Senior Manager Indirect Taxes

At ConvaTec, our vision is pioneering trusted medical solutions to improve the lives we touch. We are a global medical products and technologies business focused on serving people and care givers in the areas of advanced wound care, ostomy care, continence and critical care and infusion care. We devise, develop and manufacture products and services that support people with deeply personal and challenging medical conditions, helping to improve care for them and giving them greater confidence, freedom and mobility.

At ConvaTec we’re transforming our business for the better. Better products. Better ways of working. And better ways of delivering for our customers and each other. We’re aiming for nothing short of excellence. Join us as Senior Manager Indirect Tax, and you’ll do the same.**About the Role**:
This is an exciting opportunity to join the expanding Global Tax team at ConvaTec who (pre-pandemic) were based in the Corporate HQ offices in Reading (UK), New Jersey (USA) and Lisbon (Portugal). They are part of a world class finance function supported by talent located in key geographical countries. As an individual in the tax team, you will have the opportunity to contribute directly to excellence in both process and performance working alongside senior leaders in Tax and the Corporate Finance organisation.

You will be part of the Global Tax team of (currently) 17 people. Cross functional and matrix working is a key feature of this role.

Responsibilities include:
As the global process lead for indirect tax:

- Designing and managing implementation of world class indirect tax processes and systems/tools, controls, and risk governance framework to streamline, standardise and automate processes, utilising technology tools, to deliver efficiencies and reduce risk.
- In collaboration with other Global Tax team members, partnering with stakeholders to ensure that both processes and master data are fully up to date and fit for purpose in respect of indirect taxes.
- Provide SME support for the Global Tax Compliance outsourced engagement and working with the global outsourced compliance provider, GBS and IT to explore technology and other solutions to deliver efficient and cost-effective indirect tax compliance and provide value-added analytics.
- Support the development and implementation of the Group’s tax governance and risk management framework and ensure appropriate escalation of indirect tax risks around the transition of Finance activities to Global Business Services, including regular internal or external communications.
- Overseeing the design and implementation of the indirect tax aspects of any Finance Transformation initiatives, working with corporate, regional, and country Finance teams.

As the indirect tax SME:

- Providing technical support and advice relating to indirect tax issues, with support of external advisors where applicable, to other members of the Global Tax team, the Finance Reporting partners and other parts of the retained Finance functions.
- Staying up to date with and communicating the impact of changes to indirect tax regulations, with the support of the global outsourced compliance provider, to the Tax Leadership Team and Finance Reporting partners. Providing support for implementation of resulting tax law changes to tax master data, processes and systems. Provide input to external Tax consultations, deliver foresight, and supporting tax research, modelling and analysis to the wider Global Tax team.
- Providing technical advice and delivering foresight, tax research, modelling and analysis on indirect tax for M&A and commercial strategic initiatives by working across functions and regions.
- Be a point of contact to Finance Reporting partners and provide advice on the strategy for managing indirect tax controversy (formal tax audits and information enquiries from Tax Authorities) on all VAT and indirect tax related matters as required.
- Managing relationships with external advisors, Finance Reporting partners, GBS teams (including R2R, P2P, SAP and Masterdata), and global supply chain and manufacturing teams.
- Identifying and implementing straightforward/obvious targets for cash tax opportunities and savings on indirect tax (including custom duties), with support from external advisors where applicable, which will improve the Group’s working capital and/or minimise VAT/indirect tax leakages.
**About You**:
You will have prior experience of playing a key role in indirect tax of a multinational company and comprehensive knowledge in indirect tax matters, with international exposure.

You will have a keen eye for detail with ability to discuss complex issues and ideas and will be proactive in your approach to support your line manager, the Senior Director of Tax Operations & Technology, the Senior Director of Strategic Tax & Transfer Pricing, and the VP of Global Tax. You will also have a proven record of matrix-working across difference functions within Finance, be a