Job purpose:
Tax Compliance Specialist reports indirectly to the Head of Tax International and is covering the VAT and CIT compliance (tax returns preparation) for the Corporate entities in NL, Swiss, UK, UAE and Luxembourg companies; ensures accurate and timely submission of Tax transparency reports for the Group (the latter together with Group Reporting Accountant).
Responsibilities:
- Manage the direct and indirect tax compliance matters (CIT, TP, VAT, WHT etc.) for European ERG group companies;
- Assist with safeguarding that local tax compliance matters are properly analyzed, supported, and documented;
- Assist with external financial audits and review of income taxes;
- Liaise with the various internal departments (e.g., Legal, Treasury, Finance, Strategic Planning, etc.) and manage relationships with external advisors;
- Assist the Senior Manager International Tax on (strategic) tax projects;
- Preparation of the Group's EU directive report (semi-annually);
- Preparation of tax note to SDR report, including consistency check with Country-by-Country, EITI and EU directive reports.
Other (TP) issues/projects:
- Ad-hoc assistance with TP and cross-functional tax issues;
- Assistance with the preparation of financial / economic analyses;
- Assistance with management fees calculations;
- Assistance with the preparation of TP documentation (Local files, Master file).
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Tax law or fiscal economics, or equivalent;
- At least 4 years of international corporate income tax and tax accounting experience gained at a consultancy firm, and/or as an in-house tax specialist (affinity with mining industry is a plus);
- Understanding of tax accounting and tax compliance, knowledge of preparation of CIT and VAT returns. Ability to assess tax risks arising from operations.
- ACCA or equivalent, Tax compliance trainings;
- English - Upper-Intermediate or higher;
- MS Office, HFM;
- Strong Excel skills, ability to write tax technical memos.
