Group Tax Manager

What makes you ready for this

• Proven track record in multi-jurisdictional African tax compliance and audit management, with demonstrable hands-on experience managing tax filings across East, West, and Southern African markets — including VAT, CIT, and WHT — alongside a professional qualification (ACCA, CPA, or equivalent).
  

• Extensive experience leading tax audit execution and engaging revenue authorities on technical matters, including dispute resolution — with the ability to draft defensible positions, manage local teams through audit processes, and escalate material risks with the clarity and speed that senior stakeholders require.
  

• Demonstrated capability translating complex technical tax positions into risk assessments and business-ready guidance, combined with strong project management discipline and the organisational rigour to manage multiple compliance deadlines across jurisdictions simultaneously.
  

You'll own and oversee multi-jurisdictional tax compliance across the Group — VAT, WHT, and CIT — with full accountability for the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of every filing. You'll maintain the Group-wide tax compliance tracker, review revenue reconciliations across markets, and own Group ETR analysis and reporting, including translating key drivers and movements into clear, senior-stakeholder-ready explanations.

On audit, you'll lead execution across jurisdictions — drafting and reviewing responses to revenue authority queries, ensuring all positions are aligned with Group tax strategy, and escalating material risks and developments to the Group Head of Tax in a timely and well-structured way. You'll also support external auditors on tax disclosure reviews, providing computations and technical opinions as required.

Operationally, you'll provide functional oversight and direction to in-country finance teams — influencing without direct authority, aligning local practices to Group standards, and building tax capability within those teams as you go. You'll drive standardisation of compliance processes across markets, implement controls and documentation standards, and support automation initiatives that reduce manual dependency and improve reliability at scale.

You'll also manage day-to-day engagement with revenue authorities through local teams, support resolution of routine queries and compliance matters, and monitor regulatory developments across East, West, and Southern Africa — translating implications into clear guidance for the business.

Travel of up to 20% across Group markets is part of the role, reflecting the importance of in-market presence to the relationships and oversight this position requires.