SoftwareOne - Transfer Pricing & Withholding Tax Expert - CA

SoftwareONE- Software Portfolio Management :

- SoftwareONE, privately owned since 1985, is a globally renowned licensing solutions and portfolio management provider. SoftwareONE has redefined the technology solutions landscape leaving its footprints in almost 82 countries

We are the number ONE global software portfolio management company providing a proven enterprise methodology that combines two core data streams of SAM and technology demand roadmaps. We have almost 1,000 licensing specialists across all major publishers to help drive up your commercial analysis and IT investments. We are a customer centric organization focused solely on optimizing software spend and software asset management in their environments. We also make aware the customer of the kind of software to utilize the technology footprint within their existing budgets.-

Job Summary :

- The Transfer Pricing & Withholding Tax Expert is will be primarily responsible for the compliance of global Taxation laws.

- As a Transfer Pricing & Withholding Tax Expert, the person has to be keep a check to ensure SWO is meeting government obligations with respect to taxes, is compliant with laws and also is able to combat tax evasion.

- Tax optimization will be another responsibility which will involve doing analysis if licenses can be sourced locally and do a price/tax comparison between local sourcing and international sourcing including withholding tax.

Responsibilities :

Withholding Tax (WHT) on Royalties :

- Verifying WHT on royalties globally with understanding on different types of royalties, inter alia, standard-software licenses (i.e. subscription vs. perpetual)

- Optimizing WHT globally by utilizing different double taxation treaties

- Resolving WHT queries raised by procurement and/or sales department (on global level)

- Maintaining and updating intranet withholding tax tool (country-by-country relation)

Transfer Pricing Documentation Reports (TPDR) :

- Extracting intra-group transactions data from local ERP-system (Microsoft Dynamics NAV)

- Sorting and categorizing extracted data according to the various type of intra-group transactions

- Creating the TPDR (country-by-country; year-by-year) according to the global TPDR template

- Gathering and preparing materials evidencing the existence and correctness of group cost and group IT cost

- Developing existing global transfer pricing policy together with the group tax department in Switzerland

Requirements :

Must Have :

- CA with at least 2 year of experience

- Advanced (at least first) experiences with double taxation treaties

- Very strong knowledge in accounting/bookkeeping

- Clear and precise English communication skills

- Accurate and reliable working style

Nice To Have :

- Candidate must possess excellent demonstrated decision-making, problem solving and negotiating skills.

- Individual should be very organized, systematic, and have outstanding time management skills in order to work effectively.

- The candidate must also be able to deal with ambiguity, be able to interact with a cross section of people, and effectively influence others without direct authority.

- Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication, analytical and presentation skills are also required.

- The candidate must be a self-starter and possess excellent time management skills. The successful candidate will function independently to determine proper methods and procedures and may supervise other personnel as part of the role.