Tax Manager - Tax Reporting & Compliance

Purpose of the Role

The Manager Tax Reporting & Compliance oversees the direct tax reporting and compliance cycle of the GSK Belgian entities and support the tax director on strategic projects. The role combines technical tax expertise with strong accounting and modelling capabilities, ensuring accurate and timely tax provisions under both IFRS and Belgian statutory frameworks, correct and on-time filing of corporate tax returns and ancillary declarations, and robust management of tax incentives and recent international tax developments such as Pillar 2.

The role is hands-on and deadline-driven, with a particular intensity during the annual close, statutory close and tax returns submission periods.

Key ResponsibilitiesTax Provisioning & Reporting

• Monthly computation of the tax provision for the Belgian entities.
• Quarterly tax prepayment computation, ensuring prepayments are correctly scheduled.
• Annual tax provision computation under both IFRS and Belgian statutory (BE GAAP) rules, including current and deferred tax, reconciliations and supporting documentation.
• Prepare and perform the SOX controls relevant to tax (notably over the tax provision and reporting), ensuring controls are executed on time, properly evidenced and audit-ready.
• Present the tax provision computations to the external auditors and lead the related discussions, explaining the methodology, key judgements and supporting evidence, and resolving queries.

Tax Compliance & Filings

• Prepare and coordinate the corporate income tax return (including TP forms) for the Belgian entities, working with a third-party supplier for preparation and review support.
• Manage the application of tax incentives, including the innovation income deduction / patent box and the R&D tax credit computation, ensuring claims are correctly computed, documented and defensible. Support with the filing of ruling requests.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of Pillar 2 requirements and support the related computations and data gathering for the Belgian entities.
• Prepare and submit other required filings, including fee forms (e.g. fiches / 281 forms), withholding tax declarations and any other recurring or ad-hoc tax declarations.
• Continuously strengthen the Tax Control Framework (TCF) for the Belgian entities, ensuring that all tax processes, controls and key judgements are clearly documented, kept up to date and audit-ready.
• Participate in CTCP meetings.
• Provide support during tax audits.

Strategic projects

• Participate in ruling, BAPA and MAP processes, contributing to the preparation of submissions, supporting analysis and coordination with the authorities and advisors.
• Assess the impact of new tax legislation on the Belgian entities, quantifying the effects on provisions, compliance obligations and cash tax, and translating changes into concrete actions for the team and the business.

Process Improvement

• Drive continuous process improvement across the tax reporting and compliance cycle: standardisation, automation, control strengthening and documentation.

Required Skills & ExperienceTechnical

• Strong accounting background, with the ability to read, reconcile and challenge financial data.
• Solid corporate tax knowledge, with practical experience of Belgian tax compliance and reporting.
• Proven tax modeling skills (provision, prepayment, R&D incentives and Pillar 2 computations).
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel is required.

Systems

• Hands-on experience with SAP is required.

Experience

• At least 5 years' experience in a similar tax reporting, compliance and advisory role, ideally within a multinational environment, a Big 4 firm, or a combination of both.

Personal Attributes

• Resilience and stress resistance, particularly during the annual close and peak filing periods.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Improvement-oriented mindset.

Languages

• English and French.

Working Arrangements

• Role based at the GSK Wavre office (Belgium).
• Hybrid working in line with current policy: 2 days of on-site presence per week, with 3 days on-site required during the initial onboarding period.

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Belgium Salary Range / Fourchette salariale – Belgique: EUR 71,550 to EUR 119,250The annual gross base salary range for new hires in this position is listed above for each applicable location. These ranges take into account a number of factors including the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. In addition, this position may offer an annual bonus and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program which is dependent on the level of the role. More detailed information on the total benefits package will be supplied during the recruitment process. This role is available for applicants from multiple locations, and therefore salary ranges for certain locations are also shown. Salary ranges for other locations are shown because some markets have pay transparency laws that require salary information on job postings, and those locations are potential job sites for this role. If salary ranges are not displayed in the job posting for a specific location or country, the relevant compensation will be discussed during the recruitment process. Please note salaries vary by country based on the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. Offers are typically made within the advertised range based on the candidate’s skills, experience and qualifications, with the upper end generally reserved for highly experienced candidates or other exceptional circumstances aligned with these criteria.Le salaire de base mensuel brut minimum pour les nouvelles recrues à ce poste est indiqué ci dessus pour chaque lieu applicable. Ce salaire de base mensuel brut minimum tient compte de plusieurs facteurs, notamment les compétences, l’expérience et le niveau de formation du/de la candidat(e), ainsi que le taux du marché pour le poste. En outre, ce poste peut donner droit à un bonus annuel ainsi qu'une éligibilité pour participer à notre programme de long term incentive basé sur des actions, en fonction du niveau du rôle. Des informations plus détaillées sur l’ensemble du package salarial seront fournies au cours du processus de recrutement. Ce poste étant ouvert à des candidat(e)s basé(e)s dans plusieurs pays, des fourchettes de salaire sont également indiquées pour certains lieux. Les fourchettes salariales pour d'autres localisations sont mentionnées parce que certains marchés ont des lois en matière de transparence salariale qui imposent que les informations sur les salaires soient affichées dans les offres d’emploi, et que ces pays sont des lieux potentiels pour ce poste. Si aucune fourchette salariale n’est indiquée dans l’offre d’emploi pour un lieu ou un pays spécifique, la rémunération correspondante sera discutée au cours du processus de recrutement. Veuillez noter que les salaires varient selon le pays en fonction des compétences, de l'expérience, du niveau de formation du/de la candidat(e) et du taux du marché pour le poste. Les offres sont généralement faites dans la fourchette annoncée en fonction des compétences, de l'expérience et des qualifications du/de la candidat(e), la partie haute de la fourchette étant généralement réservée aux profils très expérimentés ou à des circonstances exceptionnelles répondant à ces critères.

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