Director - Global Tax at AngloGold Ashanti

Education & Qualifications

• CA (SA), CPA or CA(England and Wales). Relevant post graduate qualification in taxation advantageous.

General Knowledge & Experience

• Minimum 8 years experience in corporate tax & 3 years of specialised experience in one or more of the following areas: international tax, UK tax, mergers and acquisitions, tax dispute resolution, international VAT and PAYE. Experience with UK tax is essential.

Knowledge of:

• High degree of commercial acumen
• Strong working experience of International tax principles, transfer pricing, tax residence and UK tax legislation (essential)
• Influencing executives and the ability to lead and manage people
• How to manage multiple stakeholders and tasks concurrently and how to work to deadlines
• Utilising efficient work practices
• How to work independently and manage own projects and a team
• Good accounting practices
• An understanding of the mining industry would be an advantage
• A proven track record of having worked in a similar role in the Tax field in Commerce, with a Big 4 Accounting firm or a Law firm is required
• Significant relevant post qualification experience is required
• Experience interacting with Executives is essential

Technical SKills:

• Demonstrates and displays knowledge and expertise in the Tax discipline, through tax planning and advisory skills, tax compliance skills and tax governance skills, and in particular

Ability to:

• Communicate key tax issues appropriately
• Apply commercial acumen including understanding the business impact of tax advice
• Understand & apply tax law, identify opportunities and management of implementation of such
• Develop ideas into practical solutions
• Ensure that appropriate tax risk management documentation is implemented
• Demonstrate experience of how to maintain working relationships with tax authorities and other stakeholders in country
• Analyse a whole host of information and extract the pertinent facts and make a sound tax analysis thereof
• Demonstrate well-developed analytical, planning, and problem solving skills

Social Skills (Collaboration):

Ability to:

• Initiate cross boundary collaboration
• Adapt influencing style to different situations
• Balance data and information with timely decisions
• Drive the delivery of plan commitments
• Understand how strategies and tactics work in the marketplace and ability to adjust behaviour
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills – both written and verbal;
• Perform under pressure and in changing circumstances;
• Effectively lead and manage a multi-disciplinary team.

Role Accountabilities

• To support the VP: Global Taxation in the implementation of the Board approved tax strategy and the management of the Group's tax affairs, including the identification and management of tax risks.
• Support the VP: Global Taxation with tax advice for significant business projects incl. M&A and other corporate transactions, as well as tax projects, including international tax matters and group rationalisation.
• Managing all transfer pricing matters, including transfer pricing policies, masterfile, local file and relevant benchmarking studies as well as adherence to these policies.
• Liaise with outside advisors (incl. auditors, tax, legal, investment banks) on all tax related matters. This includes managing the relationship, their effectiveness (cost and quality) and reviewing the quality of the work against business needs.
• Support the VP: Global Taxation with all dealings with Revenue authorities (mainly HMRC and SARS) including managing correspondence, negotiations and disputes.
• Provision of tax advice on day-to-day tax matters in the UK and SA and, where relevant, in other jurisdictions that we operating in, including Income Tax, Royalties VAT and PAYE.
• Manage tax audits and tax litigation, including negotiations with HMRC and SARS, and where relevant, with the tax authorities of the jurisdictions we operate in.
• Review and support Group tax filings to HMRC and SARS including, but not limited to Country-by-Country reporting, Pillar II, Masterfile and local file returns etc.
• Support the VP: Global tax to oversee all aspects of tax operations in each jurisdiction that we operate, including tax planning strategies and compliance with applicable tax law.
• Monitor developments in the tax policy and legislative landscape for the jurisdictions that we operate in.
• Support the VP Global Tax with the execution of key SOX controls and management of the external audit
• Review and support tax return preparation in the UK and SA, and where relevant, the jurisdictions that we operate in.