Senior Tax Manager (M/F)

Recognized for its expertise in Haute Horlogerie and Haute Joaillerie, Chopard is celebrated for its creative audacity and its conception of ethical and responsible luxury. Proud of its values and traditions, our Maison breathes its family spirit into its relations with its employees as well as its clients, working to offer an extraordinary brand experience.

Chopard can rely on a vast internal reservoir of expertise and know-how bringing together more than 45 different trades in both Swiss watchmaking tradition and jewelry.

Job Mission

We are looking for a motivated candidate to assume responsibility for the tax aspects of the Chopard group, both for direct taxation, transfer pricing issues, and indirect taxation (VAT, withholding tax), either by assuming the task internally or by collaborating with various external consultants whom we call upon on the subject.

Main Tasks

• Elaboration and implementation of the tax strategy for the group as a whole, analysis, planning and monitoring of the group's tax compliance activity
• Maintenance and updating of the transfer pricing policy for the Chopard group by ensuring the validity of the value chain creation for the group. Monitoring legislative developments regarding transfer pricing at both the OECD level and by the jurisdictions concerned.
• Collaboration with consultants to coordinate the annual preparation of transfer pricing documentation according to legal requirements (Master file and Local files) and identifying countries that fall within the scope of documentation obligations.
• Managing specific reporting aspects related to OECD, EU, and Swiss requirements such as CBCR and/or PCBCR reports, DAC(6), DAC (7) etc...
• BEPS Pillar 2: planning, coordinating and implementing data collection and consolidation procedures followed by their validation. Preparation of reporting (including tax packs, calculation of deferred taxes) necessary for the calculation of the global minimum tax and applicable exemptions (Safe harbour).
• Ensuring the implementation and execution of reporting and compliance obligations for BEPS P2 (local registration, Global Information Return, local declarations)
• Assistance to various group entities in the context of local tax audits and coordination of external stakeholders on the matter
• Preparation of tax returns for Swiss entities having their headquarters or branches in various cantons and review of the tax returns of foreign subsidiaries in connection with local teams
• Management of tax formalities related to dividend distributions within the group (forms relating to withholding tax and recovery of foreign withholding taxes)
• Assistance to various group entities for indirect taxation questions (VAT, withholding tax) in collaboration with our consultants on the subject
• Maintaining tax monitoring for all countries concerned by the Chopard group for direct and indirect taxes in order to be able to anticipate any regulatory changes that could impact global and/or local compliance obligations
• Being the specialist referent for all tax questions relating to operations in connection with the business

Specific Tasks

• Participation in internal audit missions to ensure the tax compliance of the entity concerned
• Contribution to discussions on the optimization of indirect taxes such as VAT and customs duties with internal persons in charge and external consultants
• Tax support in connection with restructuring projects, asset transfers or others

Required Skills

Hard Skills

Soft Skills

Federal tax expert diploma or LLM/Master
Proven experience in a position with similar responsibilities within an international group, ideally active in luxury or managerial position or alternatively proven experience in a tax department of a law firm or big four
Ability to manage international tax issues, transfer pricing and tax accounting
Project coordination and consultant management capacity (budgets and implementation)
Mastery of usual IT tools MS office, especially Excel
Ease of understanding direct and indirect international tax issues. French and English mandatory, German a plus

Quick understanding, great precision and an analytical mind

Perseverance, motivation and independence in one's work
Good team spirit
Ability to collaborate with people from diverse backgrounds internationally

Contract type: Permanent
Occupation rate: Full-time