In house M&A Tax Manager

Role purpose

The M&A Tax Manager is the Groups inhouse expert for transactionrelated tax matters supporting acquisitions divestments restructurings and postdeal integrations across the Group.

Beyond technical expertise the role acts as a bridge between project teams (finance legal strategy operations) and the Group Tax function ensuring that all relevant tax angles (CIT VAT TPWHT etc.) are timely identified assessed and appropriately addressed.

Key responsibilities

1. M&A tax subjectmatter expertise

• Act as thesingle point of accountability for tax aspects of M&A and internal restructuring transactions.
• Lead and review tax due diligence work challenge external advisors and translate findings intoclear pragmatic recommendations for deal teams.
• Advise ontaxefficient deal structuring financing and legal structuring in a crossborder environment.
• Assess transaction impacts on tax positions including deferred taxes transfer pricing indirect taxes and compliance implications.

2. Integration with project teams

• Workhandson with transaction project teams (finance legal strategy transformation) throughout the deal lifecycle.
• Participate actively in deal workstreams to ensure tax considerations are embeddedupstream not treated as a latestage checkpoint.
• Provide clear communication to nontax stakeholders focusing on risks tradeoffs and decisionrelevant insights rather than purely technical analysis.

3. Coordination within the Group Tax team

• Ensureearly and structured involvement of other tax specialists (corporate tax VAT transfer pricing tax compliance) as required.
• Maintain anoverarching tax view across workstreams to ensure consistency and to avoid gaps or duplications.
• Translate transaction outcomes into actionable next steps for ongoing tax compliance reporting and operational teams postclosing.

4. External advisor and project oversight

• Manage and coordinate external tax advisors (Big 4 legal counsel) ensuring quality timelines and cost discipline.
• Act as an internal quality filter ensuring advice is aligned with Group standards and risk appetite.
• Support postdeal integration activities including legal entity rationalisation and operational tax setup.

Profile & experience

• 812 years experience in M&A / international tax acquired in a Big 4 law firm and/or inhouse environment.
• Strong technical knowledge of international corporate tax crossborder structuring and transfer pricing; solid indirect tax awareness is an advantage.
• Proven ability to operate as asubjectmatter expert while working inmultidisciplinary project environments.
• Pragmatic solutionoriented mindset with the ability to balance technical rigour and business reality.
• Strong communication skills; capable of explaining complex tax matters clearly to nontax audiences.

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