Gross Salary: Ksh 50,000,
Our client is seeking to hire a tax associate.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- File clients’ tax documents, including quarterly payments, extensions and tax returns.
- Recommend new strategies based on new taxation laws on the local, state or national level.
- Maintain proper documentation for interpreting and reviewing changes in the law.
- Streamline procedures and offer recommendations on how the tax filing process can run more efficiently.
- Prepare complex individual, corporate, and partnership tax returns.
- Perform review of individual tax returns prepared by junior tax staff or interns.
- Serve as a technical resource for junior tax staff and interns.
- May have the opportunity to work on estate, gift, trust and international tax returns.
- Conduct basic and complex tax research.
- Collaborate with colleagues to conduct tax planning for individual, corporate, partnership, estate, gift, trust and international tax clients.
- Review national, state and local tax notices and drafts responses.
- Carry out delegated audits and Tax filling.
Skills/ Abilities
- Hands-on experience with iTax.
- Ability to prepare tax computations, tax returns, filing, payments, necessary paperwork, and reports.
- Knowledge of the Tax Laws.
- Ability to conduct basic and complex tax research.
- Experience in bookkeeping/accounting process.
- Ability to carry out audits.
- Experience in Microsoft excel and word.
- Time management and organizational skills to meet client and tax compliance deadlines.
- Ability to produce quality work with quick turnaround.
- Entrepreneurial approach to client service while building positive working relationships.
- Comfortable conducting presentations in workshops, seminars and training sessions to both internal and external audiences.
Personal Attributes
- Attention to Detail and Accuracy: Ensuring precision in financial reporting.
- Planning, Organizing, and Monitoring: Efficiently managing tasks and projects.
- Communication Skills: Effective communication to convey financial information.
- Problem Analysis and Problem-Solving Skills: Identifying and addressing challenges.
- Initiative: Taking proactive steps to enhance processes.
- Teamwork: Collaborating effectively with colleagues.
- Confidentiality: Handling sensitive financial information with discretion
- Self-driven and motivated.
- Academic /Professional Qualifications
- A Bachelor’s degree /Diploma from a recognized university (Accounting Option is preferable)
- Professional accounting qualifications: ACCA/CPA
- At least three (3) years’ professional experience working in tax department.
How to Apply
If you suit the above requirements, kindly send your CV to: recruits@mgnkenya.com quoting the job title in the subject line by 22nd March 2024.