Job Description

About BHP

At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.

Come and be a part of this success.

About the Role

We are seeking a Lead 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 will have direct reports and is responsible for providing efficient, accurate and timely delivery of tax compliance processes as part of the Minerals Americas tax operations team, with a focus on indirect and/or corporate income taxes. The Minerals Americas GBS tax operations team supports the BHP regional tax team in meeting the compliance requirements of BHP entities operating in the US, Canada, Chile, Brazil and other South American jurisdictions. This includes corporate income tax, VAT/Sales & Use taxes, royalties, tax accounting processes, external reporting requirements, as well as tax risk management, audit support, ad hoc requests and process improvement initiatives. As a lead, the focus of this role is to provide customer / stakeholder management, technical review, operational and people management for the Minerals Americas team and support to the Manager as part of the GBS tax operations lead team.

Core Accountabilities

• Conformance with the BHP Charter, BHP Group Level Documents, Code of Conduct and relevant statutory obligations
• Review 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
• Review of monthly tax provision calculations and reconciliation as per Group Tax Reporting requirements
• 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 income tax, SOX and other compliance related areas and ensure compliance with processes, procedures and SOX controls
• Maintain comprehensive knowledge of the SAP ERP and Tax technology tools as required
• 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)
• Provision of tax training, analysis and technical guidance to relevant areas of the GBS tax operations team and across other service delivery lines to improve E2E processes
• Drive continuous improvement, lead process design improvements and manage change, automation and digitization projects.
• Build business and commercial acumen through relationships with other functions and areas of the business to ensure proactive engagement of the tax team.

About You

Qualifications

• Requirements

• Bachelor\'s degree qualification in accounting or finance
• Professional qualification (CPA/ACCA/CIMA/CA) or similar tax qualifications, either completed or currently pursuing will be added advantage
• Preferable

• 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 within a large corporate or professional environment in finance / tax roles (GBS or in-house functions)
• Strong operational team leadership, people management and project management experience in a MNC environment
• Sound technical knowledge of accounting for income taxes (IAS 12) and/or indirect taxes
• Strong experience in corporate and indirect tax compliance processes and finance ERP systems (with multi-jurisdictional tax compliance / operations experience preferred)
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

IT systems

• Finance ERP - SAP
• Tax technology platforms - Thomson Reuters OneSource applications, Vertex

Languages:

• Fluent English, both verbal and written.
• Spanish language skills are an added advantage but not a requirement

About Our Process

At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks.

If you are already employed directly by BHP, please log in using your BHP email address or apply via our internal jobs portal.

Supporting a Diverse Workforce

The size, stability and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a best-in-class employee share program. We know there are many aspects of our employees\' lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms.

At BHP, we know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day. We are focused on creating a workforce that\'s more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live. providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and recognise that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity.

BHP is committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you have a disability, we know that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. If you would like to reach out to someone about your situation and our recruitment process, please email us at inclusion@bhp.com.

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