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Position Purpose

This role sits within the European Tax Centre of Excellence.

The main aspect of the role is:

• To take responsibility for and to manage all direct tax reporting compliance requirements for a group of markets within the Europe region.

Key Responsibilities

• Preparation and submission of Tax reporting including tax provision, quarterly tax contingency and projections.
• Preparation of annual Corporate Income Tax Returns, coordination of external preparation and review.
• Calculation and instruction of Corporate Income Tax Payments.
• Liaison with tax authorities
• Continuous review of tax legislation to identify relevant changes. Analyse impact and communicate to business partners.
• Participate in internal projects to ensure direct tax compliance, provide advice and support for any tax advisory questions, utilising third party resource

Knowledge, Skills and Competencies

Education & Experience

• Qualified Accountant and / or Chartered Tax Adviser.
• Understanding of accounting provisions, accounting principles, statutory audit and disclosure requirements of financial statements in at least one jurisdiction in Europe.

Functional/Technical

• Successfully manage multiple projects and competing priorities.
• Work with a range of technically and culturally diverse people.
• Effectively communicate to a diverse audience, at multiple levels within the company.
• Autonomous working.
• Establish formal relationships with in-market Accounting teams and Finance Directors to ensure tax reporting in accordance with statutory regulations.
• Manage processes with a high degree of autonomy and influence people within the company without formal authority.
• Demonstrates a team oriented approach.
• Effective written and verbal communication to facilitate relationships with peers and senior management.
• Work with advanced technology
• Assess and resolve problems.
• Exceptional analytical skills.

Developmental Value

• Gain an understanding of the business needs of an international pharmaceutical company from a tax and accounting perspective.
• Work within a professional and high performing team.
• Develop the ability to impact and influence within the company to deliver superior business results.
• Add value by educating the organisation and key players on the value effective tax management brings to the company.
• Be involved in tax technology developments and be involved in technology projects.
• Gain international and country specific tax expertise.
• Gain experience of working within a European team and in a shared services environment.

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If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in an inclusive culture, promoting diversity in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol
BMS has a diverse occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to [email protected]. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

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