Head of International Tax position available at leading global law firm.

As the Head of International Tax, you will be acting as a subject matter expert for international tax matters, advising the Director of Tax and Partner Finance, the broader tax and partner finance team, and the firms management teams.

Specific duties include:

• Maintaining an up-to-date tax strategy for the firm, consistent with best practice
• Oversee and manage the efficient completion, on a timely and accurate basis, of all of the firm's global tax compliance obligations, including income and corporation tax computations and returns, tax balances in statutory accounts, tax provisioning, VAT and sales taxes, payroll, double tax relief claims and tax payments
• Ongoing review and reconciliation of partners' tax payments
• Managing and mitigating tax risks arising from international remote working, working with the International Mobility team to track overseas workers, and communicating policy decisions to stakeholders throughout the firm
• Responsibility for the firm's employment taxes, including management of IR35 risks, PSA and FBT reporting and other ad hoc issues arising
• Preparing and submitting the firm's annual Country by Country report, fulfilling notification requirements throughout the network in which the firm operates, ensuring appropriate transfer pricing documentation is in place globally, and ensuring compliance with other transfer pricing requirements as they develop
• Determining tax risks and working with the Director of Tax and Partner Finance to assess, prioritise, communicate and address these risks
• Supporting the Director of Tax and Partner Finance and CFO with quarterly RMAC papers on tax and partner finance topics, including tax strategy
• Supporting management with specific tax and partner finance matters, eg foreign exchange impacts, relocations, partnership entities
• Liaison with HMRC and the ATO; ensuring appropriate risk ratings are achieved and negotiating positions as required. Liaising with other relevant tax authorities where appropriate
• Managing responses to tax audits and enquiries globally, working with local finance teams to provide appropriate responses and information to ensure efficient resolution
• Establishing systems to monitor legislative changes in tax and reporting requirements, implementing the firm's policies and reporting in response to these, to ensure compliance in line with legal and regulatory requirements, and the firm's tax strategy
• Leadership of the international tax team, ensuring continual improvement, appropriate development of talent and succession planning
• Core part of the Tax and Partner Finance team senior leadership team, sharing responsibility for overall team planning, development and management
• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with Business Finance and management stakeholders across the firm, in particular to pro-actively identify areas of activity where tax and partner finance issues may arise, or where the tax and partner finance team should become more significantly involved

Specific requirements for the role:

• Proven post-qualification tax and partner finance experience in a law firm/partnership setting
• Over 10 years' experience in a role in a large organisation where you have operated at a senior advisory or similar level.
• Strong tax technical knowledge across all aspects of international tax
• Excellent managerial skills

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