Specialist Tax Operations

**Date**:29 Nov 2023**Job Posting End Date**:
**Job Country**:Malaysia**Job State/Province**:Kuala Lumpur**Job Location/Region**:Mid Valley City**About BHP**

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- About the Role- We are seeking a Specialist Tax Operations to join the GBS Tax Operations team in Kuala Lumpur. Reporting to the Manager of GBS Tax Operations within the R2A service delivery line, this role provide efficient, accurate and timely delivery of tax accounting, compliance and stewardship processes as part of the Minerals Australia tax operations team, with a focus on corporate and/or indirect taxes. This includes corporate income tax, GST, royalties, tax accounting processes, external reporting requirements, as well as tax risk management, audit support, ad hoc requests and process improvement initiatives.
- Core Accountabilities:
- Conformance with the BHP Charter, BHP Group Level Documents, Code of Conduct and relevant statutory obligations
- Preparation of direct and/or indirect tax returns and tax accounting processes (including account reconciliations, PEC, tax journals, deferred tax balance proofs and tax provisions for corporate income tax) within agreed timelines
- Preparation of monthly tax provision calculations and reconciliation as per Group Tax Reporting requirements
- Preparation of tax proofs and reconciliations in line with the allocated frequency to ensure accurate tax balances are reported
- Review of tax sensitive accounts including liaising with management and financial accountants and the wider business where necessary to resolve queries
- Participate in risk assessment activities for tax, SOX and other compliance related areas and ensure compliance with processes, procedures and SOX controls
- Identify continuous improvement opportunities and participate in/lead process design improvements and manage change, automation and digitization projects
- Maintain comprehensive knowledge of the SAP ERP and Tax technology tools as required
- Build relationships with other departments to ensure proactive engagement of the tax team for assistance with tax technical matters, including provision of tax training, analysis and technical guidance to relevant areas of the business and tax team
- Assist in the development, implementation and review of tax policies and procedures across all taxes and ensure compliance with these and GLDs
- Assist with requests from Tax Reporting and external auditors in connection with taxation and financial accounting audits
- Maintain integrity of the data in the Tax Issues Management System (TIMS)
- About You- Qualifications- Requirement
- Bachelor’s degree qualification in accounting or finance
- Preferable
- Professional qualification (CPA/ACCA/CIMA/CA) or similar tax qualifications, either completed or currently pursuing will be added advantage
- Digital skills and prior experience with Power BI, MS PowerTools, Power Automate and use of data analytics to support tax compliance
- CI, transformation and project management experience in delivering improvements in a GBS environment
- Experience & Technical Competencies
- Experience working with a large corporate or professional environment in finance and tax roles
- Sound knowledge of accounting for income taxes (IAS 12) and/or indirect taxes
- Experience in corporate and indirect tax compliance processes and finance ERP systems (with multi-jurisdictional tax compliance / operations experience preferred)

IT systems- Finance ERP - SAP
- Languages:
- Fluent English, both verbal and written

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