In Global Sales Marketing and Operations (GSMO) Finance, we’re driving shareholder value in 57 subsidiaries & 117 Sales Locations and carry the local accountability for the financials as well as statutory and compliance matters across all Microsoft commercial segments and products.

We:

• Land the company vision around the transformation of our business, consumption and customer orientation in the subsidiaries and externally.
• Drive strategic resource allocation and investments through local insights, ensuring optimal returns aligned with our worldwide strategy. Key focus is on New Business with an industry and workload perspective.
• Build trust to lay the foundation of long-term growth from a customer and shareholder point of view in a compliant way.
• Empower and inspire our people to lead and be part of top performing teams while providing diverse career opportunities.

Responsibilities

The Statutory & Tax Controller is responsible for timely and accurate completion of all statutory and tax filings, including the local statutory financial statements. Where applicable, the role involves training Finance and business stakeholders on tax or statutory requirements and working with external service providers such as Accenture, EY, and KMPG as well as external parties such as the external auditors or the tax authorities.

You must have a growth mindset, act as an entrepreneur that drives business impact, and continuously learn and innovate. You have a capability to actively contribute and build strong collaboration within diverse and virtual teams. You display a can-do attitude and are able to lead projects and processes improvements initiatives autonomously.

Your core responsibilities are:

• Responsible for all legal entities in the country including JV if any, impacting the country’s financial statements:
• Accountable for accurate statutory records and timely annual financial statements in compliance with US GAAP, local GAAP and local statutory and tax regulation.
• Accountable for all internal control process and procedures regarding accounting (CR4 T1 for balance sheet and PnL) and tax filling.
• Review and sign off on balance sheet reconciliations + variance analysis.
• Monitor, review, and oversee the Statutory & Tax work of our outsourced support team to ensure best ROI. Where applicable, manage accounting ops to ensure financial report integrity and completeness.
• Accountable for accurate and timely tax filings, including indirect taxes and direct tax.
• Support audits from local tax authorities or other government agencies.
• Land global projects in the subsidiary of operation, as well as subsidiary-driven expansions, with proper financial infrastructure and statutory registration in compliance with local accounting, tax regulations as well as Microsoft’s global processes.
• Identify all non-standard management transactions (e.g. cross-charges, accruals, commission changes) and review their statutory implications before any decision to proceed.
• Communicate to the Corporate Tax team any important changes in local tax legislation that could affect the Microsoft business model (e.g. changes in local transfer pricing legislation or customs regulations).
• Responsible to maintain local transfer pricing file in line with local legislation and in collaboration with Corporate Tax Team.

Qualifications

• 8 to 10 years of active experience in similar role
• +15 years of experience in finance or similar positions (ie. Big 4 firms etc)
• Statutory (Local GAAP, US GAAP) Accounting, Controlling expertise
• Strong Tax knowledge (including indirect / direct taxes) is a plus
• Preferred degree in Accounting, Finance or Economics. CA/CPA/ACCA qualification is strongly desired.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. 

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