Associate Director - London, United Kingdom - Advanz Pharma

Description

• ADVANZ PHARMA is a global pharmaceutical company with the purpose to improve patients' lives by providing the specialty, hospital, and rare disease medicines they depend on.
• Our ambition is to be a partner of choice for the commercialisation of specialty, hospital, and rare disease medicines in Europe, Canada, and Australia. In line with our ambition, we are partnering with innovative biopharma and pharmaceutical development companies to bring medicines to patients.
• Headquartered in London, UK, we have c700 employees based across more than 20 countries, including key countries in Europe, the US, Canada, and Australia. Our Centre of Excellence in Mumbai, India, as well as an established global distribution and commercialisation partner network complement our global operations.
• ADVANZ PHARMA's product portfolio and pipeline comprises innovative medicines, specialty generics & biosimilars, and originator brands. Our products and pipeline cover a broad range of therapeutic areas, including hepatology, gastroenterology, antiinfectives, critical care, endocrinology, CNS, and, more broadly, rare diseases.
• We can only achieve our ambition with the passion of our dedicated and highly qualified people, acting in line with our company values of entrepreneurship, speed, and integrity.
  About the Role
• Responsible for supporting the development and execution of the Groups taxation strategy along with overseeing the compliance and reporting responsibilities for the Group with a particular focus on the UK. The Job Holder must be keen to develop or further enhance their knowledge and abilities on overseeing global tax matters including Transfer Pricing, M&A, business partnering and BEPS 2.0. initiatives.

• Business partner effectively with various stakeholders ranging from legal, HR, Finance along with business facing teams
• Oversee the groups compliance and reporting activities across Corporate and Indirect Taxes with specific focus on the UK. Look for opportunities to improve and streamline processes through the adoption of a continuous improvement mindset
• Oversee preparation of the transfer pricing framework for intragroup transaction across various countries, keeping in mind the local legislations
• Communicate tax implications to relevant stakeholders in relation to business projects and as part of commercial negotiations
• Support entities on taxation alternatives and opportunities with a focus to reduce tax liabilities and drive the bottom line
• Work effectively with the Global tax compliance team, helping in the development of their knowledge and skills
• Manage relationships with external consultants in order to help support business restructuring, product/business acquisitions and tax planning

• Corporation tax compliance of group companies based mainly in the UK along with input where necessary for non UK entities
• Manage Permanent Establishment issues an deal with tax related matters in relation to country expansion
• Ensuring accurate and timely payment of advance corporation tax for the group
• Country by Country reporting compliance
• Base Erosion & Profit Shifting Compliance (BEPS) including Pillar
• Monitoring and ensuring compliance with various tax rules including Corporate Interest restriction, loss carry forward, SAO and the CFC regime

• Oversee VAT compliance including Intrastat and EC Sales list of entire group in almost 30 countries
• Oversee VAT impact of product/business acquisitions and related integration

• Ensure the transfer pricing model and policy remains updated and relevant as business structures evolve over time
• Ensure appropriate transfer pricing agreements are maintained
• Oversight of the effective implementation of the transfer pricing policy of the group
• Initiate Unilateral Advance pricing agreement (APA) where relevant

• Responsible for Statutory and tax authority tax audits
• Advising on cash repatriation issues and FX management
• Utilising consultants effectively to support M&A, integration, tax planning and business restructuring initiatives
• Supporting and advising HR and supply chain teams on material employee tax and custom tax related issues where relevant.

• We are looking for highly motivated individuals who are passionate about making a meaningful difference to patients' lives.
• For this role, you will also have the following:

• Degreelevel education
• Qualified Chartered Accountant
• Good working knowledge of IFRS / UK GAAP

• Experience of managing professional staff
• Significant experience in Taxation 510 years
• Experience of working in a SAP environment and good working knowledge of system migration / implementations