Would you like to realise your ambitions by joining a leading MNC? Then please read on... Tax Manager, Belfort, €90,000 + Excellent Benefits and Bonus
Our client
A global blue chip at the forefront of innovation and progression. A leading and diverse company with a plethora of long term career opportunities.
Role Summary/Purpose:
Reporting to the Tax Director, the successful candidate will manage the entire tax cycle (tax operations & controllership, forecasting, and planning) for the operations of the Group in France, including assisting local business leaders on deal specific tax strategies for the French legal entities. The primary focus is to ensure the Business is complying fully with the tax laws of France while helping to drive growth.
Essential Responsibilities
Partner with local commercial and finance leaders on deal specific tax strategies for the French operations, including proper documentation and reporting of transactions.
- Ensure flawless execution, controllership, compliance, and risk management of all transactions and structures for the Business located in France, including review of FAS109 computations, income tax returns, inter-company transactional flows and loans, French thin-capitalization and coordination of R&D credit.
- Support Financial Planning and Analysis team with ETR analysis for financial forecasts, including identifying risks and opportunities as well as cash impact to the Business.
- Assist legal and controllership with French statutory filings, including review of Statutory-to-US GAAP differences for consistency.
- Collaborate with French tax CoE and drive usage of tax mosaic tools at local operations.
Qualifications/Requirements: -
- Bachelor’s or post-graduate degree in finance, accounting or economics, or with significant academic focus on taxation.
- 8+ years of tax experience in public accounting or equivalent in law firm or industry and in-house experience within a blue-chip firm.
- Demonstrated technical tax expertise.
- Able to communicate complex tax issues, opportunities, and risks to non-tax experts in a clear and concise manner.
- Desired Characteristics
- Juris Doctorate or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or previous experience in public accounting
- Industry experience with French subsidiary of US Group
- Ability to partner effectively with business management, legal, and finance personnel.
- Familiarity with tax accounting issues pertinent to corporate transactions, particularly FAS 109 and FIN 48.
- Proven track record managing tax controllership and tax compliance.
- You must be French and English fluent.
Please contact our exclusively retained consultant Eylem Emiroglu for a confidential discussion.
