Senior Tax Accountant

Vacancy description

Ensure quality and timeliness of the operational tasks in the field of Record to Report and Taxation:

• Perform complex taxation activities and financial analyses
• Ensuring VAT compliance with full ownership, including preparation and review
• Prepare indirect tax calculations (VAT, Intrastat, Intra Community report)
• Perform VAT reconciliations periodically
• Identify potential VAT errors and work on corrective actions
• Perform month end and year-end schedules
• Ensure the internal tax controls are applied
• Support process integration and strong relationships with interdependent functions
• Supervise and mentor junior team members

What we ask

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Economics/Accountancy
• Master’s degree in Finance and Accounting is an advantage
• Tax advisor certificate is an advantage
• 4+ years proven working experience in taxation
• Fluent English knowledge (written and spoken)，Dutch or any additional European language skill is an advantage
• Solid hands-on working knowledge to improve/transform complex integrated RtR processes on regional/global level
• Proven knowledge of bookkeeping and accounting principles，practices，standards，laws and regulations
• Excellent process knowledge for own function and thorough IFRS knowledge
• Advanced Excel, SAP, ERP knowledge
• Experience with German VAT compliance and VAT return preparation (Umsatzsteuer-Voranmeldung and annual VAT returns) is a strong advantage

What we offer

• A wide range of benefits (cafeteria, home office and sustainable travel allowance, MetLife life- and accident insurance，Medicover package)
• Home office opportunity (3 days/week)
• Opportunity to bring in your ideas and to develop further

FrieslandCampina produces and sells consumer products such as dairy-based beverages, infant nutrition，cheese and desserts in many European countries, in Asia，Africa and North-America. In Hungary the company is most knowned for producing Túró Rudi.

FrieslandCampina’s activities are divided into 7 business groups:

• Europe
• Retail & Americas · Asia· Middle East, Pakistan & Africa· Professional & Trading
• Specialised Nutrition
• Ingredients

FrieslandCampina has branch offices in 29 countries and employs ~ 21.000 people. Our products find their way to more than 100 countries.

The Company’s central office is based in Amersfoort，The Netherlands. The first Financial Shared Services Centre was also launched there successfully in 2013 (FSSC NL).

In 2016 FrieslandCampina has decided to expand its Financial Shared Services concept by setting up a Financial Shared Service Centre in Kuala Lumpur for Asia and in Budapest to support its businesses in the Europe，Middle-East and Africa region.

With the introduction of Shared Services，we moved from a complex，traditional 'back-office' structure to a streamlined operational, business process centric organisation delivering improved and consistent quality to our (internal and external) customers and consumers.