Senior Indirect Tax Specialist

<p>We help the world run better</p> <p>Our company culture is focused on helping our employees enable innovation by building breakthroughs together. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from. Apply now!</p> <p> </p> <p>PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES</p> <p>The Indirect Tax Team of EMEA/MEE is looking for a Senior Tax Specialist who wants to join the digital transformation journey. Within the EMEA/MEE region we established in 2022 a functional set-up, which consists of a Direct Tax &amp; Deal Support Team and an Indirect Tax Team. To meet present and future digitalization requirements, the Teams are in an ongoing transformation process and focus on the standardization and automation of any compliance related responsibilities to ensure future readiness. We embrace out-of-the-box thinking and technology driven processes.<br/> As part of the Indirect Tax Team, you will be part of a cross-functional collaborative working approach. You will gain detailed and regional indirect tax and business knowledge by working closely with your colleagues in a hybrid work environment.</p> <p> </p> <p>EXPECTATIONS AND TASKS</p> <p>The Senior Tax Specialist EMEA/MEE will be responsible for managing/supporting Indirect Tax topics in the region, especially:</p> <ul> <li>Managing and driving Indirect tax projects including Tax Compliance Tool, NGBC and ViDA </li> <li>Responsible for UAT and E2E testing for Indirect tax projects, Act as SPOC and provide training to other project team members and wider indirect tax team </li> <li>Representing EMEA MEE Team in discussions with Tax Process Manager and other stakeholders in respect to identifying and planning new indirect tax projects </li> <li>Proactively identify opportunities for process enhancement and automation of manual compliance process’ </li> <li>Supporting with Indirect tax compliance as requirements i.e. tax return preparation, filing and timely submission (incl. monthly/quarterly/annually value-added tax (VAT) returns, EU sales/purchase lists and domestic sales and purchase lists),</li> <li>Support implementation of tax law changes, incl. the coordination with IT and key business stakeholders (e.g. O2I, P2P)</li> <li>Provide support in indirect tax audits in where required</li> <li>Ongoing tax-related requests.</li> <li>Act as a trusted business advisor in partnership with the wider tax team members</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES</p> <ul> <li>Education in Tax, Finance or Accounting.</li> <li>Experiences in VAT with an advisory firm or in a corporate environment</li> <li>Strong preference to work in technical/software-driven processes (SAP ERP)</li> <li>Experience in JIRA or similar </li> <li>Enjoy analytical thinking</li> <li>Growth Mindset. Self-driven</li> <li>Strong pro-active project management skills as well as innovative ''solution seeker'' rather than a ''problem definer'' attitude</li> <li>Team player with good interpersonal and communication skills, strong assertiveness</li> <li>Fluency in English</li> <li>Network within SAP’s Finance Organization is a plus.</li> <li>A CPA, qualified Tax Advisor or similar certification with focus on taxation is a plus</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>WORK EXPERIENCE</p> <ul> <li>At least 5 years working experience in tax or finance function within multinational organization or similar.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>What you can expect is professional onboarding, exciting career progression, a diverse work environment providing growth opportunities, learning &amp; development possibilities, and an international business network for you to leverage. Interesting non-work related activities (volunteering, charity, sport events,..)<br/> This role is based at the ultra-modern Metronom office building directly above the Nove Butovice metro station. The location encompasses SAP's vision for the perfect work-life balance by featuring uniquely decorated relaxation rooms, parents' and kids' room.</p> <p> </p> <p>Benefits<br/> Yearly bonuses, sick days paid and sick leaves fully refunded, flexible start/end of working hours, contributions to the pension/life insurance, meal vouchers, holidays 5 weeks, educational courses, coaching and mentoring opportunities, free massage, cafeteria plan, free fitness studio, generous shares program, etc.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>We build breakthroughs together</p> <p>SAP innovations help more than 400,000 customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-e