Indirect Tax Lead (Spanish Speaker)

About Us:

Baker Hughes, a GE company (NYSE:BHGE) is the world’s first and only fullstream provider of integrated oilfield products, services and digital solutions. Drawing on a storied heritage of invention, BHGE harnesses the passion and experience of its people to enhance productivity across the oil and gas value chain.

BHGE helps its customers acquire, transport and refine hydrocarbons more efficiently, productively and safely, with a smaller environmental footprint and at lower cost per barrel. Backed by the digital industrial strength of GE, the company leverages minds, machines and the cloud to break down silos and reduce waste and risk, applying breakthroughs from other industries to advance its own.

With operations in over 120 countries, the company’s global scale, local know-how and commitment to service infuse over a century of experience with the spirit of a startup – inventing smarter ways to bring energy to the world.

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Role Summary:

The Global Finance Centre of Baker Hughes a GE company (BHGE) is based in our Kuala Lumpur office in Malaysia. This Indirect Tax Lead role will be managing a group of professionals supporting the Indirect tax function (Debit Tax, Fuel Tax, Income Tax WHT, Municipal Tax, State Tax, Tax Books, Tax Obligations, VAT/GST, IPI, PIS/ COFINS, ICMS, ISS and any other country specific taxes) for the Latin America Region (LATAM).

Essential Responsibilities:

• Reporting to the Global Finance Center Indirect Tax Manager, manage the Indirect Tax function in KL, Malaysia for a number of LATAM countries e.g. Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Mexico, Chile, Ecuador etc.
• Review and approve Indirect Tax filings for various taxes and monthly deductions in the LATAM region
• Review and approve various Indirect Tax calculations and payment requests for countries within the Latin America Region
• Review and approve annual Indirect Tax filings as required
• Liaise with external advisor and or the local tax authorities to ensure all tax rate changes are implemented and all tax audits are addressed timely.
• Be a focal point for operations for advice on all Indirect Taxes for the LATAM region
• Review and approve various Indirect Tax reconciliations prepared by your team
• Resolves or escalate any queries or issues received.
• Any other duties as required.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting / Finance or equivalent.
• ACCA/CIMA/CPA/CA or equivalent professional finance qualification
• 3 - 5 years of working experience with South American taxes
• 3 - 5 years team management experience
• Possess strong analytical skills with proactive mind-set, with the ability to bring expert advice and problem solving skills to the team.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with excellent spoken and written both Spanish or Portuguese and English that enable effective working relationships with people from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds.
• Other languages experience is added advantage
• A proven ability to work as part of multi-disciplinary teams and to build and maintain network within and outside Indirect Tax.
• Possess positive thinking and attitude, professionalism, takes ownership of and accountability of the work product.
• Self-starter with ability to work under minimum supervision and tight deadlines.
• Some experience in technology enabled business transformation projects is required.
• Ability to champion and implement process improvements.
• Team-player and customer-centric attitude.
• Computer literate with good knowledge of Microsoft Office and computerized accounting software, knowledge in SAP or Oracle will be added advantage.

Location:

Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia

Baker Hughes, a GE company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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