiatives are well structured and meet the tax compliance threshold
• Continuously seek opportunities to improve tax efficiencies
• Appropriate Tax planning for the strategic plans
• Liaison with the Tax advisors, Auditors, KRA in management of audits and inspections
• Review of all service level agreements as well as developing a Transfer pricing policy for the Bank
• Review of all Bank wide processes with a tax implication and ensure that controls are in place to ensure an accurate submission
• Stakeholder management for both internal and external stakeholders
• Manage and be the Tax Risk champion for the Bank
• Ensures that all new business is in line with KYC and CTF laws and regulations and customer information is regularly updated
• Ensure adherence of all bank’s prescribed processes, standard operating procedures and central bank requirements

• Role Models the Brand and Corporate Values of the Bank in the internal and external market environment
• Works as part of a team for the purpose of winning together

The Person:

The ideal candidate must possess the following:

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Commerce degree in Accounting or its equivalent
• A qualified Accounting (CPA-K or its equivalent)
• Five (5) years senior tax experience in either managing or advising Financial institutions on tax opportunities and compliance matters;
• Business management experience
• Proven analytical skills to review information and reports produced by management accounting systems;
• Proficiency in computing packages and other accounting software packages

Key Competencies and Attributes

• Ability and willingness to challenge the status quo in order to deliver long-term
• Change and improvements.
• Excellent communication skills (correspondence, presentations, meeting management, and informal dialogue with a variety of types of stakeholders).
• Ability to generate high calibre insights from a wide variety of information sources
• Talent for innovative thinking
• Excellent organizational skills
• Highly numerate
• Ability to embrace dynamic work environment.
• Able to identify, motivate and develop talent within the Bank.
• Capacity to influence decisions at senior management levels
• Communicates effectively
• Drives high performance in teams

How to Apply

ALL applicants MUST apply online to the email: recruitment@familybank.co.ke; closing date is Wednesday 14th February 2018. Canvassing will automatically disqualify the candidate. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.