Director - Indirect Tax

The company

This multinational technology business is leading the way in advanced product development and service delivery to its millions of customers around the world. They have consistently exceeded their annual revenue targets and are growing at a healthy pace as a result of the exceptionally talented work force they employ and the innovative working culture that they instill.

The role

This is a key strategic hire for the business working in the global Tax Risk Control Department. As well as dealing with very technical VAT queries from BU's around the world, the successful incumbent will also have the challenge of reviewing processes and controls in order to effectively manage global Tax Risk.

Key responsibilities

* Continued development of a leading practice tax risk management framework and methodology to manage Global Tax risk.
* 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.
* 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.
* Monitor and manage Indirect Tax legislation developments and maintain consistent up-to date knowledge of VAT legislation.
* 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.

About you

The successful incumbent must be able to work in a non-structured environment and be able to help set the Indirect Tax strategy for the business.

* CTA/ACA and/or legal qualifications is preferred
* Experience in Big 4 or industry with strong knowledge of Global Indirect Taxes, including liability and cross border rules.
* Detailed knowledge of both goods and services indirect tax is required - customs duty awareness is desirable but not essential.
* 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.
* 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.
* Willingness to travel up to 35%.

Next steps

Should you be interested in discussing this opportunity further, please contact Warren Williams

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