Location: Ikoyi, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Identification: 7821
Job Category: MTN Level 4
MTN Nigeria Communications Plc is a leading telecommunications company committed to expanding digital connectivity and delivering innovative services across Nigeria. The company promotes a purpose-driven work environment focused on collaboration, employee development, innovation and business growth.
MTN Nigeria is recruiting to fill the position of General Manager – Tax in Lagos.
Job Mission
Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), the General Manager – Tax will lead the tax function across MTN Nigeria, its subsidiaries and the MTN Nigeria Foundation. The role covers tax strategy, governance, compliance, reporting, risk management and sustainable tax efficiency in line with applicable laws and MTN Group policies.
The successful candidate will provide strategic tax advice on business decisions, oversee engagements with tax authorities, manage tax disputes and strengthen the team’s capabilities, systems and processes.
Key Responsibilities
Tax Strategy, Policy and Governance
- Develop and implement tax policies, strategies and risk management frameworks across MTN Nigeria, its subsidiaries and the MTN Nigeria Foundation.
- Align tax governance with MTN Group policies and applicable legislation.
- Promote tax awareness and responsible tax practices across the organisation.
- Drive tax function efficiency through process optimisation, automation and effective management of external advisory costs.
Tax Risk Management and Compliance
- Maintain the tax risk register and tax control framework, ensuring key controls operate effectively.
- Identify, assess and report material tax exposures to the CFO, relevant Board committees and MTN Group Tax.
- Oversee the timely and accurate preparation, review, filing and payment of applicable taxes and levies, including company income tax, VAT, withholding tax, stamp duties and other federal and state taxes.
- Ensure tax clearance certificates are obtained promptly.
- Monitor changes in tax legislation and implement necessary changes across business processes, systems and contracts.
Tax Accounting and Financial Reporting
- Oversee tax accounting policies and technical tax positions across MTN Nigeria, its subsidiaries and the Foundation.
- Work with the Financial Reporting team to ensure appropriate tax recognition and disclosure.
- Oversee current and deferred tax accounting under IAS 12, including uncertain tax treatments.
- Manage tax account reconciliations, effective tax rate analysis, tax forecasts and tax disclosures for financial statements and MTN Group reporting.
Tax Advisory and Business Support
- Provide strategic tax advice to the Board, Executive Committee and business units on business decisions, new products, services, investments, restructurings and subsidiary tax structures.
- Advise on tax structuring and conduct tax due diligence for new ventures, investments, mergers, acquisitions and disposals.
- Identify sustainable tax efficiencies through applicable incentives, capital allowances, input VAT recovery and timely utilisation of withholding tax credits.
- Advise HR and Payroll on employee taxation, remuneration, benefits and expatriate arrangements.
- Support transformation initiatives and ensure tax requirements are incorporated into new products, services and business processes from the design stage.
Tax Technology and Process Improvement
- Lead the tax technology roadmap, including automation, tax data quality and integration with tax authority platforms.
- Collaborate with IT and Finance systems teams on electronic filing, e-invoicing and related tax technologies.
- Ensure customer- and supplier-facing tax processes, including VAT invoicing and withholding tax credit notes, are accurate and timely.
- Manage external tax advisers, ensuring quality service, cost efficiency and knowledge transfer to the internal team.
Tax Authorities, Disputes and Stakeholder Engagement
- Represent MTN Nigeria before the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), State Internal Revenue Services and other relevant authorities during audits, investigations, objections and appeals.
- Negotiate tax settlements within approved authority limits and maintain constructive relationships with senior tax officials.
- Engage industry bodies, policymakers and professional networks to support a fair and predictable tax environment for the telecommunications and digital sectors.
- Protect MTN’s corporate reputation through responsible and transparent tax conduct.
- Support Board, shareholder, analyst and regulatory engagements on tax matters.
Transfer Pricing and International Tax
- Ensure related-party and cross-border transactions comply with Nigerian transfer pricing regulations and OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines.
- Oversee transfer pricing documentation, returns and Country-by-Country Reporting.
- Manage tax treaty positions and withholding tax requirements on payments to non-residents.
- Provide tax and transfer pricing input for related-party disclosures and MTN Group reporting.
- Collaborate with MTN Group Tax on tax planning, governance, reporting and efficiency initiatives.
Educational Qualifications
Candidates must possess:
- A bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related discipline.
- Full professional membership and completed qualification with at least one of the following bodies: ICAN, CITN or ACCA.
- Fluency in written and spoken English.
An advanced diploma or postgraduate qualification in transfer pricing or international taxation, such as the CIOT Advanced Diploma in International Taxation, will be an advantage.
Experience and Requirements
Interested candidates must have:
- A minimum of 12 years’ experience in taxation, gained in an in-house tax function or professional tax advisory practice.
- At least three years’ experience at senior management level.
- At least three years’ experience in telecommunications, ICT, digital services or another large, regulated sector, such as financial services and payments.
- Broad experience across tax strategy, compliance, accounting and reporting, tax disputes, risk governance, business advisory, transfer pricing or international taxation, and transformation.
- Demonstrable experience leading change or transformation within a tax function.
Application Closing Date
3rd November, 2026, at 10:55 PM.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should apply online through MTN Nigeria’s official recruitment portal.
Click here to apply for General Manager – Tax
Eligible female candidates and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. MTN Nigeria does not charge applicants at any stage of its recruitment process.