Reporting to the Group CFO, the Group Tax Director will be a leading role, responsible for all tax aspects for the Group worldwide. He/she will carry principal responsibility in advising the Senior Management, performing prevention, supporting strategic projects and, with the support of a dedicated team, providing timely input to the Business in an advisory capacity.
As Group Tax Director, he/she will
- Take full ownership of the Group's Tax function with full oversight of all Group’s international taxation, corporate direct and indirect taxes,
- Maintain and develop the Group tax strategy,
- Support the Group CFO and local Heads of Finance with the tax requests from central and local statutory auditors with the support of his/her team (14 Tax Managers/Directors with transversal scopes such as M&A/integration, transfer pricing, tax reporting and/or local scopes for France, Germany, UK/Ireland, Benelux/Nordics, Central Europe, Americas, India, APAC, MEA)
- Manage the Group's effective tax rate, optimize the tax expense and monitor the tax cash,
- Identify, evaluate and monitor the potential tax risks within the Group, including associated accounting positions (IFRIC23),
- Review and test effectiveness of tax risk management controls and procedures in place, seek improvements in controls and ensure delivery of improvements,
- Support the reorganization of the Group, including potentially M&A process ,
- Assist on audit of transactions, handovers on closed transactions and ad-hoc projects,
- Review regularly the Group's structure and business model to identify tax benefits and opportunities aligned with Group's Tax Strategy and commercial aims,
- Assess the tax consequences of I/C financing, capital structure and dividend planning,
- Ensure the application of a correct transfer pricing policy within the Group and the corresponding compliance (appropriate agreements, TP returns and files available in the different jurisdiction),
- Review the central transfer pricing documentation, P2 and Country by Country reporting,
- Act as a business partner providing day-to-day support to the Businesses and business projects,
- Review commercial agreements with customers and suppliers,
- Co-ordinate external tax service providers making sure that they work efficiently and deliver high quality services,
- Manage and facilitate tax audits and tax disputes across business operations,
- Monitor current and impending legislative and regulatory tax law developments, communicate the effects of these developments to Management.
The position requires excellent coordination with other departments, especially Finance/Accounting, Legal and Treasury.
The position is based in Paris (Bezons), France.