Group Tax Manager

The Director of Tax will be responsible for the development and implementation of the Group tax strategy, ensuring adherence to the Tax Policy approved by the Board.

Additionally:

• Lead the Group tax function.
• Develop, implement and maintain a robust international tax strategy for the Group.
• Provide commercial tax support and advice to the business and executive.
• Provide support to Partners on personal tax matters related to their employment at Control Risks.
• Monitor and advise on the Group's tax position with a thorough understanding of international tax issues and risks.
• Ensure regular, accurate and timely tax forecasting.
• Ensure that tax risk is managed appropriately across all jurisdictions and transactions, including employee mobility.
• Ensure compliance with all direct and indirect taxes, including timely and accurate completion of all tax returns and submissions across the Group.
• Operate effective and compliant policies that mitigate tax risk and exposure.
• Responsible for the Group Transfer Pricing Policy.
• Maintain robust tax governance across the Group and ensure that local Finance teams adhere to the group tax policy.
• Responsible for all aspects of tax delivery around the Group and UK subsidiary audits.
• Responsible for managing the Groups relationships with tax authorities and external tax advisors.
• Develop and coach a high performing and collaborative Group Tax team.

Essential

• Experience as a Tax Director of a professional services company.
• Technically proficient in international tax for a global group that operates as a partnership across multiple jurisdictions.
• Thorough commercial understanding of a Consultancy business.
• Experience of working in a leadership position in which you were proactive in developing and facilitating the professional and career development of those within your team.
• An engaging, approachable, self-motivated and hands on individual.
• Ability to solve problems innovatively and action ideas quickly.
• Excellent critical thinking skills and understand how to drive business performance and mitigate risk through financial excellence.
• Strong business acumen, solutions driven and customer focused.
• Demonstrable people management, development and coaching experience.
• Actioned orientated and delivery focused.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Qualified tax professional with a Consultancy background, who has an excellent track record and experience.

Solutions Focused

• Analyses situations and looks at broader picture; looks beyond own team and department to take a global view on issues where appropriate.
• Realigns the team to drive organisational success.
• Innovates to create and deliver value to meet the needs of the organisation.
• Is responsible and accountable for decision making within team or department.
• Makes decisions that drive high performance and meet stakeholder needs.
• Balances risks with decision making, being prepared to mitigate risk.
• Drives self and team to deliver against objectives and meet stakeholder needs.
• Translates and creates practical actions from a strategic plan.
• Leads by example - sets and generates commitment to goals and leads team to meet/ exceed targets.
• Demonstrates political awareness to build strong relationships and deliver business results.
• Inspires a determination to achieve high standard.

One Firm

• Understands and translates key drivers and capabilities for business and team performance.
• Develops effective global relationships to leverage performance and capabilities; knows the right collaborations to ensure the best possible outcome for sustainable and authentic relationships.
• Constantly focuses on global implications of activities and applies to own team, activities, solutions and collaborations.

Commercial Acumen

• Driving profit/margin improvement: Suggests and makes improvements and efficiencies to manage costs and improve margins.

Client Centric

• Uses the right resources across the organisation to ensure sound judgement of situations that impact the region, team and stakeholders.
• Is a trusted expert and advisor.
• Understands stakeholder needs, builds trusted relationships, delivers to stakeholder needs or finds more appropriate solutions within given timelines.
• Leads a service culture; ensures stakeholders are at the heart of everything the team does.

Personal Effectiveness

• Adapting to change: Embraces a changing environment, adapts well to changing demands and ambiguous situations, and adapts own behaviour accordingly.
• Communication, planning work and influencing: Expresses self clearly and displays sensitivity to develop constructive relationships with others. Shows understanding of others in order to influence as appropriate.