Employment Tax Lead - Africa at Baker Hughes - GE Nigeria

Employment Nigeria 16-Jul-2018 LAGOS , Accounting

Baker Hughes, a GE company (NYSE:BHGE) is the world’s first and only fullstream provider of integrated oilfield products, services and digital solutions. Drawing on a storied heritage of invention, BHGE harnesses the passion and experience of its people to enhance productivity across the oil and gas value chain.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Employment Tax Lead - Africa

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Role Summary

Baker Hughes, a GE company has an exciting opportunity for an Africa Employment Tax Lead to join our team in Nigeria.
In this role you will need to determine and minimize the company's worldwide tax liability with the highest integrity while complying with worldwide tax laws.
Seasoned, senior level manager requiring in-depth understanding of regional tax issues, the oil & gas industry and how their role integrates with others within their discipline

Essential Responsibilities

Regional responsibility for BHGE employment tax matters in Africa
Providing commercial support, tax technical analysis, policy interpretation and support with transaction execution
Leads the implementation of new/amended employment tax policies, best practices and new tools within the region, in order to drive a consistent harmonized tax approach across BHGE
Review and harmonise legacy BH & legacy GE Oil & Gas employment tax and social security positions and local compliance procedures
Work alongside the Global Mobility and Immigration functions to provide employment tax guidance on the international deployment of assignees and field service engineers
Provide technical guidance to the monthly host country shadow payroll process
Oversight of certain country employer payroll tax filings, collaborate with local payroll teams
Responsibility for the management of PIT audits and related reserves including Equatorial Guinea, Congo & Gabon
Coordinate and collaborate with tax colleagues across the BHGE organization, including regional corporate tax leaders, product company tax leaders, transfer pricing leaders, the tax planning team and the tax lifecycle & analysis team
Key point of contact for functional regional leaders, across legal, HR, finance, commercial, compliance, etc.

Qualifications/Requirements

Bachelor's Degree from an accredited University or College, in Finance, Law or Accounting and accredited Accountancy qualification or qualified lawyer, specializing in tax
Minimum of 8-10 years post qualification tax experience in public accounting, law firm or industry

Desired Characteristics:

Proactive and self-motivated
Strong oral and written communication skills
Interpersonal skills to develop relationships across the matrix organisation and collaborate with other team members and colleagues in other functions
Demonstrated ability to lead and manage projects and influence outcomes
Creative thinking and complex decision making ability
Subject matter expert with deep technical expertise; viewed as a specialist within the region
Demonstrated ability to analyse and resolve problems
Ability to document, plan, market, and execute new policies and tax processes
French speaker advantageous.

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