VAT Manager

The organisation

The company was recently acquired by two Private Equity firms, which means that changes occur even faster. This requires a strong personality and subject matter expert. Since financial management is critical to our company's performance, you play a huge role in our overall success.

The position

Can you leverage your experience in tax management and stakeholder management to help ensure that our tax strategy is compliant and aligned with business strategy? Interested? Please read further.

As VAT Manager, you will report to the Manager Tax who reports to the Director Functional Finance and you will work closely with colleagues from other disciplines such as Legal and Treasury. As a team, you will ensure optimum service provision to all of the relevant stakeholders.

Tasks & responsibilities

In this role your key responsibilities will be:

• Provide VAT advise on all business projects and strategic initiatives;
• Ensure that changes in VAT rules impacting the business are implemented;
• Liaise with several departments to discuss the tax strategy;
• Develop, document and monitor tax controls as part of the Tax Control Framework;
• Meet and coordinate tax reporting and tax compliance deadlines;
• Coordinate and follow up on tax audits;
• Drive process improvements, optimizations and simplifications;
• Liaise with business partners to identify risks and opportunities;
• Liaise with the Tax Authority on a regular basis;

Candidate profile

You're a self-starter with the ability to work independently and can manage multiple projects and assignments with a high degree of autonomy. You have outstanding organizational skills and use a curious and critical mindset to add value to the team and department.

You also recognize yourself in the requirements below:

• University degree in Fiscal Law or Fiscal Economics;
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant working experience (in both a tax consultancy firm and in-house Tax Department);
• In depth and up to date knowledge of VAT
• Experience in using SAP is a plus
• Ability to explain complex or sensitive tax concepts towards internal and external stakeholders and translate them into easily understandable and fit for purpose procedures and guidelines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Dutch.

Interested?

You can apply to this position by using the form below.