Tax Audit Director - In House- London

A Global Tax Audit Director opportunity has arisen for one of our Multinational clients to be responsible for identifying the tax audit risk in daily operation and proposing/establishing risk elimination solutions, coordinate the local financial team and implementing the tax audit defence strategy.

Main responsibilities:

1. Good understanding of the tax regimes and DTAs of key countries where our client operates, and able to utilize such know-how to guide tax audit cases;

2. Strategic responsibility for managing global tax audit cases, in terms of progress, defence strategies, escalation and closure;

3. Strategic responsibility for close global cooperation with HQ, regional and local tax and business teams to provide tax audit risk mitigation strategy and plan;

4. Strategic responsibility to provide global guidance to tax audit management strategies and mitigation processes, including the drive for continous improvements;

5. Good understanding of the overall business strategy and processes of our client, as well as requirement and expectation of the client top management; act as key influencer with respect to tax audit resolution to achieve optimal outcome for the Group;

6. Strategic responsibility to oversee global tax audit status reporting process, working closely with regional and local tax team to ensure timely reporting; oversee IT reporting tool development / continuous improvement

7. Good understanding of IFRS, local GAAP and accounting practices in key countries where our client operates; make timely advice / recommendation on tax audit provision based on risk exposure, accounting requirement and tax management strategy;

8. To represent, advocate and articulate the views of our client in international tax confrerences / associations / forums that are supportive to mitigate tax audit issues for the Group.

YOU

You must come from a Tax audit background within a Big 4 or Multinational firm.

You must have 10 years of tax audit defence experience in OECD countries OR Brazil with an Industry background trained in a Big 4.

For a confidential discussion please call Andrea Ramos