Job description:
Senior Direct Tax Manager will be responsible for setting goals for his/her direct reports aligned with Operational, Managerial and Strategic metrics and provide necessary coaching to enhance team’s performance. They will use CI methodology to optimize the team and the process from efficiency and effectiveness perspective ; will develop leadership capabilities by giving more support and coaching to respective Team Members. This position will report to the MIT/MDT Operations Manager in the Finance Operations (FO) and will liaise with the respective businesses based across various geographical locations.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead a team of Direct Tax Specialists delivering excellent process
- Develop both functional and leadership skills in the team required to support the Tax function and the business in the Direct Tax compliance process.
- Integrate the Direct Tax Specialists with FO Tax Krakow team and optimize the tax compliance process.
- Ensure succession and knowledge retention.
- Build excellent relations with stakeholders (internal and external) ensuring effective communication about business and law changes.
- Coordination/ support for Operations Manager, Process Manager, and Controllers organizations
- Ensuring compliance with RASCI across teams
- Ensuring compliance with standard streamline tax compliance process and controls.
- Identify and implement opportunities to continuously improve processes which enable to deliver on efficiency and effectiveness targets.
- Identify and migrate the tax compliance work to SBO locations
- Ensure standardization, improvements, effectiveness and efficiency for noncapable for migration scope.
Requirements:
- University degree
- Strong accounting, law or tax knowledge required.
- Minimum 7+ years work experience in various financial positions including experience in tax compliance or advisory.
- Minimum 2 years of managerial experience with line responsibility for a minimum of 7 + staff.
- High level knowledge and application of direct tax, controls, standard streamline and accounting principles.
- Self-motivation; self-starter who is able to build and lead a team and manage/integrate with others in different
functions and in a multicultural and diverse business environment.
- Highly developed analytical skills with perceptive and clear think strategic abilities.
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels including communication with senior stakeholders.
- Strong leadership skills proved by managing various teams;
- Knowledge of various ERP systems and MS Office skills.
- Experience of working in a virtual environment.
- Strong and proved experience in project management.
Number of Vacancies: 1
Benefits of working at Shell:
- Meaningful work in a company that is universally respected as a truly global energy leader (one of the world’s biggest companies according to Fortune Global 500)
- Unique opportunity to fulfill your potential with personal and professional development programs
- Work in a smart and motivated team within a supportive and inclusive culture with strong values
- Attractive salary and bonuses
- Complex medical care and individual life insurance
- Sports programme & facilities e.g. Multisport Benefits Card, vouchers for free time activities
- Good atmosphere at work and comfortable working environment: own canteen and a few relax rooms
- Opportunity to participate in social and community projects