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Lead Specialist - Indirect Taxes
Gdańsk
NR REF.: 1128305

Role Summary:

The Lead Specialist - will be responsible for ensuring the indirect tax content of a number of worldwide jurisdictions is maintained and up to date. They will lead a growing team in Poland bringing technical expertise and practical experience of submitting indirect tax returns and ensuring legislative compliance within their organization. They will be a key member of a worldwide tax content development team which updates the tax rules and forms for over 50 countries.

The successful candidate will have practical working knowledge of indirect tax compliance in a number of jurisdictions and will have worked in a management level role in an indirect tax team. They will have a strong tax technical background in indirect tax and a strong understanding of the processes involved in producing and submitting indirect tax returns. They will have strong analytical skills and a keen interest in developing their career in the tax software industry

Major Responsibilities
Product:

• Monitoring and researching the indirect tax compliance rules, forms and regulations for a number of worldwide jurisdictions
• Working with the tax content development team implement changes to VAT rules in OESOURCE Indirect Compliance
• Review and test changes in the software
• Develop the growing team in Poland to ensure they are an effective team responsible for both VAT research and the implementation of the requirements in the software
• Provide recommendations on a wide variety of indirect tax issues and communicate them in an understandable manner to non-tax professionals
• Ensure that all client queries are responded to in line with service level agreements
• Drive innovation within the team

Team:

• Develop the growing team in Poland to ensure they are an effective team responsible for both VAT research and the implementation of the requirements in the software
• Provide tax technical and process information to the team to ensure the software meets client needs
• Work closely with a worldwide team of tax content developers

Technical /Professional Skills & Competencies:

• Expertise in indirect tax compliance and practical experience with preparation and filing of tax returns.
• Knowledge of indirect tax legislation and regulations in one or more countries
• Strong tax research skills
• Very strong attention to detail and ability to handle multiple tasks.
• Ability to work independently and proactively seeking for opportunities to develop further.
• Ability to quickly identify customer needs and provide suitable solutions.
• Proven communication skills, writing skills and the ability to write articles on tax topics for internal or external publications.
• Advanced software skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Ability to consistently meet rigid and recurring deadlines.
• Proven people management and leadership skills.
• Proficiency in English
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting, finance, taxation or related field or numerical disciplines (Science, Engineering, Mathematics).

Desired Skills:

• Understanding of the ONESOURCE solutions
• Experience of the indirect tax software market
• Experience of client support, product development or consultancy
• European language skills
• Professional accounting or tax qualification.
• Experience with ERP systems and tax technology solutions.
• Knowledge of other languages highly desirable.
• Experience in working with remote teams based in different time zones