Director - Indirect Tax International

November 13

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Description

• The Director – Indirect Tax International will be the bridge between the corporate indirect tax department and all other parts of WFS. • The position will have worldwide oversight of the corporate Indirect tax policy largely consisting of VAT, excise, customs, and duty taxes. • The Director will be responsible for building strong relationships with external bodies such as country VAT tax Authorities, Customs Authorities, and outside consultants, leveraging those relationships to support commercial activities. • Liaising with the business providing research and guidance on all worldwide indirect taxes. • Assuring proper transactional indirect taxation by ensuring current maintenance of the indirect tax engine. • This position is also responsible for developing and executing a global indirect tax compliance program for an organization with multiple legal entities. • Accurate submission of all indirect tax returns and payments on a timely basis. • Assure all tax related balance sheet accounts are fully reconciled monthly. • Assure all VAT related journal entries are correctly posted with emphasis on FX issues. • Maintain documentation of indirect tax compliance processes and procedures. • Responsible for worldwide indirect tax audits (may be managed locally in Miami or outside Miami). • Work with tax technology and IT teams to determine automated solutions to compliance processes and assist with implementation. • Effectively work with local Accounting teams across multiple geographies to obtain data supportive of filings and to provide for audit readiness where necessary. • Coordinate among various functional teams (e.g., tech, business, accounting) to evaluate and implement approaches to indirect tax change including the impact to our customers and content providers, and potential policy opportunities. • Maintenance of internal tax engine used to calculate indirect taxes worldwide. • Maintenance of customer exemption packages, AOCs and any other documentation needed. • Work with invoicing team to ensure VAT compliance invoices. • Be the go-to person for all VAT, duty, excise, and customs taxes worldwide. • Act as a bridge between regional VAT, duty and excise tax issues and the corporate body of knowledge ensuring corporate policy is always adhered to. • Where appropriate, research VAT, duty, and excise tax issues, and liaise with outside consultants to establish business solutions. • Build a strong and beneficial relationship with indirect tax agencies and jurisdictions as needed. • Establish relationship with a network of external consultants to assist with issues relating to worldwide indirect taxes.

Requirements

• Strong systems knowledge including Oracle, Excel, Word, and ERP skills. • CPA or Chartered Accountant with at least 5+ years' experience in indirect taxation, preferably in fuel industry. • Excellent planning, time management, and coordination skills, including ability to clearly define tasks and decisions needed, and create clear written documentation. • Excellent communication skills – possesses ability to engage others; listens and gets clarification; responds well to questions; actively leads meetings. • Ability to coordinate multiple concurrent projects and tasks; able to define priorities, deliver results and communicate timeline changes and impacts. • Ability to dive deep and determine root causes of issues and define path to green actions with impacted business partners. • Strong understanding of typical compliance processes and impacts to the wider organization e.g., impacts to input credits, Financial Statements, customer, and vendor impacts. • Experience leveraging accounting firms or work within accounting firms to submit filings; experience directly filing via government portals. • Tax and Forex accounting experience.