The post-holder will provide the British Council management with advice in the areas of finance, tax, social security, and accounting systems in order to help to implement changes required to ensure the British Council is fully compliant with local legislation for these areas.

Function Overview

The British Council has been operating in Tunisia since 1962.  Its current status is defined by an international treaty (Cultural Cooperation Agreement).  Much of its work is funded by UK government grants and contract income, but it also now earns local income from English teaching and Exams.  In line with the British Council’s policy worldwide it now wishes to establish a local not-for-profit status for its operation; this will ensure that its income-generating activities are fully compliant with local tax and legal requirements, and will enable it to pay employment tax on behalf of its national staff.

It wishes to register as a ‘filiale d’une association étrangère à but non-lucratif’. This is regarded in UK law as a separate legal entity (hereinafter called ‘the new entity’)

An important part of the project to make this change will be to transfer assets to the new entity and ensure that its systems, structures and processes are in place to enable compliance with Tunisian accounting and reporting requirements. The British Council worldwide runs SAP as its accounting system.

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