Entity:
Finance
Job Family Group:
Tax Group
Job Description:
At bp, we provide an excellent working environment and employee benefits such as an open and inclusive culture, a great work-life balance, tremendous learning and development opportunities to craft your career path, life and health insurance, medical care package and many others.
Position
bp’s Global Tax Department is divided in 7 key strategic areas: Tax Business Partnering, Tax Operations, Tax Dispute Resolution, Tax Planning, Tax Reporting, Tax Technology and Tax Policy. Within Business Partnering, bp Tax has created a Global Customs & Excise (C&E) team which provides strategic advice and ensures global compliance for all bp businesses on Customs & Excise matters.
The African continent and specifically South Africa play a key role in bp’s growth strategy, with growing Trading and shipping, retail, air, marine, fuels and lubricants businesses resulting in new and exciting customs & excise activity.
The Customs & Excise Tax Advisor will primarily be involved in supporting matters of our different business units and be a member of our Global team where will support our ambition to transform how we lead Customs and Excise across bp. They will partner with our local businesses, tax authorities and corporate functions to ensure compliance, tax optimisation and the delivery of our Net Zero ambition.
The main responsibilities of the role include
Provide proactive indirect tax support to the business, with a focus on compliance, and the overall control environment for indirect taxes, including the operation of the Indirect Tax Compliance Framework
Provide advice and help optimise bp Tax position using special trade programs
Implement controls regarding non-preferential and preferential origin management as well as tax exemption/suspension regimes
Conduct process reviews, proving the 1st line of defence and monitoring of indirect tax activities and controls managed by the business and other functions.
Support import/export operations within South Africa, including cooperation with the customs brokers/agents and terminals
Support with license requests, response to business queries, filing of tax returns, audit management, review of regulations, etc
Supervise tax legislative changes, international trade developments and support amending/updating business/finance processes, risk management tools and processes (including IT Systems)
Support tax audits and where appropriate represent bp at meetings with the fiscal and regulatory authorities.
Essential experience and job requirements
The ideal candidate will ideally hold a university degree in Finance, Business, Accounting or Tax or equivalent certification and must have relevant Excise & Customs experience (at least 5 years) gained within a tax advisory firm, customs brokerage firm, multinational company or as an excise or customs specialist within the Tax authorities
Knowledge of the energy sector and its international environment is a plus
Extensive knowledge of South African customs and excise laws and regulations as well as the international customs legislations
Deep understanding on the interaction between Customs, Transfer Pricing, Compliance, Excise duties, VAT & Export Controls
Furthermore, the role requires strong communication skills and the ability to influence without direct authority by building a strong internal and external network. One - team working spirit, a collaborative attitude and actively engaging in cross jurisdictional working within the Tax Function
We support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.
There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, collaboration spaces in a modern office environment, and many others benefits.
Travel Requirement
No travel is 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:
Communication, Data Management, Digital fluency, Direct and indirect tax compliance and accounting, Ethical judgement, Financial accounting and reporting, Financial Management, Influencing, Influencing tax law and policy, Interpreting and applying tax law, Managing tax dispute resolution and controversies, Negotiating, Schedule and resources, Stakeholder Management, Sustainability awareness and action, Tax advice for mergers, acquisitions and disposals activity, Tax advisory, Tax compliance process management, Tax reporting and control, Transfer Pricing
Legal Disclaimer:
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with disabilities may request a reasonable accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us to request accommodations.
If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.
