Accountant Officer
Resume:
JOSEPH M. SICHALWE
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CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT (CPA)
PRINCIPAL TAX MANAGEMENT OFFICER
Experienced Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Principal Tax Management Officer with years of experience working with the Tanzania Revenue Authority while serving the United Republic of Tanzania. Well-versed in tax compliance, tax provision, and audit services for both public/ privately held companies with federal and multistate tax compliance and financial analysis reporting.
Effectively accumulate, assess, and organize complex data into work papers and review/ evaluate financial statements for consistency/ accuracy. Analyze underlying business transactions to ensure proper financial reporting, and perform extensive research to resolve complex financial, operational, and account analysis problems.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Principal Tax Management Officer with over 15 years of experience in compliance, operational, and information technology audits.
Managed, supervised, and trained other employees by providing oversight and direction throughout the organization.
Experienced in Information Technology, Domestic Revenue, Customs, Finance, Research, Policy/ Planning, Tax Investigations, and Large Taxpayers.
Effectively planned and conducted District and Regional office inspections.
Managed both Revenue and Expenditure Accounting in the region.
Excellent communication, interpersonal, presentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to multitask with attention to detail, thrive in high-pressure environments with meeting company goals, effectively manage time, and ability to follow instructions, and quickly acquire other skills.
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suites.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Principle Tax Management Officer 2018~ Present
Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA)
Manage Senior Tax Officers and Auditors to include distributing work for groups/ teams.
Collaborate with medium and large tax regions/ departments.
Ensure compliance with tax laws in assessing and collecting revenue for government agencies.
Coordinate audits, attend court cases, and resolve complaints by subordinates.
Manage and approve cases for issue-oriented or comprehensive audits.
Meet with subordinates/ taxpayers to discuss technical issues and approve submissions.
Review tax exemptions, and relief applications, and make recommendations to the manager for approval.
Perform desk/ field audits for complex cases and prepare submissions to the manager.
Organize and prepare weekly monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual performance reports.
Supervise refund audits, recommend cases for investigations, and ensure legal actions are imposed on defaulters.
Approve tax demand notes to defaulters and recommend agency notices for approval by the manager.
Ensure execution of distrait cases, allocate workload, and distribute to appropriate officers for follow-up.
Senior Tax Officer/ Tax Officer 2008~ 2018
Ilala, Arusha and Coast Tax Regions
Managed desk/ field audits etc. and monitored compliance and enforced tax collections.
Examined and analyzed financial statements, prepared audit plans, and determined taxable income.
Acknowledged and responded expeditiously to complaints and settlements.
Collected data from business records, compiled audit findings, and discussed audit findings with taxpayers.
Organized and prepared final audit reports, followed up on the assessment in arrears, and submitted findings to the Senior Tax Collector.
Identified difficult core arrears cases, assigned arrears list, and submitted to the supervisor.
Imposed penalties and interest, prepared agency notices and seizure warrants.
Verified and processed tax exemptions, reliefs, and processed treasury vouchers and cheques.
Maintained records of payers’ installments and correspondences, including complaints.
Prepared daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and semi-annual reports.
Educate taxpayers on taxation issues to ensure that they were within compliance.
Submitted audit reports and the computation of income to the supervisor and issued assessments per the supervisor’s advice.
Managed and responded to taxpayers’ inquiries in a timely manner.
Organized and prepared write-offs for businesses to decrease their total taxable revenue.
EDUCATION
Master of Science in Taxation 2021~ 2022
American University (Kogod School of Business)
Master in Business Administration (Corporate Management) 2010~ 2012
Mzumbe University
Post Graduate Diploma in Tax Management 2008~ 2009
Institute of Finance Management (IFM)
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Institute of Directors in Tanzania 2016
Directorship Member #0473
Certified Public Accountant(ACPA) ~(NBAA)Tanzania 2010
National Board of Accountants and Auditors (NBAA)
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) ~ Tanzania 2007
National Board of Accountants and Auditors (NBAA)
PROFESSIONAL BOARD MEMBERSHIPS
National Board of Accountants and Auditors
Tanzania Association of Accountants
Institute of Directors of Tanzania
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