Regional Tax Manager - Dutch Speaking & Dutch Tax Experience Required

Qualifications and Experience Required:

• Fluency in speaking Dutch
• Qualified/Part Qualified overseas equivalents of CTA/ACA/ACCA/CIMA
• A deep understanding of the wider principles of Statutory Reporting, Corporate Tax, Transfer Pricing, Direct and Indirect Taxes, with specific knowledge of the Dutch and Belgium regions is essential;
• Preferred Professional background: Big 4 firm, Shared Services Centre Environment (specially in Knowledge Transfer Projects), Outsourcing, International work experience, Healthcare Sector and Manufacturing & Distribution business;
• High level of competence using Excel and SAP;
• Numeracy, accuracy, attention to detail and displays initiative in solving problems;
• Disciplined, excellent organisation, empathy & resilience towards shared service centre set ups, with capacity of working under pressure and working with tight deadlines;
• Proven track record in successfully managing a team
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team and show initiative;
• Ability to communicate at all levels and manage multiple stakeholders;
• Ability to work with dispersed teams and multicultural and multifunctional teams;
•Ability to balance high volumes of work hands on work as well as management two direct reports and strategic focus

Preferred Qualifations:

• Fluency in French preferred and any another Language, besides Dutch, French or English would be considered as an advantage;

Core Responsibilities for this role:
• Manage the end to end migration of tax and statutory reporting activities from the local market(s) to the shared service centre; Statutory Reporting, Corporate Tax, Direct and Indirect Taxes, Transfer Pricing, and Statistical reporting
• Ensure target migrations dates are managed effectively including operation of business as usual on target and achieve stabilisation
• Manage the Monthly/Quarterly/Annual deliveries in terms of Financial Statutory Reporting, Corporate Tax, Direct and Indirect Taxes, Transfer Pricing, Statistical and Healthcare Regulatory Reporting, between the fulfilling of other local Requirements and Taxes;
• Manage corporate tax compliance processes on behalf of GSK’s European markets including
• Overseeing the ownership of tax sensitive accounts to determine tax treatment (to be reviewed by KPMG) Source data required for the tax return not derived from the General Ledger or Fixed Asset register (e.g. information required to calculate R&D tax credit);
• Resolve queries raised by KPMG during tax return process and perform review of draft tax return;
• Estimate forecast profitability for the purposes of estimating interim tax payments;
• Monitor the tax accounts and reconcile balances back to tax authority records and submitted tax returns;
• Prepare withholding tax clearances and other ad hoc tax filings required;
• Monitor tax risks and review quarterly risk questionnaire (prepared by KPMG);
• Review of draft Indirect Tax and statistical returns
• Managing the process of gathering relevant financial information to calculate relevant intra group pricing of products and services;
• Carry out review of legal entity profitability to ensure compliance with GSK Transfer pricing policies, liaising with Global Tax
• Review monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations;
• Manage the outsource providers to ensure activities are carried out correctly and assist in resolving queries or issues with the local market (LOC);
• Work and build good relationships with in country shared services, outsourcing providers, auditors, tax consultants and external authorities where relevant;
• Manage annual audit and special audit requirements;
• Manage financial information to support business unit needs/external reporting requirements;
• Ensure reports, schedules, and summaries for internal & external customers are accurate and timely;
• Ad-hoc Analysis and Projects and perform tasks for another Countries.
• Co-ordination of tax and TP audits, liaising with FD in market and Global Tax to provide support in responding to queries and resolving tax disputes; Ensuring Market specific document retention requirements relating to statutory reports, taxes and TP are met;
• Manage escalations from customers, senior stakeholders and external authorities;

Departmental Responsibilities:
• Provide first line financial leadership and ensure legal, regulatory and tax compliance for specific financial reporting team, working closely with Market (LOC) and BPO to achieve objectives;
• Support the SLO in team management and wider EMEA initiatives;
• Ensure the provision of accurate and compliant financial and tax reporting services to GSK and external authorities on behalf of GSK's markets;
• Other support and analysis activities as required to support the needs of Global Tax and/or Market Finance Partners/FDs;
• Work closely with the risk management function to ensure services provided are complaint and risks are managed and moreover that the BSC controls framework is firmly embedded within day to processes and operated accordingly;
• To continually review processes and seek to communicate and implement changes to improve efficiency, particularly given the scale of the work being taken on and the fact that much of the business contact will be with individuals not based in the UK.
• Actively participate in the optimisation and streamlining of processes across the EMEA tax and stats function

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