La société BP est une compagnie britannique de recherche, d’extraction, de raffinage et de vente de pétrole fondée en 1909. Anciennement nommée Anglo-Persian Oil Company, puis Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, puis British Petroleum Company, puis BPAmoco, avant d’être renommée BP.
Job Profile Summary
BP Senegal is looking for a tax compliance manager to manage the full range of day-to-day operational tax compliance matters for bp’s business in Senegal. You will work as part of a team based in Dakar, Nouakchott and the UK, primarily working alongside bp tax, finance and procurement colleagues, and also bp’s outsourced tax compliance providers.
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Key Accountabilities:
- Manage outsourced tax compliance activity for bp Senegal including annual tax declarations, as well as monthly and quarterly submissions (withholding tax, VAT, third party payment declarations etc)
- As required, support tax compliance activity for bp Mauritania for Grand Tortue Ahmeyim (cross border project with Mauritania) withholding tax obligations
- Work with bp finance team and outsourced compliance provider to ensure good quality annual financial statements compliant with SYSCOHADA are prepared and submitted to tax administration
- Proactively monitor vendor set-up in bp’s accounting systems from a tax perspective to ensure Senegalese withholding tax compliance obligations can be met
- Work with bp finance and procurement teams to resolve vendor set-up issues as they arise
- Liaise with tax administration on routine compliance matters such as stamping of invoices for VAT exemption, requests for WHT certificates etc
- Proactively contribute to continuous process improvement in all areas of bp Senegal tax compliance
- Monitor tax legislation changes to manage impact for bp and ensure all compliance obligations are met
- Attend tax audit meetings with the Senegalese tax administration, working with other bp tax and finance team members to provide responses to tax audit enquiries and information requests
- Proactively and continuously consider tax audit-readiness, with support from bp UK tax team – including maintenance of document storage solutions for all compliance related documents
- Collation of bp Senegal tax data for bp Group reports
- As required, support the wider Mauritania and Senegal region Tax team eg. in resolving subcontractor tax issues, analysing legislation for new business activity, interacting with tax and other authorities
- Integrate into the broader global bp Tax function, with a focus on collaboration and sharing expertise
Education and Experience Required:
Education
- Finance Education to degree standard with a relevant additional professional qualification
Experience
- Minimum 5 years post qualification experience in finance.
- Exposure to Upstream oil and gas activity, gained in industry or private practice, preferred but not essential
- Sound understanding of Senegalese tax principles NB: Training and guidance will be provided relating to the unique legislation and compliance obligations relating to the cross-border Grand Tortue Ahmeyim project
- Good understanding of SYSCOHADA accounting principles
- Ability to work independently and in collaboration with culturally diverse and geographically dispersed teams
- Excellent organisation, prioritisation and time management skills
- Good attention to detail and ability to organise, maintain and improve existing document storage systems in preparation for future tax audits
- Excellent IT skills, in particular the ability to interrogate and manipulate tax and financial data
- Good English communication. Must be able to read, write and speak
- Only applications submitted in English will be reviewed
- APPLICATIONS OPEN TO SENEGAL CITIZENS ONLY
- Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption. bp has instituted and maintains policies and procedures designed to prevent any activity or conduct which would violate any anti-bribery or anti-corruption law or regulation applicable
Entity
Finance
Job Family Group
Tax Group
Relocation available
No
Travel required
No
Country
Senegal
About BP
FINANCE
Join us in a crucial time of transition. We are bringing all of our finance and procurement activities for the group into one place, enabling better work.
For you this means working with us on:
Compliance – efficiently delivering external reporting requirements to ensure we continue to meet our regulatory obligations in all jurisdictions, supported by robust control environment across all three lines of defence.
Stewardship – laying out a robust finance framework and providing ongoing management of the balance sheet and portfolio execution, supported by effective advocacy to the market.
Performance – facilitating the effective allocation of capital, development of business plans and coordination of business performance interventions to ensure a consistent delivery between strategic aspirations, operational forecasts and delivered outcomes. Furthermore, you will be responsible for value creation through mergers and acquisition-led deals, commercial negotiations and integration of business opportunities.
Transformation – driving digital transformation (centralising, digitising, optimising) across all elements of the finance entity to achieve sector-leading cost-performance.
Experience Level
Intermediate
Legal disclaimer
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations.
