International Tax Specialist - 12 month FTC

Anglo American · London

International Tax Specialist - 12 month FTC
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Company Description

The strategy of Anglo American is to secure, develop and operate a portfolio of high quality and long-life resource assets to deliver leading shareholder returns. This can be achieved through innovative practices and technologies, in the hands of our world-class people, working towards a common purpose of re-imagining mining to improve people’s lives

Job Description

The purpose of this role is to support the Senior Tax Manager – M&A and VP Tax Portfolio and Strategy with transactions currently underway and/or planned as part of the portfolio simplification as well as any other large-scale M&A transactions.

The role includes support on international tax aspects adjacent to transactions including, but not limited to, capital structure, financing, cash repatriation.

M&A tax

Work with the Senior Tax Manager – M&A to ensure the delivery of best practice tax advice for transactions and provide tax advice to Group Tax Business Partner teams associated with transactions.
Assist with tax due diligence processes including preparation of virtual data rooms, review of diligence reports and, where relevant, provide input and responses as part of the purchaser Q&A process.
Identify structure alternatives to inform commercial decisions and prepare tax structuring reports.
Work closely with the BD team to assess idea development and business cases for BD activities and add value to development of transactional possibilities through provision of commercial appropriate tax advice.
Work with external providers & relevant in-house teams to deliver commercially appropriate tax advice.

International tax

Work with the Senior Tax Manager: M&A on legal entity reorganisation, rationalisation and restructuring projects which are ongoing in the group.
Work closely with the rest of the Group Tax Country Tax leads to implement proposed restructures and provide input on the UK tax considerations of such transactions.
Work with the Senior Tax Manager: M&A and colleagues in other Group Finance (notably Group Treasury) and BU teams to unlock value in optimising a commercially sound capital allocation (including cash repatriation) across the Anglo American group
Help design and support appropriate financing structures for a mixture of projects at various stages of the lifecycle, with new opportunities constantly arising through refinancing and as Anglo American looks to grow.
Provide, and support the provision of tax advice to Country Tax Leads associated with financing, capital structure and cash repatriation strategies.
Advise on UK treasury tax matters, including loan relationships, foreign exchange, loan restructures and simplifications.

Strategic Priorities

Support strategic tax initiatives, assess value generated for Anglo American, and consider different options and adjustments required to the plan.
Drive and implement the plan of strategic initiatives, including consideration of the communication required at

different levels of the organisation.

Prepare and plan effective stakeholder engagement to influence stakeholders appropriately and get buy-in.
Support and lead ad hoc projects and initiatives as required.
Identify and develop opportunities to enhance processes and considers how risk impacts Anglo American.
Develop strong working relationships with key personnel across the Group Tax team and business operations.
Engage with and manage external professional service providers on tax matters where required.

Safety, Health & Environment:

Demonstrate behavior in line with health, safety and environmental standards and with the Group’s values
Set the health, safety and environmental expectations for your team and monitor behavior so that it meets the required standards.
Participate in relevant safety audits, inspections and observations, and address issues as part of demonstrating safety leadership.

People & Teams:

Demonstrate behavior in line with the Group’s values, standards and a professional workplace.
Develop your performance in line with the Group’s policies and systems (e.g. performance management) in order to achieve business goals. As part of this:
Develop a clear and aligned work plan;
Foster a constructive and productive working environment;
Drive delivery of objectives and being accountable for your work.
Participate as an effective team member in working collaboratively with your leader, peers and relevant others (including from other teams) to achieve business goals.
Contribute to the broader business by working with others in such a way that it optimises the overall business results, rather than just your team’s.

Financial:

Identify any opportunities for improved cost management and either address these or raise them with your manager as appropriate.
Assist in the management of consulting spend and delivering sustainable value by delivering efficiencies in terms of the value received in comparison to the amount of money spent.

Work Processes:

Fully understand the policies, processes and systems which apply to your work.
Identify any issues around these that interfere with your ability to complete work or meet the plan / strategy.
For processes within your authority, make the required changes. For others, escalate these issues to seek action and / or look for alternative solutions.

Qualifications
A solid proven track record of having worked in a similar M&A role in the Tax field in Commerce with a Big 4 Accounting firm or a Law firm is required.
Wider knowledge of the UK tax system – and a good working knowledge of the UK tax regime as it relates to transactions, financing and treasury activities would be an advantage
Transfer pricing experience in relation to loan relationships would be an advantage.
A good working knowledge of international tax principles, tax residence etc would be an advantage
How to influence people and manage change and effectively communicate ideas and soluti

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