Manager - Direct Tax

Job Summary

The Tax Reporting Manager / Associate Manager will support delivery of accurate, timely and compliant Group tax reporting, including annual and interim reporting and internal management requirements, supporting process documentation, with particular focus on country-by-country reporting. The role works closely with the UK-based Group Tax Reporting team.

Key Responsibilities

•    Country-by-country reporting (CBCR)
o    Drive the annual CBCR deliverables, inc. act as primary point of contact for information collection and reporting.
o    Partner with Group Financial Reporting, Company Secretarial, and Country Tax teams to obtain data inputs as part of an accelerated year-end reporting cycle for CRD IV country-by-country reporting.
o    Assist with the build and subsequent operation of CRD IV country-by-country reporting in Workiva.
o    Assist with responding to EY queries and allocating EY queries to appropriate stakeholders as part of the CRD IV country-by-country reporting external audit.
o    Prepare, test and reconcile BEPS, Australia and EU country-by-country reporting data for filing in Longview.
•    Direct Tax Reporting
o    Support operation of tax reporting processes, controls, documentation and reconciliations, inc. tax regulatory reporting under CRD IV.   
o    Support the preparation of tax provisions in accordance with IFRS. 
o    Support audit queries, ensuring open queries are monitored and closed.
•    Tax Risk Reporting
o    Support compliance with internal controls and tax governance frameworks.
o    Monitor changes in tax laws and regulations and assess their impact on the organization.
o    Monitor strong internal controls and governance over tax reporting processes.
o    Support auditors, regulatory reviews and inquiries related to Direct Tax Reporting. 
o    Maintain documentation and audit trails for all deliverables.
•    Process Improvement:
o    Identify opportunities to improve reporting quality, efficiency and automation.
o    Support system enhancements and data improvement initiatives.
o    Leverage technology and automation to streamline tax processes.

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
• Comply with internal controls, tax governance frameworks, and applicable Group, Country, Business and Functional policies and procedures.

Skills and Experience

•    MS Excel & other MS Applications
•    ERP tool
•    Tax compliance or reporting tools

Qualifications

Qualified accountant or tax professional.

• Experience in corporate tax reporting and provisioning.

• Experience with country-by-country-reporting desirable.

• Experience in a large corporate or multinational environment is desirable.

• Exposure to IFRS tax disclosures and group consolidations is desirable.

• IFRIC 23 / tax risk reporting experience is desirable.

• Knowledge of SOX or similar control environments is desirable.

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.