Tax Consultant

A Tax Consultant is needed in Hartbeespoort. The role focuses on consistent delivery, accurate work and clear communication across the North West operation.

What This Role Involves

This Tax Consultant role has been briefed against a clear set of outcomes for Hartbeespoort. The successful candidate will work alongside an established team and will be expected to contribute meaningfully to the finance jobs pipeline across North West.

Expect a structured first ninety days, with onboarding milestones, regular check-ins, and an early focus on getting comfortable with the systems and processes that underpin the Hartbeespoort team.

Stakeholders for this position include line managers, peers across the finance jobs team and trusted external partners. Building those relationships early makes the next twelve months in Hartbeespoort much easier.

Tools, systems and information are there to support the role rather than slow it down. The company continues to invest in the technology that backs its Hartbeespoort teams, and the new Tax Consultant will feel that from the first week.

Quality is everyone’s job. Whether the Tax Consultant is processing a transaction, supporting a colleague or handling a customer query, the standard expected in North West is consistently high and consistently fair.

Meet the Team

The team you will be working with is fast-paced and energetic. Things move quickly across the Hartbeespoort office, and the people who thrive here are the ones who plan ahead, communicate openly and pick up the slack when North West operations get busy.

Collaboration is the default working mode. Whether picking up a quick query or working through a complex project, you will find colleagues willing to lean in and help.

Line management is hands-on without being heavy. Expect regular one-to-ones, honest feedback and the support needed to do good work consistently.

On top of that, the team mix in Hartbeespoort reflects a balance of experienced operators and emerging talent, with deliberate space for diverse voices and backgrounds.

Career Growth

Career progression here is real, not a slogan. The finance jobs space in Hartbeespoort offers a clear runway from delivery into team leadership and beyond, and managers sit down with each team member regularly to map out the next step in North West.

Training is a mix of formal courses, structured on-the-job learning and exposure to broader projects, all geared at building practical skills.

Growth conversations happen at a regular cadence — not just at year-end — so the path forward stays current and realistic for every Hartbeespoort team member.

Internal mobility is encouraged. People who start in Hartbeespoort have moved into roles in other branches, specialist functions and project teams across North West.

What We Offer

Few roles let you see the impact of your work as quickly as this one. Every shift, project and decision in Hartbeespoort contributes to real outcomes for clients and colleagues across the finance jobs space in North West.

In addition, the company reinvests in its people: paid training, internal moves and the chance to take on bigger projects are all part of how careers in Hartbeespoort keep progressing.

Recognition matters here. Strong performers are noticed quickly, and many promotions across the business have started in the Hartbeespoort teams.

Benefits are clear and consistent. Beyond the package on offer, the role includes the supports you would expect from an established South African employer in North West.

Our Commitment to Transformation

In addition, the organisation is committed to transformation and equal opportunity. Hiring is on merit, and applications are actively encouraged from women, youth, people with disabilities and other historically disadvantaged groups in line with the Employment Equity plan and B-BBEE objectives.

B-BBEE compliance is more than a scorecard here. It informs how the business invests in skills development, supplier diversity and community engagement across the country.

Inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in Hartbeespoort.

Practical steps back the words. Structured EE reporting, transformation initiatives and learnership programmes give real opportunities to candidates from across North West.

About Hartbeespoort

Working in Hartbeespoort means a place within the Klerksdorp gold and farming belt, with a steady flow of activity and a strong local economy. The team has built solid relationships across the North West region, and the Hartbeespoort office benefits from those long-standing connections.

Many candidates already living within reach of Hartbeespoort cite the location as one of the role’s quiet wins, with shorter commutes and a real sense of being plugged into the local North West economy.

If you are relocating, the team can share practical pointers on neighbourhoods, transport and the typical pace of life in Hartbeespoort, North West.

Accessibility is taken seriously: where the role allows, the team works toward a balance of in-office presence and flexibility for candidates based in and around Hartbeespoort.

What Your Day Looks Like

Most days begin by working through your inbox, prioritising urgent supplier or audit queries before settling into the books. You move between reconciliations, journal entries and review meetings, breaking out spreadsheets when something doesn’t tie up. Mid-morning calls with operations or sales help you understand the numbers behind the numbers, and the afternoon is usually given to deeper work: management reports, tax submissions or supporting a junior with a tricky reconciliation. By the time you log off, you have nudged the business closer to a clean month-end.

Importantly, the Hartbeespoort office buzzes through peak hours and settles into focused, productive lulls in between, giving you time to plan and reset before the next stretch of work.

Equally, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when North West operations throw up the unexpected.

No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in Hartbeespoort.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Maintain the fixed asset register and process monthly depreciation
• Reconcile bank accounts, supplier statements and intercompany loans
• Support the year-end audit by preparing requested working papers
• Implement and monitor internal controls to mitigate financial risk
• Review expense claims against company policy and approval limits
• Maintain accurate general ledger entries and trial balance integrity
• Compile cash-flow forecasts and variance commentary for management
• Liaise with external auditors, banks and regulatory bodies

What You’ll Need

• Good written and verbal communication with non-finance stakeholders
• Understanding of internal controls and segregation of duties
• Solid working knowledge of IFRS for SMEs and SA tax basics
• Sound ethical conduct and discretion when handling sensitive data
• Experience supporting external audits is an advantage
• 2-4 years’ experience in a similar finance role

Potential is considered alongside experience, so candidates who tick most of these boxes should still be considered.