Tax Specialist

Job description

Purpose The purpose of this role is to support the Chile Tax Coordinator in delivering tax advisory, compliance, reporting and policy support to local businesses – while maintaining a global perspective. The focus is on aligning the Group’s tax profile with its global footprint, including through the implementation of global Group tax priorities and initiatives. The Chile Tax Specialists play a key role in ensuring that the Tax Governance Framework is fully implemented and embedded across all aspects of tax work performed locally, such that tax risk is effectively managed.

Each of the Chile Tax Specialists is responsible for supporting an in-country business and contributing other discrete initiatives and projects. Key Tasks

• Business Partnering Lead the development and maintenance of relationships with key personnel within the business and ensure they understand the strategy, tax risk framework and vision of Group Tax. Understand and help the business to understand the value proposition, objectives, initiatives, delivery and resource requirements of Group Tax. Support the creation of sustainable value through professional advice and planning in accordance with the Group’s Tax Strategy and Tax Governance Framework. Deliver the provision of technical tax advice on major transactions, including mergers, acquisitions and disposals.
• External engagement Help to develop and enhance relationships with tax authorities, with a view to establishing ways of working that are consistent with the ethos of Co-operative Compliance. Monitor external developments and determine appropriate action.
• Compliance/Reporting/ Advisory/ Risk/ Policy To support the Country Tax Manager and Tax Coordinators in the implementation of the Board approved tax strategy and the management of the Group’s tax affairs for all local managed companies. Ensure that tax issues and business changes are appropriately reflected in both global and local tax compliance and reporting. Support the delivery of compliance requirements across the full compliance cycle and all tax kinds, in collaboration with co-source providers. Assist in meeting tax reporting obligations to ensure responsible management of the effective tax rate (ETR) and cash tax for the respective business and country. Liaise directly with outside advisors (including auditors, legal counsel and other advisors) to ensure proper and efficient tax planning, business partnering and solution delivery. Provision of subject matter expert (SME) tax technical advice on day-to-day tax matters in the relevant country. Assist in ensuring to transfer pricing policies and procedures and compliance with local transfer pricing regulations, including master file, local file and country-by-country reporting obligations. Support tax audits, disputes and tax litigation within the country. Maintain a tax policy framework in accordance with Anglo American guidelines. Support the analysis of changes to tax regimes resulting from significant multilateral policy. developments on a global basis and advice on their implications for the Group. Monitor and communicate legislative changes and practice to the wider tax team and business, as appropriate.
• Financial Identify any opportunities for improved cost management and either address these, or raise them with your manager as appropriate.

Assist in the management of consulting spend and delivering sustainable value by delivering efficiencies in terms of the value received in comparison to the amount of money spent.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Law. Residence in Santiago, Chile. Intermediate English Proficiency. A minimum of 4-5 years of proven experience in a similar Tax role within a Big Four accounting firm or a law firm. Knowledge Strong working experience of technical tax advisory, tax compliance and tax accounting. Good experience of international tax principles, transfer pricing, tax residence, etc. VAT and employment tax experience advantageous.

How to work independently and prioritise and deliver own projects. An understanding of the mining and commodity trading industry would be an advantage. Significant relevant post qualification experience is required.

Technical Skills

Communicate key tax issues appropriately. Understand & apply tax law, identify opportunities and management of implementation of such. Develop ideas into practical solutions. Ensure that appropriate tax risk management documentation is implemented. Analyse a whole host of information and extract the pertinent facts and make a sound tax analysis thereof. Demonstrate well-developed analytical, planning, and problem-solving skills.