Kenya Job Vacancies:Regional Tax Manager Job.

Kenya Job Vacancies:Regional Tax Manager Job.
Adept Systems is a Kenyan management consultancy established in 1994.
We provide a full range of management consultancy services in the areas of:-
    * human resources management,
    * business development,
    * information management and financial systems.
We have carried out specialised assignments for private companies and multi-nationals, NGOs, government departments and ministries, parastatals and a number of donor agencies in East Africa, Southern Africa and West Africa.
We have a team of highly qualified and experienced consultants, and a large number of professional associates, both local and foreign, who can be called upon at short notice.
Our technical expertise is complimented by strengths that include:
    * A strong focus on delivering results.
    * A proven ability to work from your point of view, and in this manner, harnessing the extensive knowledge and skills that exists in your organisation. We are thus able to deliver home-grown solutions and build the capacity of in-house personnel to independently undertake similar assignments in the future.
    * A keen understanding of the market place, acquired through employment and the execution of consultancy assignments.

Taxation Jobs In Kenya.
Our client is a global multinational Food & Beverage company, worldwide leader in most of its category portfolio. With global or local specific brands and products, the core focus is to meet the diverse needs and preferences of consumers all over the world.

Operating in Africa for more than 80 years, the Company has 5 markets within, the Equatorial African Region being amongst them. The regional operations are co-ordinated from Nairobi, Kenya to offer shared service across countries in Central, East, part of Southern Africa including the Island markets and Horn of Africa.

With this regional expertise, the Company aims at enhancing the business potential of this region, which is seen as an important source of future growth, and bring it up to the level of performance that the Company experiences in other regions of Africa and the world.

By reinforcing business and product categories focus, making operations more efficient, developing cross fertilization or enhancing peoples’ knowledge transfer and empowerment, this shared service expertise is expected to accelerate growth and meet the company’s high ambition for the Region.

Our client continues to be viewed as one of the leading global companies in Corporate Social Responsibility, particularly in the developing world. Being a committed leader in environmental performance, they ensure that natural resources are preserved and that waste management enjoys much attention in all operations worldwide. The company is an equal-opportunity employer with robust talent management policies, and systems. They value and reward individual and team contributions to business results.

Job Purpose
The Manager will be the tax expert for the Equatorial African Region responsible for managing the relationships throughout the business for all Tax related queries. He/ she will be responsible for corporation tax compliance, tax computations, submission of tax returns and all correspondence including Tax planning and strategy, in line with company policy. The expert will ensure compliance with Group tax reporting requirements and review internal processes that affect tax.
Responsibilities
* Ensure compliance with respect to taxes including corporate Income tax, PAYE, VAT, Customs/Excise duties, Transfer Pricing and other tax legislation.
* Liaise with Finance and Compliance Head and Audit Partner with regard to tax information and reporting.
* Review of year-end balance sheet tax records for external auditors.
* Review deferred tax charge for financial accounting division.
* Draft and implement tax policies with regard to the Region in line with Company policy.
* Identify, implement and manage international and regional tax planning opportunities in Equatorial African Region.
* Advise Group entities with regard to compliance with international tax law, including transfer pricing issues.
* Conduct training and information sessions for executives and EAR entities on relevant tax issues.
* Prepare and review tax schedules and annual tax returns; provisional tax returns and monthly indirect tax returns.
* Prepare for and review provisional, corporate and indirect tax payments.
* Prepare and/or review responses to KRA with regard to queries and audit findings.
* Negotiation with relevant government bodies regarding application of tax legislation and concessions offered.

How to apply:
Send your application including a cover letter indicating your desire to work with our client; a detailed CV highlighting relevant experience, details of current and expected salary, a daytime phone contact, email address, and the names of three professional referees by close of business Friday 22nd October 2010.

Adept Systems
MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS
P O Box 6416, Nairobi, GPO 00100
Email: recruit@adeptsystems.co.ke
Web: www.adeptsys.biz

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