Responsibilities
- Own and project manage the LATAM tax compliance calendar, covering corporate income tax, VAT/indirect tax, transfer pricing compliance deliverables, and withholding tax obligations.
- Coordinate third-party advisors and local finance teams across LATAM to ensure returns, declarations, payments, documentation, and supporting analyses are delivered accurately and on time.
- Review advisor-prepared corporate tax, VAT, and withholding tax returns, calculations, and workpapers, challenging technical positions where appropriate and ensuring alignment with MiQ’s business model and group policy.
- Assess the withholding tax impact of cross-border payments and intercompany flows, including services, royalties, interest, dividends, and management charges, while ensuring treaty and documentation requirements are addressed.
- Monitor transfer pricing compliance deadlines and coordinate local files, supporting documentation, disclosures, and advisor deliverables across the region.
- Support tax reporting, return-to-provision adjustments, audits, tax authority queries, tax risk tracking, and remediation actions across LATAM.
- Partner with Finance, Legal, Treasury, and business stakeholders on new transactions, restructurings, contracts, and operating changes with direct tax, VAT, and withholding tax consequences.
- Strengthen regional governance through trackers, review checklists, dashboards, process standardisation, and clear ownership of deadlines and issues.
Requirements
- 6+ years of relevant tax experience, gained in-house and/or in Big Four or professional practice, with strong exposure to LATAM corporate tax and withholding tax matters.
- A practical understanding of VAT/indirect tax and transfer pricing compliance coordination across multiple LATAM jurisdictions.
- Strong project management, advisor management, review, and stakeholder communication skills.
- The ability to manage multiple deadlines and stakeholders across different countries and time zones.
- Comfort working with tax trackers, reporting packs, and ERP-driven data, along with good Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint skills.
- Fluent Spanish and strong written and spoken English
Nice to Have
- A qualification as an accountant, tax lawyer, or equivalent tax/finance professional is preferred.
- Portuguese is an advantage.
Benefits
- Collaborative, innovative, and inclusive culture
- Opportunity to work with talented colleagues across regions and functions
- Help shape a well-governed and scalable tax framework for the business