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This is a current vacancy. Role: Tax Consultant. Location: Stellenbosch, Western Cape. The team is hiring and seeks a candidate who can step in and deliver from week one.
What This Role Involves
The Tax Consultant position is part of an ongoing recruitment drive across Western Cape. The brief has been shaped carefully, with a focus on delivery in Stellenbosch and across the finance jobs space.
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 Stellenbosch team.
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 Western Cape is consistently high and consistently fair.
Reasonable working hours and respectful planning are part of how the role runs. The team values strong delivery, and load is balanced fairly across the finance jobs group in Stellenbosch.
About the Team
You will join a tight-knit, collaborative team that knows the finance jobs side of the business inside out. The Stellenbosch group is a healthy mix of experienced operators and newer joiners, all of whom share a strong commitment to delivery and to one another.
Crucially, the team structure and working relationships for this role in Stellenbosch will be explained during the hiring process.
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.
Your Future Here
Career progression for this finance jobs role in Stellenbosch depends on the hiring organisation’s policies, role requirements and business needs in Western Cape.
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 Stellenbosch team member.
Internal mobility is encouraged. People who start in Stellenbosch have moved into roles in other branches, specialist functions and project teams across Western Cape.
Why This Role
Importantly, the hiring organisation may provide onboarding or skills development for this finance jobs role in Stellenbosch; the available support will be confirmed in the final vacancy details for Western Cape.
Crucially, the role’s development opportunities, training and benefits, if offered, will be set out in the final vacancy details.
In addition, career development may be available depending on the role, business needs and the hiring organisation’s policies.
Notably, the package, working arrangements and any available support will be confirmed by the hiring organisation for this vacancy.
About Stellenbosch
Working in Stellenbosch means a place within reach of Century City, with a steady flow of activity and a strong local economy. The team has built solid relationships across the Western Cape region, and the Stellenbosch office benefits from those long-standing connections.
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 Stellenbosch.
Candidates should review the listed location, schedule and travel requirements before applying for this role in Stellenbosch, Western Cape.
Many candidates already living within reach of Stellenbosch cite the location as one of the role’s quiet wins, with shorter commutes and a real sense of being plugged into the local Western Cape economy.
Day in the Life
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.
Notably, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Western Cape operations throw up the unexpected.
On top of that, the Stellenbosch 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.
No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in Stellenbosch.
Daily Duties
- Compile cash-flow forecasts and variance commentary for management
- Process payment runs and resolve supplier queries timeously
- Prepare monthly management accounts and supporting schedules
- Assist with budget preparation and quarterly re-forecasting cycles
- Review expense claims against company policy and approval limits
- Assist with VAT, PAYE and provisional tax submissions to SARS
- Maintain the fixed asset register and process monthly depreciation
Essential Criteria
- Understanding of internal controls and segregation of duties
- Solid working knowledge of IFRS for SMEs and SA tax basics
- Awareness of B-BBEE financial reporting requirements
- Hands-on experience with Sage, Pastel, SAP or Xero
- Experience supporting external audits is an advantage
- 2-4 years’ experience in a similar finance role
- Working towards SAICA, SAIPA or CIMA designation is preferred
Equally, candidates who meet most of these criteria are welcome to be considered for the role.