Indirect Tax Process Leader

At World Fuel Services, our employees are the key to our global success. We are industry leaders due to the innumerable talents of our approximately 5000 strong professional team. Our people thrive in an entrepreneurial and culturally-diverse environment, where innovative thinking, collaboration and efficient execution are highly valued. Our high-performance culture is what allows us to drive sustained growth. Stronger together, we promote an environment where individuals can thrive.

 

POSITION: Indirect Tax Process Leader

POSITION LOCATION: South Africa OR Costa Rica

COMPANY BACKGROUND

Headquartered in Miami, Florida, World Fuel Services (NYSE:INT) is a global energy management company involved in providing supply fulfilment, energy procurement advisory services, and transaction and payment management solutions to commercial and industrial customers worldwide.

World Fuel Services sells and delivers liquid fuels, natural gas, electricity, renewable energy, and other sustainability solutions to its clients at more than 8,000 locations in more than 200 countries and territories through its Marine, Aviation, and World Kinect Energy Services divisions.

For more information, visit www.wfscorp.com or www.world-kinect.com.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop, implement and ensure internal Indirect Tax controls, processes and KPI requirements are met.
• Perform Indirect Tax quality & health checks to highlight Indirect Tax risks/opportunities, as well as developing and implementing necessary improvements.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize processes for Indirect Taxes.
• Develop and implement key Indirect Tax metric reports for management.
• Perform process standardization, optimization, improvement and documentation.
• Identify tax risks in our E2E compliance processes and implement relevant controls to mitigate risks.
• Identify areas of inefficiency and recommend business as well as Indirect Tax Process optimization opportunities.
• Day to day management & Support of highly skilled team in charge of preparing and filing Indirect Tax returns.
• Coach Indirect Tax Team to solve the most complex Indirect Tax problems and come up with sound and practical solutions.
• Share Knowledge and identify gaps in the team to reinforce knowledge.
• Work with and response to inquiries made by Tax Authorities, Internal and External auditors and ensure proper information will be delivered.
• Provide support to Indirect Tax Closing’s Month, elaborating, reviewing and approving journal entries, analyzing variances, exemptions and issues.
• Drive & initiate automation projects
• Collaborate in the in-house movement of EU VAT returns project

Requirements

• University degree in tax law, accountancy, or related area
• Min. 5 years’ experience in international Indirect Taxes and Excise Duties. Candidate has a solid track record in managing, standardizing and automating Indirect Tax Processes, as well as working with technology solutions.
• Understand Indirect Tax Processes in an energy company with global footprint.
• Experience in managing and positively influence a team.
• Strong interpersonal skills, include the ability and desire to communicate, collaborate and coordinate with other throughout the Indirect Tax and finance organizations.
• Experience in ERP systems (Oracle).
• Fluent communication skills: English is a must and other European language is a plus.
• Team building skills and the ability to establish effective relationships and rapport with a wide variety of individuals. 
• Energetic, driven, and proactive.
• Excellent Excel skills, VBA is a plus.
• Well understand Indirect Tax E2E Processes

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