Manager Tax - Upstream & Midstream

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Company Description

At De Beers Group our purpose is to Make Life Brilliant.

We believe that a sustainable business is purposeful, competitive, resilient and agile – it’s a business that thrives through both economic and social cycles. By understanding the context and listening to stakeholders we stay ahead of evolving trends and provide the solutions to societal expectations. By solving the physical challenges of mining through relentless innovation,and constantly searching for more responsible ways to do business, we are changing the way our employees and stakeholders experience our business – creating enduring value for all stakeholders. Sustainability is at the heart of our decision-making – it is how we do business.

Job Description

The purpose of Group Tax is to preserve and grow De Beers shareholder value through the responsible, coordinated and professional management of the Group’s tax affairs, always in compliance with the law.  The group tax team strives to be a world class, dynamic, flexible, empowered global tax team contributing to the commercial success of the Group and delivering sustainable value.

The purpose of this role is to lead the Africa country tax teams accountable for the delivery of all tax advisory, compliance, business partnering and policy support to local businesses.  They will hold, build and enhance relationships with senior internal and external stakeholders and be accountable for delivery against Group Tax KPIs in their countries of responsibility.

They will play a key role in setting and delivering the strategic objectives of the Group in relation to De Beers tax affairs, including achieving a tax profile that matches the global footprint and operations of the business.  At the same time the Manager, Tax Upstream/Midstream will be accountable for closely managing De Beers’ tax risk in accordance with the Tax Governance Framework and influencing toward an external tax environment that is conducive to the Group achieving its objectives through the delivery of our Tax Strategy. 

Key Tasks: Leadership

Supporting the Head of Tax, De Beers to create a working environment that fosters psychological safety and enables team members to thrive, individually and collectively, consistent with the Leadership Framework.

Effectively lead the Upstream/Midstream tax teams, with responsibility for the professional growth and progression of team members. 

Support the design and effective implementation of appropriate frameworks required to ensure that Group Tax KPIs are understood and able to be delivered in their countries of accountability. 

Support the effective implementation of the Tax Governance Framework, including Global Compliance, enabling the identification and management of tax risks and the development of solutions and actions as required to protect value for the Group

• Empower their teams to identify, develop and deploy global and local tax projects and initiatives that responsibly add to or protect shareholder value.
• Represent and promote their team and their team’s agenda with key internal stakeholders including De Beers’ CEO, CFO and Exco members.

Business Partnering

Champion ways of working which result in strong collaboration with other parts of Group Tax as well as the Upstream/Midstream and Element 6 businesses.

Lead the development and management of relationships with key personnel within the business and ensure they understand and support the tax strategy, tax governance framework and group tax priorities

Ensure that the value proposition, objectives, initiatives, delivery and resource requirements of Group Tax are well understood and accommodated by the local business.

Embed Group Tax as a valued partner in the local business and positioning Group Tax to have a forward looking posture through presence in relevant committees and other forums that it uses to influence and shape decision making in the local business, in a way that Group Tax is demonstrably contributing to the commercial success of the local business.

External engagement

• Represent the interests of the Business in domestic/regional consultations with governments, key industry and civil society
• Develop and enhance relationships with tax authorities, with a view to establishing ways of working that are consistent with the ethos of Co-operative Compliance
• Lead and manage the provision of tax advice on business undertakings
• Lead the response to external developments in areas of tax policy.

People & Teams

• Implement the Group Tax people strategy
• Demonstrate behaviour in line with the Group’s values, standards and a professional workplace.

Provide leadership to, and develop the performance of, the team in line with the Group’s people policies and systems (e.g. performance management, talent management) in order to achieve business goals. As part of this: Develop a clear and aligned work plan for the team;

• Foster a constructive , psychologically safe and productive working environment;
• Monitor the work of direct reports and provide regular and useful feedback to them on how they are performing
• Drive delivery of objectives/KPIs including holding team members to account for their work.
• Monitor the activities of the team which involve other teams and appropriately intervene to address any cross-team issues
• Contribute to the broader business by working with others in such a way that it optimises the overall business results
• Compliance and tax controversy
• Lead the strategy and response to significant tax audits, disputes and tax litigations within the region
• Support the Head of Tax, De Beers, in designing and implementing robust and consistent compliance preparation and review processes across the De Beers business.
• Be accountable to the Head of Tax, De Beers for local tax compliance and