Indirect Tax Manager

Working with Us
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What we offer

• Hybrid working policy - 50% home/office.
• 26 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Career and qualifications support.
• Modern office building with various on-site benefits (inc. on-site parking).

Development Value

• Gain an understanding of the business needs of an international pharmaceutical company from a VAT compliance perspective.
• Work within a professional and high performing team.
• Impact and influence within the company to deliver superior business results.
• Gain international and country specific VAT expertise.
• Gain experience of working within a European team and in a shared services environment.

Position Purpose

This role sits within the Tax COE Europe team. The 2 main aspects of the role are:

• Take responsibility for and manage VAT reporting compliance requirements for a group of markets, ensuring internal and external deadlines are met.
• Provide advice on VAT compliance related queries, coordinating with external and internal stakeholders
• Maintain awareness of local VAT legislation and act as a real internal consultant to satisfy stakeholder expectations.

Key Responsibilities

• Preparation of monthly, bi-monthly, quarterly or annual VAT returns and other indirect tax returns
  • sales listings
  • domestic listings
  • purchase listings
  • Intrastat
  • SAF-T
• Review of monthly, bi-monthly, quarterly, or annual VAT returns and other indirect tax returns (sales listings, domestic listings, purchase listings, Intrastat, SAF-T)
• Preparing and requesting necessary VAT submission approvals from internal stakeholders and following up on VAT payment requests and archiving documentation after submissions are completed
• Preparation of VAT General Ledger reconciliation and follow up on issues and open items
• Reconciliation of GL sales to reported VAT sales and follow up on issues and open items
• Manage and assist with VAT compliance queries from the business
• Support preparing VAT requirements documents and other documents
• Support Tax Technology team to test and implement requirements
• Continuous monitor of VAT legislation to identify relevant changes
• Assistance in maintenance of VAT codes tables and VAT codes in accounting system
• Assistance with VAT audits and liaison with tax authorities
• Support strategy of standardisation and automation, continuous improvement and risk management

Knowledge, Skills and Competencies

Education & Experience

• Demonstrable experience of VAT compliance in at least one jurisdiction in a multi-national tax environment or equivalent.
• Experience with SAP or Oracle is advantageous.
• Excellent Excel skills and Indirect Tax return preparation technology

Skills and Competencies

• Successfully manage competing priorities.
• Work with a range of technically and culturally diverse people.
• Effectively communicate to a diverse audience, at multiple levels within the company.
• Autonomous working.
• Establish formal relationships with internal customers.
• Demonstrates a team orientated approach.
• Assess and resolve problems.
• Excellent analytical skills.

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Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as "Transforming patients' lives through science ", every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol
BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

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