Responsibilities
- Prepare, review, and reconcile monthly indirect tax accruals, VAT control accounts, and related journal entries, ensuring completeness and accuracy across legal entities.
- Prepare and manage tax payments approval requests.
- Manage end-to-end VAT and GST compliance, including preparation, review, and timely filing of foreign VAT/GST returns, EC Sales Lists, Intrastat (where applicable), and supporting documentation.
- Review transactional data to ensure correct VAT determination, tax codes, recovery treatment, and tax point application, escalating risks and recommending remediation as needed.
- Serve as primary point of contact for VAT, GST, sales and use tax, and other indirect tax audits, including data gathering, technical position support, and response preparation.
- Provide VAT advisory support to sales, procurement, and finance teams on cross-border transactions, registrations, exemptions, reverse charge mechanisms, and indirect tax implications of new business activities.
Required Skills and/or Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in a related field required.
- Minimum of 5+ years of relevant experience with significant hands-on responsibility for VAT and GST compliance in a multinational or public accounting environment.
- Strong technical understanding of VAT principles, including place of supply rules, reverse charge, exemptions, zero-rating, and input tax recovery.
- Strong analytical and research skills with the ability to interpret VAT legislation, guidance, and rulings and translate them into practical guidance.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong computer skills including Microsoft Excel dynamic formulas such as INDEX(), MATCH(), VLOOKUP(), XLOOK() etc.
- Working knowledge of Alteryx or similar data management tools.
- Experience in Oracle Ledger and/or Microsoft D365 is a plus.
