Senior Tax Services Specialist

The position

The position holder will accompany the BI global business partners in EMEA Region in their tax declaration obligations (e.g. CIT, WHT, VAT, Tax Accounting, etc.) and specific issues within the scope of the respective country’s responsibility. As a point of contact between different organizations within Global Business Services and Corporate Tax, the position holder will gather, reconcile and validate the data required for tax filings. Further, this person will be responsible for the preparation work of tax declarations for BI entities in multiple countries (e.g., advance returns, recapitulative statements, etc.).

Tasks & responsibilities                                    

As a Senior Tax Services Specialist, you will be responsible for:

• Data gathering (i.e. for CIT, WHT, VAT, Tax Accounting, etc.) from various data sources for the preparation of different tax returns and other fiscal reports within the country’s scope of responsibility.
• Ensuring the completeness and correctness of all gathered data, as well as reconciling and validating of gathered data.
• Coordinating tax-related change activities and postings in line with the business service organization.
• Ensuring high-quality preparation of tax returns (i.e. CIT, WHT, VAT, etc.) and other fiscal reports within the statutory deadlines for subsidiaries in multiple countries. This includes evaluation of data, solution design (e.g. design of preventive and detective controls) and corrective actions (if necessary) and documentation (e.g. tax issue files/reports/assessment notices), and archiving of related issue files.
• Cooperating closely with various functions internally and externally (The Corporate Tax Function as well as other within GBS or globally) and handling specific questions, requirements, and/or issues within the country’s responsibility.

About our future employee

You should speak English fluently (min. B2+ level) and have at least 5 years of professional experience in a tax consulting firm or a comparable position of an internationally operating company, preferably in a shared service setup.

Additionally, we are looking for:

• Practical experience and knowledge of financial and/or tax accounting topics and operations, particularly related to VAT, CIT and WHT, or Tax Accounting as well as the ability to adapt to changing guidelines.
• High affinity for systems landscapes like MS Office (especially MS Excel), SAP-FI/ SAP S/4 HANA.
• Excellent communication and intercultural skills.
• Ability to handle more complex topics.
• Ideally bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.Sc.) in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Taxation, Law or similar.
• A team player with strong analytical, interpersonal, and negotiating skills as well as an independent and proactive working style.