Senior Indirect Tax Specialist

is Germany's best-known AI company. We develop neural networks to help people work with language. With DeepL Translator, we have created the world's best machine translation system and made it available free of charge to everyone online. Over the next few years, we aim to make DeepL the world's leading language technology company.

Our goal is to overcome language barriers and bring cultures closer together.

What distinguishes us from other companies?

DeepL (formerly Linguee) was founded by developers and researchers. We focus on the development of new, exciting products, which is why we spend a lot of time actively researching the latest topics. We understand the challenges of developing new products and try to meet them with an agile and dynamic way of working. Our work culture is very open because we want our employees to feel comfortable. In our daily work we use modern technologies - not only to translate texts, but also to create the world's best dictionaries, and solve other language problems.

When we tell people about DeepL as an employer, reactions are overwhelmingly positive. Maybe it's because they have enjoyed our services, or maybe they just want to get on board with our quest to break down language barriers and facilitate communication.

What will you be doing at DeepL in future?

We are currently experiencing rapid growth and our client base is expanding every day - an exciting time to be with us! As a Senior Indirect Tax Specialist, you'll play a key role in our dynamic organisation. With our remarkable growth comes an increase in global indirect tax compliance responsibilities, and that's where your expertise comes in. 

As Senior Indirect Tax Specialist, you'll work closely with the Senior Tax Manager and act as the point of contact for all indirect tax discussions, facilitating communication between Finance, Sales, Product and Legal. 

You'll also liaise with external stakeholders to ensure seamless compliance and strategic alignment. Your expertise will be instrumental in designing efficient tax procedures and processes, ensuring that day-to-day operations comply with relevant tax regulations, while continuously improving tax accuracy. Beyond routine tasks, your expertise will extend to special projects. 

Whether it's sharing insights to support business growth or addressing emerging regulatory requirements, your contributions will be highly valued. Join us during this exciting period of growth and make a significant impact on the success of our business.

Requirements

Your responsibilities

• Preparation of ongoing VAT, GST and Sales Tax returns for several global tax registrations (EU, UK, US, Asia etc.). This will involve working closely with external tax advisors and global tax filing service providers.
• You will act as the primary liaison for indirect tax related discussions between various departments including Finance, Sales, Product and Legal in daily business. You'll also liaise with external stakeholders.
• Lend your expertise to special projects, whether it's sharing insights to scale the business or addressing new regulatory requirements
• Collaborate with the Tax Lead to review tax compliance management systems, actively participate in the development of efficient tax procedures, and ensure day-to-day operations adhere to relevant tax regulations through regular compliance spot checks.
• In-house drafting of legal issues in connection with indirect taxes as well as review and interpretation of external legal memoranda and derivation of necessary internal measures.
• Handle tax audits for all group companies

About you

• You'll have a degree in business law, taxation or economics. Ideally, you'll have furthered your tax and legal expertise with an LL.M. / M.Sc. programme.
• You will have at least 5 years' experience in indirect taxation across multiple jurisdictions. This experience should be within an international tax firm and you should have client-side experience in an international environment.
• You will have strong analytical skills, enabling you to tackle complex tax and accounting challenges and identify opportunities for optimisation.
• Familiarity with relevant tax tools, software and technology-driven tax solutions.
• Ability to work efficiently in high pressure situations to ensure deadlines are met.
• You thrive in and are enthusiastic about working in a paperless enviro