• Collaborate with Head of Finance and Tax partners on ongoing tax compliance and capital structuring and manage relationships with Tax Advisors.  

• Implement the best tax practices and controls and ensure that these are consistently updated and followed.  

• Ensuring that all tax returns are prepared accurately and timely and taxes remitted monthly before the 15th day of each month, maintaining documentation and reconciling to General Ledger.  

• Responsible for working with tax advisors to prepare the annual income tax returns and review of annual corporate tax computations.  

• Support Head of Finance with strategic improvements to EEA Uganda’s operations, including country-specific tax-efficient structures, transactions between parent and subsidiary.  

• Coordinate External /Internal audits, liaise with the URA/Tax Advisors and ensure that all issues are timely resolved during the audit process.   

• Maintain effective relationships across all departments within the organization and ensure all tax issues raised are resolved timely and sufficient support given.  

• Ensure monthly tax provisioning includes reviewing the tax accruals, as well as the management and reconciliation of the tax balances on the ledger and effective rate analysis are done.   

• Support in putting together YTD and forecast P&L information and calculating estimated taxable income positions, Effective Tax Rates for forecasting purposes.  

• Preparation of responses to URA queries regarding tax issues.  

• Supporting the Head of Finance with tax legislative developments and planning where necessary.  

• Coordinate tax audits by URA, interface between auditors and company personnel, follow up on any disagreements.  

• Ensuring that interim and final corporation tax returns are prepared, filed, and tax installments paid.  

• Responsible for general tax compliance work in relation to PAYE, WHT, VAT, Excise duty, Stamp duty, and Corporation tax.  

• Performance of tax reviews in SAP for VAT and WHT for all invoices paid out by the Bank.  

• Responsible for all reconciliations on all tax accounts and reporting to internal management and external stakeholders on exceptional items.  

• Annual review of the Group recharges to ensure that all services received are value adding and priced at arm’s length in accordance with the Transfer Pricing Act.  

• Perform the group’s self- tax assessments and in-depth examinations, to identify areas of tax exposure and non-compliance and implement appropriate measures.  

• Engage the revenue authority on objections, appeals and dispute resolution; make submissions on behalf of EEA Uganda.  

• Perform annual review of finance policies, standards, and frameworks that have an impact on tax.  

• Engage Group Head of Tax and ensure alignment with Group Tax Objectives.  

• Manage training and support to other areas of the company to ensure they have sufficient tax compliance understanding to support the Tax function.  

• Support Accounts Team lead to work closely with Uganda department heads to understand monthly expenses (BvA), monitor spending and drive efficiencies in cost 

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