Head of Indirect Tax
Descrizione dell'offerta
Role: Head of Indirect Tax
Salary: Depending on experience
Location: Milan (hybrid - minimum of 4 days in the office)
The Head of Indirect Tax will play a pivotal role in overseeing and ensuring compliance with VAT regulations across Europe, specifically within Italy. The position involves implementing process improvements and supporting AVASK and its clients with all aspects of indirect tax compliance. This role is based in our office in Milan, Italy.
As the successful candidate, you will manage a team of Indirect Tax Consultants and ensure that our clients meet and manage their tax obligations. Managerial experience is required.
- Indirect Tax Compliance: Responsibility for European VAT compliance ensuring timely and accurate filing of VAT returns. Provide advice and support to clients on all indirect tax related matters.
- Client Communication: Engage with clients ensuring clear and effective dialogue. Provide expert consultancy support, understand client needs, and deliver tailored solution building relationships and fostering trust.
- Process Improvement: Ensure process quality and identify areas for process improvement within the VAT compliance framework, working with stakeholders to implement streamlined and efficient procedures.
- Tax Office Communication: Work closely with the tax office to optimise workflows, manage tax queries and audits.
- Audits: Assisting clients with VAT audits and compliance checks.
- Automation and Technology Integration: Lead efforts to leverage automation and technology solutions to enhance efficiency and accuracy in indirect tax compliance processes. Work collaboratively with the software team to identify and implement software tools and systems that streamline data collection, reporting and reconciliation for VAT and sales tax requirements.
- People Management: Lead, coach and manage a team of indirect tax professionals.
- E‑Invoicing Compliance: Stay up to date with e‑invoicing regulations and mandates in Italy. Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to ensure seamless integration of e‑invoicing requirements into the company’s billing and accounting systems, ensuring compliance with all electronic invoicing standards.
- Regulatory Updates: Keep abreast of changes in indirect tax laws, regulations and reporting requirements to ensure the company remains fully compliant.
- Risk Management: Assess potential risks and opportunities related to indirect taxes and implement measures to mitigate risks and maximise tax efficiencies.
- Documentation and Record‑Keeping: Maintain accurate and organised records of all indirect tax‑related activities, including filings, supporting documents and correspondence.
- Ad‑hoc Projects: Participate in ad‑hoc projects related to indirect taxation, financial analysis or process improvement as assigned by senior management.
Essential
- Educated to degree level.
- Experience working in law, VAT, accountancy or finance.
- Minimum 10 years experience as a VAT manager.
- Fluent in Italian and English.
- Has shown evidence of own career and professional development.
- Extensive experience working in a large accounting function.
- Experience managing a team.
- Proven track record of supervising, leading and coaching a team.
- Working knowledge of Italian VAT and its application.
- Excellent systems experience, including proficiency in Microsoft Excel (intermediate level such as pivot tables and VLOOKUP), Word and PowerPoint.
- Demonstrated mathematical and analytical knowledge and the ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
Desirable
- Experience or knowledge of international e‑commerce.
About AVASK
AVASK Global Compliance is a rapidly expanding international firm that specialises in VAT tax and accounting for e‑commerce businesses. AVASK assists hundreds of Amazon FBA sellers as well as entrepreneurs across eBay, Shopify and many other platforms, providing clients with a comprehensive range of expertise – from practical guidance on cross‑border transactions to ensuring they are fully compliant.
Key Skills: Marketing & promotions, attorney at law, Jni, airlines, art
Employment Type: Full Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
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