Tax Expert

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Tax Expert 

POSITION PURPOSE:

Within our one Tax Community and our Operating Model for Taxes at Bayer, the Global Business Services (GBS) team plays a key role performing international and local tax activities regarding Tax Compliance (including Indirect & Direct taxes), Tax Accounting and Transfer Pricing, and provides tax advice within the GBS centers and contributes to continuous process improvements.

As part of the organization within the GBS community, we have various Tax operations teams all around the different locations that encompasses different process areas mainly related to Indirect taxation, Direct taxation, Tax Accounting and Withholding Tax.

For our Tax operations team, we are looking for a Tax Expert that contributes managing the tax processes (VAT, WHT, CIT, Tax Accounting, Local taxes, mentions and content of invoices, etc.) for the entities in scope.

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The main tasks and responsibilities are the following:

• Support managing tax processes (CIT, Tax Accounting, VAT, WHT, local tax) for the assigned countries.
• Manage tax assessment and tax payment process for all tax compliance processes.
• Be and act as the expert within assigned team, supporting and providing functional support to other colleagues.
• Contribute to improve tax processes and implementation of innovation and standardization to enhance overall tax compliance quality.
• Ensure quality of tax-related accounting data by monitoring and implementing control checks as well as monitoring and following up with other internal departments and local tax authorities.
• Understand, monitor, and take proper action regarding tax KPIs.
• Follow up of any new legislation affecting the tax compliance of the countries in scope.
• Participate actively in meetings with our business partners (legal, business finance, IT and accounting teams) to share information and address various business initiatives.
• Management of the notifications and requirements from the tax authorities.
• Depending on the country, either contact to tax authorities and auditors or support local teams or outsourcer in tax audits by compiling and preparing the requested information and documentation.
• Support local projects and transitions.
• Manage knowledge by guiding, documenting, and training Bayer´s process and control standards. Support knowledge management activities as part of daily tasks.
• Partner with the Tax Center of Excellence (CoE) to ensure globally defined standards and activity splits, as well as liaise with the GBS network regarding tax issues and to implement desired and necessary processes and changes.
• Prepare and conduct trainings related to tax process for process stakeholders and Tax Team.

WHO YOU ARE:

• M.COM/MBA in Finance with 3-4 years of experience in taxation
• Overall experience of at least 5 years in Taxation/Accounting/Finance
• Proven professional tax practice in multinational companies and preferably experience in international tax firms. Experience in GBS centers is a plus.
• Experience across Tax Operations, Tax accounting/reporting, Corporate Income Tax, Indirect Taxes, International Tax.
• Good tax judgement and business knowledge or ability to quickly learn.
• Skillful in SAP FI / CO module, good overview of interfaces with other modules and advanced level of Microsoft Office applications.
• Advanced knowledge of the Accounting, Tax, and Finance relevant processes in a legal entity and at group level of multinational companies and their point of intersection with other business processes.
• Good level of capability to translate digital technologies into processes.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work with a high degree of accuracy, initiative, and reliability.
• Ability to work through ambiguity and usage of sound judgement in making decisions.
• Advanced communication skills, analytical thinking, and ability to express complex issues in an understandable manner.
• Good level of ability to establish and maintain a sustainable stakeholder network.
• Pro-active attitude
• A high proficiency level in English, both written and spoken complete your profile. Additional languages are a plus.
• Well-structured, organized, flexible and happy to work within a changing working environment

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