Accounting & Finance

Manager Tax - Upstream & Midstream

De Beers Group

Location
Johannesburg, Gauteng
Minimum qualification
Bachelor's degree
Closing date

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In brief

**Overview** The role of Manager Tax - Upstream & Midstream at De Beers Group is situated within the Group Tax team, which is tasked with preserving and growing De Beers shareholder value through the responsible, coordinated, and professional management of the Group’s tax affairs in full compliance with the law. The Group Tax team aims to be a world-class, dynamic, flexible, and empowered global tax team that contributes to the commercial success of the Group and delivers sustainable value. This specific role involves leading the Africa country tax teams, who are responsible for delivering all tax advisory, compliance, business partnering, and policy support to local businesses. The Manager will build and enhance relationships with senior internal and external stakeholders and will be accountable for achieving Group Tax KPIs in their countries of responsibility. The position also plays a key role in setting and delivering the strategic objectives of the Group concerning De Beers tax affairs, including achieving a tax profile that aligns with the global footprint and operations. Additionally, the Manager, Tax Upstream/Midstream is accountable for closely managing De Beers’ tax risk according to the Tax Governance Framework and influencing the external tax environment to be conducive to the Group’s objectives and Tax Strategy. **What you will do** The key responsibilities for the Manager Tax - Upstream & Midstream include: * **Leadership**: Supporting the Head of Tax to foster a psychologically safe working environment, effectively leading the Upstream/Midstream tax teams and their professional growth, supporting the design and implementation of frameworks for Group Tax KPI delivery, supporting the implementation of the Tax Governance Framework (including Global Compliance), empowering teams to identify and deploy tax projects, and representing the team and its agenda with key internal stakeholders such as De Beers’ CEO, CFO, and Exco members. * **Business Partnering**: Championing collaboration within Group Tax and with the Upstream/Midstream and Element 6 businesses, leading the development and management of relationships with key business personnel, ensuring understanding of the tax strategy and governance framework, embedding Group Tax as a valued partner, and influencing decision-making in the local business. * **External Engagement**: Representing the business interests in domestic/regional consultations with governments, key industry, and civil society; developing and enhancing relationships with tax authorities consistent with Co-operative Compliance; leading and managing the provision of tax advice on business undertakings; and leading the response to external developments in tax policy. * **People & Teams**: Implementing the Group Tax people strategy, demonstrating behaviour in line with Group values, providing leadership and developing team performance (including performance management and talent management), developing clear work plans, fostering a psychologically safe and productive working environment, monitoring direct reports and providing feedback, driving delivery of objectives/KPIs, monitoring cross-team activities, and contributing to broader business results. * **Compliance and Tax Controversy**: Leading the strategy and response to significant tax audits, disputes, and litigations within the region; supporting the Head of Tax in designing and implementing robust compliance preparation and review processes; and being accountable for local tax compliance and reporting. * **Safety, Health & Environment**: Demonstrating behaviour in line with health, safety, and environmental standards, setting SHE expectations for the team, and participating in relevant safety audits, inspections, and observations. * **Sustainability & Social**: Ensuring the Group’s continued licence to operate in the region through appropriate tax planning, risk mitigation, local engagement, and promoting transparency; and implementing the Group’s sustainability strategy from a tax perspective in the region. * **Financial**: Managing the Upstream/Midstream team budget, managing consulting spend and delivering sustainable value through efficiencies, and identifying opportunities for improved cost management. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * **Qualifications**: * Professional accounting, tax, or legal qualification. * Masters in Taxation Preferred. * **Experience**: * Minimum 10 years' experience in a similar role. * Prior experience in mining would be advantageous. * Strong working experience of domestic and international tax principles, transfer pricing, tax residence, etc. * Experience interacting with senior stakeholders, both internal and external. * **Knowledge**: * High degree of commercial acumen. * Tax issues arising from financing and capital structures. * Tax accounting. * Influencing executives. * How to manage multiple stakeholders and tasks concurrently and how to work to deadlines. * A proven track record of having worked in a similar role in the tax field in Commerce, with a Big 4 Accounting firm or a Law firm. **Who should apply** This role is suitable for a highly experienced tax professional with a minimum of 10 years' experience in a similar role, possessing a professional accounting, tax, or legal qualification (with a Masters in Taxation being preferred). The ideal candidate will be capable of leading Africa country tax teams, providing expert tax advisory, compliance, business partnering, and policy support. They should demonstrate strong working knowledge of domestic and international tax principles, transfer pricing, tax residence, tax accounting, and tax issues related to financing and capital structures. Crucial attributes include a high degree of commercial acumen, experience interacting with senior internal and external stakeholders, and the ability to influence executives and manage multiple tasks and deadlines concurrently. A proven track record in the tax field, gained in Commerce, a Big 4 Accounting firm, or a Law firm, is essential. Prior experience in the mining sector would be considered advantageous. The candidate should also be committed to upholding health, safety, environmental, and sustainability standards. **Deadline** 21st October, 2026 **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/manager-tax-upstream-midstream-de-beers-group Source: myjobmag

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Job description

* The purpose of Group Tax is to preserve and grow De Beers shareholder value through the responsible, coordinated and professional management of the Group’s tax affairs, always in compliance with the law.  The group tax team strives to be a world class, dynamic, flexible, empowered global tax team contributing to the commercial success of the Group and delivering sustainable value. * The purpose of this role is to lead the Africa country tax teams accountable for the delivery of all tax advisory, compliance, business partnering and policy support to local businesses.  They will hold, build and enhance relationships with senior internal and external stakeholders and be accountable for delivery against Group Tax KPIs in their countries of responsibility. * They will play a key role in setting and delivering the strategic objectives of the Group in relation to De Beers tax affairs, including achieving a tax profile that matches the global footprint and operations of the business.  At the same time the Manager, Tax Upstream/Midstream will be accountable for closely managing De Beers’ tax risk in accordance with the Tax Governance Framework and influencing toward an external tax environment that is conducive to the Group achieving its objectives through the delivery of our Tax Strategy. Key Tasks: Leadership * Supporting the Head of Tax, De Beers to create a working environment that fosters psychological safety and enables team members to thrive, individually and collectively, consistent with the Leadership Framework. * Effectively lead the Upstream/Midstream tax teams, with responsibility for the professional growth and progression of team members. * Support the design and effective implementation of appropriate frameworks required to ensure that Group Tax KPIs are understood and able to be delivered in their countries of accountability. * Support the effective implementation of the Tax Governance Framework, including Global Compliance, enabling the identification and management of tax risks and the development of solutions and actions as required to protect value for the Group * Empower their teams to identify, develop and deploy global and local tax projects and initiatives that responsibly add to or protect shareholder value. * Represent and promote their team and their team’s agenda with key internal stakeholders including De Beers’ CEO, CFO and Exco members. Business Partnering * Champion ways of working which result in strong collaboration with other parts of Group Tax as well as the Upstream/Midstream and Element 6 businesses. * Lead the development and management of relationships with key personnel within the business and ensure they understand and support the tax strategy, tax governance framework and group tax priorities * Ensure that the value proposition, objectives, initiatives, delivery and resource requirements of Group Tax are well understood and accommodated by the local business. * Embed Group Tax as a valued partner in the local business and positioning Group Tax to have a forward looking posture through presence in relevant committees and other forums that it uses to influence and shape decision making in the local business, in a way that Group Tax is demonstrably contributing to the commercial success of the local business. External engagement * Represent the interests of the Business in domestic/regional consultations with governments, key industry and civil society * Develop and enhance relationships with tax authorities, with a view to establishing ways of working that are consistent with the ethos of Co-operative Compliance * Lead and manage the provision of tax advice on business undertakings * Lead the response to external developments in areas of tax policy. People & Teams * Implement the Group Tax people strategy * Demonstrate behaviour in line with the Group’s values, standards and a professional workplace. * Provide leadership to, and develop the performance of, the team in line with the Group’s people policies and systems e.g. performance management, talent management in order to achieve business goals. As part of this: * Develop a clear and aligned work plan for the team; * Foster a constructive , psychologically safe and productive working environment; * Monitor the work of direct reports and provide regular and useful feedback to them on how they are performing * Drive delivery of objectives/KPIs including holding team members to account for their work. * Monitor the activities of the team which involve other teams and appropriately intervene to address any cross-team issues * Contribute to the broader business by working with others in such a way that it optimises the overall business results Compliance and tax controversy * Lead the strategy and response to significant tax audits, disputes and tax litigations within the region * Support the Head of Tax, De Beers, in designing and implementing robust and consistent compliance preparation and review processes across the De Beers business. * Be accountable to the Head of Tax, De Beers for local tax compliance and tax reporting Safety, Health & Environment * Demonstrate behaviour in line with health, safety and environmental standards and values * Set the health, safety and environmental expectations for your team and monitor behaviour so that it meets the required standards * Participate in relevant safety audits, inspections and observations, and address issues as part of demonstrating safety leadership Sustainability & Social * Ensure the Group´s continued licence to operate in the region through appropriate tax planning and risk mitigation, local engagement and promoting the transparency agenda * Implement the Group´s sustainability strategy from a tax perspective in the region  Financial * Management of Upstream/Midstream team budget * Management of consulting spend and delivering sustainable value by delivering efficiencies in terms of the value received in comparison to the amount of money spent. * Identify any opportunities for improved cost management and either address these, or raise them with the Head of Tax, De Beers and/or appropriate local or De Beers group CFO Qualifications: * Professional accounting, tax or legal qualification * Maters in Taxation Preferred Experience: * Minimum 10 years' experience in a similar role. * Prior experience in mining would be advantageous * Strong working experience of domestic and international tax principles, transfer pricing, tax residence etc * Experience interacting with senior stakeholders, both internal and external Knowledge: * High degree of commercial acumen * Tax issues arising from financing and capital structures * Tax accounting * Influencing executives * How to manage multiple stakeholders and tasks concurrently and how to work to deadlines * A proven track record of having worked in a similar role in the tax field in Commerce, with a Big 4 Accounting firm or a Law firm Deadline:21st October,2026

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