Shell

Job Description:

General description of job

The position will report to the Country Tax Manager and will be responsible from following in scope of external compliance requirements which includes below areas;

• E-ledgers, Electronic Record Keeping Requirements,
• Supervision of Data inquiry from tax authorities and compliance reporting and
• Monitoring tax compliance activities delivered through local tax roles, FO tax roles business compliance teams and external YMM reporting.

Responsibilities;

• Generate and submit Electronic Ledgers, inventory ledger and Financial Electronic Records reports monthly on time,
• Oversee opening of tickets by super users to FIT and SOM for known defects and issues,
• Contribute to discussion on approach & process for development of new CRs,
• Constantly monitor and report on progress of report submission process and data quality of E-Ledger and E-records reports,
• Manage all the changes and issues with the relevant internal and external stakeholders.
• Contribute to quality assurance and testing of CRs impacting E-Ledger & E-Records under facilitation of E-transformation project team,
• Help maintain comprehensive user manuals and requirement guidelines to improve quality and consistency of reports,
• Support on preparation of Fiscal & Stat financial tables,
• Providing advice/support on Turkish GAAP requirements,
• Supporting Country Controller on fiscal accounts,
• Contact with businesses FP and FO for e-ledger and e-record problematic issues,
• Responsible for statutory ledger requirements fulfillment (Paper ledger notarization, filling, closing and maintenance,
• Supervise other Shell entities’ statutory ledger and e-records keeping requirements,
• Supervision for delivery of Data inquiries from tax authorities including tax audit/dispute cases ensuring data reconciled with e-ledgers,
• Support for Customs Audit for financial and tax data requests through e-records/e-ledger data data,
• Using the annual e-record keeping reports on responding to cross-audit requests,
• Supporting applicable tax advisors on data analysis for specific cases/projects.
• Responsible for providing fiscal ledger data to court reviews,
• Monitoring the compliance requirements for FO MIT, business compliance teams and external companies (i.e. UTR reports, Ethanol reports, VAT refund reports etc ) for ED and VAT processes and supporting for complex cases,
• Addressing compliance process improvement areas and proposing actions for improvements,
• Key focal point for Tax Office connection for operational issues,
• Act in full compliance with ISO9001 Quality Management & ISO27001 Information Security Management systems

Dimensions

• Main Businesses: Mobility, LSC, Trading&Supply, EV, Aviation, Marine, Chemical activities
• Number of Legal entities: 5 (Main responsibilities are related to Shell &Turcas Petrol A.Ş., The Shell Company of Turkiye,
• Supervisory level of compliance support for Shell Petrol A.Ş., Shell Enerji A.Ş., Shell Upstream Turkey BV)
• 4 legal entities are subject to e-ledger and e records keeping requirement
• Reporting Dimensions for 2 entities:

Total Returns: 72ITX Returns, 8 CIT returns

 Refund Claims:

• 24 ED refund claims per annum-OTVIRA checks
• 1 VAT refund claim per annum-KDVIRA checks

Additional Submissions:

• 48 Purchase and Sales Reports
• 400 per annum adhoc data requests
• 24 regular audits on ITX refunds
• 2 CIT questionnaires.

BLG releases

• Automated audits over e-ledgers and tax returns are in the pipeline by the tax authorities and are planned for 2024 and onwards.

Requirements

• Strong tax and accounting background (7-10 years’ experience in tax and compliance area)
• Strong SAP knowledge on financial transactions
• Strong know how on tax procedural rules on reporting
• Experience in project management
• Ability to work on data analytics tools such as Power BI,
• Familiar with Turkish legislation changes relevant to e-transformation projects
• Proven internal stakeholder management skills and Ability to communicate and influence effectively at all levels
• Ability to respond quickly to changing priorities and multiple parallel activities
• Good understanding of the relevant Turkish business environment and business models
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Fluent in Turkish and English language