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Head of Tax
Euler Hermes
Brussels
Full-time
VL/LAW/1337/14
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Short description
Senior tax expert (lawyer or economist) to head Euler Hermes’ worldwide tax operations.
Minimum 12 years of tax experience in a law firm or in a large corporate environment. Fluent
in French and English.
Our Client
Euler Hermes is the world’s leading provider of trade-related credit insurance solutions, with
more than 100 years of client support and responsiveness to changing business environments.
The Euler Hermes group is backed by Allianz, one of the leading financial services providers
worldwide.
The group’s credit analysts and risk experts are located around the world in over 50 countries,
enabling them to be close to their operations.
In order to manage all its tax issues, on a worldwide basis, Euler Hermes wishes to recruit a
Head of Tax. The position is based at the group’s offices in Brussels.
Function
The Head of Tax’s tasks and responsibilities will include:
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Oversee the tax treatment of all the group’s international operations, including
transfer taxation matters;
Take care specifically of the tax situation of EH Europe in Belgium and of other Group
companies in France;
Coordination of all regional and local tax managers of the Group in order to ensure
international coherence;
Tax optimization, planning and reorganization activities, including tax modeling,
review of planning memorandums, legal agreements and completion of transactions;
Take care of tax aspects of legal restructurings, mergers, acquisitions and divestures
within the group;
Ensure compliance with transfer pricing documentation requirements;
Coordinate the tax compliance process, including preparation and review of draft tax
returns, notices of assessment and coordination of tax authority audits;
General tax research, including monitoring and review of relevant legislative changes
and publications.
The position will report to the group’s CFO and will require regular travelling.
Profile
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University degree in Economics or Law or from a business school, ideally with
a major in tax completed with a certificate of qualification as attorney at law
(CAPA)
Management experience
Minimum 12 years of experience as a tax expert at a well-respected law firm
or in a large corporate environment
Insurance or financial sector experience is a plus
International experience and/or exposure
Demonstrated technical tax expertise
Leadership abilities with strong verbal and written communication skills
Fluent in French and English. Dutch is a plus
Hands-on and able to work under pressure
Working knowledge of Microsoft office applications
Offer
In addition to the opportunity to work at a senior management level for a solid, successful and
growing international insurance group, Euler Hermes offers a motivating and competitive
remuneration package which is industry-benchmarked and which includes a variable part as
well as long-term incentives.
React
Contact Philippe Jadoul via e-mail or call confidentially on +32 (0)2 290 23 50. Please clearly
indicate the reference number VL/LAW/1337/14.
Recruitment Licenses:
VG.896/B (Flemish Region)
00078-405-20121019 (Brussels-Capital Region)
WRS-162 (Walloon Region)