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Job Summary
The Tax Senior Manager is responsible for assisting European tax planning and implementation, addressing tax technical issues and carrying out special projects.
Responsibilities
Strategy and Planning
* Assists in tax planning for business transactions, M&A and real estate transactions, including integration
* Identifies and solves tax issues related to on-going routine business activities to improve tax efficiency of the Company
* Leads technical tax research and manages external tax advisors in EMEA
Risk Management
* Monitors and helps mitigates overall tax risks of the Region, including direct tax and indirect taxes
Tax Returns
* Provides technical tax research and support for filing of tax returns of the Region
* Provides technical tax research and support for tax examinations within the Region
Tax technical matters in EMEA
* Provides technical tax research and support for the Company's transfer pricing, commissionaire structure and REIT matters in EMEA
* Works with outside consultants pertaining to complex and significant tax issues
Tax Accounting, local stat books
* Provides technical tax research and support for tax provision process for local financial statement reporting purposes
Business Development
* Develops and maintains relationships with business partners in EMEA
Continued Education
* Continues to develop and apply technical expertise's and stay current on tax issues
REIT compliance
* Applies REIT tax rules to common transactions to ensure REIT related risks are covered
Qualifications
* Proven years plus working experience with BIG 4 and/or corporate tax department
* Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance preferred
* CPA/Chartered Accountant/Equivalent certification preferred
* Proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel and Word
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