Country Tax Specialist - Chile

This is your opportunity to tackle the world’s biggest challenges with us: Maintaining our health, feeding growing populations and slowing the rate of climate change. You have a voice, ideas and perspectives and we want to hear them. Because our success begins with you. Be part of something big. Be Bayer.

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Country Tax Specialist - Chile 

Main Purpose

In this role, you will lead and oversee all tax matters for Bayer in Chile, ensuring both compliance and strategic contribution. As part of the regional tax team in Cono Sur, you will work in close collaboration with business units, global stakeholders, advisors, and shared service centers. The position plays a critical role in integrating local tax operations with regional strategy, while also driving process simplification and value creation. You will be the main point of reference for tax in Chile, contributing to informed decision-making and enabling a stronger business foundation in the country.

🎯 Your mission will be to:

• Take full ownership of Bayer’s tax responsibilities in Chile, covering two legal entities and various production units.

• Ensure accuracy and compliance in tax filings, audits, local reports, and regulatory documentation.

• Serve as a key liaison between external tax advisors (e.g., KPMG, EY), the Cono Sur tax team, GBS in Costa Rica, and internal business partners.

• Identify inefficiencies and simplify processes by eliminating low-value operational tasks.

• Embed DSO principles into day-to-day work and foster collaboration across functions and countries.

• Ensure a smooth and solid transition with the outgoing specialist who is retiring.

🚀 Unlock your potential if you:

• Have a solid understanding of Chilean tax legislation and experience managing tax operations or obligations.

• Are confident working with multiple stakeholders, navigating complexity, and balancing technical and strategic needs.

• Communicate comfortably in both Spanish and English (conversational English required for global interactions).

• Have working knowledge of tools like SAP, Excel, and local tax platforms.

• Bring a collaborative mindset, curiosity, and the drive to challenge existing processes and contribute to continuous improvement.

• Are eager to be part of a diverse, regional expert team with strong alignment to business impact.

📍 Location: Santiago | Hybrid (min. 2 days/week onsite)

💡 This is an exciting opportunity to grow in a specialist role with high visibility and strong regional connections — ideal for someone who wants to contribute locally while engaging in cross-country collaboration and shared learning.

Recruiter: Joaquin Fredenhagen

At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where, Health for all, Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are so many reasons to join us. If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice.

When you show proactivity and ambition, we’ll harness it through a variety of opportunities and challenges in the diverse areas of our business – all with a strong and meaningful purpose. Where do you want to go? What do you want to do? How do you want to make a difference? The choice is yours, and we’ll help you get there. Be better together. Be Bayer.