Assistant Controller - Tax & Compliance - BFS

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES :

The Tax & Compliance Assistant Controller ASSC is expected to assume the following key responsibilities plus any other reasonable duties as required:

- Perform assigned balance sheet reconciliations

- Posting, reporting & any other work associated with dormants & non-trading entities

- Ensure all tax and corporate tax findings are filed and provisioned for

- Plan and prepare draft statutory accounts with clear and concise working files.

- Sign off draft statutory accounts.

- Assist with internal audit as part of the statutory audit requirements.

- Complete transfer pricing and deal with related queries.

- Ensure that all indirect tax queries are resolved.

- Assist with ad hoc queries where appropriate.

PEOPLE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES

- Team workload management .

- Motivate team to ensure performance metrics s are hit.

- Support communication structures across the team to ensure all key messages are communicated .

- Provides coaching on both soft and technical skills within the team.

- Participate in Recruitment & Selection processes.

- Act as a role model to others.

- Team admin duties such as absence management, holiday authorizations, time sheet approvals etc.

SKILLS & ABILITIES:

- Ability to oversee, motivate and manage people in a Tax & Compliance environment.

- Advanced skills in Excel, Word and Outlook are essential.

- Good communication skills at all levels including a wide range of stakeholders within the business.

- Knowledge and ability to use relevant internal systems.

- Act with integrity.

- Improves processes & systems.

- Problem solves within tight deadlines.

- Be pro-active and take initiative.

- Good influencing skills.

- Highly organised, diligent with attention to detail.

- Demonstrable success in improving Tax & Compliance service levels.

KNOWLEDGE & QUALIFICATIONS:

- Strong knowledge and understanding of all Tax & Compliance/Financial Accounting processes including best practice in Tax & Compliance/Financial Accounting, people, processes and technology.

- Significant knowledge of SAP system.

- Good knowledge of leadership, coaching and people development .

- Recognized qualification/Accounting degree preferable .

- A track record of continuous professional and management development .

- Knowledge of dealing with acquisitions and disposals.

- 4 years relevant Tax & compliance/accounting experience.

- Knowledge of lean, Six Sigma or other continuous improvement methodologies preferred.