Shiseido Finance and Tax Manager

Role & Responsibilities

• Advise departments across the group, validate and support the implementation of routine and exceptional transactions, provide tax expertise, respond to tax authority requests, and monitor tax law developments.
• Implement the group's transfer pricing policy across EMEA and set prices for EMEA distribution subsidiaries in line with that policy.
• Manage management fees to be recharged to EMEA distribution subsidiaries.
• Contribute to year-end adjustment calculations for EMEA subsidiaries, validate adjustments received from group entities, and monitor quarterly that transfer pricing policy impacts are correctly recorded.
• Work with the group's appointed firm to prepare transfer pricing documentation for EMEA entities.
• Manage intercompany transfer pricing agreements in coordination with headquarters and the legal department.
• Manage Advance Pricing Agreement (APA) procedures.
• Assist headquarters with Country-by-Country Reporting (CbCR) filings and calculations and reporting obligations under the OECD GloBE rules (Pillar Two).
• Contribute to consolidated tax provision work by supporting quarterly tax treatments across countries.
• Act as the intermediary between the US entity and its tax services provider for the entity's tax filings.
• Serve as the primary contact for departments on tax questions relating to business flows, including withholding taxes and VAT.
• Manage the taxable income calculation and tax filings for three French entities and the tax-consolidated group.
• Support tax audits of French companies, including SPRS, Shiseido Europe, and Shiseido EMEA.
• Conduct technical research and monitor tax developments.
• Participate in cross-functional projects and support business teams, including Supply, Legal, Controlling, and Accounting.

Qualifications

• A five-year business school degree (Bac+5) with a general finance background.
• At least 5 years of in-company experience, including international tax expertise.
• Good understanding of business and operational issues.
• Strong accounting and finance knowledge, with the ability to analyse and anticipate operational and tax impacts on financial statements.
• Excellent command of Excel for modelling, analysis, and data validation.
• Fluent English, written and spoken.
• Knowledge of international and French taxation, including VAT, transfer pricing, and corporate income tax.
• SAP knowledge is an advantage, including data extraction and understanding business flows.
• Rigorous, with excellent organisational skills.
• Autonomous and pragmatic, with the ability to manage priorities effectively.
• Responsive and proactive, able to anticipate issues and make recommendations.
• Strong team spirit, communication skills, and interpersonal skills.
• Adaptable in changing environments and able to anticipate tax issues with sound judgement.

Skills

Experience

At least 5 years of in-company experience, including international tax expertise.

Education

Five-year business school degree (Bac+5) with a general finance background.

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