Job Description

• To provide a proactive, in-house Tax Risk service to the Retail & Commercial Bank of the FirstRand Group. The person will be deployed to the Retail & Commercial Bank (FNB & WesBank) and required to travel within the various campuses ie: BankCity; Fairlands and Sandton (as maybe necessary) together with working in a hybrid working environment (home and office).
• Attending, and providing Tax risk insight to various Retail & Commercial committees;
• Attending various Tax Forums within Retail & Commercial and assisting with the preparation of the Agenda’s for such meetings;
• Reviewing, advising and making recommendations in respect of the Direct Tax implications of Retail & Commercial transactions and products;
• Identifying Direct Tax risks within the various areas within Retail & Commercial and finding appropriate solutions;
• Ensuring that any transaction, product or query, which has other tax implications, such as Value-Added Tax or Employees’ Tax implications, is discussed with the relevant Tax experts within FRGT;
• Providing Tax advice with the objective of optimising the Tax and risk profile and identifying Tax saving opportunities;
• Establishing, communicating and implementing Taxation policies and frameworks;
• Monitoring compliance with Tax legislation;
• Communicating changes to Tax legislation and judicial decisions;
• Co-ordinating Tax training and update sessions;
• Ability to support business areas in respect of client’s Tax queries;
• Ability to ensure relevant systems are developed in compliance with Tax legislation;
• Managing Tax related projects as and when the need arises;
• Building new and enhancing existing working relationships with Retail & Commercial; RMB; FCC; Ashburton and any other Brands, as maybe necessary.
• Escalation of Tax issues to management, where necessary