Job Title:       Tax Manager - International

Location:       Head Office, Aberdeen

Reporting to the Senior Group Tax Manager, the Tax Manager - International is responsible for providing tax advice and guidance on all aspects of the Groups commercial activities with the aim of sustainable increased post tax returns and cash flows.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities:

Tax Planning:

• Tax planning across all direct and indirect taxes including structural and financing efficiency.
• Maximisation of tax attributes and post cash tax results.
• Identifying, developing and leading implementation of low risk, robust and transparent opportunities.

Commercial Support:

• Developing and embedding deep internal and external commercial and professional firm networks.
• Being highly responsive to commercial drivers and demands.
• Enhancing Group competitiveness and improving client satisfaction.
• Building transparent and robust client and vendor contractual relationships.
• Reducing operational tax costs / maximise post cash tax results.

Compliance Assurance:

• Ensuring that the product of all planning/commercial support is appropriately reflected in the relevant Group company accounts and tax filings.
• Leadership, guidance, training and support provided to Finance staff to ensure timely and accurate tax compliance and year-end tax accounting across all taxes.
• Supporting Group Tax authority audit activity and risk remediation initiatives.

Group Tax Policies:

• Shared responsibility for implementation of Group Tax Policies.

Key Tasks:

• Driving continuous and sustainable optimisation of the Groups structure, financing and commercial activities with the aim reducing the Groups tax charge and cash tax costs across any and all taxes in the territories in which the Group operates.
• Supporting Commercial and Operational functions to deliver tax efficiency.
• Implementing Groups Tax Policies including transfer pricing and financing policies and strategy.

Key Skills/Attributes

• Degree level education plus internationally recognised taxation or accounting qualifications.
• Commercial acumen underpinning ability to understand business driven opportunities quickly.
• Exceptional interpersonal and project management skills.
• Assertive and self-confident team player who demonstrates maximum flexibility.