The Interim Head of Tax position involves:

• Managing the relationship with external tax advisors, addressing routine compliance, inquiries, ad-hoc advice, and M&A-specific guidance, with a focus on controlling costs and resolving issues efficiently.
• Assisting the Group and its entities in managing and closing outstanding tax matters with local authorities.
• Establishing tax management policies for the Group, including creating a detailed delegation of authority matrix and setting up periodic reporting requirements.
• Collaborating with the Director of Group Finance to determine the ongoing tax resource needs of the Group.
• French Language skills to a professional level of fluency are needed for this role.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assisting operating units, in coordination with external advisors, to promptly resolve open tax inquiries.
• Identifying and assessing tax risks, and clearly communicating these to the Group's Risk and Audit Committees when needed.
• Contributing to the reorganisation and simplification of the Group's legal structure, which includes cross-border transfers of business ownership and recapitalisation of holding and operating companies.
• Supporting the financial accounting team in evaluating year-end tax provisions and addressing tax aspects of acquisition accounting.
• Ensuring proper implementation of the Group's transfer pricing policies.
• Assisting the M&A team in evaluating tax risks identified during due diligence.
• Undertaking additional tax-related tasks as required
• French Language skills to a professional level of fluency are needed for this role.

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