Tax Associate

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 Associate 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 & RESPONSABILITES

The main tasks and responsibilities are the following:

• Support managing tax compliance processes (CIT, Tax Accounting, VAT, WHT, local tax) for the assigned countries by preparing preparatory work for tax declarations, including control checks of invoices, completion of forms and submission of required fiscal reports and tax declarations.
• 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.
• Follow up of any new legislation affecting the tax compliance of the countries in scope.
• Management of the notifications and requests from the tax authorities.
• Assistance and support in tax audits by compiling and preparing the requested information and documentation.
• Participate in meetings with our business partners (legal, business finance, IT and accounting teams) to share information and address various business initiatives.
• Support local/global projects and transitions.
• Support in solving, follow up on issues and looking for solutions across team

WHO YOU ARE 

• BA/BS degree in Finance or Law with 1 year of experience in taxes. Master in Taxation is a plus.
• Internship in tax department of a multinational company is a plus.
• Ability to quickly learn.
• Advanced level of Microsoft Office applications, including Excel.
• Ability to work with a high degree of accuracy, initiative, and reliability.
• Pro-active attitude & Team player.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to interact with Finance and non-Finance staff.
• Ability to establish and maintain a sustainable stakeholder network.
• Well-structured, organized, flexible and happy to work and collaborate within a changing working environment.
• A high proficiency level in English, both written and spoken complete your profile. Additional languages are a plus.

Location:

Spain : Cataluña : Barcelona  

Division:

Enabling Functions 

Reference Code:

823132