Global Tax Manager - Professional Services

About the Company:

ARA's client is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. They combine experience and specialized capabilities across more than 40 industries. With 514,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, ARA's client brings continuous innovation to help clients improve their performance and create lasting value across their enterprises.

ARA's is consistently recognized on FORTUNE's 100 Best Companies to Work for and DiversityInc's Top 50 Companies for Diversity lists.

The Role:

Global Tax Manager

Key Responsibilities:

- Leading the tax due diligence process for potential Targets, identifying material tax risks and corresponding mitigation options, in order to ensure company's interests are protected and any tax/transactional risks are managed.

- Providing tax advice for undertaking acquisitions which address areas such as funding, identification of appropriate acquisition vehicles, post-acquisition integration steps.

- Working collaboratively to provide tax inputs on transaction documents to company's Legal and Corporate Development teams.

- Leading the process, from a tax standpoint, of integrating the Target's operations with the company on successful completion of an acquisition

- Advising on tax efficient structures for company's complex client engagements which would cover analysis of corporate tax, transaction tax, withholding taxes, VAT/ GST considerations for such engagements.

- Soliciting and managing the input of external professional advisors for the above purposes

- Assisting the Area Tax teams in Growth Markets on tax compliance, controversy and reporting on a need basis.

- Support Growth Markets Tax team in the successful implementation of global initiatives across the region

Skills Required:

- Experience in Corporate Tax, International Tax and / or Transactions (M&A taxation - preferred).

- Minimum background of 6 years tax experience, either as a tax professional in a Big 4 tax department, V&A tax team (M&A tax) or with a multinational business.

Qualifications and Experience:

- Education: CA / CPA / Lawyer

- A recognized tax qualification. Experience in Corporate Tax, International Tax and / or Transactions (M&A taxation - preferred).

- Computer Skills: Experience with Microsoft word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook, and SAP (advantage).