Entity:

Finance

Job Family Group:

Finance Group

Job Description:

The Castrol France Finance Advisor is responsible for integrating the full suite of Finance accountabilities and ensuring these are managed and delivered effectively for a part of the Castrol business in France. In particular, the incumbent is the local subject matter expert and point of contact for reviewing and implementing local statutory and group accounting policy and responsible for ensuring all accounting, reporting, control, are performed accurately, timely and efficiently in France.

The Castrol France Finance Advisor will safeguard the company and ensure accuracy and compliance with local tax requirements particularly associated with corporate income tax, withholding tax, sales tax, civil tax, property, agricultural and other local taxes.

The Castrol France Finance Advisor maintains close working relationships with other business stakeholders, acting as ‘co-pilot’ and providing professional Finance and Tax support.  

The Castrol France Finance Advisor simultaneously manages many processes and issues, showing resilience and strong skills in prioritizing efforts.  

Throughout the accountabilities of the role, the Castrol France Finance Advisor leads the identification of continuous efficiency improvements in Finance and Tax processes and drives continuous improvement of business performance.  

He/She is accountable for the local delivery of period end close for statutory and group accounts, leads and co-ordinates local audit as well as local taxation accounting support for the relevant legal entities within France with proper coordination and building effective relationships with FBT organization, custom agencies, tax warehouses and external authorities. 

Management and economic KPI‘s:

- Business understanding and ability to take advantage of opportunities in process improvements and cost reduction/avoidance in specialist areas 

- Ensure accuracy of direct and indirect tax reporting and payment (particularly CIT, WHT, TP, VAT, Excise) with no legal or regulatory issues

- Adherence to Castrol tax compliance framework and guidance.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Single point of accountability and primary contact with regards to all matters related to corporate income tax, withholding tax, transfer pricing, vat tax and excise tax.

Manages the company direct and local tax policies and ensure a robust control and monitoring environment and effective risk mitigation

Is key business interface and escalation point, fostering effective internal and external relationships

Support, co-ordinate and participate in internal and external tax audits and inspections

On request provides input to tax advocacy activities.

Liaises with FBT to ensure quality, completeness and accuracy of tax filing. Jointly pursue opportunities for continuous improvement.

Owns direct and indirect tax related procedures and processes and performs ongoing review of changes in national and international tax and accounting requirements to verify the relevance to France business and make appropriate interventions and implementations

Engages and supports in tax return preparation, validation and submission

Maintains the ERP financial and tax system

Support, advise and participate, when needed, in

• continuous improvement and standardization and simplification of process
• business and projects in the design of accounting-related and tax issues
• direct and indirect tax projects.

Safeguards the company and contributes to operational performance by ensuring tax compliance and reporting

Support local adhoc project with particular focus on financial reporting, direct and local tax matters

Compensation:

Base pay range: €69,000 (minimum) - €99,000 (midpoint)

ESSENTIAL EDUCATION

Master's Degree in Tax, Law or in Economics respectively Finance or Accounting is preferred.

Alternatively, an MBA in Finance and Tax or a comparable education.

Evidenced courses and certification in tax regulatory framework.

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE AND JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Good command of written & spoken English and French; other European languages are an advantage.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and relationship management skills to enable effective collaboration.
• Strong affiliation with legislative framework; on top of regulatory developments.
• Good understanding of replenishment, product movement and sales procedures and related custom and tax processes.
• Practical experience in handing external financial, tax or other statutory inspections and controls.
• Exposure to interaction with representatives from public authorities.

DESIREABLE CRITERIA

• Agile training and a working understanding of Agile techniques including Scrum and Kanban.
• Self-starter with an ability to prioritise and work independently with limited guidance.
• Strong numerical and analytic skills, business acumen and understanding of business drivers.
• Local tax and fiscal regulation knowledge will be an advantage.
• Castrol or comparable business experiences are preferred.
• Knowledge in SAP (PRE, PRK,FI, CO, BW, BCS and FBW), Excel.
• Knowledge of financial accounting according to IFRS and local GAP.
• Knowledge of reporting systems and standards. 
• Experience in tax and accounting with an international orientation
• Experience in Statutory Reporting across finances, e.g. Controlling, Tax, Bus, Indirect tax and external consulting with focus on tax.

Travel Requirement

Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Accounting policy, Accounting Processes and Financial Systems, Analytical Thinking, Analytics, Business process control, Business process improvement, Commercial Acumen, Customer centric thinking, Data Analysis, Digital Fluency, Financial Reporting, Internal control and compliance

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