Job Description
About The Role
The Direct Tax Manager plays a critical role in safeguarding the companys financial health. By balancing compliance with strategic planning, they help avoid penalties, reduce unnecessary tax burdens, and support sustainable growth. This role also needs to ensure consistency across multiple jurisdictions. This is a brand new role, reporting into our new Group Tax Director, with the objective to bring direct tax returns in-house, reducing external spend, but also bringing direct tax expertise and strategy into the central tax team.
This role oversees and optimizes the Groups direct tax obligations, ensuring compliance with tax laws while strategically managing tax efficiency.The different areas of the role include:
1. Compliance Management:Ensuring the Group meets all direct tax obligations (corporate income tax, capital gains tax, withholding tax, etc.) by preparing and reviewing accurate tax returns.
2. Strategic Tax Planning:Working with the Group Tax Director to develop and implement tax strategies to minimize liabilities and optimize the Groups tax position.
3. Advisory Function:Providing guidance to senior stakeholders on tax implications of business decisions, mergers, acquisitions, or restructuring.
4. Audit & Risk Oversight:Managing direct tax audits, assists re liaison with tax authorities, and mitigates risks related to dir...