Senior VAT Specialist

Job description

A Senior VAT Compliance Analyst prepares and files VAT returns, reconcile accounts, lead audits, and ensure compliance with local regulations. This role involves supporting business teams with tax guidance on transactions, implementing tax technology, and improving tax processes (AI/automatization). About the role: - Independently prepare, review, and submit VAT returns, SAF-T, EU Sales Lists (ESL), and other statistical reports (e.g., Intrastat) in various jurisdictions. - Provide operational guidance to internal stakeholders (AP, Procurement, Legal, Finance) regarding VAT treatment for cross-border transactions and new business initiatives. - Perform VAT account reconciliations, comparisons between SAP and e-invoicing platforms (e.g., SdI in Italy), manage VAT entries in ERP systems (e.g., SAP), and ensure compliance with SOX or internal controls. - Act as the primary contact for external tax advisors and tax authorities, managing audits and tax reviews, collecting images of invoices, reports, etc. - Identify opportunities to improve, automate, or standardize VAT compliance processes and contribute to tax technology implementation (e.g.AI ). - In the event of any changes, such as...