Senior Tax Manager /Tax Director

Senior Tax Manager /Tax Director

We are searching for an experienced Senior Tax Manager /Tax Director at our MSC Geneva facility.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

We are looking for an experienced and energetic Group Senior Tax Manager / Tax Director to join the Tax department of the MSC group, a complex organization operating several business divisions with presence in more than 150 countries worldwide.

The mission of the tax department is to ensure full compliance with tax obligations, full awareness and active management of tax risk, effective tax support to all business divisions and senior management.

This position will be linked with acquisition projects and post integration projects. For acquisition projects, this role leads all tax-related activities, serving as a tax advisor to corporate development, Medlog development, and executive leadership on M&A matters. The incumbent collaborates with internal teams and external advisors to ensure transactions are both tax-efficient and compliant.

After integration, for corporate deals, the position builds and maintains strong relationships with the tax teams of newly acquired companies, establishes effective communication and reporting processes, and ensures alignment with group tax strategy and compliance standards. For Medlog deals, the role hands over daily tax management to the appropriate regional tax manager, shares relevant tax knowledge from the acquisition phase, and supports initial interactions between local and group tax teams.

This position acts as the key interface between Group Tax and local tax teams, providing oversight, guidance, and coordination without direct line management responsibility

The main responsibilities of this position are to perform the following activities:

·        Acquisition of Projects:

• Carrying out tax due diligence activities (directly or, more frequently, in cooperation with external tax advisors), assessing, and quantifying tax exposures, contingencies, and opportunities (e.g., income tax, indirect tax, employment tax, withholding tax, transfer pricing); reviews target company tax filings, tax positions, audits, and historical tax compliance; summarizes findings in clear due diligence reports and communicates key risks and recommendations to senior management and to the deal team.
• Designing and evaluating tax-efficient acquisition, holding, and financing structures in collaboration with legal and finance teams.
• Advising on purchase price adjustments, tax indemnities, escrow arrangements, and representations and warranties related to tax matters.
• Modelling tax impacts of different transaction structures (e.g. asset vs. share deals, step-ups, reorganizations).
• Supporting deal negotiations as needed and for reviewing the wording of transaction agreements from a tax perspective (e.g. review of share purchase agreements).

·        Post- acquisition, in case of Medlog deals, the role is responsible for:

• Transferring the tax knowledge acquired during the acquisition phase to the relevant regional tax manager in the group tax team who will be then responsible for the management of the day-to-day tax matters:
• Advising the regional tax manager on possible post-acquisition tax integration and restructuring projects, identified during the acquisition phase and required to align with group tax policies.
• Highlighting to the regional tax manager tax relevant items identified during the acquisition phase such as opportunities for tax synergies, attribute utilization (e.g. tax losses), and operational efficiencies.

Post acquisition, in case of corporate deals, the role is responsible for:

• Establishing and maintaining a strong functional relationship with the local tax teams of the acquired companies.

• ·        Facilitating functional reporting, communication, and escalation processes between Group Tax and local tax teams.
• ·        Ensuring that local tax functions are aligned with group tax strategy, governance standards, and compliance requirements, while supporting effective post-acquisition integration and value creation.
• ·        Assisting with tax audits, litigations and compliance, providing guidelines on litigation management strategy and tax risk acceptance, driving implementation and monitoring correct operational execution of the most suitable solutions required to minimize negative impacts on Company’s P&L and reputation in accordance with the Group tax strategy.
• ·        Supervising implementation and execution of tax compliance procedures and risk assessment controls, liaising with local finance and operational colleagues to ensure timely and effective execution of the Group tax strategy
• ·        Facilitating the adoption and implementation of Group procedures required to comply with Pillar 2 obligations (e.g. collection and analysis of data points required for Pillar 2 top-up tax calculations). 

Required Qualifications

The ideal candidate has the following experience:

·        Fluent in English (knowledge of Italian or French a valuable plus)

·        Master’s degree in Tax Law/ Economics or equivalent education required

·        Good understanding of local cultures and tax environments in several different jurisdictions

·        For Sr. manager, 6 - 10 years of experience with tax in an international environment

·        For Tax director, > 10-12 years of experience with tax in an international environment

·        Organizational awareness, thorough understanding of Group Tax Management processes and principles with wide expertise of business best practices.

·        Initiative, active listening, solution-driven, service oriented, capacity to prioritize and work under pressure with tight deadlines

·        Strategic thinking and analytical skills with attention to details

·        Proven ability to work in a team environment

·        Demonstrated proactivity and ability to drive change.

·        Strong project management and communication skills.

·        Ability to understand and perform effectively in an organizational context where roles and responsibilities may change rapidly and be redeployed very quickly making the capacity to deal with ambiguity an essential asset

Our company provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.

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