Employer: Ardenfield Consult (U) Ltd
Location: Uganda
Job Type: Full-time
Category: Accounting

Job Summary:
Ardenfield Consult (U) Ltd is seeking an experienced Senior Tax Associate to support tax audit, tax advisory and tax dispute engagements. The role involves handling URA audits, compliance reviews, investigations, assessments and objections, while also reviewing clients’ financial records to identify tax exposures and compliance risks.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support clients during URA tax audits, compliance checks and investigations.

• Review URA audit findings, tax computations and assessment notices.

• Verify and reconstruct the basis of tax assessments using accounting records and tax returns.

• Prepare technical responses to URA queries and information requests.

• Prepare tax objection grounds, computations and supporting evidence.

• Support tax dispute resolution and Alternative Dispute Resolution processes.

• Participate in meetings with clients and URA officials.

• Track assessments, objections and agreed actions through to resolution.

• Research and apply Ugandan tax legislation, regulations, practice notes and tax decisions.

• Review general ledgers, trial balances, payrolls, bank records, contracts and financial statements.

• Identify tax exposures, unsupported tax positions and under-declared liabilities.

• Reconcile VAT, PAYE, Withholding Tax, Income Tax, EFRIS and other tax records.

• Analyse transactions and determine appropriate tax treatment.

• Review current and deferred tax computations.

• Prepare tax risk schedules and management reports.

• Provide technical tax input to financial audit teams.

• Advise clients and teams on Ugandan tax legislation.

• Review complex tax returns and tax computations.

• Conduct tax health checks and due-diligence reviews.

• Review EFRIS compliance and transaction records.

• Support tax planning and transaction structuring.

• Prepare tax opinions, technical memoranda and client reports.

• Train staff on emerging tax risks and changes in tax legislation.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, Law, Taxation or a related field.

• At least 4 years of practical Ugandan tax experience.

• Direct experience with URA audits, assessments, objections or tax investigations.

• Strong knowledge of:

  • Income and Corporation Tax

  • VAT

  • PAYE and employment taxes

  • Withholding Tax

  • EFRIS

  • Tax Procedures Code

  • Excise Duty

  • Other relevant Ugandan taxes

• Ability to analyse general ledgers and financial statements from a tax perspective.

• Experience preparing tax reconciliations, assessment analyses and objection documents.

• Strong tax research and technical report-writing skills.

• Advanced Microsoft Excel and data-analysis skills.

• Excellent communication and client-handling abilities.

• High integrity, sound judgement and attention to detail.

Relevant Backgrounds:

• Senior Tax Associate

• Tax Associate

• Tax Consultant

• Tax Advisor

• Tax Analyst

• Tax Accountant

• Tax Compliance Officer

• Tax Audit Associate

• Tax Consultant — URA/Tax Advisory

• Tax Dispute/Objection Specialist

How to Apply: https://jobadverts.ug/job/senior-tax-associate/