ARE YOU AN EXPERIENCED VAT PROFESSIONAL OPEN TO A SHORT-TERM OPPORTUNITY? DO YOU HAVE A STRONG BACKGROUND IN VAT COMPLIANCE RELATED TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND PROFICIENCY IN SAP? APPLY NOW AND JOIN US!

In this temporary position you will be the go-to person when it comes to VAT. The essence of this assignment is to make sure we are VAT compliant interacting with various internal stakeholders on Headquarter, regional and local level, with a focus on Procurement combined with external stakeholders.
During your assignment you will be part of the Accounting & Financial Controlling team Europe, reporting directly to the manager of the team.
We are currently recruiting for the permanent position and are looking for a temporary specialist for at least three months to help us cover during at least three months:

ABOUT YOU

We are looking for a interim professional with the following background and experience:

• You have at least 10 years of working experience as a VAT (Compliance) Speciliast
• You have up-to-date knowledge on changes in VAT law
• Experience in SAP on VAT flow and automation.
• Good knowledge of VAT within international trade flows.
• Available immediately
• Excellent proficiency in the English language, both spoken and written.

• You are responsible to prepare (with the assistance of the Financial Accountants) the VAT reports, Intrastat and EC sales listings, for the external service provider (who ultimately submits the data), for the following countries: The Netherlands, Poland, Germany, UK, Belgium, France, Spain, Austria, Hungary, Italy, Finland and Luxembourg
• You make sure that all sales are linked to purchases (trading company, correctness of VAT treatment in the total goods flow is important) and that the total flow is checked before submission of the VAT return to the external service provider. Errors are followed up directly.
• You make sure that the VAT GL accounts are reconciled on a monthly basis (incl. RVUMS in SAP)
• Responsible to monitor the VAT calendar (submission deadlines and deadlines (pre-)payments
• Responsible to follow up on all questions coming from VAT audits, first contact person.
• In case VAT treatments of purchase or sales invoices are incorrect, you take immediate action towards the suppliers and / or customers and coordinate that necessary corrections are made timely.
• You are responsible to follow up on changes in VAT law which have an impact on automation/systems, e.g. E-invoicing, real-time reporting, SAF-T file.
• You are the primary contact person for all VAT related internal and external questions and are able to understand the international flows and translate these to the impact on VAT and the (automated) set-up in SAP.
• Sparring partner for the Procurement Department to set-up new flows (from a VAT perspective).
• Possibility to spar with external service provider in case of complex questions.