Tax Advisor Role

As a highly skilled Customs and Excise Tax Advisor, you will play a key role in supporting our company's global ambition to centralize, optimize, and digitize customs and excise operations. Reporting to the Spain Customs and Excise Tax Manager, your primary responsibility will be to partner with local businesses, tax authorities, and corporate functions to ensure compliance with global and regional policies and regulations.

This role is ideal for individuals with 5-7 years of relevant experience in excise and customs, preferably in a multinational company or as an excise or customs specialist within the tax authorities. A university degree and extensive knowledge of European customs laws and regulations, as well as international customs legislations (WCO & WTO), are also essential requirements.

In this challenging and sophisticated environment, you will need to possess strong analytical and reasoning skills, as well as the ability to work under pressure. Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to influence without direct authority by building a strong internal and external network are also crucial.

The successful candidate will have a deep understanding of the interaction between customs, transfer pricing, compliance, excise duties, VAT, and export controls. You will be responsible for providing advice on customs and excise matters, implementing controls, conducting reviews of imports and exports, and ensuring compliance with global and regional policies and regulations.

This role offers a unique opportunity to collaborate with a global team and contribute to the development of customs and excise strategies that drive business growth and profitability. If you are a motivated and experienced professional with a passion for customs and excise, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

We believe in life-long learning opportunities and development. Through various programs, we provide employees with immense career offers of learning opportunities as well as opportunities to collaborate in major projects across the world.

This position is office based at our central Madrid bp office with a possibility to work from home. Up to 25% travel should be expected with this role.

Key Accountabilities:

• Provide advice on C&E matters and help optimize bp Tax position using special trade programs.
• Implement controls regarding non-preferential and preferential origin management as well as tax exemption / suspension regimes such as end use, inward / outward processing, customs warehouse, free trade zones, etc.
• Conduct reviews of imports and exports conducted by bp businesses and ensure compliance with global / regional policies & regulations.
• Support import / export operations within Spain, including collaboration with the customs brokers / agents and terminals.
• Support local C&E Manager with daily C&E matters, e.g., license requests, response to business queries, filing of tax returns, review of regulations, etc.
• Supervise tax legislative changes, international trade developments and support amending / updating business / finance processes when needed (including IT Systems).
• Give to the identification, design, and implementation of prioritized C&E planning opportunities for bp businesses.
• Support tax audits and where appropriate represent bp at meetings with the fiscal and regulatory authorities.
• Support bp Tax Indirect Tax Control Framework (ITCF) and supervise the effective control of C&E processes.
• Support the operation of effective risk management tools and processes.
• Secure, protect & maintain C&E licenses needed for the operation of the business.
• Maintain key partnerships, in particular Spanish Tax Authorities, ARC (accounting, reporting & control), operations teams and business segments.
• Share knowledge and build awareness on C&E matters within the wider C&E team.
• Support local C&E advocacy activities and where needed represent bp in local discussions

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Hold a university degree
• Relevant Excise & Customs experience (5-7 years)
• Experience on 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 European customs laws and regulations as well as the international customs legislations (WCO & WTO).
• Deep understanding on the interaction between Customs, Transfer Pricing, Compliance, Excise duties, VAT & Export Controls.
• The C&E Tax Advisor will need to make decisions in a complex and sophisticated environment, have strong analytical and reasoning skills and be able to work under pressure.
• Furthermore, the role requires strong interpersonal 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 successfully motivating in cross jurisdictional working within the Tax Function.
• Written and verbal business proficiency in Spanish and English is essential.

Benefits:

• A competitive salary
• Benefits
• Positive work environment
• Professional development

Others:

This position is hybrid of office / remote working with up to 25% travel expected.

We offer a range of benefits, including a competitive salary, benefits, positive work environment, and professional development. We believe in life-long learning opportunities and development, and through various programs, we provide employees with immense career offers of learning opportunities as well as opportunities to collaborate in major projects across the world.

This position is based at our central Madrid office with a possibility to work from home.

Up to 25% travel should be expected with this role.

Skills:

Communication, Data Management, Digital fluency, Direct and indirect tax compliance and accounting, Ethical judgement, Financial Management, Financial Reporting, 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 an accessibility need may request an adjustment / accommodation related to bp's recruiting process.

If you would like to request an adjustment / accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.

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