Manager Indirect Tax Compliance

What you will do

Responsibilities

• Compliance & Risk Management
  • Ensure accurate and timely VAT filings and reporting in line with global and regional regulations.
  • Monitor VAT/GST changes and assess impact on compliance processes and technology set-up.
  • Proactively manage risks and establish strong internal controls.
  • Partner with regional finance and tax to ensure local compliance requirements are met consistently.
• Technology & Process Transformation
  • Assist with implementation of automation tools and maintenance of an indirect tax engine to streamline VAT compliance processes.
  • Work on process improvements
  • Collaborate with IT and external vendors.
• Team & Stakeholder Collaboration
  • Act as a trusted collaborator to tax, finance, and business partners on VAT/GST compliance matters.

Outputs

• VAT / GST compliance filings and related payments
• Maintain indirect tax technology set-up
• Roll out process

• Doctorate degree and minimum 8 year of tax experience OR
• Masters degree and minimum 13 years of tax experience OR
• Bachelors degree and minimum 16 years of tax experience OR

Preferred Requirements

• Academic degree or equivalent diploma in Accounting / Finance, Tax Law or Tax Economics
• A minimum of 5-6 years of experience in a VAT compliance and/or advisory role with an emphasis on supply chain/manufacturing within the Big Four accounting firms or within a financial/tax department of a large multi-national company
• Experience of EU VAT alongside a working knowledge of cross-border VAT/GST outside of EU is required
• Demonstrated capability to learn quickly, being open and flexible to changes, in a multi-national environment
• Attention to detail
• Pro-activeness in approach to problem solving and technical research
• Strong interpersonal skills, team player, and highly customer focused
• Strong computer skills with emphasis on SAP, S/4 Hana DRC and Vertex
• Experience in VAT and GST within an international VAT compliance team
• Experience in Pharmaceutical Industry
• High level in local language or any other major language

• Demonstrates written and oral communication and collaboration skills
• Is results oriented and reliable
• Applies a customer focus to the compliance related activities
• Routinely analyses and solves problems
• Works accurately and detailed within a given deadline