Tax Expert Italian

Tax Expert Italian

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 & RESPONSBALITIES

The main tasks and responsibilities are the following:

• Support managing tax processes (VAT, WHT, local tax, etc) 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 on any new legislation affecting the tax compliance of the country/ies in scope.
• Management of the notifications and requests from the tax authorities.
• Contact tax authorities and auditors or support local team 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

• BA/BS degree in Tax/Fiscal, Finance, Accounting, Law or Business with 3+ years of experience in taxes.
• 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 and Withholding Tax. Experience with Italian indirect and direct taxes is a plus.
• Good tax judgement and business knowledge or ability to quickly learn.
• Expertise with enterprise-wide business systems thorough knowledge of ERP (SAP FI, CO, S4HANA) and BI systems and proficiency 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.
• Ability to work successfully with people from different cultures and backgrounds
• Strong interpersonal, communication and conflict management skills
• Ability to co-create solutions and shares expertise within and across teams.
• Ability to communicate complex ideas clearly across teams.
• Ability to embrace change, helps others adapt, learn from new experiences.
• Ability to take ownership of team outcomes, mentor others in accountability.
• Ability to actively seek input from diverse colleagues, promotes inclusion.
• Ability to analyze and challenge existing processes, suggest impactful changes.
• A high proficiency level in English, both written and spoken complete your profile. Italian knowledge is also beneficial.

YOUR APPLICATION
This is your opportunity to tackle the world's biggest challenges with us: Maintaining our health, feeding growing populations and slowing the rate of climate change. You have a voice, ideas and perspectives and we want to hear them. Because our success begins with you. Be part of something big. Be Bayer.

Bayer welcomes applications from all individuals, regardless of race, national origin, gender, age, physical characteristics, social origin, disability, union membership, religion, family status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or any unlawful criterion under applicable law. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and avoiding discrimination.

Location:

Spain : Cataluña : Barcelona

Division:

Enabling Functions

Reference Code:

853157