EMEA Head of Tax

Job description

The EMEA Head of Tax role is to cover the following activities:

•   Oversee local tax filing and reporting requirements across the region and ensure coordination with Group tax and local tax experts. Mid-termTarget model is to act as coordination and second level of control in a new accounting and tax managed services environment 
•   Assist and drive the efficient implementation with group tax strategic projects impacting EMEA and Scor SE tax position, working collaboratively and with inclusion of stakeholders on Finance and tax strategic projects (Pillar 2 or Group international projects impacting EMEA)
•   Provide strategic tax leadership to develop and strengthen the EMEA and SCOR SE tax position and proactively keep regular update of local tax regulations, risks and opportunities
•   Manage the relationship with tax authorities in collaboration with group Head of tax;
•   Play an active role in the development of the EMEA tax function, design, build and implement the future EMEA regional Tax model. This should be aligned with the overall objectives of the SCOR and Finance transformation.
This job description may evolve with the group organization.

Required experience & competencies
•   Reinforce a client “Service centric” mindset as more services are being pooled to maximize the satisfaction of internal clients. 
•   Be accountable by design.
•   Respect Scor Values

Required Education

Bachelor’s Degree and education in Tax and ideally accounting, Finance, Economics or related field. Candidate with a previous experience as a Tax manager and experience in a similar role preferably in insurance or/and reinsurance industry.

Operational activities

·  Ensure and oversee the tax compliance of the perimeter and oversee external and internal tax preparers as a second level of control (covering all taxes, direct and indirect)
·  Ensure the timely payment of tax and cash tax management for the perimeter (including cash tax modelling to be set-up in connection with group treasury department)
·  Take part to and implement strategic group’s projects as regards impacts for the perimeter
·  Contribution to driving and review transfer pricing policy and compliance for the perimeter, in close connection with other group stakeholders involved into internal transactions;
·  Ensure and supervise a range of tax related services (tax contribution to landing and closing process (IFRS and French GAAPs), tax reporting (including the new GRI-Pilar 2 reporting), cash tax projections and management, tax planning and advice, tax expertise for special deals, etc.), in other words, support tax accounting for group reporting purpose by ensuring that the appropriate level of comfort and understanding of the tax information in the group accounts and the completeness and the level of quality (good enough) of reporting.
·  Sign off all tax documentation sent to the Group where appropriate and ensure that adequate process and procedures are available and followed. 
·  Develop relationships and communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders (regional, local, group, Finance, Tax authorities) to provide great planning, advice, and guidance.
·  Identify, develop strategies, proactively detect tax risks and opportunities (may be leveraging on external advisors). Issuing IFRS 23 monitoring for the region.
·  Drive tax audits and litigations in collaboration with the Head of tax
·  Proactively work with the Regional EMEA CFO, T&S and HR to identify skill gaps and assist to support and develop skills within the regional team as required.
·  Manage the team across multiple sites/locations, ensure an effective collaboration and maintain a positive and D&I work environment.

Finance transformation involvement

·  Contributing to the design of the new EMEA tax function (governance, efficiency, data transformation)
·  Support the transformation and simplification initiatives as well as the related finance ToM and One SCOR cultural journey. This includes the oversight of the transition to the target organization. The international dimension of the organization has to be considered, with inclusion and multicultural aspects.
·  Deliver enhanced operational efficiency by standardizing and mutualizing processes and promoting good tax risk and governance process and behaviors

Quality of service provision

·  Build strong working relationships with internal and external audit to ensure there is a consistent view across all parts of the control environment and help continually improve this at the regional and local level.
·  Support and work closely with other EMEA leaders and actively participate in finance and tax  communities, working in an open and collaborative manner with all stakeholders.