Group Tax Director

What’s the role about?

A new role has been created for an experienced Tax Director to join us in the GKN Automotive global HQ in London. Reporting to the SVP Group Controller, The Group Tax Director will lead the organization’s tax policies and and objectives, ensuring compliance with applicable tax status , tax reporting and minimizing the company’s tax obligations.

What will you do?

• Compliance and tax audit

Ensure compliance of all GKN legal entities with the applicable tax status through preparation of tax policies, training of relevant local teams and use of external tax advisors if needed. Responsible of the completion of the income tax returns including all related analysis and support. Responsible for audits of all income tax filings. Liaise wit IT staff on all technical matters related to direct and indirect taxes

• Reporting and Planning

Responsible for the accounting of income taxes in the UK and the international subsidiaries. Coordination of accounting for tax assets and liabilities as well as forecasting the tax cash movements over the 18 month rolling horizon.

• Support global restructuring projects

Participate and support “full potential” (restructuring) projects to ensure the compliance and maximized setup for the restructuring activities and their impact on company’s tax charge.

• Monitoring the execution of the intra-company agreements

Owner of the group tax policy and intera-company recharge agreements. Ensure agreements are in line with OECD transfer pricing guidelines. Plan and monitor for the annual recharging process, using the resource of the shared service center. Perform checks on the calculations before issuing the debit notes.

• Tax strategy

Define a 5 year plan in coordination with the Legal and Treasury functions in order to minimize ETR (Effective Tax Ratio) of GKN Automotive.

What are we looking for?

• BS in accounting, Master’s degree in Business Taxation
• 10 years of related experience with at least 5 years in a public accounting firm
• Strong experience in transfer pricing
• Experience with ERP systems
• Ability to communicate with stakeholders at all levels
• Leader with good communication skills able to influence and pass a message across different stakeholder
• Hands on approach and success in working in a team-based environment.
• Self driven attitude and positive thinker
• Outside of the box thinker
• Ability to formulate plan and prioritise
• Direct & maintain long and short terms goals

About Us

GKN Automotive is the market leader in conventional, all-wheel and electrified drive systems and solutions. With a comprehensive global footprint, we design, develop, manufacture and integrate an extensive range of driveline technologies for over 90% of the world’s car manufacturers. Diversity and Inclusion As a global engineering company, innovation is what differentiates us from our competitors and is central to our success. A balance of cultures, ethnicities and genders help bring new ideas and creativity to GKN Automotive. We need people of different backgrounds, with different skills and perspectives to spark originality, imagination and creativeness in our teams around the world. GKN Automotive is an equal opportunity employer. We treat all our employees and applicants fairly and are committed to ensuring that there is no discrimination or harassment against any employee or qualified applicant on the grounds of age, race, creed, colour, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process. Please contact us to request any such accommodation.