Accountabilities
The Tax Specialist will work within the team to ensure tax compliance for the
Spanish entities, and will be required to:
- Monitor the tax compliance obligations for the Spanish entities.
- Ensure tax compliance for all taxes in Spain, including the preparation and
submission of all relevant tax returns.
- Ensure tax compliance for all taxes in the countries where the company has tax
compliance obligations.
- Detect areas for improving the tax compliance processes.
- Support the Spanish tax team on tax proceedings and tax audits conducted by
Spanish tax authorities.
- Manage the communications received by the Spanish Tax Authorities and submit the
responses to the mentioned communications.
- Process journals and payment requests for all Spanish taxes and entities.
Key Relationships / Interfaces
- Head of Tax Spain and other members of the Spanish tax team.
- Wider Group Tax team.
- Tax team based in the Group business services centre.
- Finance team.
Required Skills, Qualifications & Experience
- Demonstrable experience (5 years or more) as a Tax compliance specialist.
- Degree in Spain Law and/or Economics/ADE.
- Tax Masters would be appreciated.
- Strong and demonstrable tax technical skills.
- Proven background on Spanish tax compliance.
- Essential to be fluent in English.
- Solid accounting and finance knowledge.
- Knowledge of SAP systems as user will be valued.
- A proactive approach to work in order to acquire knowledge and awareness of the
business activities so that he/she can provide commercially focused tax support and
tax assurance.
- Strong analytical and reasoning skills.
- Excellent judgment and the ability to make decisions dynamically and assess
acceptable levels of business risks. Capable of making decisions in complex
environments.
- Strong Communication Skills.
- Organization & Control of his/her work. Ability to carry out and manage tax projects
autonomously. Stress resistance. Accuracy in his/her work.
- Team working: Good team worker: helps to build or enhances Tax and Business
networks to make work more effective.
- Commitment with the tasks and projects assigned.
- Initiative and flexibility: the candidate should be able to look to do things better, faster
and more efficiently. Should be able to adapt easily to changing environments.
- Willing to travel.