Assistant Tax Manager (m/w/d)

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Hello, Unilever here! We are a leading international consumer goods manufacturer. Our nutrition, personal care, detergents and cleaning agent products are used day in, day out by around 2.5 billion people in over 190 countries. These include AXE, Dove, Lipton, Ben & Jerry’s and many more.

For our tax department DACH at the Hamburg location, we are looking for a German certified tax advisor as

Assistant Tax Manager (m/w/d)

to take care of the interests of our companies in the DACH region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland). We want to further strengthen our team and would like to see a certified tax advisor with a big-four background who is looking for new challenges in the industry.

YOUR TASKS

Regarding our companies in Austria and Switzerland:

• Support of all tax matters in cooperation with the DACH Tax Manager and external consultants

• including the creation of the transfer pricing documentation ("local file" and internal intercompany services documentation (FCCR)) and

• the supervision of tax audits

Regarding our companies in Germany:

• Participation in the Tax Reporting process (internal; calculation of current and deferred tax, reconciliations, ETR forecasts)

• Participation in the Tax Compliance process (working with shared service centre and outsource provider)

• Participation in the creation of the transfer pricing documentation ("local file" and FCCR)

• Participation in tax audits with a focus on corporate tax law and transfer pricing:

• Processing of tax enquiries within the framework of the so-called "Business Partnering"

VAT – process support with DACH Tax Manager and external advisors

• Communication with Tax authorities

• First point of contact for the business on tax treatment questions (Business partnering)

• Local contact for Intrastat

Overarching tasks

• Cooperation, in particular with the DACH Tax Manager on local and cross-border tax projects, including M&A

• Ongoing continuation and development of the internal tax risk compliance and management system

• Participation in the digitization of the control function in DACH

WHAT YOU CONTRIBUTE:

• Completed Master’s degree, preferably in business administration with a focus on business taxation / tax law

• Certified German Tax Advisor with at least 3 years of professional experience in tax consulting, preferably in big-four companies or similar experiences

• Generalist with first practical experience and interest in tax compliance, tax reporting, tax risk management, international tax law and transfer pricing

• Affinity to tax and digitalization as well as willingness to constantly change working methods and structures

• High communication and teamwork skills

• Willingness to perform and customer orientation

• Self-employed working method coupled with rapid understanding, analytical and conceptual skills, flexibility, resilience and solution-oriented action

• Good MS Office knowledge

• Fluent in German language as well as negotiable English skills in written and spoken

WHAT WE OFFER:

• Agile work (e. g. flex time, home office)

• Wide range of training opportunities and development prospects

• Attractive remuneration and additional financial benefits

• Centrally located in Hamburg

• Exciting role within a fast paced, multinational company

HOW TO APPLY:

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