Vice President, Corporate Tax

Job Description

DescriptionAbout this roleBusiness Unit OverviewThis role will be based in Edinburgh within the EMEA Corporate Tax team. The EMEA Corporate Tax team has staff in London, Edinburgh, and Belgrade, and is responsible for all corporate tax matters relevant to BlackRocks operations in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region (EMEA). The teams broad remit includes strategic projectsand M&A work, providing operational and advisory support to our Global Tax team in New York as well as to internal business stakeholders, and managing relationships and tax controversy work with tax authorities in the region. The EMEA Corporate Tax team ensures all annual tax compliance and reporting obligations across the region are met. We work closely with other regional Finance and Tax teams, as well as Treasury, Legal and Compliance teams, to deliver cross functional key strategicprojects and operational value, in the spirit of One BlackRock. Job Purpose/Background:The role will formally report to, and work closely with the Head of EMEA Corporate Tax team based in London, but the successful candidate will also work closely with all members of the team, which is currently a team of 9. The successful candidate will likelyalso have reports to manage, although this arrangement is to be confirmed. The candidate will have regular interactions with other Finance teams primarily in Edinburgh, as well as with various other internal stakeholders such as local management across EMEA, and external tax advisors throughout the region. They will also be viewedas one of the senior members of the team and lead on various tax compliance and reporting processes, where needed. This role presents a unique opportunity for the right candidate to join a high quality, high performing in-house corporate tax function with significant exposure to complex tax compliance and reporting work, gaining valuable experience of tax laws and rulesacross the region, with some opportunity to experience other corporate tax-related projects and advisory work, where required. The EMEA Corporate tax team has an enviable reputation within BlackRock as a key strategic resource of the firm, partnering frequentlywith the business and senior management to achieve the best outcomes for BlackRock, and the successful candidate will be a valued member of this team. The successful candidate will be able to take advantage of BlackRocks flexible working, such as our Flexible Time Off (FTO) policy which allows employees to take unlimited paid days off per year, with manager approval, while fulfilling work obligations andensuring proper coverage of work. Key Responsibilities:The successful candidate will be responsible for the delivery of all output assigned to them across the EMEA region, which will include:

• Oversee and ensure all corporate income tax (CIT) returns and associated filings for allocated to the individual and to their reports be done on a timely and accurate basis, independently managing output from tax advisors and other internal stakeholders.Currently the returns relate to corporate entities located in the UK, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, as well as other countries
• Oversee the EMEA corporate tax payment process to ensure timely payment of all corporate tax liabilities, with assistance and advice from external tax advisors if necessary
• Lead on the preparation of the monthly US GAAP Tax provisions for EMEA entities and associated reporting to ensure this is done on an accurate and timely basis. This will involve preparing and/or reviewing various tax provision workings for ultimate approvalby the Director in the EMEA Corporate tax team and ensuring journals are posted on time at month end
• Preparation and/or review of various USGAAP reporting requirements including EMEA ETR forecasting, tax balance sheet account reconciliations and cash taxes reporting
• Preparation and/or review of annual statutory tax reporting requirements and quarterly regulatory submissions for all allocated entities on a timely and accurate basis
• Independently engage with and manage CIT queries relating to allocated work from stakeholders, whether these are from internal (other teams), external advisers, local tax authorities, or auditors, etc.
• Ownership of non-standard tax compliance matters where necessary, such corporate tax technology development, the International Movement of Capital rules, and treasury withholding tax-based compliance such as Double Tax Treaty Passports and assistance withmodelling and calculations eg. for BEPs Pillar 2.

Development Value:This role offers a wealth of opportunity to develop knowledge of UK and overseas tax regimes and US GAAP, IFRS and local territory tax accounting, from a global financial services perspective. There will also be opportunity to gain understanding and receivetax technical training on global tax issues from senior members of the EMEA Corporate Tax team. The successful candidate will have access to a comprehensive network of external local tax advisors across EMEA to build on their EMEA tax compliance knowledge. The broad range of entities across the region will allow a successful candidate to take on a varied workload with the option to increase complexity as they build their experience in the team. Additionally, the successful candidate will gain exposure to complex tax issues and will involve regular interaction with senior management globally, as well as exposure to other areas of BlackRocks finance and business. Further, due to the Corporate Tax teamswide remit of responsibilities across the region, there is opportunity for the successful candidate to become involved and gain experience with M&A and restructuring projects, complex modelling for transactions, and other ongoing project work. Knowledge, Experience and Competencies:

Experience in reviewing and preparing CIT returns and calculations in the EMEA region

High level of technical proficiency in Excel and General Ledger applications, preferably knowledge of Oracle

Ability to take full ownership of all workstreams and be able to work independently and communicate effectively with the EMEA Corporate International Tax Advisory VP and Head of EMEA Corporate Tax

Familiarity of international corporate tax planning projects and concepts, either in a Big 4 or multinational in-house environment

Be highly organised, have a strong attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple work-streams with delivery to agreed deadlines essentialBe a self-starter and good communicator, able to work independently but also exercising sound business jud