Tax Manager

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**We are currently hiring for a Tax Manager, **Belgium the Netherlands, and Eastern Europe (**M/F/d) in full-time in our office in Zurich.**

As the Tax Manager, you will advise on Takeda’s tax position and pro-actively manage the relationship with the tax authorities on a federal, regional and local level.

You will supervise and ensure that all tax matters are being properly handled for the legal entities in the locations you support with a focus on tax compliance and tax accounting and managing tax audits.

You will be a key bridge between the global tax functional leads and the finance team with the goal to reduce complexity and balance local vs. global considerations.

**Key accountabilities**:

- Establish and maintain network for the business within Belgium, the Netherlands, and Eastern Europe (EE).
- Analyze tax implications for transactions and provide high quality tax support to business partners, such as finance, legal, business development, supply chain, HR, country managers, etc.
- Ensure professional and transparent communication with tax authorities at all time
- Accountable for corporate income tax compliance and tax audit defense within the region assigned including coordination of corporate income tax compliance work with the Takeda Business Solutions (TBS Tax Solutions) in Poland and the local tax service provider
- Proactively identify, manage and mitigate tax risks
- Actively lead tax audits including an alignment on information and data requests and liaison with global tax functional leads on audit defense strategy
- Streamline and monitor procedure for indirect tax, withholding taxes (if any) and other taxes.
- Responsible for monitoring legislative changes in the region assigned which will have a material impact on the business or alerting tax planning team on material changes in the business
- Proactively evaluate tax risks and discuss mitigating actions
- Monitor and coordinate transfer pricing adjustments / documentation in cooperation with Transfer Pricing team
- Review contracts and business initiatives from a tax perspective

**_ EDUCATION, BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS:_**

**Required**:

- University Degree in accounting/finance/law, master’s degree in economics/Finance or Law Degree, preferably with a specialization in Taxation
- Experience in a tax position, with a minimum of 3 years of experience within the Pharma industry or Big 4 industries
- Knowledge of tax laws and fiscal framework in the region (especially in the Netherlands and/or Belgium and/or EE)
- Comprehensive understanding of accounting for income taxes
- Strong tax research and presentation skills
- Multilingual
- Good communication and interpersonal skills

**Desired**:

- CPA and/or certification as tax specialist (in line with regional industry standards)
- Relevant experience within Takeda or the global life science industry
- Interest in Tax Technology
- Experience with the concept of Shared Services
- Public accounting experience
- Fluent in Dutch

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**Locations**:
Zurich, Switzerland

**Worker Type**:
Employee

**Worker Sub-Type**:
Regular

**Time Type**:
Full time