This is a rare opportunity for an indirect tax professional to develop into a broader tax leader, by adding corporate tax and transfer pricing skills.
Our client is a technology and manufacturing company and this role is primarily a strategic VAT leadership role. It will be first point of contact for the business on any indirect tax questions. The focus is on EMEA, but the role will effectively be global with no one else leading indirect taxes. VAT Compliance done by the controllership group so the role is focused more on strategic VAT opportunities and risks and business partnering to spot and fix VAT leakage.
The other part of the job is supporting the European Tax Director on a range of direct tax planning projects including M&A, transfer pricing, international tax planning and implement TESCM related projects.
To be successful in this role, at least 7 years of VAT experience is required, ideally with some exposure to other areas of tax such as corporate tax, transfer pricing and/or US GAAP tax accounting.