Overview

We are recruiting!

 

Job Title: Tax Manager

Report to the: Finance Executive

Will work closely with: finance, payroll, procurement, credit, operations, IT/ERP support, external consultants, ZIMRA and external auditors

 

Role Purpose

The Tax Manager will be responsible for the preparation, reconciliation, submission, documentation, and ongoing management of tax compliance matters for the organisation and assigned related entities. The role is intended to strengthen tax compliance, documentation quality, tax control, ZIMRA engagement and management visibility over tax obligations and emerging risks.

This is a hands-on role. The Tax Manager will personally prepare tax computations, returns, schedules, reconciliations, supporting files, ZIMRA submissions, audit support packs, and monthly executive updates. The successful candidate must be comfortable working at transaction, general ledger, tax return, TaRMS account and executive-reporting level.

The role requires a practical operator who can work effectively in Zimbabwe’s complex and fast-changing tax environment, including multi-currency administration, fiscalisation requirements, high-volume transactions, imports, payroll taxes, withholding taxes and evolving tax authority processes.

 

Scope of Responsibility

The role will cover tax compliance and tax risk management across the group and assigned related operations. The business operates in a high-volume, multi-branch environment with retail, manufacturing, distribution, imports, intercompany transactions, credit sales, and multi-currency trading considerations.

  • VAT, PAYE, withholding tax, income tax, QPDs, AIDS levy and other applicable statutory taxes.
  • Branch-level tax compliance matters where applicable.
  • Multi-currency tax matters involving USD and ZWG.
  • Tax matters arising from imports, intercompany transactions, credit sales, manufacturing, retail operations, rentals, payroll, and supplier payments.
  • Tax documentation, evidence files, reconciliations, and tax authority correspondence.
  • Tax reporting inputs for management, audit, and governance processes.
  • The role should be approached with an appreciation that the operating environment is complex and deadline sensitive. The Tax Manager must be able to combine technical tax knowledge, accounting discipline, and operational follow-through.

 

Required Experience and Qualifications

  • Strong Zimbabwe tax compliance experience.
  • Experience dealing directly with ZIMRA.
  • Strong understanding of TaRMS and online filing processes.
  • Strong Excel skills.
  • Ability to work with high transaction volumes.
  • Ability to handle USD and ZWG reconciliations.

 

Qualifications

  • Degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, or equivalent.
  • Professional qualification or part qualification such as ACCA, CIS, ICAZ, CIMA or equivalent.
  • Tax training or ZIMRA technical training.
  • Former ZIMRA training will be a significant advantage.

Please email your cv’s to [email protected] in word format by end of day on Wed 13 May 2026 if you qualify.

 

Please note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.