Tax Manager - EMEA Transfer Pricing and Compliance

Tax Manager - EMEA Transfer Pricing and Compliance

London, Hammersmith

Competitive 

We have a new opportunity for a Corporate Tax Manager who will support the EMEA Corporate Tax Senior Manager on EMEA compliance and reporting processes and provide tax advisory support to all of Disney EMEA’s countries and lines of business.  Support the Corporate Tax department (US and EMEA) by preparing supporting schedules for tax calculations, transfer pricing and tax audit requirements. Support the EMEA tax team on ad-hoc projects. Work with junior members of the team to develop their skills and knowledge.

This role will require a highly motivated tax professional with strong technical and interpersonal skills who wishes to pursue a career in a growing and dynamic global organisation.

Responsibilities:

Direct Tax Compliance and advisory

• Undertake the day to day management of the tax compliance processes across EMEA, resolving issues and co-ordinating with the EMEA controllers and outsource providers and advisers.
• Create close relationships with the local Finance leaders and Controllers to be able to understand local business operations and changes, to provide relevant and accurate tax advice.
• Maintain accurate and detailed tax records and files
• Manage the collation of documentation across EMEA to meet US and group tax compliance requirements
• Pro-actively review compliance and reporting processes suggesting and implementing improvements.
• Assist with tax authority enquiries and audits across EMEA in conjunction with other members of the EMEA Tax team

Transfer Pricing

• Responsible for working with external advisers and local controllers on the preparation and review of Local Country Transfer Pricing Documentation
• Review Country By Country Reporting (CBCR) output in liaison with US Tax team and facilitate local country EMEA CBCR notifications
• Review and monitor all EMEA wide intercompany arrangements and transfer pricing suggesting improvements and changes to align to business changes
• Monitor closely the statutory results of all EMEA entities ensuring they are in line with expectations from a transfer pricing perspective and related external benchmarks
• Review of quarterly and annual operating fees and other calculations performed by Shared Accounting and Controllership teams
• Manage the collation and storage intercompany agreements and provide support for all intercompany recharges as required by local markets
• Maintain and update documentation relating to intercompany arrangements and key accounting processes such as Senior Accounting Officer and Sarbanes Oxley requirements

Ad-hoc projects

• Supporting the EMEA and US tax teams and the wider Finance and Controllership teams on any ad-hoc tasks and advisory projects

Skills and Experience

• Qualified ACA (and CTA a plus)
• Significant tax compliance experience
• Big 4 tax experience is a preference
• Experience of working in a multinational and media sector a plus
• International tax advisory and transfer pricing experience for multinational companies (including US tax experience is a plus). Need to be commercial and practical.
• Good communication skills being able to communicate tax technical issues easily to non-tax professionals
• Significant UK tax compliance experience
• Strong Microsoft Office skills especially Excel (SAP experience a plus)
• Attention to detail
• Analytical, problem solving and decision making skills
• Able to manage workload to tight deadlines and prioritise multiple tasks and work streams
• Strong interpersonal skills to establish effective working relationships at all levels of the organisation.

About the Team:

Following the acquisition of 21^st Century Fox by Disney, the Disney EMEA tax team is recruiting several tax roles at a variety of professional levels. This is to ensure that the EMEA Tax team is fully resourced to enable it to properly engage with and support the new joint businesses, further demonstrating that the Tax team is considered a true business partner. The roles will also enable Disney to ensure it can meet increasing legislative requirements in a challenging and evolving tax environment. Some temporary roles have also been created to help with the integration activities. These new roles will join Disney at a very exciting time, not only the Fox integration but also due to significant business developments (e.g. Disney + streaming service). So it is a great time to join a growing dynamic team in an exciting and fun company.