This is not a steady-state close-the-books role. You'll cover tax compliance across multiple African jurisdictions, multi-entity reporting, store viability analysis, and audit coordination simultaneously - all in the same role, encompassing tax, reporting, commercial analysis, and audit. You'll context-switch, prioritise hard, and meet deadlines that don’t move.

WHAT THE JOB ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE Multi-country tax – income tax, provisional tax, withholding tax, and VAT submissions across multiple jurisdictions, reconciled to Revenue Authority statements Monthly reporting – cash flow statements, management pack, variance analysis against budget, and GL reconciliations across payroll, fixed assets, and bank accounts Commercial analysis – store viability studies and back‑testing, cost of sales and GP reporting per store, stock valuation, and cost improvement recommendations Intercompany balances – agreeing balances across entities and adjusting for realised and unrealised forex mov...