Senior Manager – Tax & Accounting - Evinova

Evinova delivers science-based, evidence-led, human-experience-driven digital health solutions. We combine deep scientific expertise with digital and AI to set new standards across life sciences. Evinova operates a multi-entity group across Switzerland, Sweden, the UK, Spain, Poland, the US, Canada and China, supporting clinical trials and digital health products worldwide. 

As Evinova’s device and SaaS businesses scale across eight jurisdictions, indirect tax — VAT, GST and US sales & use tax — has become a key area of compliance risk on the controllership. This newly created role brings senior, end-to-end ownership of the indirect tax agenda, underpinned by strong technical accounting and broad controllership. 

The role reports to the Group Financial Controller and works alongside Evinova’s Finance team in close collaboration with the Group’s indirect tax function. 

Key responsibilities 

The Senior Manager, Tax & Accounting is the single point of accountability for indirect tax across the Evinova group — owning registrations, returns, structuring  and risk — while acting as a senior technical accounting and audit resource and contributing to broad accounting and controlling activities. 

1. Indirect tax — strategy, registration and compliance (primary remit) 

• Group indirect tax ownership — own the VAT, GST and US sales & use tax agenda across all entities; act as the single point of accountability for indirect tax risk, registrations, returns and structuring, working in close collaboration with the AstraZeneca Group indirect tax function and external advisors. 

• German VAT registration — lead the German VAT registration, working in close collaboration with the Group indirect tax function and Deloitte Germany. Compile and own the underlying device-movement dataset (domestic reverse charge on device supplies, intra-community shipments to other EU member states, and post-study device disposition); develop and defend the single-supply position; and lead the contractual redesign of device terms (rental vs. transfer of the right to dispose) with Legal and Commercial. 

• US sales & use tax — operationalise the exemption-certificate-first framework (Tax Exemption Certificates, Direct Pay Permits and Multiple-Points-of-Use certificates) collected at contract signing; design study-level device ship-to and deployment tracking to support state-level allocation and tax-only invoicing; set the prospective filing start date and state footprint; and coordinate filing and return preparation with the Group US State & Local Tax team, shared services and Deloitte. 

• China VAT — support the specific China VAT topics: the 6% treatment on intercompany recharges, output VAT positions, the Importer-of-Record customs/VAT interface, and monthly VAT returns with Deloitte China. 

• Recurring compliance cycle — oversee Swiss VAT, EU VAT returns, e-invoicing readiness, and the SAP–Concur VAT reclaim service across the group. 

• Intercompany & transfer pricing economics — own the indirect tax treatment of intercompany recharges and the interaction between transfer pricing and VAT/GST. 

2. Technical accounting and audit support 

• Audit technical resource — act as the technical accounting and tax reviewer across the group’s statutory audits; first point of contact for complex accounting pos