General Manager, UK Tax and Customs
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We’re seeking a General Manager Tax, Customs & Export Control UK/IE to join our team, we’ll look to you to push the development of what will be the future of international trade and in the tax environment.
What awaits you?
1. Perform customs and tax governance for all BMW UK and Irish entities based on the BMW guidelines.
2. Ensure, supervise and steer UK and Irish customs, export control and tax compliance (e.g., declarations, customs valuation) for all BMW UK and Irish entities including reporting of tax required for local accounting purposes, group accounts and interim group reporting purpose.
3. Advise BMW UK and Irish entities regarding UK and Irish customs, export control and tax risk management. Assure the risk reporting to the head quarter based on a holistic local custom, export control and tax management system (TC2M).
4. Exploit opportunities to optimise UK and Irish tax and customs duty payments (incl. duty savings schemes such as FTAs, etc.) within legal constraints and BMW guidelines.
5. Lead and maintain communication, negotiations, and all interfaces efficiently with the network customs, export control and tax, all other BMW network partners, with the UK and Irish tax and customs authorities and external advisors in UK and Ireland.
6. Monitor and communicate developments in UK and Irish customs, export control and tax legislation and case law to ensure that all implications for BMW UK and Irish entities and non-UK and Irish BMW Group entities involved in such transactions are identified and acted upon efficiently and effectively. Actively implement required changes relating to new developments.
7. Lead, develop and steer the strategy regarding design, implementation, maintenance, testing (etc.) of compliant tax, customs and export control systems, technologies, and processes for concerned UK & IE BMW Group entities, including harmonization, synchronization and distribution of data and customs, export control or tax related KPI/KCIs.
8. Lead and develop the strategy regarding service providers to ensure quality of services regarding systems and projects.
9. Based in our Farnborough offices, with weekly travel to our teams in our Oxford and Goodwood sites.
What should you bring along?
1. Highly motivated, self-organised, independent individual with extensive experience in tax and/or customs department.
2. In-depth knowledge and experience in the specialised disciplines noted throughout this position evaluation – background in manufacturing preferable.
3. Demonstrable leadership experience.
4. International and cross-cultural experience preferred.
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