- Full oversight of relevant processes within scope of the GSC tax team, and in line with country tax reporting and compliance requirements, across all taxes including Transfer Pricing and Tax Audits
- Develops processes and manages people to support increasing demands of stakeholders, auditors, and tax authorities considering changes to the way business operates and new working practices
- Works very closely and collaborates with Group Tax to achieve strategic and operational objectives, meet deadlines and resolution of key risks.
- Works with Group Finance, Group Tax, Group Legal and GSC Tower leads to identify process improvement opportunities and controls to mitigate overall tax reporting and compliance risk
- Ensures that the GSC Tax team maintains service delivery efficiency, quality and effectiveness, ensuring all deadlines are met
- Works with and manages external tax advisors and/or functional in-country resources (i.e. part-time local IWG tax/field finance resources) for in-scope countries
- Represents Tax Reporting and Compliance in the Operational review with Global Operations Director and GSC Managing director on a monthly basis
- Reports Tax Reporting and Compliance key performance results to Group Tax Director highlighting causes of poor performance and presenting actions to improve results moving forward
- Reviews and signs all Tax Documents and Reports submitted to Philippine Local Government Units and Tax Bureau.Duties and responsibilities
- Plans and monitors tax reporting and compliance activities to ensure adherence with country regulatory requirements.
- Keeps abreast and advise stakeholders on the impact of tax developments across all taxes and ensures that necessary changes in the systems are implemented.
- Ensures all tax returns, declarations, and other required reports are submitted accurately and on time (incl CbCR and Transfer Pricing Returns where required)
- Ensures appropriate review processes are in place and applied in relation to all tax filings and payments
- Ownership and accountability for all tax accounting balances and their reconciliations to tax portals / assessments and FS audits.
- Ensures that all Tax Audits are closely monitored and resolved in coordination with Field Finance / Group Head of Tax, GSC Cross Tower, Tax Advisors and Tax Auditors.
- Ensures that Group Tax year end reporting for countries in the scope in GSC are prepared, reviewed and submitted on time
- Reviews tax advisors/third party service provider's fees and other relevant fees and endorse to responsible group heads for final approval.
- Leads the quarterly Global VAT review with Group Tax Director. Ensures VAT/other refunds are accurately and timely claimed from various country tax authorities.
- Expected to perform tasks and/or detailed review of the GSC team particularly for countries that are either high-risk or escalated by the stakeholders
- Assists in the integration and migration of systems, processes, and people as and when necessary.
- Addresses escalations and manages expectations of stakeholders, tax advisors and/or functional in-country resources (i.e. part-time local IWG tax/field finance resources)
- Leads, directs, evaluates, and develops people
- Proactively reviews and manages operational issues and risks, and plan mitigating actions to address risks
- Builds internal control environment to ensure goals are met with high quality, accurate and timely service provision
- Drives efficiency through innovation, automation, or process improvements. and works with Transformation team and/or GSC Automation team for development and/or implementation.
- Ensures process documentation is complete and up to date
- Performs FTE and workload assessment on a bi-annual basis and do the necessary workload balancing to ensure that OT is minimized and deliverables are managed without delays.
- Perform other tasks assigned by the Group Head of Tax
Tax Compliance Finance Director - Eastern Cape - Free State - Gauteng - KwaZulu-Natal - Limpopo - Mpumalanga - North West - Northern Cape - Western Cape - International, South Africa - IWG PLC
IWG PLC
Eastern Cape - Free State - Gauteng - KwaZulu-Natal - Limpopo - Mpumalanga - North West - Northern Cape - Western Cape - International, South Africa
2 weeks ago
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