Tax Specialist VAT

HAVI is a global, privately owned company focused on innovating, optimizing and managing the supply chains of leading brands. Offering services in marketing analytics, packaging, supply chain management and logistics, HAVI partners with companies to address challenges big and small across the supply chain, from commodity to customer. Founded in 1974, HAVI employs more than 10,000 people and serves customers in more than 100 countries. HAVI’s supply chain services are complemented by the customer engagement services offered by our affiliated company The Marketing Store. For more information, please visit HAVI.com. 

Our Global Business Services (GBS) center was launched in 2019. We handle top-notch financial, planning, and supply chain services, actively supporting core business activities including master data management, end-to-end procurement, and supply chain business intelligence analysis for clients in over 30 countries across Europe and beyond. Our teams in Kraków and Katowice focus on efficiency, innovation, and digital transformation, always aiming to exceed our clients’ expectations.

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Tax Specialist VAT

This role is part of the HAVI VAT and Income tax function ensuring tax compliance for all tax activities in the scope of the tax department. It includes fulfilling the legal requirements regarding all kinds of VAT obligations for different companies as well as group-wide VAT advice to support our business strategy. If required, it includes support of the tax team by taking over other tasks.

Responsibilities

• VAT (Main Activity)
  • Creation, submission and administration of (preliminary, annual) VAT returns, EC Sales Lists and other VAT related reporting for all countries of registration of different entities including preparation of data material, compliance checks, troubleshooting, monitoring of postings and supporting documentation plus coordination and review of incorrect postings and VAT corrections 
  • Reconciliation of VAT accounts for monthly and financial statements for entities in scope
  • Further harmonize group-wide usage of VAT reporting tool AVALARA for all countries in responsibility of Tax Department and increase level of digitalization level into additional countries and/or BU´s
  • Contact person for VAT questions for certain business areas
  • Standardization and stabilization of VAT processes to reduce manual intervention, minimize sources of error, and efficiently implement legal changes in systems and tools
  • Preparation of input VAT refund applications to foreign tax authorities (input VAT refund procedure) and coordination with service provider for refund process
• Tax audits (Support)
  • Supporting of tax and other audits, in the scope of the German tax department, related to VAT
• Other
  • Support of the tax team by taking over other tasks if required 

Desired Skills & Experience

• Experience in Tax/VAT compliance from an international environment, ideally within a global industrial group or consulting company
• Good knowledge of German and European VAT regulations
• Preferable a certificate in Tax such as a bachelor degree or equivalent qualification
• Good experience in the preparation of VAT filings and a good knowledge of finance
• Preferable MS Office, JDE/Oracle, SAP R/3 expertise
• Ability to understand business processes with tax/VAT relevance and capacity to explain complex VAT issues clearly to internal business partners
• Credible & confident
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Organizational and time management skills
• Good technical knowledge plus affinity for technology
• Fluent in English, ideally complemented by German and an additional European language

Benefits

• Possibility of turning your own ideas into success
• Diverse development opportunities
• Varied and interesting field of work
• Responsible task with plenty of leeway
• Collegial working atmosphere
• Open corporate culture
• Cooperation with a dynamic team
• Attractive remuneration models with performance-related pay
• Flat hierarchies and short decision-making processes
• Successful and rapidly growing employer
• Comprehensive, individual familiarization with the work
• Offer for health promotion
• Modern work equipment
• Diverse development opportunities in an international environment
• Training according to training schedule and training regulations in the relevant specialist field

At HAVI GBS, we believe in an inclusive and sustainable workplace where our diverse backgrounds, experiences, characteristics and traits make us better. As an Equal Opportunity Employer we are committed to promoting diversity within the organization, as well as an inclusive environment where everyone can feel valued and respected, regardless of their background.