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In this Sr. Manager - Indirect Tax (Advisory) role, you will join the Global Indirect Tax team, supporting primarily the EMEA region. You will contribute to the development of the company indirect tax policies and objectives. You will leverage your indirect tax expertise to support the company commercial initiatives, oversee the indirect tax controversy for selected business units/geographies and will be required to identify indirect tax legislative changes and assess and provide guidance on the implications of such changes to the company.
You will support the Sr. Director - Global Indirect Tax in executing Align’s indirect tax strategy.
You can be located in Milano (Italy), Koln (Germany), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Paris (France) or Madrid (Spain).
In this role, you will…
Functional Responsibilities
• As part of the indirect tax leadership team, you will lead with your peers the development of the company indirect tax policies and objectives
• Monitor Indirect tax policy developments. Identify and assess the potential impact of indirect tax legislative changes and trends; provide updates and recommend direction to the business and the Senior Director - Global Indirect Tax; guide the relevant stakeholders on the implementation of the changes
• As a subject matter expert, you will leverage your unique knowledge to advance the company’s commercial objectives by identifying the indirect tax implications of new products/transaction flows, commercial offerings and guiding the relevant business stakeholders to ensure an optimum indirect tax outcome for the company
• Review company adherence of all indirect tax requirements and policies. Establish and drive projects to improves compliance where needed
• Educate and mentor relevant business stakeholders (Supply Chain, Finance, SSC) and other Indirect Tax team members on Indirect Tax rules in order to enhance compliance and optimize Align’s indirect tax positions (Cash flow and P&L)
• Lead indirect tax controversy for selected business units/geographies
Cross Functional Responsibilities
• Partner and influence relevant internal (supply chain, IT, Accounting, BPO) and external (statutory auditors, consultants) stakeholders in order to carry out your above functional responsibilities.
In this role, you’ll need …
- Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in law, accounting or economics
- A post-graduate professional certification in Tax preferred
- Minimum 10 years of relevant professional experience. Ideally a combination of in house and big 4 consulting.
- Basic understanding of other finance compliance activities, such as statutory accounting and corporate tax compliance
- Fluent in English – written and spoke
Business Competencies
- Plan and align
- Ensure accountability
- Manage ambiguity
- Verbal and written communication skills, specifically around complex tax concepts
Leadership Competencies
• Foster continuous growth
• Encourage productive discourse
• Dynamic, innovative & problem resolution focus with strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Team player with project management capabilities and good IT and Excel skills.
