Tax Capability Expert

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The key focus areas of the role are the following:

-    Co-lead in the management of the Tax Operations team for various countries, namely, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, and Indonesia, including integration of Affiliates’ tax functions into the GBS Tax team.

-    Handling different technical tax matters pertaining to countries in scope with assistance of tax expert team members.

-    Leads continuous improvement and innovation in the Tax control framework

The successful candidate will:
-    Guide the tax team in charge of the preparation and delivery of tax declarations to local authorities for countries in scope including both indirect and direct taxes, as well as the reporting and reconciliation of the CIT expense and other Ad Hoc tax activities.

-    Proactively deal with local tax advisors to provide high impact support and/or advice.

-    Contribute to improve tax processes and implementation of innovation and standardization to enhance overall tax compliance quality.

-    Support tax projects and transitions, in partnership with the Tax Center of Excellence (CoE)

-    Manage knowledge by guiding, documenting, and training Bayer´s process and control standards. Support knowledge management activities as part of daily tasks.

-    Prepare and conduct trainings related to tax process for process stakeholders and Tax Team.

-    Adapts and leads global legislative changes and creating systems and processes to ensure compliance and stable and efficient operations.

-    Driving improvements - aligned with the overall strategy - through digitalization, leveraging Data Analytics and smart automation.

WHO YOU ARE

-    BA/BS degree in Tax/Fiscal, Finance, Accounting, Law or Business with 5+ years of experience in taxation. 
-    Proven professional tax practice in multinational companies and preferably experience in international tax firms. Experience in GBS centers is a plus. 
-    Previous experience in taxes at GBS/SSC and Big 4 is a plus
-    Experience in managing & overseeing tax matters –
•    Direct Tax compliance (operational and advisory experience [is a plus])
•    Indirect Tax compliance (operational and advisory experience)
•    Tax Reporting & Tax Accounting
•    Basic Transfer Pricing knowledge (terminology and impact on other taxes, e.g. VAT) Strong tax judgement and business knowledge or ability to quickly learn.
-    Experience in accounting teams, and working on the completed accounting cycle is a plus
-    SAP experience is a must
-    Microsoft Office (specially Advanced Excel)
-    Analytical thinking –
•    Strong analytical thinking
•    Attention to details & process improvements
•    Good ability to recognize and understand/assess how tax regulations impact day-to-day business operations
-    Stakeholder management –
•    Stakeholder - oriented mindset
•    Strong ability to establish and maintain a sustainable stakeholder network
•    Strong ability to interact with Finance and non-Finance staff at various Levels
-    Strong leadership skills to motivate, coach and develop teams with different backgrounds and aspirations.
-    Very good analytical skills and the proactive attitude to drive process changes. 
-    Competence to grasp an overview of complex subjects and deduce operational activities.
-    Exceptional interpersonal communication, and presentation skills and ability to manage multiple and diverse stakeholders.
-    A high proficiency level in English, both written and spoken; Second language is a plus