Tax Specialist at United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA)

United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) is one of Africa’s leading financial institutions, with operations in 19 African countries and 3 global financial centres: London, Paris and New York. From a single country organisation founded in 1949 in Nigeria UBA has grown to become a pan-African provider of financial services with over 11 million customers, through close to 1000 business offices and touch points globally.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Tax Specialist

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full time

Main Outputs and Responsibilities

Assist with implementation of tax optimization:

Participate on the action plan defined for ETR ‘s reduction of all the Subsidiaries
Liaise with subsidiaries in respect of tax issues raised, documentation requested
Carryout routine review of concluded contracts, identify any tax-related gap and provide tax efficient recommendations
Review contracts with vendors, highlight known tax leakages and recommend tax optimal approach where necessary.

Tax Compliance:

Liaise with Subsidiaries to ensure the filling of monthly / Quarterly/ Bi annual Tax returns is done with statutory deadline
Follow up the calendar of Transfer Price Regulations for all the Subsidiaries
Ensure compliance with tax laws about the Bank’s operations
Liaise with the Subsidiaries for the tax self-audits
Review the exceptions reports
Resolve the anomalies
Monitor effectiveness of controls in place to avert re-occurrence
Monitor compliance.

Experience