Indirect Tax Specialist

Job Summary

Manages indirect tax compliance and reporting processes efficiently. Coordinates with cross-functional teams to ensure accurate tax data handling. Supports audits and implements tax process improvements.

Key Areas of Responsibility

Ensure timely compliance and quality of Indirect Tax (VAT, GST, Sales and Use etc.) filings as per local regulations, timely payments, and tax recoveries.

Ensure that the financial statements present a correct, fair, and updated representation of indirect tax liabilities/assets and risks.

Ensure adequate control over the Indirect tax process across the organization, including review of the internal framework and completion of internal control self-assessments.

Perform an adequate risk assessment and management of Indirect tax related processes.

Fulfil requests from regulatory & tax authorities. Resulting in change request and development projects including UAT testing.

Support local businesses with indirect tax related commercial operations support.

Act as country point of contact for local tax administrations, in countries with no physical Group tax presence.

Responsible for maintaining withholding tax master data and documentation for non-payroll related withholding taxes (where applicable); and for maintaining tax master data in 3rd party tax software that interfaces with SAP.

Drive Lean WoW in Indirect tax organization through simplification, harmonization of processes & controls to improve quality of compliance.

Ensure all stakeholders in Indirect tax process (Group tax, other finance pillars, third-party providers, IT, local businesses) are engaged and aligned to ensure smooth operations of Indirect tax process.