Tax Transformation Specialist-18 month Fixed Term Contract

Anglo American; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A forward-thinking company is seeking a Tax Transformation Specialist for an 18-month fixed-term contract. In this pivotal role, you will support a critical Group Tax initiative aimed at ensuring compliance with the new Global Minimum Tax regime. You'll manage the deployment of compliance processes and technology solutions across global entities, collaborating with finance and tax teams to define requirements and deliver outcomes. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to transformational change within a leading organization committed to safety, sustainability, and diversity. If you have a strong background in tax compliance and project management, this is the chance to make a significant impact.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of international tax compliance and reporting processes.
• Experience in managing technology-enabled transformational change projects.

Responsibilities

• Define and manage work plans for Pillar 2 data and technology solutions.
• Facilitate data mapping workshops and ensure compliance with tax obligations.

Skills

International Tax Compliance

Project Management

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Education

Degree in Finance or Taxation

Tools

SAP

Tax Compliance Software

Data Analytics Tools

Job description

Tax Transformation Specialist - 18 month Fixed Term Contract

Join us as a Tax Transformation Specialist on an 18 month Fixed Term Contract.

We’re re-imagining mining to improve people’s lives. That includes the lives of everyone who works for Anglo American. We strive to be a great company where employees are happy and inspired to do their best work. A place where every colleague can grow, develop and realise their potential. To live up to our Always with Purpose employee value proposition, we’re putting the development and growth of colleagues first by ensuring everyone at Anglo American has the career experience they deserve.

The Tax Transformation Specialist will support the delivery of a critical Group Tax initiative to ensure Anglo American is ready to meet its Tax Compliance and Reporting obligations under the recently introduced Global Minimum Tax regime known as “Pillar 2”.

In this global role, the Tax Transformation Specialist will manage the deployment of Group Tax’s Global Pillar 2 Compliance and Reporting processes, technology and data mapping solution to Anglo American entities across the globe in readiness for meeting our Pillar 2 compliance obligations.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Work with the Pillar project leadership to define and manage against a plan of work to deliver Pillar 2 data, process and technology solutions to Global businesses.
• Liaise with Group and Business Finance teams, Tax teams, Finance Operations and IM teams to define detailed requirements, complete the process and technology design and deliver the outcomes required.
• Working alongside the Pillar 2 SME to continually monitor and interpret the Pillar 2 model rules and translate into up to date source data requirements that are applicable for Anglo American.
• Prepare for and facilitate data mapping workshops for remaining un-mapped business (located in the UK, South Africa, Chile and Peru) to ensure data requirements are understood, gather a complete set of Pillar 2 data mappings from finance source systems (primarily SAP), lead reconciliations to test and validate data mappings, and identify any source data gaps and required remediations.
• Partner with Finance and Global/Local IM teams to design fit for purpose finance system enhancements, process remediations (ITP, ITC and RTR) and data remediations in line with the Anglo American group data standards to address any source data gaps identified, and ensure the required changes are effectively implemented, tested, delivered and signed-off by the business.
• Work alongside IM and Finance teams to deploy the Global Pillar 2 data mapping solution to the businesses, ensuring data mappings are correctly implemented, tested and signed off and provide the necessary outputs to feed downstream Pillar 2 Compliance and Reporting processes.
• Provide local support for the Pillar 2 Compliance software implementation, ensuring outputs from the Global Tax data mapping solution are correctly integrated into the tax return preparation processes.
• Identify supporting deliverables impacted by process and technology changes and work with the relevant teams to ensure delivery and sign-off (i.e. DTPs, test scripts, change impacts, training).
• Working with the local Change Management resources, provide tax leadership to the change management, user testing and training activity required to ensure the new process and systems changes are successfully rolled out and adopted by impacted finance, tax and GSS users across all Business Units.

Minimum Requirements:

• A strong knowledge of international Tax Compliance and Reporting processes, principles and deliverables, with preferably some experience of Pillar 2.
• Knowledge of tax and finance technologies, including SAP, systems of tax reporting, tax compliance and analytics.
• Functional experience of Tax transformation, and working knowledge of the Global Finance Taxonomy (particularly RTR, ITP and ITC).
• Prior experience in design and development of Finance process taxonomies, including hands-on experience of business process design.
• Prior experience of managing key deliverables in a technology enabled transformational change project, with significant Finance and ERP (SAP) components.
• Strong organisational, communication and project management skills.

Who we are
We aim to lead the industry by pursuing ever safer and more responsible ways of working, demonstrating integrity and showing care and respect for people and the planet. That means we are constantly seeking new opportunities to mine and process our products sustainably, using less water, less energy and more precise extraction technologies. As the custodians of coal and other precious natural resources – diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum and other precious metals, iron ore and nickel – our extraordinary teams work safely and collaboratively, with the utmost consideration for local communities, our customers and the world at large.

How we are committed to your safety
Nothing is more important to us than ensuring you return home safely after a day’s work. To make that happen, we have the most rigorous safety standards in the industry. Not only that, we’re also continually investing in new technologies – from drones to data analytics – that are helping to make mining safer.

Inclusion and Diversity
Anglo American is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are and provide equality of opportunity so that everyone can fulfil their potential.

How to apply
To apply for this role, please complete our online application form. You will have the opportunity to upload your CV and other relevant documentation as part of the process.

This advert will close to applications on 18/02/2025.