Value Added Tax Consultant, Pretoria, South Africa, 6 months (remote, for South African nationals only)

The Purpose of the Assignment is to provide assistance to the Country Office to claim back Input Value Added Tax (VAT) from the South African Receiver of Revenues (SARS).

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential. 

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone. 

And we never give up. 

For every child, ADVOCACY. 

UNICEF South Africa, there for every child. We work to promote the rights of every child.

How can you make a difference? 

The South Africa Country Office has a backlog of VAT input claims to submit to the South African Receiver of Revenue (SARS.) This is due to additional documentation now required for submission to SARS for VAT input claims.

The Purpose of the Assignment is to provide assistance to the Country Office to claim back Input Value Added Tax (VAT) from SARS.

The Scope of the work includes the following:

• Downloading documentation (invoices) from Vision (SAP application)
• Reviewing invoices for compliance with SARS regulations
• Identifying the corresponding amounts on the bank statements
• Printing out the invoices and the statements (for delivery to SARS)
• Completing the SARS template for submission online, via SARS e-filing

Task/milestone	Deliverable/output	Timeline
Download invoices from Vision for tax period	Invoices downloaded for the tax period	May 2024 – October 2024
Use the Checklist to review each invoice’s compliance with SARS regulations Non-compliant invoices are sent back to the suppliers with compliance requirements for reissuance and resubmission Compliant invoices filed	All invoices are reviewed and SARS compliant	May 2024 – October 2024
Identifying the corresponding amount on the Citi Bank Statement	Bank Statement amount identified for batch of entries	May 2024 – October 2024
Printing out the Invoices and the Statements (for delivery to SARS)	Printing out the Invoices and the Statements (for delivery to SARS)	May 2024 – October 2024
Completing the SARS template for submission online	SARS Templates completed (and submitted)	May 2024 – October 2024

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have… 

• At least high school matriculation
• A minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience in administration, finance or clerical work
• Excellent MS Excel skills
• Experience utilising an ERM system an advantage
• Knowledge and experiencing SAP systems and applications
• Fluency in English is required

For every Child, you demonstrate… 

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS). 

To view our competency framework, please visit  here. 

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment. 

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check. 

Remarks:  

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. 

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws. 

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.