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PRISMA – Finance Officer (Tax Accountant)

Company Overview:

About Palladium – Palladium is a global leader in the design, development and delivery of Positive Impact – the intentional creation of enduring social and economic value.  We work with governments, businesses, and investors to solve the world’s most pressing challenges. With a team of more than 3,000 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global network of over 35,000 experts, we help improve economies, societies and, most importantly, people’s lives.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion – We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.  

Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual or any other circumstance, please email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com 

Safeguarding – We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse.  All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process. 

Project Overview and Role:

AIP-PRISMA – The Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Promoting Rural Incomes through Support for Markets in Agriculture (PRISMA 2) is a five-year program (2019 – 2023) funded by the Australian Government’s aid program and implemented in cooperation with the Government of Indonesia. The program will build upon the achievements and results of Phase 1 (2013-2018), using a market systems development (MSD) approach to support inclusive economic growth in Indonesia’s agriculture sector.

PRISMA 2 will improve smallholder farmers’ competitiveness and access to new markets, better inputs, know-how and technology. It will aim to achieve a sustainable 30% increase in the net incomes of a further 700,000 smallholder farming households in Indonesia by 2023 (total 1 million farming households). The program operates in six provinces: East Java, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), Papua, West Papua and Central Java. 

A Tax Accountant
is responsible for analysing fiscal matters and preparing, submitting, and
managing tax tasks of the Project. A tax accountant also provides advice on
financial and tax issues and should have an in-depth knowledge of the
regulations, laws, and acts that govern the process in close coordination with
the corporate tax consultant. Knowing this, a Tax Accountant has exceptional
attention to detail, intense analytical skills, and is a good communicator.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

This position
will be expected to:

1. Identifying transactions that contain taxable income and VAT and withholding the correct income tax rate and VAT
2. Maintain reconciled tax accounting records between Project’s database and Managing Contractor’s Ledgers
3. Maintain finance and tax documents orderly and secure, including the scanned copies onto the Project’s and corporate’s cloud database.
4. Liaise with Corporate Tax Consultant to maintain sets of income tax articles 23 and 4 (2) review, reporting, and payments.
5. Liaise with HRD and tax consultant for the income tax article 21 – non-employees to maintain sets of income tax articles 21 non-employees management.
6. Liaise with DFAT Officer to maintain the VAT refund updates and timely response to queries and requests.
7. Uphold Palladium’s policy of Zero
   Tolerance on bribery and corruption, and ensure due diligence is followed.

Required Qualifications:

Essential

1. Hold taxation courses Brevet A and B, bachelor or diploma degree in
   finance, accounting or tax qualification.
2. Be able to communicate effectively,
   both verbally and in writing, to tax savvy and non-tax savvy persons.
3. Thorough understanding of Indonesian
   e-tax systems, including skills in MS Word and MS Excel.
4. Demonstrated ability to promote and initiate work processes and
   complete given assignments with minimum supervision.
5. Trustworthiness, integrity, good analytical thinking and attention
   to detail.
6. Ability to work in a team and be customer-satisfaction oriented.
7. Fluency in Bahasa Indonesia and a good working knowledge of
   English.

Desirable

1. Some entry-level experience as a Tax Accountant or equivalent.
2. Some experience working for a reputable tax firm, company, or development
   program.

Female candidates and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

Application closed on Sunday, 21 November 2021.