Zambia Sugar PLC is an ABF Group sugar company and is the leading sugar producer in Zambia. Its main activities are the growing of sugar cane, the production and marketing of sugar and other sugar downstream products.Labor & Employment Law

The Company invites applications from suitably qualified and experienced persons to fill the following positions in the Finance Department to be based at Nakambala.

DATA ANALYST – TAXATION x 1 – PERMANENT

Reporting to: Taxation Accountant

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Key Responsibilities

Direct Tax

• Ensuring that all the filing of tax related correspondence between the Company, the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA), the Government, the Company’s tax consultants and any other stakeholders is accurate and up to date.
• Assisting with timely submission of tax returns and payments to ZRA.
• Managing correspondence with ZRA on behalf of the Company.
• Ensuring that all payments made to ZRA relating to supplier garnishments by ZRA are paid on time, all proof of payments lodged with ZRA and filed correctly.
• Assisting with tax audit requests, internally or otherwise.
• Assisting with the ZRA tax agency obligations such as supplier garnishee orders, WHTOT etc.
• Liaising with the ZRA Offices in ensuring that all supplier payment clearances are obtained in time for timely supplier payments.
• Maintaining a register of all tax payments for internal and external reporting purposes.
• Ensuring all tax filings are chronologically done and a register maintained.
• Assisting with the ZRA Tax Accounts reconciliation to Ledger Accounts on a monthly basis.

Indirect Tax

• Verification and compilation of export sales documents for VAT Rule 18 purposes – Export documents or Acquittals, Tax Invoices and Bank Statements.
• Assisting with the preparation of VAT Rule 18 status report for Management.
• Reconciliation of export sales stock transfers in the system to the ZRA customs report to ensure completeness of all declarations, and to actual sales made out of offshore warehouses.
• Reviewing of original export sales documents and submission of the same to the duty drawback agent for claims processing.
• Maintaining a record of documents submitted for duty drawback outstanding entries to avoid having time-barred claims.
• Assisting with the review and compilation of all import documents to support import VAT credits or claims.
• Preparation of supporting schedules for monthly VAT returns.
• Assisting with withholding VAT tax obligations and reconciliation of the monthly account statement.
• Assisting with the submission of written responses to ZRA queries or enquiries.

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Business, Financial and Operational Accountabilities

• Ensuring all tax payments taken for capture are fully authorised in time and relevant proof of payments are filed correctly.
• Ensuring all working paper tax files are kept up to date.
• Ensuring correspondence files are kept up to date.
• Responding to stakeholders’ queries on any tax withheld from their payments and where necessary, provide proof of tax withheld e.g. WHT certificates.
• Assisting with the management of ZRA customs inspections or audits.
• Conducting reconciliations or data matching analyses to ensure they agree to ZRA across different tax types.
• Ensuring good record keeping.
• Undertake any other task assigned by the Tax Accountants – Direct and Indirect Taxes.

Customer and Stakeholder Accountabilities

• To maintain sound working relationships within the Company and with relevant units of the ZRA.
• Assist with non-complex responses/queries raised by internal and external stakeholders relating to issues like tax withheld, ZRA garnishee orders, etc.

People and Leadership Accountabilities

• Assist the Company with maintaining an efficient and professional Tax Unit by ensuring returns/payments are submitted on time and managing internal and external stakeholder engagements.

Minimum Requirements

• Grade 12 Certificate
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, ACCA / CIMA / ZICA or equivalent.
• Preferably 1 year experience in a Tax Environment.
• Excel proficiency is required.
• Knowledge in Corporate Income Tax (CIT) and Income Tax Act (ITA).
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Must be a member of ZICA / ACCA or CIMA.
• Suitably qualified applicants must provide certificates which have been verified by the Zambia Qualifications Authority (ZAQA).

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Applicants shall be required to complete pre-employment checks (qualification, credit, security, background, and medical assessments) as part of the recruitment process where applicable.

Should you not hear from us within 4 weeks after the closing date, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.

• Ensuring that all the filing of tax related correspondence between the Company, the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA), the Government, the Company’s tax consultants and any other stakeholders is accurate and up to date.
• Assisting with timely submission of tax returns and payments to ZRA.
• Managing correspondence with ZRA on behalf of the Company.
• Ensuring that all payments made to ZRA relating to supplier garnishments by ZRA are paid on time, all proof of payments lodged with ZRA and filed correctly.
• Assisting with tax audit requests, internally or otherwise.
• Assisting with the ZRA tax agency obligations such as supplier garnishee orders, WHTOT etc.
• Liaising with the ZRA Offices in ensuring that all supplier payment clearances are obtained in time for timely supplier payments.
• Maintaining a register of all tax payments for internal and external reporting purposes.
• Ensuring all tax filings are chronologically done and a register maintained.
• Assisting with the ZRA Tax Accounts reconciliation to Ledger Accounts on a monthly basis.
• Verification and compilation of export sales documents for VAT Rule 18 purposes – Export documents or Acquittals, Tax Invoices and Bank Statements.
• Assisting with the preparation of VAT Rule 18 status report for Management.
• Reconciliation of export sales stock transfers in the system to the ZRA customs report to ensure completeness of all declarations, and to actual sales made out of offshore warehouses.
• Reviewing of original export sales documents and submission of the same to the duty drawback agent for claims processing.
• Maintaining a record of documents submitted for duty drawback outstanding entries to avoid having time-barred claims.
• Assisting with the review and compilation of all import documents to support import VAT credits or claims.
• Preparation of supporting schedules for monthly VAT returns.
• Assisting with withholding VAT tax obligations and reconciliation of the monthly account statement.
• Assisting with the submission of written responses to ZRA queries or enquiries.
• Ensuring all tax payments taken for capture are fully authorised in time and relevant proof of payments are filed correctly.
• Ensuring all working paper tax files are kept up to date.
• Ensuring correspondence files are kept up to date.
• Responding to stakeholders’ queries on any tax withheld from their payments and where necessary, provide proof of tax withheld e.g. WHT certificates.
• Assisting with the management of ZRA customs inspections or audits.
• Conducting reconciliations or data matching analyses to ensure they agree to ZRA across different tax types.
• Ensuring good record keeping.
• Undertake any other task assigned by the Tax Accountants – Direct and Indirect Taxes.
• To maintain sound working relationships within the Company and with relevant units of the ZRA.
• Assist with non-complex responses/queries raised by internal and external stakeholders relating to issues like tax withheld, ZRA garnishee orders, etc.
• Assist the Company with maintaining an efficient and professional Tax Unit by ensuring returns/payments are submitted on time and managing internal and external stakeholder engagements.

• Excel proficiency
• Excellent analytical skills

• Grade 12 Certificate
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, ACCA / CIMA / ZICA or equivalent.
• Must be a member of ZICA / ACCA or CIMA.
• Suitably qualified applicants must provide certificates which have been verified by the Zambia Qualifications Authority (ZAQA).