Senior Tax

We are seeking an accomplished Treasury & Tax professional to spearhead our tax and treasury functions.

• Lead cross-functional initiatives, coordinating closely with finance teams to achieve strategic objectives.

This dual role reports directly to the Group Finance Director. As a well-rounded professional, your role provides valuable insight to help inform business decisions.

1. Manage tax and treasury operations, leading a team of qualified accountants focused on career development, mentoring, and training.
2. Act as escalation point for team members when approval thresholds are exceeded for risk-based payment decisions.
3. Develop and enhance SMART KPIs to monitor performance and drive process efficiency and accountability.
4. Oversight of weekly cashflow forecasting for the Group.
5. Prioritize tasks to meet established deadlines for both month-end and year-end reporting.
6. Ensure timely completion of all GL reconciliations assigned to this role, escalating any key risks or anomalies identified.
7. Conduct thorough reviews of financial data to identify and rectify errors or discrepancies.
8. Assist with preparation of year-end statutory accounts for external audit.
9. Foster a culture of operational excellence, financial accountability, and continuous improvement, focusing on treasury and tax process improvements.
10. Support special projects, including restructuring, mergers, or acquisitions.

• Responsible for internal review of VAT returns and compliance reporting in collaboration with external partners across jurisdictions.
• Work closely with the business to address tax concerns and questions.
• Facilitate timely and accurate corporate income tax and indirect tax compliance.
• Implement and manage global transfer pricing strategies and policies, ensuring compliance.
• Conduct tax research as necessary, staying informed on legislative changes and their implications.
• Oversight of group tax compliance.
• Maintain tax return filing calendar, managing third-party service providers to ensure timely and accurate execution.
• Support quarterly and annual reporting, as well as local statutory reporting.
• Lead management of group-wide tax audits across tax areas.

• Analyze group financing requirements, working closely with Finance, Treasury, and Tax to ensure adequate liquidity and funding strategies.
• Optimize surplus cash use, leading cash pooling discussions with subsidiaries.
• Identify and drive process improvements in corporate treasury operations, utilizing treasury management systems and analytical tools.
• Provide support to improve working capital, manage liquidity, and cash repatriation strategy across the group.
• Manage banking relationships, including Invoice Discounting Facilities and FX Management.
• Lead management and coordination of the Group Bank Invoice Discounting facility audits and monthly reporting.
• Coordinate local bank account openings, closures, and changes in bank services.
• Support the Treasury team on ad-hoc projects.

Skills & Qualifications:

• International tax and treasury experience required.
• SAP accounting software experience beneficial.
• Experience managing significant workloads, highly organized with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work with management in fast-paced environments.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills, including capacity to perform detailed analysis while understanding big-picture implications.
• Strong communication skills to present key findings to different audiences.
• Fully Qualified Tax Advisor and/or Accountant (ACA/ACCA/AITI).