BeiGene continues to grow at a rapid pace with challenging and exciting opportunities for experienced professionals. When considering candidates, we look for scientific and business professionals who are highly motivated, collaborative, and most importantly, share our passionate interest in fighting cancer.
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Language Requirement: Fluent English and Spanish required.
Preferred Experience: Pharmaceutical/Biotech Industry
General Description:
This position will be responsible for supporting the day-to-day direct and indirect compliance function and its transformation to automation, partnering with IT, Finance and other business teams in the areas of LATAM taxes. It will work closely with the business, providing indirect tax compliance and setting the indirect tax strategy. It will report to the Global Tax Director, who is based in Switzerland.
Essential Functions:
- Compliance (60% of the time)
- Preparation and timely submission of direct and indirect tax (VAT) returns of all LATAM legal entities of the Group in the most efficient manner.
- Managing & co-ordinating VAT compliance with the Finance team- ensuring key VAT control framework / policies in place & driving escalation process when necessary.
- Projects (e.g. Support to Commercial launch, SAP set up…)
- Ensuring VAT efficiency of supply chain management further to the LATAM commercial launch and working closely with operations & logistics teams. Maintain and provide tax codes to internal stakeholders to ensure proper settings in SAP including guidelines.
- Engaging with the heads of finance, sales, legal, US tax department, logistics, global & business process owners & IT, to help identify & mitigate potential indirect tax risk
- Tax planning and strategy
- Developing a coherent & proactive indirect tax strategy to effectively manage and identify VAT risks and ensure the business maintains up-to-date VAT expertise.
- In conjunction with the Global Tax Director, leading & providing strategic advice on indirect tax audits; developing, co-ordinating & executing indirect tax planning initiatives; and directing & managing external tax consultants.
- Acting as a “Center of Excellence” for indirect tax issues - finance teams will reach out to this person in case of complicated VAT / indirect tax matters / updating & educating finance teams on new & important developments in indirect tax. Leading indirect tax matters globally, acting as a strong business partner and advising on business activity for VAT & Customs matters (e.g. areas of supply chain, sales & business setup).
Minimum Requirements – Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's Degree. Accounting, law or tax degree preferred.
- 7+ years’ Indirect tax compliance & advisory experience, gained either in-house or in big 4 firm.
- SAP Knowledge is required.
Other Qualifications:
- Experience working with LATAM VAT reporting standards.
- Ideally working in a complex, international environment with cross border indirect tax exposure.
- Ideally exposure to customs issues or willingness to acquire customs knowledge.
- Experience dealing with operational aspects of transfer pricing.
- Focused, organized, results-oriented, decision maker & self-motivated individual.
- Languages: English required. Other European languages - a plus.
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BeiGene Global Competencies
When we exhibit our values of Patients First, Collaborative Spirit, Bold Ingenuity and Driving Excellence, through our twelve global competencies below, we help get more affordable medicines to more patients around the world.
- Fosters Teamwork
- Provides and Solicits Honest and Actionable Feedback
- Self-Awareness
- Acts Inclusively
- Demonstrates Initiative
- Entrepreneurial Mindset
- Continuous Learning
- Embraces Change
- Results-Oriented
- Analytical Thinking/Data Analysis
- Financial Excellence
- Communicates with Clarity
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. BeiGene does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.
