Lead Tax Expert

As a visionary Lead Tax Expert, you will be a key person in our finance team and actively shape our international tax strategy and compliance. You will optimise processes to ensure global tax efficiency and apply your comprehensive knowledge of US-GAAP, IFRS, and HGB on a daily basis.

In this key position, you will be responsible for a broad range of tax tasks, from accounting to strategic project work. You will be the interface between national and international tax departments and drive process optimisation actively forward.

Your tasks will include:

• Tax accounting and reporting: responsibility for the proper execution of all tax-relevant actions for monthly, quarterly, and annual accounts. Determination of current and latent taxes (corporate tax, trade tax, value-added tax) according to HGB, IFRS, and US-GAAP. Coordination with the accounting department and the auditor.

• Tax reporting and analysis: timely explanation of tax calculations for European and US tax departments. Creation of detailed evaluations and documents for tax-related questions, including cash tax forecasts and reporting in 'Tax Stream'.

• Compliance and risk management: ensuring tax compliance and adherence to tax recording obligations. Accompanying audits, coordinating inquiries, and processing complex transfer pricing cases.

• Tax returns and notifications: coordination of tax returns (corporate tax, trade tax, value-added tax) and other relevant notifications (e.g., DAC 6). Communication with tax authorities and review of tax assessments.

• Leadership, project work, and process optimisation: leadership of the tax team, initiation, and management of strategic tax projects (e.g., changes in VAT rates, digitalisation) to continuously develop and optimise our tax processes.

In full-time (40 hours/week)