Indirect Tax Director- In House - London, (report direct to Global CFO), to £120, 000

Our Multinational client and leader in technology is looking to hire a new member in their team.

This role will report directly to the Global CFO and will involve:

a)Indirect Tax Lead within the Tax Risk Control Department (development of a leading practice tax risk management framework and methodology to meet HQ and Global CFO requirements to manage Global Tax risk.

b)Indirect Tax lead in the performance of independent tax risk reviews and reporting, focusing on country operations and proactive tax risk reviews of specific internal Tax Solutions. Working with the local business / solution team to monitor and report to Global CFO and BPO of progress in resolving / managing the tax risk identified.

c)Close link to Head of FRCC Tax to ensure overall work plan of the Tax Risk Control Department properly aligned with the Indirect Tax risk objectives

d)Provide commercially focused Global Indirect Tax risk assessment analysis to ensure that the business is aware of the indirect tax implications and risk on its operations, evaluating business and corporate strategy for VAT efficiency, as well as participating in decision making and deployment of strategies

e)Advise appropriately on the management of tax risk so that it is aligned with current Indirect Tax developments and practice.

f)Monitor and manage Indirect Tax legislation developments and maintain consistent up-to date knowledge of VAT legislation. Provide effective communication on these developments and training to end business users to ensure timely identification of impacts or opportunities and ensuring the business is prepared for legislative changes

g)Managing external advisers, consultants, taxation authorities and joint venture partners relating to tax planning, tax audit support and accounting processes assessing the implications on the business activities

h)Provide Indirect Tax risk assessment, guidance and training to Shared Service accounting functions such as GL, accounts payable and receivable functions, as and when required.

i)Ensure that the business pays the right amount of indirect tax by determining the indirect tax impact through critical indirect tax risk assessment of new commercial agreements and global projects.

For a confidential discussion please email andrea.ramos@goodmanmasson and will get in touch

Experience and Skills:

a)8+ year's specialist Indirect Tax work experience within Big 4 or industry with strong knowledge of Global Indirect Taxes, including liability and cross border rules. Sector experience is preferred but a detailed knowledge of both goods and services indirect tax is required - customs duty awareness if also desirable.

b)Excellent computer literacy skills, including intermediate to advanced Excel skills.

c)Strong working knowledge of Indirect Tax compliance processes, from data extraction to return submission with previous in house tax compliance experience an advantage. The focus is on data integrity and global compliance automation and process solutions.

d)Good understanding of general accounting principles and sound commercial awareness essential. The ability to operate both at a detailed technical level and providing commercial and practical business advice is a prerequisite.

e)Good organizational skills and project management skills and ability to prioritize personal workload and that of the Indirect Tax Risk Management Team.