• Competitive salary.
• Benefits exceeding Mexican legal requirements.
• Opportunities for career advancement within the Egis Group
• Exposure to a dynamic international work environment with strong ties to our French parent company, Egis.

Direct report to Group Tax Director and under the immediate dual supervision of the two Sub Regional CFOs for Brazil & LATAM, the successful candidate will have a background in international tax, strong communication & coordination skills and a “can do” attitude, as well as an experience in engaging with stakeholders from different disciplines and cultures. 

Main Duties & Responsibilities

Accountable for the implementation / development of appropriate tax governance policies (including compliance processes and controls) across the two Sub Regions. 

Accountable for ensuring tax compliance and tax risk management at a subregional level.

Supporting the development of the Group tax strategy within the 2 Sub Regions.

Accountable for the development of key people in general accounting teams within the two sub-regions to support him or her for month-end process/quarter-end process (hand in hand with CFOs).

Controlling & Reporting 

In close coordination with the Group tax department and Sub Regional CFOs, designing, developing and implementing tax processes to ensure all compliance obligations are met and appropriate records maintained 

Supporting interim and full year corporate tax and deferred tax provisioning (statutory and Group level)

Reviewing / developing and improving VAT processes and more globally improving VAT control environment

Working with stakeholders, including external advisers, operational and finance teams, to identify and address tax risks and opportunities and implement process improvements

Assisting in designing and implementing transfer pricing policy and ensuring local TP filing and reporting are done

Reviewing tax returns prior to submission and in cooperation with local accounting teams and/or external firms / providing technical inputs 

Contributing to the Group tax reporting (including Country by country report / Pillar 2)

Advisory

Providing clear, practical and business focused advice on the tax implications of tenders and projects

Managing tax enquiries and tax audits (Regional level)

Supporting, in close coordination with the Group tax department and (if needed) external advisers, M&A projects (including due diligence, tax structuring, tax integration of targets)

Coordinate with Group tax department. / legal and finance teams on specific projects, including financing, cash repatriation, legal - entity rationalization, etc.

Acting as a point of contact for ad hoc taxation queries from the business

Monitoring tax legislative changes and assessing impacts these would have on the business 

Leading and supporting ad hoc tax projects 

Driving education and training on tax throughout the business

Projects

Participation in different projects linked to specific topics mentioned above: Pillar 2, tax reporting, entity rationalization

Requirements: 

• 10 years of tax experiences either from international audit firms (ideally BIG
• 4) or in-house tax team in multinational companies.
• Knowledge on engineering business will be a plus.
• Degree in Tax/Accounting is a must with the professional qualification (CPA, CTA or equivalent)
• Communication in English is a must for a regional role; Spanish or Portuguese is a plus
• Location could be Bogotá, SP or Mexico.