If you're a Property Tax Professional with significant experience, we can offer you the opportunity to work at the heart of Shell’s Real Estate Team. Not only will you manage our UK Non-Retail Business Rates portfolio, you will also manage property taxes for our Netherlands Corporate and Residential portfolios and respond to any ad hoc challenges or opportunities arising across the wider EMEA team region.  

Where you fit in

Real Estate (RE) delivers a competitive advantage to Shell through the application of leading-edge corporate real estate, corporate travel and business operations practices.

Shell’s RE team of professionals has established a strong reputation for delivering portfolio strategies, commercial transactions, capital projects, facilities services, operations support and travel support to the various Shell businesses in all parts of the world. Therefore, RE continues to seek the best talent to meet these dynamic business needs.

The Property Tax Manager is a role in the RE function designed to manage the property taxes for a portfolio of commercial, industrial and limited residential properties and assets. Situated within the Commercial Deals and Projects team, this role will report to the regional Commercial Deals & Projects Manager with extensive liaison with the RE Portfolio Managers in the team, senior owners and finance focal points for the relevant business assets.

What’s the role?

As Property Tax Manager, you will be responsible in ensuring that the property taxes for the assigned RE portfolio for the businesses and ventures are properly managed, that taxes charged are fair and reasonable, legitimately minimised and businesses are made aware of the budget implications from a property tax perspective of any business asset decisions, external impacts and legislative and government policy changes with follow up actions where necessary. 

In this role, you will also be responsible for partnering with the businesses to identify cost saving and cost avoidance opportunities in a professional manner in line with Shell Business Principles and provide key input into portfolio plan feasibility studies when necessary.

At an operational and tactical level, you will have the support and services of appointed specialist rating agents. While at a strategic level, you will be expected to participate in relevant professional and trade bodies with a view to keeping abreast of relevant developments and representing the company and industry interests and perspectives on property tax matters.

Furthermore, your accountabilities include:

• Identify savings opportunities through tax reliefs, appeals and legitimate cost avoidance e.g prior agreements.
• Management of UK Rating Contractors for the UK Portfolio.
• Management and responses to statutory compliance matters.
• Provision of annual property tax budgets and identify and recommend accruals when appropriate.
• Maintain the Property Tax database of valuations and liabilities.
• Advice and support to businesses, Portfolio Managers and Finance of the implications of projects and transactions.
• Management of the Shell reputation and risk at the property Tax interface.
• Policy influence through national and international professional groups e.g. RICS, IPTI.

What we need from you?

We’re keen to hear from individuals who have RICS qualifications or equivalent. Beyond that, we’d want to hear from individuals who have the following:

• Significant experience in a Property Tax orientated role.
• Proven Property Tax record in dealing with a diverse range of properties in the private or public sector. Knowledge and practice in cost-based valuations and assessments and some specialised industrial properties would be an advantage.
• Good collaboration skills and integrative leadership behaviours with the confidence and ability to lead and Chair professional and Industry body sub-meetings if required.
• Skills conducive to providing good business partnering, stakeholder relationships and management with the confidence and ability to influence at a senior level.
• Negotiation experience involving relatively complex cases is essential.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to spot relevant external trends, policy, legislative and practice changes and translate these into opportunities and responses.

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Shell started operations in the United Kingdom more than 110 years ago. Since then we have grown into a leading innovative oil and gas company that rewards its employees by investing heavily in their careers and learning. Our people are our greatest asset, and our commitment to your career will see you thrive in a work environment that offers an industry-leading development programme. When your ideas travel, Shell will benefit and innovation will thrive. Shell has a key role to play in helping meet the UK’s growing energy demand, whilst using innovative technologies to develop cleaner energy. We are the largest FTSE 100 company in the UK by market capitalisation, and make a significant contribution to the UK economy. As well as processing 35% of the gas coming into the UK, we serve more than four million customers at our filling stations each week. Shell employs some 6,400 skilled staff as well as many contractors.

An innovative place to work

There’s never been a more exciting time to work at Shell. Everyone here is helping solve one of the biggest challenges facing the world today: bringing the benefits of energy to everyone on the planet, whilst managing the risks of climate change.

Join us and you’ll add your talent and imagination to a business with the power to shape the future – whether by investing in renewables, exploring new ways to store energy or developing technology that helps the world to use energy more efficiently.

An inclusive place to work

To power progress together, we need to attract and develop the brightest minds and make sure every voice is heard. Here are just some of the ways we’re nurturing an inclusive environment – one where you can express your ideas, extend your skills and reach your potential…

• We’re creating a space where people with disabilities can excel through transparent recruitment process, workplace adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Feel free to let us know about your circumstances when you apply and we’ll take it from there.
• We’re closing the gender gap – whether that’s through action on equal pay or by enabling more women to reach senior roles in engineering and technology.
• We’re striving to be a pioneer of an inclusive and diverse workplace, promoting equality for employees regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
• We consider ourselves a flexible employer and want to support you finding the right balance. We encourage you to discuss this with us in your application.

A rewarding place to work

Combine our creative, collaborative environment and global operations with an impressive range of benefits and joining Shell becomes an inspired career choice.

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