Sr. Executive Indirect Tax

Zong 5G · Islamabad, Pakistan

Department & Function: Finance

Position: Sr. Executive Indirect Tax

Location: HQ, Islamabad

Job Type: Permanent

Job Purpose:

This position is to ensure end-to-end sales tax compliance for telecom operations, including accurate reporting of revenue streams, timely filing of returns, preparation of underlying workings, and development of reports for tax-related matters for the team as well as internal departments at CMPak. The role not only supports day-to-day compliance activities but also contributes to minimizing tax risks, ensuring regulatory adherence, and providing reliable tax information to internal/ external stakeholders for decision-making. The role reports to the Assistant Manager Tax and has no one reporting directly to it, with an extended team of 7 team members.

Job Responsibilities:

• Prepare and submit monthly sales tax returns for: FBR, SRB, PRA, KPRA, BRA & AJK Manage and compliance of Single Sales Tax return (FBR IRIS portal), including data extraction, analysis, and sales Tax payment processing
• Strong grip on Telecom taxation and multi-jurisdictional tax handling *Monitor tax portals (SSTR, IRIS, SRB, PRA, etc.)
• Ensure accurate reporting of telecom revenue streams
• Record and process tax invoices accurately in the system
• Maintain and update tax payment records for effective tracking and reconciliation
• Handle tax issues related to inactive vendors / blocked NTN/ suspended status
• Ensure tax admissibility and identify risks of time-barred adjustments
• Issue and manage STWHT certificates for vendors and Annex C for customers
• Perform any other tasks assigned by the reporting manager to support departmental objectives.

Eligibility Criteria (Education, Knowledge, Experience and Skills):

• Must have a bachelors degree. Part-qualified CA with completed articles / ACCA/MBA/CMA shall be preferred.
• Up to 3 to 4 years of experience is required. Telecom sector / large corporates experience shall be preferred.

Skills – Job Specific:

• Good interpersonal and communication skills, Stakeholder management & Analytical skills
• Telecom taxation and multi-jurisdictional tax handling
• In-depth knowledge of withholding tax rules and Oracle
• Windows OS and MS Office
• In-depth knowledge of sales tax and underlying withholding tax rules and Oracle