Major/Key Accountabilities
IMETA Tax Matters
- Restructuring Responsible for all tax matters related to restructurings & start-ups in the IMETA region in collaboration with Brambles global tax team on global restructuring matters.
- Customer and business support
- Develop strong customer relationships with IMETA business units and provide targeted tax advice to assist businesses with their growth and business plans
- Provide high quality direct taxation advice to senior management in relation to IMETA income tax laws, planning, compliance and risk management
- Mergers and Acquisitions Responsible for all tax aspects of various IMETA share & asset divestments and acquisitions. Includes up front support to Brambles deal advisors related to pre market analysis of estimated tax gain/loss and recommendation of most efficient deal structure for tax purposes, leading tax due diligence matters, collaboration with Brambles team on structuring working capital/purchase price adjustments, directing and collaborating with lawyers on tax SPA matters (Reps/warranties/indemnifications/covenants) and successful negotiation of such with buyers, tax provision/return gain calculations (tax basis calcs), and honouring and thus controlling company risk related to SPA tax covenants.
- Effective Tax Rate / Tax Attributes Manage local country tax planning in IMETA having regard to the Groups Effective Tax Rate including ensuring the Group maximises the value of tax attributes including tax losses, tax credits, etc
- Capital management planning for and implementing capital management initiatives including foreign capitalization & debt/equity mix, taxation issues associated with intercompany and external loans cash and dividend repatriation,
- Tax risk management Responsible for developing tax risk management policies as they apply to IMETA tax risk, , documenting and improving such policies, monitoring risks and reporting risks as appropriate.
- Tax Compliance Responsible for all regional income tax compliance and audit defence. Manage BUs (and their external tax advisors) tax compliance and audit defence matters.
- Transfer Pricing Manage all IMETA transfer pricing issues including
- Manage transfer pricing matters for the IMETA including: Managing including drafting of many intercompany agreements for cross-border management fees, technology development costs, other internal transactions
- Thin Capitalisation Manage / control thin capitalisation debt levels in IMETA countries.
- Indirect Taxation Provide and manage the provision of high quality indirect tax advice to senior management in relation to IMETA indirect tax laws compliance and risk management including Stamp Duty; Payroll Tax, Customs Duty and Goods and Services Tax.
- Tax reporting
- Responsible for managing the tax provision reporting for all of companies in IMETA.
- Responsible for controlling and reporting material tax issues to Vice President Group Tax including litigation and audits in the IMETA region
- General matters and external interfaces
- Lead all external tax advisor teams for IMETA
- Direct and collaborate with external counsel on all IMETA Tax Opinions and Tax Ruling requests,
- Manage appropriate relationships with tax authorities in IMETA as appropriate
- Make submissions on taxation matters to appropriate government departments / independent boards of review that will benefit the Brambles group.
- Chartered Accountant and member of Institute of Taxation
- 10+ yrs total income tax experience, including at least 5+ years international tax experience.
- Detailed knowledge of tax provision accounting, and tax law (both direct and indirect).
- Strong knowledge with IMETA tax laws, M&A, share/asset divestments, reorganizations, outbound/inbound related party transactions, transfer pricing, audit defence, tax opportunity & risk mgmt planning, corporate governance & fiduciary responsibilities.
- Clear & concise communication skills, both written and spoken
- Strong interpersonal skills for developing and maintaining business relationships
- Service orientation with respect to communication with business units
- Strong ability to lead, leverage, and orchestrate multi-task projects / teams in a fast-paced environment
- Strong analytical and numerical skills
- Results-oriented management focus
- Attention to detail, with focus on quality / accuracy
- Ability to be able to identify processes that need to be changed and implement required changes
- Ability to maintain confidential information
- Working knowledge of accounting practices and principles
- Ability to effectively implement and maintain restructurings/transactions
What experience will be valued?
- 10+ yrs total income tax experience, including at least 5+ years of international tax experience.
- Commercial tax experience across both direct and indirect tax matters
- Tax accounting experience
