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That’s what makes us Roche.

The Opportunity:

Join Our Team as a Tax Manager in Lagos, Nigeria!

As a Tax Manager at Roche, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring our tax compliance, planning, and accounting for all applicable taxes. You will report directly to Group Tax at our headquarters and collaborate with various teams, including local Finance colleagues, our accounting shared services center, and other tax professionals. Your expertise will help drive compliance and foster valuable business partnerships.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise External Tax Consultants: Oversee tax operations in Nigeria, Ghana, and other countries.
  
• Manage Local Tax Operations: Handle tax returns and payments efficiently.
  
• Control Procedures: Maintain effective control over all aspects of the tax process.
  
• Tax Accounting and Payments: Provide clear instructions to ensure accuracy.
  
• Transfer Pricing Management: Implement group policies to manage transfer pricing.
  
• Global Tax Policies Implementation: Ensure policies are consistently applied.
  
• Engage with Local Tax Authorities: Manage interactions with tax authorities and handle audits.
  
• Business Support: Provide tax-related support to the business units.
  

Who You Are as our Ideal Candidate

• You hold a Degree with a Tax Major and a post graduate course / degree in Tax is highly desirable.
• You have at least 5 years’ experience in a multinational company either in a tax function or finance areas with exposure to taxes - or you are from an accounting and tax services advisory company. You are proficient in creating and implementing tax plans and are skilled at identifying opportunities and potential areas of risk.
• You demonstrate the ability to contribute directly in fulfilling the essential duties linked to the position, you have a good understanding of Local Taxes, mainly corporate taxes and VAT.
• Good accounting knowledge and familiarity to use of the business IT systems – Microsoft Office, SAP and Google being the main ones.
• You have strong organizational and interpersonal skills, you are a strategic thinker with a keen eye for detail.
• You are fluent in spoken and written English.
• An excellent communicator capable of collaborating effectively with various stakeholders.

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.