Tax Leader

O-I

18h•Remote

About The Position

This role is responsible for the day-to-day operations within the Tax team, with a primary focus on all Indirect Tax related processes. The position involves team development, KPI reporting, and supporting EU Tax-wide processes through standard reporting and analysis. Additionally, the Tax Leader will be responsible for Control Framework activities related to Indirect taxes. The role requires overseeing and performing accounting processes for indirect tax compliance, coordinating local taxation procedures, managing cash tax payments, and ensuring timely filing of VAT returns, ESL, and Intrastat. Monitoring KPIs and internal controls for efficiency and safety is crucial. The Tax Leader will interact with stakeholders to ensure effective VAT reporting, validate and maintain VAT accounting policies, processes, procedures, and internal controls, and provide support for business decisions. Continuous improvement and standardization of processes to increase efficiency and quality are expected. Responsibilities include setting up correct SAP Indirect Taxes rates and system logic, ensuring compliance with local VAT laws and regulations for supervised countries, proactively monitoring tax law changes and implementing necessary process adjustments, educating internal stakeholders on VAT processes, assisting in audits, ensuring proper record retention, and proactively supporting business departments (Sales, Finance, Logistics, SSC) in VAT matters. The role also involves leading or participating in indirect tax projects and ensuring workload optimization and full back-up within the BSC Tax team. Other reasonable tasks and projects may be assigned.

Requirements

A Bachelor's Degree in Law, Business or Economics
Advanced proficiency in both written and spoken English
A minimum 4 years tax experience in a multinational enterprise with a focus on indirect tax
Proved successful experience in a People Management role
Strong knowledge of ERP system (preferably SAP)

Nice To Haves

Working in IFRS and/or US GAAP environment is an asset
Overall tax knowledge

Responsibilities

Responsible for day to day operations in BSC Tax Team.
Help with Tax team development and with works on potential growth of Tax function in BSC.
Oversee, and perform selected, accounting processes covering all indirect tax compliance related activities.
Coordinate the local taxation procedures, cash tax payments and timely and correct filing of VAT returns, ESL and Intrastat.
Monitoring of right KPIs and internal controls to ensure efficiency and safety of processes.
Interact with Stakeholders to ensure effective and efficient VAT reporting and to validate and maintain efficient and effective VAT accounting policies, processes, procedures, & internal controls as well as provide support used for business decisions.
Continuously improve and standardize processes in order to increase efficiency and quality.
Responsible for process of setting up an correct SAP Indirect Taxes rates and system logic.
Ensure full compliance for countries under supervision with the relevant local VAT laws and regulations.
Proactively monitor changes in tax law, propose and implement necessary changes in processes.
Educate and train various internal stakeholders involved in VAT related processes.
Assist in audit processes (group, statutory, tax).
Responsible for proper retention of records.
Pro-actively supporting the business (especially Sales, Finance, logistics and SSC) in all VAT related matters.
Lead/Participate in indirect tax related projects.
Ensure workload optimization and full back-up in BSC Tax team.
Other reasonable tasks/projects as assigned.