Head of Tax - EMEA and APAC

About this role:
The Head of Tax - EMEA and APAC serves as the main internal tax contact and expert resource for all businesses and entities operating within these regions while managing and developing a team of individual contributors and managers.
Key responsibilities include:

• Managing internal team and external relationships related to income tax filings and tax controversy support
• Serving as primary contact with HMRC and Irish Revenue
• Managing and reviewing accounting for income tax calculations for both US GAAP and IFRS
• Serving as principal point of contact for regional management, new product approvals, transaction related tax considerations and regional external tax advisors
• Overseeing regional tax risk including reputational tax risk and oversight of the regional control framework
• Providing advice, review and consideration as to the reasonableness of regional indirect tax calculations including UK PESM
• Serving as primary tax contact and chief tax advisor for business activities located within region
• Developing and leading a culture of talent development and teamwork to meet business objectives
• Working with US headquarters tax team members on global tax impacts of regional activities
• Identify and recommend opportunities for directing and controlling companywide income tax accounting, compliance, planning, internal control activities and reporting functions
• Authorize specified income tax functions and accounting for income taxes associated with financial accounting disciplines
• Determine appropriate strategy and actions of the Corporate Tax functional area to meet moderate to high risk deliverables
• Interpret and develop various matters and act as a key change agent in building and adopting best practices or adapting to changes in income tax laws within the functional areas
• Collaborate with and influence all levels of professionals, including managers
• Interact with external agencies, jurisdictional income tax authorities, third party tax specialists, regulatory bodies and industry forums
• Manage allocation of people and financial resources to ensure commitments are met and align with strategic objectives in Corporate Tax
• Develop and guide a culture of talent development to meet business objectives and strategy

Required Qualifications, International:

• Effective leadership and organisational skills to drive value, manage risk, and promote a team culture of inclusion and development while being responsible for the tax requirements across EMEA and APAC
• Strong UK and Ireland income tax technical knowledge, international tax experience, VAT tax knowledge and significant working knowledge of transfer pricing
• Relevant experience managing a team across multiple time zones and countries
• Excellent communication and analytical skills to facilitate communication and collaboration with a wide-range of stakeholders on relevant and complex tax concepts
• Highly effective at partnering and developing relationships across the organisation
• Ability to operate independently while driving continual improvement across the function
• Relevant experience in the financial services industry as well as working with HMRC and Irish Revenue

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