We are looking for a Tax Advisor to work in a multinational company. Its products and services are designed to benefit people and improve their quality of life.
PURPOSE
Within our one Tax Community and our Operating Model for Taxes at the company, the Integral Business Services (GBS) team plays a key role performing international and local tax activities regarding Tax Compliance (including Indirect & Direct taxes), Tax Accounting and Transfer Pricing, and provides tax advice within the GBS community and contributes to continuous process improvements.
As part of the organization within the GBS community, we have a Tax Center of Excellence (CoE) team all around the different locations that encompasses different process areas as Tax Compliance, Tax Accounting, Transfer Pricing, Tax Technology and Digital Transformation.
The main activities and responsibilities of this team are giving tax advise within the GBS team and be key contact to headquarters and local teams; caretaking for outsourcing; managing complex tax activities within the region under scope and/or with global impact, including tax audit support; continuous process improvements (cross-functional alignments, automation & data analytics); support to Global Process Owner (GPO)’s projects; knowledge management; give advice on tax reporting activities; etc.
The team acts as the counterpart of the respective GPOs, both putting the global standards/settings into operations and providing the feedback, ideas, and operational knowledge from the operations.
For our Global CoE Tax team, we are looking for a CoE Tax Advisor who provides support and advice regarding Direct tax (including Corporate Income Tax (CIT) topics, Withholding Tax Accounting and Tax Reporting) and Indirect tax (VAT, Intrastat, EU Sales Tax, etc.) for some of the countries where the Group has its presence.
YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide tax advice for indirect and direct tax topics to the tax teams within GBS.
- Manage complex tax activities within region and/or with global impact, including Tax Audit support & steering.
- Quality gate activities:
- Risk based random review of tax declarations.
- Approval of most relevant tax payments.
- Review tax declarations for complex legal entities and complex issues.
- Perform / organize trainings to further increase tax specific knowledge.
- Define additional data checks and coordinate with GPO.
- Caretaker for outsourcing and first point of contact.
- Participation and leading role in transition projects
WHO YOU ARE
- BA/BS degree in Tax/Fiscal, Finance, Accounting, Law or Business with 4+ years of experience in tax advisory or in a multinational company.
- Strong capabilities to work through ambiguity and for sound judgment.
- Advanced ability to work through ambiguity.
- Advanced level of capability to understand complexity of changes with respect to business and regulatory environment and to respond quickly.
- Advanced level of capabilities to lead change, projects, and initiatives.
- Advanced level of capability to collaborate.
- Advanced level of ability to explain the "why", ability to influence people and to drive change or to execute governance of Tax.
- Strong tax judgment and business knowledge or ability to quickly learn.
- Advanced level of capability to collaborate task/project oriented without geographical, organizational, or functional boarders.
- SAP experience is a plus.
- Very good analytical skills and the proactive attitude to drive process changes.
- Customer oriented mind-set, change management capabilities and Team player.
- Competence to grasp an overview of complex subjects and deduce operational activities.
- Exceptional interpersonal communication, and presentation skills and ability to manage multiple and diverse stakeholders.
- A high proficiency level in English, both written and spoken complete your profile.
Seniority level
- Associate
Employment type
- Full-time
Job function
- Accounting/Auditing
Industries
- Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
#J-18808-Ljbffr