Barbara Hildebrandt Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Strategic tax leader and international tax expert with US GAAP expertise, cooperate on overall JLL Tax/Finance strategies through delivery and implementation of the compliance, tax policies, projects. Tax advisory: CIT,VAT,WHT, Transfer Pricing in EMEA region. (Re)structure of supply-chain models and tax compliance processes. Audit and SOX tax set-up business controls. Trade & custom tax projects managment. Identify and manage tax risks or opportunities arrived from business/operational change and new tax rules. Direct and Indirect Tax Compliance:• Global CIT, VAT, WHT, TP undertake review of the tax compliance process, resolve issues and co-ordinate/manage across the teams with the EMEA controllers, outsource providers and advisers• Advise on VAT compliance management of the EMEA tax returns, projects and high value transactions • Oversee processes to ensure appropriate documentation is prepared across EMEA to meet US and group tax compliance requirements • Lead the tax provision process completion for the EMEA aspects of JLL global U.S. GAAP reporting• EMEA guide on tax audits including TP, cooperate with third-party advisors and local finance teams in the development of audit strategies• Pro-actively provide and implement ideas to improve compliance and reporting process and procedures• Refine and implement a 'best practice' tax compliance policy, analyze tax data as required, help to formulate global tax strategyProjects:• Pro-actively manage projects and open items with local finance controllers and finance heads and also liaise with Shared Service Centre accounting team ensuring of tax support delivery• Monitor tax legislation updates across EMEA, highlighting risk to local teams and senior management • VAT OneSource Indirect Tax Engine implementation for EMEA region to result in compliance streamline• Support the EMEA and US tax teams and the wider Finance and Controllership teams on any ad-hoc tasks and advisory projects

Zurich, Zh, Ch

Project assignment to lead ABB acquired GE division and ensure of successful tax integration. • Partnering in global plan execution and integrate ABB merger strategies• ABB Transactions support on sales & acquisitions, manage finance consolidations• Identify, review tax risks and opportunities while advising on alternative tax merger strategies • Apply knowledge to a wide range of tax areas with complex cases, including cross-border tax strategies• Supervise team of 4 directly and other large groups indirectly with a focused area of VAT, CIT tax reporting, TP compliance• Manage, advise on CIT, VAT, WHT, Property Tax, computations reflected in the financial model• Keep up to date with tax changes and compliance changes, implementation• Lead ABB Transfer Price project completion, internal audits and tax authority requests

Parsippany, Nj, Us

EMEA Tax compliance lead and planning COE Tax Operation in Warsaw • 08.2016- 05.2018• Process monthly/quarterly/yearly tax activities, CIT returns submission, payments, review tax effective rate in countries covered by Regional Tax Team• Oversee calculation GAAP ASC 740 financial statement tax accounting submissions • Provide tax technical support for countries covered together in conjunction with local advisors• Ensure robust CIT compliance environment in reporting and requirements, tax exposures and tax accounting entries accuracy. Establishment of effective procedures and process improvements• Cooperate on transfer pricing analysis on intercompany transactions from a tax perspective and define of service for countries assigned• Collaborate with local markets, outsourcing tax providers in providing support for tax authority audits queries and quarterly updates to Global Tax on process operation activities• Management, measurement, and review of corporate income tax risks and any operational or business risks • Manage Regional Tax Team members of 4 directly and other large groups indirectly. Ensure quality, process controls and requirements for Zoetis tax process are met• Cooperate on results preparation with Finance Managers, Directors, General Managers and Global Tax and outsourcing tax providersFinance & Tax Transformation Project Lead • 05.2016- 07.2016Set the Regional Tax Team in the COE in Warsaw • Review the plan for migration deadlines; agree with local markets on transfer resources• Follow up milestones, monitor progress and deadlines• Project follow up with Fin. Managers, Directors, General Managers and Global Tax• Communicate on Stereo meetings the transformation project achievements• Deliver CIT country documentation of the project to follow up in the COE in Warsaw

London, England, Gb

Responsibilities: • Creation strategy plan for transfer EMEAVAT & US Tax compliance to SSC • Implement, optimize global VAT systems, processes, and tax department policies• Standardize all VAT return processes globally• Lead compliance-ERP team of tax professionals (3 leads + 15 tax team members) directly and other large groups indirectly• Develop and implement effective indirect tax risk management controls in line with policy• Process internal statutory auditors and follow up on ongoing EMEA VAT audits• Tax Regional project assignment (advisory, optimization, re-structuring)• Continuously seeking for opportunities improving cash flow and P&L savings• Tax Compliance Center define short and long term Indirect Tax Strategy, delivering value, planningEMEA VAT and US Sales Tax compliance:• Restructuring VAT compliance processes (VAT returns, EC sales list, Intrastate, Sales Tax) • Advice on setting-up VAT business controls within EMEA & US Region• Focus on improving quality of data within SAP, ERP implementations• Conduct external & internal audits for VAT compliance within EMEA & US Region• Global Tax effective Supply Chain Management• Translation of VAT theory into pragmatic and workable solutions• Set up training for SSC, train staff, support internal• Participate in global cross-department projects • Manage, monitor the performance and quality of activities• Develop and maintain KPIs to manage the performance of the European VAT department• Proactively monitor and operate internal reconciliation control environment to recover/pay VATProjects & Achievements: • Up and running EMEA Tax Department within service center organization (SSC)• EMEA and US VAT Tax transfer from local entities, third party to service center (SSC) location • SAP VAT set-up project strategy creation for upgrade to standardize VAT processes• Indirect tax risk management controls. Realized savings - 2.5million EUR

Wilmington, De, Us

• Advisory for businesses management for 3 Strategic Business Units across EU and non-EU countries. Leading supply chain restructuring with a view of VAT optimization • Provide advice in the VAT area for DuPont legal entities in the CEE Region, including responsibility for liaison with tax authorities and management of VAT audits• Ensure continual reporting and compliance and mapping and opinion of the business cases and complex chain transactions, internal procedures and projects, non-standard agreements. Monitor of current reporting and advisory during the preparation of the tax returns to be in line with local and international law (EU Six Directive) • VAT tax returns compliance approval of about 300 monthly for assigned business unites.• Compliance centralization strategy of CEE VAT activities to DuPont service centers for automation and effectiveness• Tax engine implementations lead to ensure compliance with VAT laws and Group's VAT policy. Drive implementation of necessary changes in the SAP systems for VAT rate changes and review relevant tax codes with transactions, new processes• Continual compliance approach and standardization of the DuPont VAT control processes within SOX environment • Effective cash planning of VAT payments/refunds, negotiation of VAT refunds outstanding and turning them into savings• One point VAT contact for Finance, Business, Logistic managers, VAT compliance team, VAT systems team, regional and country direct & indirect tax advisors, and government VAT departmentsProjects & Achievements: • Optimization of intercompany billings in countries, i.e. Italy, Spain, France, Russia and Ukraine, Kazakhstan Realized savings-10million EUR• Regional warehousing in European Countries for one of the Strategic Business Units. Realized savings-4million EUR• Lead standardization of the "Import / Export" reporting for major distribution centers in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France.

Wilmington, De, Us

• Lead monthly & annual tax returns (CIT and VAT), civil-tax activity (PCC), withholding tax, dividends, transfer pricing, tax projections• Monitor changes in the tax/accounting law to adopt systems and reporting, including the implementation in Finance. Ensure that all of the company's books and records kept in accordance with tax regulations• Responsible for the annual tax reporting audits: preparation of tax deferred tax calulation, key contact for KPMG auditor, SOX and internal audit• Managed ongoing tax authorities audits in CIT, VAT and transfer pricing and maintain relationship with tax office at high level during the tax proceedings. • Engaged in international projects – EU Accession of Poland and DuPont legal entities integration to new Eu regulation. Relevant changes implementation, reporting system updates to generate automatically new reports VAT returns, Intrastate, ESL – European Sales Listing)• Achieved multiple management awards for outstanding performance

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Main responsibilities: Perform GL month-end closing activities. Preparation of the tax declarations: VAT, Corporate Income tax, and others local taxes. Prepare and approve of Account Reconciliation. Cooperation with banks and offices: tax authority, insurance, statistical and with internal, external audits.

Executive Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

2007-2008, Project Certificate - Six Sigma Green Belt

2004, License Nr 5537/2004, Professional Public Accounting Certification

1999 - 2003, Master Degree In Accounting, Finance And Banking Department

2003, Post Master Degree - Taxes And Accounting