COMMITTEE ASSISTANT: TAX

Our client is looking for a detail-oriented, responsible, and motivated individual to serve as an Assistant in our tax team. Strong communication, interpersonal, and organisational abilities are essential for the optimal candidate, as well as a desire to acquire knowledge about corporate taxes and offer tax services.

Location: Johannesburg

Contract type: Permanent

Requirements:

• South African Male of African Ethnicity.
• Required to work extended working hours, to meet external stakeholder deadlines, committee deliverables or strategic projects
• Basic knowledge and understanding of financial practices and standards applied in organisations.
• Understanding HR policies and procedures to perform required self-assess.
• Understanding of ICT prescribed practices and legislative requirements for data security and information management.
• Ability to implement and follow governance and compliance procedures.
• Basic knowledge and understanding of how confidentiality arrangements work and legislative requirements and impact of privacy protection mechanism e.g.: POPIA and GDPR.
• The ability to attend to finite detail whilst executing outputs to ensure the quality-of-service delivery.
• The ability to use knowledge of administrative techniques, tool policies and/or procedures to provide enabling functions.
• The ability to analyse situations and to arrive at the best possible solution.
• The ability to apply the principles of problem-solving techniques to identify and resolve a problem in the best of interest of all stakeholders.
• To apply or impose efficient working methods to work effectively or make somebody else work effectively.
• The ability to communicate effectively and efficiently at all levels in the organisation.
• The ability to define, scope, plan and execute projects according to internation project management methodology.
• The ability to utilize the correct computer software and the relevant functionality applicable to the outcomes required.
• The ability to interact with people at all levels in the organisation.
• The ability to mediate between conflicting parties so they can agree to a decision,
• The ability to simplify highly complex processes, text or data so that it is readily understandable for a particular audience.
• The ability to build trust and have an impact on the behaviours, attitudes, opinions and choices of others.
• The ability to manage data flows, archiving/saving data, protecting data for future use and from unauthorized access and ensuring the extraction of data for optimal future use on various platforms.

Experience:

• At least seven (7) years` experience as a personal assistant
• At least three (3) years’ experience as committee assistant
• Executive level stakeholder engagement experience
• Experience of MS Office products
• Data management experience advantageous

Responsibilities:

• General administrative support.
• Management of the Tax Committee Administrative Processes.
• Management of the Tax Stakeholders Administrative Process.
• Assist in the financial and procurement administrative process.

Benefits:

• Highlight the perks, benefits, and growth opportunities the company offers
• Include any unique incentives or programmes

How to apply: Send your CV to: farhana@empowertalent.co.za

If we do not contact you within 14 days, please consider your application to be unsuccessful.