Regulatory Affairs Tax Manager SABMiller - Woking

Accountabilities & Outputs
 
Providing analytical expertise to the Regulatory and Tax Affairs team

• Identifying repeating topics and trends in tax affairs through research & internal consultation that provide Tax insight for Senior internal stakeholders;
• Summarising Tax news and research into briefing notes that will be shared with Group functions, regional Hub teams & local businesses to increase awareness of issues, enhancing understanding & promoting further information sharing;
• Composing thematic reasoning to propose or refute tax policy responses to alcohol-related concerns, bringing both commercial and socio-economic considerations into the mix. This will provide the reasoning and evidence base that can be utilised by internal Senior level stakeholders to influence government decision makers;
• Exploration of what influence tax policies have on the size and shape of the illicit alcohol market by canvassing Group experience and undertaking research. The outcome of this will be used by the Group to promote effective & targeted measures aimed at targeting illicit alcohol and adding value to the Group, whilst avoiding disproportionate & ineffective government proposals;
• Preparing visually appealing presentations of information related to tax affairs for use by internal stakeholders in their engagement efforts and presenting these if required.
• Develop new content for standardised reporting and/or publishing to intranet that provides Business Units & Group functions with Tax information that can be utilised in decision making.

 
Providing strategic assistance to SABMiller markets in developing long term plans

• Cataloguing cross-country information on product tax regulations through consultation with local & regional Tax Managers, creating a central database of relevant tax laws for use by the business to identify best practice & promote understanding
• Using existing reporting infrastructure to administer data collection from SABMiller local and regional operations on forecast risks and opportunities for use in internal reporting.
• Supporting assessment of tax regulatory risks and opportunities by country, regions and globally, including quantification and likelihood. This will be used by Senior Management to agree Product Tax priorities and formulate strategy & support around Tax engagement activity.
• Assisting the Industry Affairs & Tax Teams to identify achievable 10-year desired tax state, with quantification of opportunity and government impact (across all product taxes and taking account of Licence to Trade and Sustainable Development objectives).
• Support for development of 3-year, 5-year and 10-year strategy to achieve desired state, helping with identification of key stakeholders, articulation of key messages, identification of partnering opportunities and development of supporting fact base

Desired Skills & Experience

Knowledge and Experience Required
 
Qualifications: Professional - Indirect Tax AIIT or suitable experience
Education - Degree Level
 
General experience: It is likely that the successful candidate will have experience of working on indirect taxes within the Big 4 accountancy firms and have experience of working with License to Trade issues in a large organisation, such as an alcohol producer, tobacco company, oil & gas business, or a company within the extractive industry.
 
Essential experience:

• Senior executive inter-action.
• Extensive international indirect taxation experience
• Exposure to different cultures
• Demonstrable success in getting results.
• Experience of project management.
• Strong communication skills (written & oral)
• People management skills

 
Desirable experience:

• Experience gained in the professions & in industry
• Knowledge of Excise
• Knowledge of Customs duty
• Understanding of SAP
• Experience of Sarbanes Oxley 404 internal control environment.
• Ability to use Excel, Word and PowerPoint to a high standard.

 
Roles, Skills and Attributes Required
 
Personal qualities:

• Ability to gain the trust and build relationships with Senior Management
• Ability to think strategically
• Persuasive
• Ability to think laterally
• Ability to work unsupervised
• Self motivated
• Energetic
• Excellent communicator
• Commercial sense
• Adaptable
• Good organisation skills
• Good with detail

 
Relationships
 
Internal Customers      
-         Head of Group Tax
-         Group Indirect Tax Manager
-         Senior VP Industry Affairs
-         Head of Regulatory & Tax Affairs
-         Head of global Industry Affairs
-         Group Economist
-         Regional Finance Directors
-         Country Directors (Managing Director, Finance Director & Corporate Affairs Director)
-         Regional Tax Manager

Company Description

Founded in South Africa in 1895, SABMiller has grown to become one of the world’s largest & most respected brewing companies. With operations in over 60 countries, it has more beer brands in the world’s top 50 than any other brewer and it ranks among the top 3 brewers in more than 30 countries. Every minute of every day throughout the world an average of over 46,000 pints of SABMiller beer is consumed. SABMiller manufactures and markets over 150 beer brands. These include such international names as: Peroni Nastro Azzurro, Miller Genuine Draft, Castle Lager and Pilsner Urquell, as well as major regional brands such as: Miller Lite, Carling Black Label, Aguila, Cristal, Pilsener, Atlas, Snow and Tyskie. The SABMiller organisation is passionate about brewing. From local beers steeped in tradition to brands that are recognised around the world, the company’s ambition is always to offer an outstanding product. Its quality is backed by some of the most efficient brewing and distribution operations in the industry – not to mention its long and successful record of market research and brand development in all corners of the world. Its success also lies in the way it conducts its business - with a respect for partners and employees combined with a desire to support & invest in the local community. SABMiller’s history is one of exceptional growth and returns to shareholders. With its global footprint of 71,000 employees, strong portfolio of brands and spread of operations in both mature and developing markets, SABMiller is well placed to continually improve on this growth.