Vacancies: Head, Legal Services/Appeals, Head, Collections/Debt Management, Head, Enforcement and Monitoring
Our client a forward looking State Government in the Niger Delta has mandated us to carry out an executive recruitment exercise to acquire a qualified and high achieving workforce for its Revenue Service. The potential candidates will be obligated to strengthen the Service, build each Directorate to meet the goals and objectives and ensure consistent achievement of superior results for the Service:
Position: Head, Legal Services/Appeals (Ref: HPA/013)
- With the approval of the Director, Legal Services/Enforcement, establish framework for the provision of various legal services and handling of appeals
- Verify claims for refund of taxes and penalties erroneously or illegally collected
- Prepare administrative decisions on protested tax cases involving questions of law and digest of the said decisions
- Decided on issues involving questions of law and claims for tax credit/refund of taxes erroneously paid, litigation and prosecution matters, tax treaties and other legal matters.
- Timely processing of compliance cases for imposition of fines and penalties in accordance with the provisions of the law.
- Prepare and review motions, briefs and responses to petitions on behalf of the Service.
- Provide technical opinions on legal issues
- Interpret and ensure full compliance with all revenue laws
- Represents IRS in the hearing /trial of these cases
Minimum Qualifications
- Applicants must have Degree in Law
- Minimum of 12 years relevant experience, of which at least 5 should be in management position
- Minimum of 10 years litigation experience, out of which at least 5 should be acquired from best practice legal firm
- A Master’s degree preferably an MBA
- A background in Accounting, finance or Banking will be added advantage
Competency Requirements
Extensive knowledge Nigerian Tax System; Ability to identify potential legal changes relevant to the IRS; Good organizational, leadership and supervisory skills; Ability to provide legal advice on tax matters and deal with legal issues arising the Service initiatives and activities: Ability to conduct investigations relating to tax offences; Good soliciting and arbitration experience; Strong communication skills; services Oriented; IT skills.
Position: Head, Collections/Debt Management (Ref: HPA/014)
- With the approval of Director, Legal Services/Enforcement, establish a robust framework for collection of delinquent tax accounts without necessarily institution court actions
- Full implementation of the designed framework
- Enforce collection of delinquent accounts of taxpayers
- Issue, serve and execute Warrants on behalf of the IRS
- Evaluate bank applications for accreditation and bank performance for renewal or cancellation of accreditation
- Process applications for issuance of Tax Debit Memo (TDM) and Reimbursement Certificate Tax Debit Memo (RC-TDM) and use of automated Documentary Stamp Tax Debit Metering Machines
- Perform functions relative to collection of internal revenue taxes; accounting and allotment of revenues; accreditation/disaccreditation.
Minimum Qualifications
- Applicants must have Degree in Law
- Minimum of 12 years relevant experience, of which at least 5 should be in management position
- Minimum of 10 years litigation experience, out of which at least 5 should be acquired from best practice legal firm
- A Master’s degree preferably an MBA
- A background in Accounting, finance or Banking will be added advantage
Competency Requirements
Extensive knowledge Nigerian Tax System; Ability to identify potential legal changes relevant to the IRS; Good organizational, leadership and supervisory skills; Ability to provide legal advice on tax matters and deal with legal issues arising the Service initiatives and activities: Ability to conduct investigations relating to tax offences; Good soliciting and arbitration experience; Strong communication skills; services Oriented; IT skills.
Position: Head, Enforcement and Monitoring (Ref: HPA/015)
- With the approval of Director, Legal Services/Enforcement, establish the framework for enforcement and monitoring of tax payer compliance and ensures full implementation of the established framework
- Ensure compliance of employers to registering their employees and to remit such taxes to relevant authorities
- Make non-complaint employers liable to penalties and for the payment of all tax arrears
- Establish tax compliance programs that identify citizens who not meet their tax obligations
- Examine tax returns to ascertain whether taxpayers have correctly determined their tax liability
- Monitor the management, safekeeping and disposal of forfeited properties/acquired assets
- Perform functions relative to the investigation of tax fraud and policy cases and intelligence operations.
- Monitor performance of collection Officers
- Reconcile tax collection reports of Authorized Agent Banks with report on remittances
- Enforce the collection of dishonored checks and delinquent accounts.
Minimum Qualifications
- Applicants must have Degree in Law
- Minimum of 12 years relevant experience, of which at least 5 should be in management position
- Minimum of 10 years litigation experience, out of which at least 5 should be acquired from best practice legal firm
- A Master’s degree preferably an MBA
- A background in Accounting, finance or Banking will be added advantage
Competency Requirements
Extensive knowledge Nigerian Tax System; Ability to identify potential legal changes relevant to the IRS; Good organizational, leadership and supervisory skills; Ability to provide legal advice on tax matters and deal with legal issues arising the Service initiatives and activities: Ability to conduct investigations relating to tax offences; Good soliciting and arbitration experience; Strong communication skills; services Oriented; IT skills.
How to Apply
Qualified candidates for any of these roles should apply by forwarding their resumes to selection@hpierson.com stating the Reference for the applied for as the subject matter e.g HPA/028. Submission of applications closes on 7th February, 2012. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
For further enquires, please contact: Email: selection@hpierson.com Phone: 08187158238. Website: www.hpierson.com
