Tax Specialist-2

The role is designed for supporting and leading the delivery of activities carried out by the US Manage Direct Tax team. This is individual contributor role requiring responsibilities as a preparer of tax returns (complex tax returns) of certain material legal entities. It also provides a very good exposure towards stakeholder management as well as Direct tax compliance and Group reporting More specifically, the accountabilities include the following - Business/process responsibilities and metrics: Deliver on time and accurate tax reports, returns and payments for migrated activity and tax provision for all businesses in various tax jurisdictions [State, Federal] and adherence to the managerial metrics of the process; Understand and operate various tax provisioning/compliance tools; Understand Group Accounting and Reporting changes and enable incorporation of such changes and in the process as may be relevant; Co-ordinate/support for tax audits as well as support for resolving all audit queries; Provide steer and oversight for updating and maintenance of Key tax assumptions and Work Instructions & Training framework to reduce time to delivery to optimal levels. Lead and manage and transition additional/new scope migrations of MDT activities. - Team engagement planning and supporting: - Support continuous professional development and good practices in MDT with positive attitude towards building digital skillsets; - Proactively supporting Sr Tax Leads in engagement with Business and Country tax teams to enable business knowledge sharing with the MDT team and help embed into processes as relevant; - Keeps abreast of Business developments and Business performance drivers; - Support in ensuring clear roles and responsibilities and compliance with segregation of duties/authorities across team; Contributing in planning of staffing vis-à-vis work assignments/projects/cross team projects etc in an optimal manner and evaluate resourcing requirements on an ongoing basis. **CI responsibilities**: Continuous focus on improvement opportunities (ESSA) in process & content, identify & actions opportunities to reduce complexity, promote best practices on digital acceleration, provide focus on financial issues & achieve operational excellence. Pursue identification & implementation of CI project pipeline and aid in achieving the process targets. **Stakeholder management**: Ensure correct and timely escalations of process exceptions or tolerance/variances and their resolution; Proactively engage and maintain strong stakeholder and business connectivity. Best practices provide focus on financial issues & achieve operational excellence. **Dimensions**: - Business/process responsibilities and metrics - CI responsibilities - Team management, engagement planning and resourcing - Stakeholder management **Skills and Requirements**: - Prior US State Tax /Federal-Downstream Tax/Federal-Upstream Tax/Federal - Corporate, Trading, International Tax/US MDT - IRS Audit will be helpful. - Recognized professional qualification and a member of a recognized accounting body with >2 years’ broad professional experience. Work experience of migrated tax / finance activity in multinational companies or professional firms would be preferable. Alternatively, Bachelors / Masters in Finance degree with >3 years’ broad professional experience out of which minimum 1 year of experience in migrated tax / finance activity in multinational companies or professional firms. - Working knowledge of various ERP systems used in US MDT viz. SODA, STAR, Corp Tax, Long View, FedState, etc. will be preferred with excellent MS Office skills. - Good understanding of Control Frameworks, controls in a tax environment and tax accounting under GAAP and/or IFRS. Effective influencing skills and communicator of complex tax compliance issues; both written and oral. **An Innovative place to work** There’s never been a more exciting time to work at Shell. Everyone here is helping solve one of the biggest challenges facing the world today: bringing the benefits of energy to everyone on the planet, whilst managing the risks of climate change. Our business has been built on a foundation of innovative technology and skilled employees. By providing energy to sustain people’s lives for more than a hundred years, Shell has become one of the world’s leading companies. Join us and you’ll be adding your talent and imagination to a business with the ambition to shape the future. At Shell, everyone does their part. **An Inclusive place to work** Shell is working to become one of the most diverse, equitable, and inclusive organizations in the world. We are taking steps to create an environment where everyone - from our employees, to our customers, partners, and suppliers - feels valued, respected, and has a strong sense of belonging. To achieve this, we must ensure all people are treated fairly, irrespective of their race, color, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation,