Tax Manager

Accountabilities

• Ensuring tax accounting in compliance with group guidance and IFRS, local accounting standards, tax legislation and country best practices, also including: tax accounting methodology definition, processes improvement, coordination and communication with other departments
• Maintaining accounting systems and applications ("Key User" of SAP FI, 1C 8 or higher, M.E.D.O.C., etc.), including management of necessary changes through cooperation with relevant IT experts
• Responsible for statutory and corporate tax reporting, including maintenance of necessary tax and transfer pricing documentation. Preparing on-purpose internal (management) reporting.
• Ensuring efficient tax and transfer pricing management within the company: performing tax self-review, tax risks analysis, tax planning and optimization, tracking changes and possible upcoming changes in tax legislation in order to keep risks under control, coordinating with Group Tax/Transfer Pricing department, internal tax advisory, managing and passing tax audits, tax review of company transactions and agreements, managing company tax payments and position, internal tax reporting, tax structuring for new business models in the company etc.
• Supporting company departments and clients with efficient tax advising , by delivering high-quality data
• Managing internal communications inside the company on tax issues. Dealing with company counterparties (state authorities, banks, customer and suppliers, outsourcing partners, auditors, advisors and lawyers) as an official company representative within own area of responsibility
• Participation in various company and group projects and various tasks and assignments within own area of expertise
• Introduce monthly seminars/updates on tax regulation changes for accounting

Requirements:

• Higher education (University Degree, pref. in Finance/Economics/Accounting/Audit)
• Excellent and up-to-date knowledge of tax and business legislation and best practices
• Good understanding of IFRS and local GAAP and best accounting practices
• Advanced user: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access
• Over 5 years' experience in Deputy Chief Accountant or Tax Manager roles in a similar complex organizational environment (national / international company, trading or production activities with import and export) or in Tax advisory Big 4 audit companies (KPMG, PWC, E&Y, Deloitte)
• Experience of accounting and reporting in SAP (FI, knowledge of SD, MM) is a plus, 1C and M.E.D.O.C. (or similar)
• Experience in successful passing tax audits (preferably with Central Tax Office)
• High grade of professional and management competencies for the job
• Languages: Russian/Ukrainian and English (spoken and written: upper-intermediate or above)