Tax Process Design Lead (flexible location)

BAT is evolving at pace into a global multi-category business. Our purpose is to create A Better Tomorrow™ by Building a Smokeless World. 
To achieve our ambition, we are looking for colleagues who are ready to join us on this journey! Tomorrow can’t wait, let’s shape it together!

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Ensure completeness of delivery to functional process scope proposed under the Pulse Programme to deliver the Global Tax template process design, group relevant and market specific Legal, Fiscal and Regulatory (LFR) requirements.
• Understand the enablement required for Tax and related processes across technology platforms, industry solutions, external partners and services, and implications on controls to meet BAT’s needs
• Manage delivery of input to delegated approvers (i.e. Finance, Marketing and Operations Leads) of the proposed mapping and redesign of Tax global template, including implications for Group Policy, process flows, data and controls.
• Alignment with CoEs, Process Experts, Shared Services teams and external partners to embed best practice, challenge the status quo, ensure external partner readiness, and deliver measurable improvements and business value
• Promote Compliance best practices internally and externally, positioning as an enabler of growth and transactional compliance.
• Input into and understanding of cost drivers (functional and system) and business run implications for process design and solutions proposed
• Collaborate across functional and process teams, global external partners and facilitate workshops and feedback sessions to capture operational needs and concerns to ensure integration.
• Contribute and coordinate input to Business Readiness and Change management teams to ensure operational feasibility and adoption of new ways of working and solutions.

What are we looking for?

• Strong leadership skills with experience in high performance teams and delivering at pace.
• Deep knowledge and experience across Tax processes and BAT business models design, with working knowledge and use of SAP ECC, and the interdependencies across functional processes, business models, legacy systems and external partner delivered services,
• Experience of digital and SAP enabled Tax process change implementation and management, including optimization and process execution.
• Strong stakeholder engagement experience, including management of eternal specialist services partners (i.e. Tax and LEX) with excellent relationship management and influencing skills; able to build trust and gain buy-in from decision makers.
• Experience in a complex multinational, operating in regulated industries with multiple product categories/divisions, requiring complex cross-functional processes and design.
• Demonstrated success in developing skillsets and performance in complex and large-scale change projects.
• Ability to operate in a matrix structure and manage competing project and organizational priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to articulate complex functional and solution concepts to diverse stakeholders, including BAT leadership and external partners.

What we offer you?

• We offer a market leading annual performance bonus (subject to eligibility)
• Our range of benefits varies by country and includes diverse health plans, initiatives for work-life balance, transportation support, and a flexible holiday plan with additional incentives.
• Your journey with us isn't limited by boundaries; it's propelled by your aspirations. Join us at BAT and become a part of an environment that thrives on internal advancement, where your career progression isn't just a statement – it's a reality we're eager to build together. Seize the opportunity and own your development; your next chapter starts here.
• You'll have access to online learning platforms and personalized growth programs to nurture your leadership skills.
• We prioritise continuous improvement within a transformative environment, preparing for ongoing changes.

WHY JOIN BAT?
We’re one of the few companies named as a Global Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute – certified in offering excellent employee conditions.

At BAT, we champion collaboration, inclusion, and partnership as the bedrock of our values. We wish to foster an environment where every individual can thrive, irrespective of factors such as gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, skills, experience, education, socio-economic and professional background, as well as diverse perspectives and thinking styles. We recognise that our strength lies in embracing talent from all walks of life, empowering us to develop our culture of inclusivity and better achieve our business objectives.

We view career breaks not as obstacles but as opportunities and encourage everyone, without hesitation, to apply. Through our Global Returners program, we provide support to professionals seeking to re-enter the workforce after an extended absence, be it for family care, parental leave, national service, sabbatical, or starting their own venture.
Come bring your difference and see what is possible for you at BAT. Learn more about our culture and our award winning employee experience here.

We take pride in being a Disability Confident Employer. If you need any reasonable adjustments or accommodations to be made during the recruitment process to support you performing at your best, please inform the recruitment partner who will be in touch should your profile be selected for the role you applied for. We are wholeheartedly committed to optimising your prospects of success by making suitable arrangements so that you may showcase your full potential.