Global Tax Counsel — Drive Tender Strategy & Execution

Heerema Marine Contractors; Leiden; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus plan

Pension plan

30 days holiday + option to buy 10

Gym access and wellness

Job summary

Heerema Marine Contractors in Leiden seeks an all-round international tax counsel to actively shape tax strategy across Tender to project execution. You work with Legal, Procurement and Finance to ensure compliant, efficient tax structures and identify opportunities to optimize the group’s global tax position.

You bring a Master’s degree in tax law, international tax experience, and a hands-on, collaborative mindset.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in tax law, tax economics or a suitable equivalent.
• Experience in an international tax environment with a solid understanding of international tax concepts.
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Understand project execution its uncertainties, commercial drivers, and business challenges.
• Identify tax requirements and obligations in relevant jurisdictions.
• Translate business and tax insights into practical, competitive, and technically robust tender submissions.
• Clearly communicate project tax requirements and engage the relevant team members and stakeholders from Commercial, Project Management.
• Review client and subcontractor contracts and prepare qualifications for negotiations, ensuring consistency across contractual arrangements while adapting terms, where appropriate, to the relevant scope of work.
• Support the implementation of tax obligations taking operational dynamics into account and safeguard HMC from pitfalls.
• Prepare clear, fit-for-purpose technical memos and communications, tailored to the intended audience and purpose.

Skills

Analytical problem-solving

English communications

Hands-on mentality

Ambitious to deliver

Education

Master’s degree in tax law

Tax economics

Job description

Heerema Marine Contractors in Leiden seeks an all-round international tax counsel to actively shape tax strategy across Tender to project execution. You work with Legal, Procurement and Finance to ensure compliant, efficient tax structures and identify opportunities to optimize the group’s global tax position.

You bring a Master’s degree in tax law, international tax experience, and a hands-on, collaborative mindset.