Key Expert 4: International Tax Law and Policy Specialist – Multiple countries

Aninver Development Partners SL (www.aninver.com) is looking for a Key Expert 4: International Tax Law and Policy Specialist for a environment, finance, trade consultancy assignment financed by UNIDO in Multiple countries.

Aninver Development Partners is seeking an expert for a prospective consultancy assignment with UNIDO focusing on the intersection of environment, finance, and trade. The initiative supports emerging market and developing economies in scaling up industrial decarbonization through innovative climate finance mechanisms, specifically examining the viability and adaptation of transferable tax credits.

As Key Expert 4: International Tax Law and Policy Specialist, you will play a central role in analyzing and designing fiscal-incentive frameworks, assessing the transfer and monetization of tax credits, and evaluating international and comparative tax policies to mobilize private sector investment for hard-to-abate industrial sectors across multiple countries.

Aninver is preparing a proposal for this assignment. The selected expert will be part of the proposed team; the engagement is conditional on the contract being awarded to Aninver. The full Terms of Reference for the position are shared with shortlisted candidates.

Objectives of the assignment

• Assess the technical and ecosystem viability of implementing transferable tax credits in emerging markets and developing economies.
• Determine potential design features required to adapt transferable tax credits to local contexts, including partial reimbursement and technological synergies.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of adapted tax credits as a private sector incentive, capital mobilization tool, and innovative climate finance channel.
• Analyze international tax implications, including OECD Pillar Two considerations, for cross-border tax credit monetization.
• Contribute to the formulation of pilot country implementation plans and participate in stakeholder validation workshops.

Scope of work

• Review international transferable tax credit experiences, map monetization chains, and assess success factors and OECD Pillar Two implications.
• Evaluate enabling conditions, tax infrastructure, market maturity, and bank participation across designated case-study countries.
• Conduct sensitivity analyses on tax credit sale prices and quantify impacts on project economics.
• Examine complementarity and sequencing with carbon market mechanisms and national climate targets.
• Apply established success criteria to select pilot countries and design initial implementation frameworks.
• Consolidate workstreams into comprehensive digital reports and contribute to final synthesis outputs.

Your role as Key Expert 4: International Tax Law and Policy Specialist

• Lead the legal and policy analysis relating to international and comparative tax frameworks.
• Assess the design, transfer, and monetization mechanisms of transferable and refundable tax credits in emerging markets and developing economies.
• Evaluate tax reform and fiscal-incentive design, including registration, collection, audit, clawback, and fraud-prevention procedures for governments and corporates.
• Analyze specific tax provisions and their practical adaptation to developing country contexts.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team members to integrate tax policy findings into financial models and carbon market assessments.
• Draft comprehensive technical reports and deliverables within the designated project timeframe.
• Contribute to stakeholder engagement activities and in-person validation workshops in pilot countries.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in law, international tax, public policy, economics, or a related discipline.
• Extensive professional experience in international and comparative tax law and policy, particularly regarding transferable and/or refundable tax credits.
• Proven track record working with emerging market and developing economy tax frameworks and fiscal-incentive design.
• Direct experience with relevant legislative frameworks governing tax credit transferability and elective pay provisions.
• Strong understanding of tax reform, compliance, audit, and fraud-prevention procedures.
• Excellent drafting, analytical, and communication skills in English.

Desirable

• Familiarity with OECD Pillar Two global minimum tax rules and their interactions with investment tax credits.
• Previous professional engagements with UN agencies or international financial institutions on climate finance or green taxation.
• Experience in hard-to-abate industrial sectors such as cement, steel, or concrete.

An accomplished international tax lawyer or policy specialist with deep expertise in designing and transferring tax credits within emerging markets, ready to shape innovative climate finance solutions for industrial decarbonization.

Assignment details

• Location: Multiple countries
• Financed by: UNIDO
• Sector: Environment, finance, trade
• Estimated duration: 6 months
• Contract: individual consultancy (conditional on award)

About Aninver Development Partners

Aninver is an international development consulting firm headquartered in Spain. It supports governments, development banks, UN agencies and bilateral donors with feasibility studies, technical assistance, evaluations and capacity building across Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia and Asia-Pacific, working with a network of international and national experts.

Why apply

• Join a multidisciplinary team on a UNIDO-financed project in Multiple countries.
• Individual consultancy: flexible, output-based engagement with an experienced proposal team.
• Your CV stays in Aninver's expert network for future assignments that match your profile.

How to apply

Sign in (or create a free account) and upload your CV in English. Add your LinkedIn profile, indicative daily rate and availability to speed up the assessment. Aninver will contact the shortlisted candidates.

Frequently asked questions

Is the position confirmed? The engagement depends on the contract being awarded to Aninver. Shortlisted experts are included in the proposal with their consent.

Can I apply if I am not based in the country? Yes, unless the requirements say otherwise; relevant regional experience is an asset.

What happens with my CV? It is used to assess your fit for this and future positions and is not shared with third parties without your consent.