Tax Specialist

Skill required: Statutory Reporting & Tax Compliance - Indirect Tax Processing

Designation: Tax Specialist

Qualifications:BCom

Years of Experience:7 to 11 years

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What would you do? • The EMEA VAT Accountant is primarily responsible for overseeing VAT compliance, reconciliations, reporting, and advisory functions across multiple EMEA entities while ensuring accurate and timely tax compliance and process improvements in VAT• Prepare, review, and submit VAT returns for all EMEA entities accurately and on time, ensuring compliance.• Reconcile VAT balance sheet accounts regularly. • Assist with VAT audits and respond to queries from internal and external stakeholder• Analyze transactions to determine appropriate VAT treatment and ensure correct use of tax codes, providing recommendations for improvements.• Monitor VAT calendar and schedule payments to meet the deadlines• Support VAT tax Audits • The process of generating source data and performing required analysis to support indirect periodic (monthly, quarterly, annual) tax filings, based on the clients interpretation of statutory and tax requirements.• Examples include VAT, local sales and use taxes, property and income (business) taxes.

What are we looking for? • • Strong VAT technical knowledge for EMEA jurisdictions, including VAT reporting, withholding VAT, and compliance regulations. • 5 years of relevant VAT or finance experience within a multinational environment; experience with US-based global corporations considered advantageous. • Qualified or part- qualified accountant (CA-CWA). • Strong VAT technical knowledge for EMEA jurisdictions, including VAT reporting, withholding VAT, and compliance regulations • • Proficiency in ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle and Excel skills for reconciliations and reporting.

Roles and Responsibilities: • • Develop and document VAT procedures, ensuring updates are implemented in accordance with regulatory changes • • Participate in project-based initiatives, process improvements, and cross-functional coordination to enhance VAT compliance processes • • Collaborate with corporate teams in EMEA regions to standardize VAT processes and ensure consistency across entities