Siemens Gamesa

About the role

Location: Casablanca, Morocco

Department: Finance

Mode of Employment: Permanent / Full-time

Position Title: Tax Professional

A Snapshot of Your Day

Tax Professional at Siemens Energy

Do you have a passion for tax and want to take the next step in your career?

If so, then the role as Tax Professional is the opportunity for you! We are now looking for a colleague who has a passion for tax and wants to develop within the area in a diverse, dynamic, and multidisciplinary environment. You will work closely with other business areas and have a key role in tax related strategic matters and help drive business value.

How You’ll Make an Impact  

Project and Business Support

• Maintains ongoing contact with management, and stakeholder of the respective functional area and with local authorities and consultants.
• Understands the business model structure of the Company and provides respective tax advice to the organization, while always ensuring compliance to tax legislation requirements and business model principles.
• Provides tax support for intra-country and/or cross border projects such as system applications, business model changes, divestitures/acquisitions etc.
• Liaises with other departments within the organization and provides consulting for other organizational units within the area of responsibility.
• Supports tax risk management by reviewing and assessing local tax risks and/or opportunities. Appropriately involves Tax managers and/or external advisors depending on the magnitude of the issue/opportunity.

Tax Compliance

• Ensures Company tax guidelines/procedures are followed and proactively modified for updates.
• Supports timely and tax-optimized preparation of financial statements, in cooperation with Accounting Management, and ensures timely tax payments.
• Coordinates the preparation of tax returns, examines accounts.
  Calculates taxes owed according to prescribed rates, laws, and regulations by required deadlines.
• Prepare the VAT refund files on quarterly basis.
• Cooperates with tax advisors in order to optimize tax burdens.
• May act as first accountable point of contact for tax authorities.
• Participates in all major decisions, e.g. acquisitions, divestitures, contracts and initiatives in the country, reviews business decisions with respect to taxation impact.
• Ensures auditing and controlling of Tax activities including reporting.
• Carries out tax compliance governance for direct tax, indirect tax and business model compliance and tax forecast matters.
• Participates in regular direct tax and indirect tax reviews during the preparation of external tax reporting packages.
• Participates in Fiscal Year-end CIT reporting preparations & reviews, including the review of CIT and Deferred Tax provision calculations.
• Develops understanding of and ultimately owns the tax policies/procedures and seeks continuous improvement.

Tax advisory and reporting

·         Tax advisory on international level: Provide advisory on the possible tax implications of different restructuring or financial decisions and Monitoring developments in tax legislation.

·         Knowledge of relevant Tax Laws international and local: Supervision over the tax advisors supporting the entities in scope. Oversee the advisors’ work and provide ongoing support.

·         Managing International tax reporting such as CBCr, Pillar II, WHT recoverability, Etc.

·         Management of tax audits and controversies: Review and Management of the tax audits of the entities within Africa. Ensure coordination between the tax authorities, the tax advisors, and the entities to gather all required documentation.

What You Bring 

This position may suit you best if you are familiar with what is below, and would like to do develop your career with Siemens Energy

• 3+ years of professional experience in national and international tax matters (Especially French speaking Africa (Morocco, Mauritania, Tunisia, Ivory Coast…), preferably in a multinational company
• We are looking forward to getting to know you, if you have a degree level or equivalent in business administration, economics or similar with a focus on Tax
• You have expert knowledge of corporate income tax calculation in multinational groups as well as a good knowledge in the area of International Tax and in IFRS Accounting, including a good understanding of taxation and accounting for permanent establishments
• Ideally, you also have experience in working with consolidation systems as well as tax reporting tools
• You are fluent in French and English
• Strong experience in tax compliance activities (corporate income tax returns, VAT returns, reporting…)
• Skilled in use of current corporate tax software, SAP knowledge is preferential
• Ensures implementation of global or local taxation guidelines, policies and processes, and defines local taxation optimization measures, with specific focus on Income Tax, Indirect Taxes, International Tax, Transfer Pricing and local Employer Tax.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. We meet the growing energy demand across 90+ countries while ensuring our climate is protected. With more than 92,000 dedicated employees, we not only generate electricity for over 16% of the global community, but we’re also using our technology to help protect people and the environment.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Rewards

• Working with a global team
• Opportunities to work on and lead a variety of innovative projects
• Possibility of taking over further tasks within the company
• Supportive work culture
• Medical benefits
• Continual learning through the Learn@Siemens-Energy platform
• Open feedback culture
• Mentorship
• Coaching 

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.