Mercuria Tax compliance specialist

For their Dutch corporate office located in Rotterdam we are looking for an ambitious Tax Specialist who is interested in joining the Mercuria direct tax team. You will be working closely with the International Tax Compliance Manager and the Head of Tax Compliance & Technology (NL). The Tax Specialist role is a key tax position supporting the regional tax compliance and tax accounting matters of the group.

More specifically the tasks and responsibilities will include:

• Working closely with senior regional Tax staff and external advisers for the timely filing of the Group’s global tax returns and payments;
• Support the tax accounting cycle with review and control of periodic tax provisioning current and deferred tax calculations and balance sheet management. For statutory closing this will also include liaising with statutory auditors;
• Support and responsibility for tax management reporting working closely with Geneva headquarters;
• Exposure to wide variety of jurisdictions with sole responsibility for allocated legal entities and jurisdictions;
• Managing Withholding Tax Local File and CountrybyCountry reporting requirements;
• Supporting and preparatory work regarding enquiries/tax audits of (foreign) tax authorities;
• Opportunity to participate on commercial projects including group restructurings acquisitions & disposals and providing support for business divisions.

Candidate

• Some 4 years’ relevant tax experience (tax compliance and/or tax accounting and/or tax advising obtained at a tax advisory firm law firm or inhouse. Some inhouse experience is considered a plus);
• Degree in Tax or Accounting (good with numbers good knowledge of corporate income tax with interest in other taxes. Affinity with tax accounting/willing to learn);
• Experience with tax technology projects is a plus;
• An ability to work accurately to ensure deadlines are managed and met;
• A transparent person easy to work with and a true team player (the ability to adapt in changing conditions);
• Result oriented disciplined and have a drive for quality and problem solving; and
• Fluent in English is a must as you will be communicating a lot with teams/individuals in different jurisdictions Dutch is considered a plus;

Employer

Established in 2004 Mercuria is today one of the world’s leading independent energy and commodity trading companies. Headquartered in Geneva Switzerland they operate in over 50 countries across 5 continents employ over 1300 people of more than 40 nationalities in over 30 locations and generate revenues of over $100 billion.

Mercuria specializes in trading and supplying physical commodities investing in strategic assets providing financing and logistics services and offering solutions to help clients meet their needs including their netzero goals.

They have built a strong reputation with their unwavering focus on compliance and rigorous approach to risk management and they are now regarded as one of the largest privatelyowned businesses of it’s type in the world.

In recent years they have made a strategic shift towards advancing the energy transition to more sustainable energy and have invested in a range of projects from renewables and biofuels to technology metals and electric vehicle infrastructure and environmental and carbon management products. They have also launched and support several ESGfocused initiatives such as a program to improve the health and wellbeing of Earth’s oceans in partnership with Hub Ocean.

Mercuria is one of the world’s largest and most successful energy and commodity trading companies and have been recognized for their contributions to the energy sector.