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YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage and oversee the company´s 1042 withholding tax process, ensuring compliance with IRS regulations
• Lead the preparation and filing of form 1042, 1042-S, and related form including the validation of vendor and payment data.
• Ensure accurate withholding and reporting based on applicable tax treaties and IRS thresholds.
• Collaborate with finance, intercompany, S2P, Local, and treasury teams to ensure proper documentation and processes for withholding foreign tax.
• Implement and maintain robust controls to mitigate risks associated with 1042 foreign withholding tax.
• Manage the preparation, data gathering, inputs of federal, state direct taxes for company reporting on corporate income tax.
• Coordinate with external partners to ensure accurate and timely tax reporting completion.
• Monitor changes in tax legislation and regulations, ensuring the company´s tax processes are compliant and optimized.
• Analyze tax implications of business transactions and provide recommendations on process improvements, automatizations or changes.
• Lead as the GBS liaison in tax audits related to the foreign withholding or direct tax and work with third parties and local.
• Lead process improvements initiatives to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of tax reporting and compliance processes.
• Provide guidance and leadership on the review of transaction data and if required correction process.
• Overview, guidance and support on the data collection, consolidation, import and analysis for the preparation of federal 1042 and corporate reporting on the according periodicity.
• Monitor legislative changes assess their impact on the company and provide guidance of adjustments required on processes or on current configurations.
• Capacity to identify, explain, evaluate complex or misleading tax situations and implement mitigation plans and raise to stakeholders when required.
• Develop and implement standardization and automation of tax of tax process.
• Review and validation of previous reporting data and ensure a compliant correction process if required.
• Overview on returns submission, and payment on time.
• Manage and address tax notices and information requirement from tax authorities.
• Review and validate tax accounting activities according to the activity split with the country, monitoring and clearing, and ensure the compliance with Bayer controls and policies.
• Identify process improvement needs and align with Co E / GPO organization.
• Manage and support continuous process improvements (cross-functional alignments, automation & data analytics), prepare, and conduct respective trainings.
• Support tax teams for technical and/or process related questions.
• Participation and leading role in cross department assignments within GBS for process related topics.
• Distribute and coordinate tax requirements with other process areas.
• GPO project support (e.g., transitions).
• Monitor key process metrics that measure performance, Service Level Agreement (SLA) and benchmarks targets across GBS locations.
• Use and train data analytics based on state-of-the-art technologies to analyze financial data to ensure data and tax compliance quality.
• Manage knowledge by guiding, documenting, and training Bayer´s process, activity split, IT enabler, workflow, and control standards across GBS locations to ensure that all locations act consistently.
• Manage tax tools and demands.

WHO YOU ARE

• B/BS/MBA in Finance, Accounting, Law and/or Tax ideally combined with IT knowledge (or similar).
• At least 5 years of work experience preferably in tax covering tax compliance / tax accounting for USA tax jurisdictions, foundational level of process and system knowledge in increasing automated digital world and complex system landscape.
• Advanced English level both written and spoken.
• Preferred professional experience on multinational companies and big four firms.
• Experience in leading technical projects (processes, organization, and people).
• Advanced level of technical accounting and financial reporting in a corporate environment.
• Ability to become a tax reporting expert for GBS
• Advanced ability to work through ambiguity.
• Advanced level of capability to understand complexity of changes with respect to business and regulatory environment and to respond quickly.
• Advanced level of capabilities to lead change, projects, and initiatives.
• Advance capabilities in understanding, comprehension and researching tax laws, regulations and rulings with an application to business environment.
• Data analysis: proficiency in Excel, Pivot tables, LOOKUP functions, experience in Macros would be a plus.
• Familiarity with tax software tools e.g. Vertex, Avalara, One Source, SOVOS, DMA, 1099PRO
• Knowledge of automation tools (Ei: Power BI, Knime, Phyton, VBA, Smart Automation, etc.) would be a plus.
• Advanced level of capability to collaborate.
• Advanced level of capability to translate digital technologies into processes.
• Advanced level of capability to collaborate task/project oriented without geographical, organizational, or functional boarders.
• Strong tax judgement and business knowledge or ability to quickly learn.
• SAP experience is a plus.
• Very good analytical skills and the proactive attitude to drive process changes.
• Customer oriented mind-set, change management capabilities and Team player.
• Competence to grasp an overview of complex subjects and deduce operational activities.
• Exceptional interpersonal communication, and presentation skills and ability to manage multiple and diverse stakeholders.

WHAT WE OFFER YOU

• Hybrid working style.
• Full time employment.
• Opportunities for development.
• An attractive benefits package.

An attractive benefit package. At Bayer we believe in diversity, equity, and inclusion. We aim to create an environment in which everybody can feel authentic, respected, and equally valued. Every day we strive to reflect our values through our people unique capabilities, self-experiences, and aspirations. We, intentionally seek diversity, to enable our people bring their fullest potential out and encourage others to likewise do so. Our company wins, when we leverage our capabilities to lead the cultural transformation in our business, positively impacting the society.

Candidates who meet the requirements based on the job profile will be considered for employment regardless of physical disability, race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and will not be at a disadvantage if unemployed.