Duties and Responsibilities

• 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.
• Monitoring of transfer pricing policies and ensuring adequate documentation in place to support transfer pricing in local jurisdictions.
• Supporting Country by Country Reporting requirements.
• Supporting commercial and operational functions to deliver tax efficiency.
• 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 / maximising post cash tax results.
• Ensuring that the product of all planning / commercial support is appropriately reflected in the relevant Group company accounts and tax filings.
• Providing leadership, guidance, training and support 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.
• Shared responsibility for implementation of Group Tax Policies including transfer pricing and financing policies and strategy.

Qualities:

• The position requires a team player demonstrating maximum flexibility, an ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing and remain calm under pressure.
• Ability to grasp taxation concepts and provide process improvements.
• Deadline conscious with strong drive and initiative and ability to work well in time sensitive situations.
• Commercial acumen underpinning ability to understand business driven opportunities quickly.