MTN Ghana

Position Overview

Join a growing team that values talent and dedication. As Senior Specialist, Indirect Tax, you will provide specialist advice on indirect taxes to MTN Ghana and Mobile Money Ltd, ensuring full tax compliance across all indirect tax areas including Communication Services Tax (CST), Value Added Tax (VAT), NHIL Levy, GETFund Levy, and Customs matters. You will serve MTN Ghana, its key distributors, and related entities.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop indirect tax plans and solutions; research and track economic, political, and legislative trends affecting the telecommunication and ICT industry; identify and research local and foreign taxation issues
• Resolve all transactional tax (indirect taxes including Communication Services Tax, VAT, WHT VAT, and Customs) queries and tax issues raised by departments within the business
• Ensure accurate and timely accounting and filing of all indirect tax returns and remittance of VAT on normal operations, VAT on foreign services, and VAT on proceeds from disposal of fixed assets
• Liaise with internal stakeholders in addressing all statutory audits with various tax authorities and external auditors
• Identify tax exposures, evaluate and present tax action options to Senior Consultant
• Issue VAT certificates for all payments by Scancom and Mobile Money Ltd
• Provide input to indirect tax risk management policy and proposed strategy; ensure implementation of Group tax policies internally
• Manage day-to-day advisory support to other divisions and departments on indirect tax-related issues
• Perform sensitivity and trend analysis of all sales transactions
• Interact with tax consultants and tax officials from various firms within the telecommunications industry on indirect tax issues as required
• Provide input to regular updates on indirect tax matters

Location

Ho, Ghana