Head Of Tax

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Our organisation

Ageas is a listed international insurance Group with a heritage spanning of 200 years, offering Retail and Business customers Life and Non-Life insurance, and is also engaged in reinsurance activities. As an international insurance company, Ageas concentrates its activities in Europe and Asia through a combination of wholly owned subsidiaries and long-term partnerships with strong financial institutions and key distributors. Ageas ranks among the market leaders in the countries in which it operates. It represents a staff force of about 50,000 people and reported annual inflows of over EUR 19.6 billion in 2025.

Ageas aims to be a Great place to Grow for all its people, while always staying true to its four values: care, share, deliver and dare. Ageas strives to create a truly inclusive company – attracting the most talented people and offering a working environment where everyone feels they belong, collaborates to achieve our common ambitions and is recognized for their contribution. Ageas encourages its people to think and act differently, to speak up, to be themselves and to contribute their individual skills. For Ageas, diversity and inclusion is a business imperative, providing us with the foundation to achieve sustainable business results across different markets. Ageas has been re-certified as Top Employer in 2026.

The vibrant Ageas Corporate Centre in Brussels is home to a variety of Group level functions including, amongst others, Risk, Finance, Legal & Compliance, Investor Relations, Human Resources, Strategy, Business Development and Corporate Communications. It sets out the long term strategy for Ageas and coordinates numerous initiatives across the Group to help realise the strategic ambitions. The Corporate Centre also facilitates knowledge and skills sharing amongst its local operating entities and JV’s, creating strong connections and leveraging on local strengths. It represents the Ageas Group towards external parties, managing relations with analysts, retail and institutional investors, regulators, rating agencies and the media.

The Group Tax function operates within the CFO domain and works in close coordination with Group Legal & Compliance. It is responsible for defining and safeguarding the Group’s tax position, ensuring compliance with applicable tax laws and regulations, and supporting strategic initiatives across the Ageas Group. The Group Tax team acts as a centre of expertise providing guidance to local entities across Europe and Asia.

To further strengthen the Group Tax governance and leadership, Ageas is looking for a Head of Tax.

Objective of the function

To define, oversee and safeguard the Group tax strategy and tax control framework of Ageas, ensuring full compliance, effective risk management and high-quality tax advice across the Group, including its activities in Europe and Asia, with joint ventures and partnership structures, in a multi-entity and multi-regulatory environment, while leading and developing the Group Tax team.

Your function

Your main responsibilities are:

• Defining and maintaining the Group tax strategy in line with Ageas’ business strategy, values and risk appetite;

• Ownership and direction of the overall tax position of the Ageas Group, including direct and indirect taxes, across all applicable reporting frameworks;

• Identification, assessment and monitoring of significant tax risks, ensuring appropriate mitigation and escalation where needed;

• Governance over tax compliance, tax accounting and tax reporting at Group level, including review of key tax disclosures and reports;

• Lead and design tax structuring for major transactions, including cross-border acquisitions, partnerships and reorganisations, and drive the development and implementation of complex tax-efficient structures in a multi-jurisdictional context;

• Define and lead the Group’s approach to tax rulings and advance certainty processes across key jurisdictions;

• Act as senior interface with tax authorities, auditors and advisors;

• Leadership, coaching and development of the Group Tax team and Group Tax Community.

Your profile

• Academic degree in Tax Law, Economics or Finance;

• Extensive relevant experience (min. 15 years) in international tax;

• Proven experience in advising on complex cross-border structuring and transactions;

• Extensive experience with tax governance, audits, authorities and rulings;

• Ability to operate at senior stakeholder level;

• Experience with listed groups or multinationals with comparable complexity;

• Strong leadership and people development skills;

• Fluent in English; French and/or Dutch is a strong asset.

Our offer?

• The possibility of (maximum 50%) home working;

• A dynamic, multicultural working environment;

• An interesting and extensive salary package (including meal vouchers, eco vouchers, hospitalization, disability and group insurance, additional child benefit, mobile allowance and intervention in the internet reimbursement, ...);

• The possibility to optimize part of your salary package through a flexible income plan;

• A corporate culture where you are encouraged to share your views and opinions;

• A flat organizational structure with close collaboration and communication with management and cross departments;

• A company car with charging card;

• An extensive range of learning & development opportunities through our online learning platform;

• The opportunity to further develop yourself and to be part of a great team at a Top employer in Belgium. Find out more about it here.