Ashland Chemical de México, S.A. de C.V.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensuring control of the tax and legal aspects of the Ashland organization in Mexico
- Focal point of contact for Mexico with local tax outsourcing, local auditors, tax authorities and internal areas of Ashland both local and abroad
- To monitor and renew contracts signed with third parties, maintain archive of local files and retention according to local and Ashland standards
- Hold Legal Fiscal Representative role for Ashland entities in country
- Supervisor for Local Admin Assistant direct report
Key Duties
Annual Statutory Compliance
For the annual statements, to reconcile USGAAP Vs Local GAP accounts and propose necessary adjustmentsKey contact and coordinator with the local auditors, providing the necessary documents and information. Ensure timely audit completion ;Work with tax outsourcing partner for compliance to transfer pricing rulesCoordination with Ashland's lawyers, accounting and legal areas of the annual shareholders' meetingAnnual renewal of the registration at the Chamber of CommerceCFDI
Stay current with CFDI law regulations with the help of local tax outsourcing partnerWork with internal IT teams to keep SAP up to date timelyCFDI vendor matching and reconciling. Reconcile vendor invoices per SAT and match with SAPKey Back up for invoicing role, if needed rotating responsibilityCFDI Electronic Accounting; work with tax outsourcing partner for complianceVAT & Withholding Taxes
To review the posting of withholding taxes and deductible taxes from vendor invoicesSupply tax outsourcing partner with data required and provide clarification where neededWork with Shared Services center in Hyderabad for GL account reconciliationTo review and approve the draft VAT return prepared by the tax outsourcing.Ensure appropriate Vendor document retention to be prepared for SAT andit and demandsSee to Travel & Entertainment complianceIncome tax
To prepare monthly calculation of the income tax provisionTo provide outsourcing partner with the additional information and necessary clarifications on the information previously sentTo review and give approval of the draft of Income Tax return, reconcile with the provisionAssist local outsourcing partner with SipredTo send the document samples required by the auditor to carry out their reviewTreasury & Insurance
Contact for Ashland Insurance & Treasury manager to provide them with local details and work on KYC requirements, complianceLegal
Act as local contact for Ashland legal team in country. Maintain data base of local legal agreements to be shared with legal department and central retention to local laws where neededCentral contact for new service contracts and ensure compliance with local regulations and REPSE regulations in particular.POA and Fiscal Representative role for Ashland entities in countryPayroll
Maintain files compliant to local outsourcing laws in conjunction with HRAssist HR business partner & Shared Services team with resolving differences on payrollBack up for HR business partnerProvide secondary signature for official payroll, benefits and related tax filingStatistical Reporting
Adhere to local INEGI reporting needsRespond to other reporting needs locally as applicableRole Attributes
Strong CommunicatorBilingual Spanish / English, verbal and writtenExperience within Mexico fiscal compliance area in an international company 3 years minimumExperience dealing with ambiguity, being a self starterHybrid office setting with office attendance according business needs