About the Company
We offer a wide range of fixed and mobile communications services, cable and satellite TV, mobile financial services and local content such as music and sports is available in 10 markets across Latin America (LATAM) and Africa. We make The Digital Lifestyle a reality for our customers. We have grown annual revenues to more than US$6 billion and are now uniquely positioned in frontier and emerging markets between the high growth sectors of mobile, social and content.
About the Role
As part of our drive for continuous improvement, through the execution of our Digital Lifestyle strategy (optimizing its business), this role will be responsible for managing the technical and functional bridge between tax assurance processes and tools executed and found within each OpCo and delivered to HQ. This is achieved through the following main objectives:
* Support in managing Tax Reporting procedures and deliverables to guarantee high quality and timely deliverables.
* Support in managing the implementation of improved and standardized tax reporting processes across the group aiming for cross-functional and cross-technical synergies.
* Being accountable of the tax figures being reported internally and externally and understanding its detailed composition.
* Support in managing change and aligning stakeholders by defining a tax operational excellence culture.
You add value to the business while working with different stakeholders to ensure high quality project management activity execution. You take responsibility for the end-to-end processes, ensuring overall objectives are achieved even if not 100% managed by you.
Responsibilities
* Support in managing Group Tax Reporting deliverables on expected time and quality;
* Reviewing the deliverables from OpCos and triggering clarifications or adjustments to figures if necessary;
* Reviewing tax-related internal or external disclosure statements;
* Support in the implementation of improved tax reporting solutions across the group;
* Support in managing standardized local tax reporting processes within each OpCo providing them with Millicom specific templates and tools;
* Support other areas (e.g.: Accounting, Financial Planning) with tax-related issues resulting from business as usual and non-routine transactions;
* Communicating Group highlights to key stakeholders along the year;
* Being the “to-go” person for relevant tax matters to the OpCos tax managers;
* Guaranteeing SOX compliancy of OpCos, Group and HQ Entities by managing process improvements.
Qualifications
* At least 5 years in either a regional tax team or an HQ’s tax team in house or advising Multinational Groups about Tax reporting.
* Influencing stakeholders at a physical distance and dealing with remote teams.
* Driving teams to develop and adopt policies and guidelines.
* Experience in the designing and implementation of Tax digitalization solutions is a plus.
Required Skills
* Graduate degree
* MBA (Desired)
* Conversant in Financial and Accounting Systems, such as Oracle eBS, HFM, SAP. A certification is a plus
* Strong knowledge of Finance and Tax concepts (International Tax certification is a plus) and accounting principles and practices (IFRS and US Gaap knowledge is a plus, IAS 12 knowledge desired). A certification is a plus
* Proficient in Spanish and English
Preferred Skills
* Positive and team player attitude
* Eagerness to learn
* Conflict resolution skills and capacity to manage high stress situations
* Detailed oriented
* Ability to plan and quantify workload
* Ability to quickly adapt to priorities change
* Ability to easily integrate in a multicultural and fast paced environment
* Fluent in English and Spanish is a must
* Great communication skills with people to ensure alignment, understanding and buy in