Tax Advisor (VAT & Indirect Taxes)

About the role

Imbono, an infrastructure and essential services operator across emerging markets, is hiring a Tax Advisor within its Tax department, which covers corporate tax, VAT, transfer pricing and cross-border structuring. The role is an individual contributor position focused on VAT and other indirect taxes, but it is not limited to VAT compliance and carries group-wide, multi-jurisdiction responsibilities.

Key responsibilities

• Prepare and coordinate VAT returns, including data collection, transaction review, reconciliations, filing packs and payment instructions.
• Research and respond to routine tax queries on VAT, corporate tax, withholding tax, treaties, intercompany charges, contracts and invoices.
• Maintain the group tax compliance calendar and trackers, monitor deadlines and escalate risks or missing information.
• Support corporate tax compliance, including registrations, return packs, tax computations, payment tracking and reconciliations to the trial balance and financial statements.
• Prepare tax provisions, reporting schedules and group or consolidation packs, and assist with current and deferred tax balances and disclosures.
• Support transfer pricing documentation, Country-by-Country Reporting and Pillar Two / GloBE readiness.
• Assist with FATCA and CRS classifications, annual or nil filings and entity records.
• Provide tax input on new entities, transactions and entries into new jurisdictions, including registrations, onboarding and due diligence.
• Liaise with Finance, Treasury, Legal, auditors and tax authorities, and support e-invoicing and tax technology projects.
• Maintain audit-ready tax files and working papers, and identify process improvements and legislative changes.

Required profile

• Approximately six years of progressive experience in tax compliance and advisory, in a multinational business, professional services firm or a combination of both.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, Economics, Law or a related discipline.
• Professional tax or accounting qualification, or progress towards one (ACCA, ACA, CPA, CTA or equivalent), preferred.
• Fluent business English; additional languages are an advantage.

Required skills

• Strong practical VAT experience, including return preparation, transaction analysis, reconciliations and registrations.
• Working knowledge of corporate tax, tax accounting, transfer pricing, FATCA/CRS, Country-by-Country Reporting and Pillar Two.
• Big Four experience preferred.
• Advanced Excel and data analysis, including reconciliations and review of general ledger and trial balance.