One of the world's most prestigious, celebrated and instantly recognisable brands is offering you the chance of a lifetime. With colossal operations headquartered in the states, this cutting edge brand now has a unique opportunity to provide leadership to its European Tax function.
Currently the group focuses it's European operations across four main countries (Belgium, France, Great Britain and the Netherlands). For the last ten years each jurisdiction has tended to operate as a stand alone businesses but the group is now in the process of transitioning to a more pan-European functional model.
This exciting role holds responsibility for the leadership and oversight of the group's European tax function. The vice-president of taxation is a key advisor to European senior management and a senior member of the Worldwide Tax Team. Under direction from the corporate vice-president tax, this position oversees the European tax function, setting and driving the corporate tax agenda in Europe.
Crucially, the role is responsible for the oversight of European tax compliance, transfer pricing and tax controversy activities, and for ensuring that all information and analysis relating to the European business that is necessary for US GAAP tax accounting requirements is timely and accurately completed. The position works very closely (often in a “co-leadership role”) with the corporate tax team on major cross-border planning, transactional and M&A projects.
The successful applicant will be a key advisor to local country management and is expected to exercise strong business judgement while proposing tax alternatives and solutions. The European Vice-President of Taxation is also a key member of the European Senior Management team.
The successful applicant will be an experienced and skilled corporate tax specialist with a strong finance background. It is essential that you have experience within a growing and/or changing global company.