Embark on a rewarding career in the EMEA Corporate Tax department, primarily located in London. This diverse team of internationally qualified professionals is seeking a Tax Transformation lead to oversee cross-tax discipline transformation, including people, process, data, and technology. The successful candidate will possess a professional tax qualification and will play a crucial role in advising on and managing tax risks in the EMEA region.

You will join as the Tax Transformation lead to assess and manage implementation of cross-tax discipline transformation, covering people, process, data and technology. The successful candidate will have a professional tax qualification.

The position is based in London and part of the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Corporate Tax team. The team advises on and manages tax risks in the EMEA region.

As a Tax Transformation Lead - Executive Director within the EMEA Corporate Tax team, you will be instrumental in assessing and managing the implementation of cross-tax discipline transformation. This includes areas such as people, process, data, and technology. You will work on the Tax compliance portfolio and tax accounting processes, and also cover Transfer pricing and Tax risk and control frameworks. Your role will also involve working with tax and finance technology, data sourcing and ingestion technology, and conducting data gap analysis and data equivalency testing. Your ability to perform international operating model design and operating effectiveness reviews across tax disciplines will be crucial. You will need to quickly understand emerging areas in depth, conduct impact and risk assessments, and deliver advice ahead of developing and delivering responsive processes, procedures, and controls. Your strong project management skills will promote end-to-end transformation, including the adoption of technology. Your exceptional communication skills will enable you to effectively articulate complex tax concepts to stakeholders. Your passion for people will shine through as you take a genuine interest in their personal development and bring together high-performance teams aligned on shared objectives.

Job responsibilities:

• Transfer pricing (including data and processes supporting income attributions and expense allocations)
• Tax and finance technology
• Data sourcing and ingestion technology
• Data gap analysis and data equivalency testing

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• Capability to perform international operating model design and operating effectiveness reviews across tax disciplines.
• Ability to quickly understand emerging areas in depth, conduct impact and risk assessments and deliver advice ahead of developing and delivering responsive processes, procedures and controls.
• Very strong project management skills to drive end-to end transformation, including adoption of technology.
• Highly developed skills for developing and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders and team members.
• Strong track record of working across teams and functions to deliver transformation.
• Exceptional communication skills with a strong ability to adapt to different audiences and to effectively articulate complex tax concepts to stakeholders.
• Passion for people, taking a genuine interest in their personal development and bringing together high-performance teams aligned on shared objectives.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• A qualified professional with a recognized accounting and/or tax qualification.
• Experience of working in a tax department of a bank an advantage.