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International Tax Manager United Kingdom

Reference Number GRO0774
International Tax Manager


Closing date for applications6 January 2013
CountryUnited Kingdom
CityReading
Function/DisciplineTaxation
Employment CategoryThis is a permanent role
This role is offered on local conditions
Working HoursStandard hours apply
Full/Part-TimeFull Time
Number of Roles Available1
SalaryCompetitive
The Organisation
The BG Group International Business Tax team is responsible for the tax efficient structuring and funding of existing assets and for mergers, acquisitions and disposals. The team is also responsible for providing advice in relation to Value Added Tax, employee taxes and social security, and expatriate tax issues.
Position Summary
We are recruiting for an International Tax Manager to work in our Reading, UK offices to support a portfolio of Assets within BG Group’s international business. The jobholder will be a focal point in relation to all tax related matters, including:
  • Tax efficient structuring and financing.
  • Tax efficient commercial operations.
  • Tax aspects of mergers, acquisitions and disposals.
  • Advising on UK and local tax compliance issues.
  • Ensuring all activities in the portfolio of assets are undertaken with a full appreciation of the tax consequences and where possible advice is given on the most tax efficient way those activities can be undertaken.
  • Ensuring all relevant tax matters are considered by the senior tax management team and understood for Group tax reporting purposes.
  • Ensuring there is an appropriate tax overlay during the financial modelling phases and to advise on any changes to tax legislation or tax initiatives that impact on the business plan and economic models.
Key Accountabilities
  • Leading tax efficiency initiatives and working with Regional and Assets’ management, commercial, financial and legal teams to get approval for these initiatives and to implement and maintain them.
  • Supporting corporate initiatives and offering of appropriate tax advice to ensure that the Group remains compliant and mitigates risk, for example ensuring new corporate structures entered into with joint venture partners are fit for purpose and achieve the goals set out for them.
  • Driving of corporate initiatives where tax is a major driver that impacts on established Group wide processes.
  • Ensuring that all new legislative changes are understood and adhered to and reviewing and reporting to senior management and peer groups the impact of such changes on the business.
  • Ensuring Asset tax assistance is offered in a timely fashion.
  • Making recommendations relating to tax risk and advising on tax mitigation planning.
  • In uncontroversial cases the jobholder will make decisions in respect of up to around US$5m in tax.
  • Where there are complex tax issues (the value of which could be in excess of US$100m) or significant tax risk in either tax value or reputation, or major process changes required, the job holder will evaluate the options and make an appropriate recommendation to the manager Head of International Tax.
  • Ensuring tax risks and opportunities are communicated to all relevant stakeholders.
  • Every individual has a duty to both themselves and those around them to ensure that safe practice is adhered to at all times. In addition to any specific accountabilities for HSSE, all managers are accountable for HSSE within their area of the Business and are responsible for ensuring that their team adopt exemplary HSSE behaviours.
Unique Knowledge, Skills, Experience and Attribute
Experience and qualifications required:
  • Tax or accounting qualification with strong tax training. Training should ideally be either:
    • Big 4 experience in corporate tax compliance, tax management, dealing with HMRC and tax advice over a range of issues: financing, international structuring (UK outbound investment), mergers, acquisitions and disposals and experience of UKCS taxation issues.
    • Experience of either corporate tax or international tax and mergers, acquisitions and disposals within a large corporate within the Oil & Gas sector – again with experience of UKCS taxation issues.
  • Education to degree level or equivalent.
  • CTA qualified or equivalent (with good working knowledge of the major tax issues faced within the corporate environment).
  • Proven track record in UK tax compliance matters and/or International tax planning and structuring with a focus on ULCS taxation.
Knowledge and skills required:
  • Strong communicator (written and verbal).
  • Self motivated.
  • Strong commercial acumen.
  • Strong influencer.
  • Ability to act with low levels of supervision.
  • Ability to influence key/senior stakeholders.
  • Ability to negotiate to resolve complex tax issues.
Additional Information for External Candidates
BG Group values diversity and is committed to equal opportunities; applications are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates.
 
Please note that after the closing date you will no longer be able to apply for the vacancy. The specific time of closing is midnight UK time on the date displayed. BG Group also reserves the right to close vacancies before the advertised closing date without prior notice.