Tax Assistant at Phillips Outsourcing Limited

Phillips Outsourcing Limited has been in existence for over 16 years. We have a vast experience in the outsourcing business as we currently manage resources for major clients in all sectors of the Nigerian economy. In addition, our prolific manpower cuts across the 36 states in Nigeria. After successfully gaining ground in all the 36 states of the federation, we are gradually spreading our tentacles to other African Nations. We are currently registered to also do business in Ghana. Our framework is developed to fully support the businesses of our clients, ensuring continuous improvement of the outsourced services. This ultimately thrusts our clients to achieve their business objectives.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Tax Assistant

Location: Lagos

Responsibilities

• Support the Direct/Indirect tax teams to ensure timely remittance of taxes and resolve related issues.
• Obtain, collate and retain evidence of all tax remittances.
• Maintain a tracker for all tax payments.
• Support in processing Tax Clearance Certificate (TCC) for the Business.
• Visit tax offices for submission of letters/resolution of tax matters where required.
• Handle FIRS inspection of stock decantation and destruction exercises i.e., prepare and file invitation letters and supporting appendices to FIRS, agree a date for FIRS to witness the exercise and follow-up where necessary, plan with internal teams ahead of inspection, provide field logistics support to FIRS during inspection, represent Tax during the inspection exercise.
• Ensure timely upload of tax payment receipts (PAYE tax, VAT, WHT, Excise Duty and TCC) on the Business’tax compliance register for internal control purposes.
• Support the payroll team to ensure timely submission of tax returns to State IRSs.

Support during Tax Audits:

• Follow-up with relevant teams on document requests.
• Collate, review and analyse documents to be shared with consultants/Tax Authorities.
• Collaborate with internal teams: direct/indirect tax, procurement, facilities, security, safety teams, etc. ahead of field tax audits to ensure seamless exercises.
• Provide requested documents to consultants to ensure timely responses on audits.
• Reconcile and deal with suppliers’ concerns on WHT and VAT.
• Respond to all routine and ad-hoc requests addressed to the tax team.
• Participate in month end and year end reporting, and annual tax filing activities.
• Maintain good working relationships with all internal and external tax stakeholders.
• Perform all assigned tasks directly or indirectly related to, additional or supplementary to the scope of duties in this role profile.

Requirements

• Degree-level qualification in Accounting, Business Administration, or any related field with relevant work experience.
• Experience 2-3 years post qualification experience
• Use of Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Basic knowledge of accounting software – SAP.

Application Closing Date
7th March, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.