AVP, Investment Tax in London

Location: London

Job Function: Global Investment Services

Job Type: Permanent

Req ID: 17391

GIC is one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds. With over 2,000 employees across 11 locations around the world, we invest in more than 40 countries globally across asset classes and businesses. Working at GIC gives you exposure to an extraordinary network of the world’s industry leaders. As a leading global long-term investor, we work at the Point of Impact for Singapore’s financial future, and the communities we invest in worldwide.

GIC Global Investment Services (GIS) manages deal structuring, due diligence and closing. We provide financial operations to GIC’s private equity, infrastructure, real estate assets, equities and fixed income, as well as tax structuring, corporate holding structures, valuations, and financial reporting. We strive to support business groups with digital capabilities and deliver environmental, social and governance focused capabilities, and market expertise.

Tax support will be provided to the GIC group and investments made by GIC, covering enterprise tax, public markets, and private markets tax.

Responsibilities:

• Tax support to Private Market asset classes in Europe, delivering early-stage tax support as investment teams explore new opportunities.
• Facilitating preparatory work with external advisors to determine preferred tax structuring alternatives.
• Providing direct support to investment teams in complex situations to ensure tax risks and opportunities are understood.
• Maintaining tax knowledge pertinent to asset classes that invest across Europe, particularly private equity, real estate, infrastructure, and credit investments.
• Supporting, negotiating, and reviewing legal documents including LPAs and tax side letters.
• Collaborating with investment teams and other Corporate Services departments to ensure ongoing tax management meets GIC’s needs.
• Facilitating similar investment and tax support to public market investments.

Broader support across tax strategy and tax risk:

• Supporting the Tax team’s work to advance tax strategic initiatives in Europe and globally.
• Maintaining constructive relationships with key government authorities and tax departments of peer organizations in Europe.
• Contributing knowledge of GIC’s European tax issues to the delivery of tax risk reporting to key stakeholders.
• Assisting the tax compliance team in interfacing with European investment departments to ensure GIC’s tax compliance obligations are met.
• Actively contributing to the Tax team’s knowledge and technology resources.

Build and maintain strong cross-functional relationships:

• Developing, maintaining, and managing relationships with key individuals across all other GIC departments.
• Collaborating with peers in the Tax team to leverage team knowledge and experience.
• Assisting with reports to senior management on tax issues, risks, and opportunities across asset classes, product lines, and geographies.

Qualifications or skills:

• Relevant and credible international tax experience.
• An accounting/commerce degree with tax knowledge and/or holds a relevant professional qualification in tax, accountancy or law.
• A strong team player who displays teamwork and collaboration.
• A strong communicator who can adapt communication style to different audiences.
• Demonstrates strong writing, analytical and oral presentation skills.
• Has strong organisational/project management skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and consistently high levels of accuracy.
• Demonstrates personal initiative and strives to innovate.
• Exemplifies GIC’s PRIME values and strives toward agility, ambition and diversity.

Flexibility at GIC:

At GIC, our offices are vibrant hubs for ideation, professional growth, and interpersonal connection. Our teams come into the office four days per week to harness the benefits of in-person collaboration, but have the flexibility to choose which days they work from home.

GIC is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.