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 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 Tax Services Specialist, you are responsible for data gathering (i.e. for CIT, WHT, VAT, Tax Accounting, etc.) from different data sources for the preparation of different tax returns and other fiscal reports within the country responsibility
• You ensure completeness and correctness of all gathered data. Reconciliation and validation of gathered data
• You coordinate tax-related change activities and postings in line with the business service organization 
• You ensure 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
• You cooperate closely with various functions internally and externally (The Corporate Tax Function as well as other within GBS or globally) and handle specific questions, requirements, and/or issues within the country responsibility

About our future employee

You should speak English fluently and be a motivated person with a minimum of 2 years of professional experience in a tax consulting firm or a comparable position of an internationally operating company, preferably in a shared service setup. 
You should have the practical experience and knowledge of financial and/or tax accounting topics and operations, particularly with regard to CIT, WHT, VAT, or Tax Accounting as well as be able to keep up with changing guidelines.

Additionally, we are looking for:

• High affinity for systems landscapes like MS Office (especially MS Excel), SAP-FI/ SAP S/4 HANA
• Excellent communication and intercultural skills
• Ability to deal with more complex topics
• Ideally Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.Sc.) in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Taxation, Law or similar
• Team player with strong analytical, interpersonal, and negotiating skills as well as an independent way of working