Senior VAT Analyst, Amazon
Taxonomy
The largest online retailer and technology provider
Job no longer available
The largest online retailer and technology provider
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be Earth's most customer-centric company.
Role
Who you are
- We are seeking a Local VAT expert with experience in Europe, in particular in Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Spain to join our Global Tax Calculation Services team based in Barcelona
- The role requires fluent communication with Product Classification Specialists to provide support on their specific needs to be incorporated into the technical solutions
- Bachelor's degree
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office products and applications at an advanced level
- 5+ years of Indirect Tax Experience working in advisory firm or multi-national tax department
Desirable
- Experience maintaining and operating transaction tax calculation software (e.g. Vertex)
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
- Proficiency in other languages would be an advantage
What the job involves
- The Global Tax Calculation Services Program is comprised of tax professionals and software engineers that are responsible for providing end-to-end global transaction tax calculation solutions (sales and use taxes, value-added taxes, good and services taxes, and other consumption taxes)
- The individual in this role will work on VAT product and services taxability research, monitoring VAT rate legislation changes and latest rulings, providing technical advice to ensure the tax calculation platform is in continued compliance with both local VAT and global indirect tax laws
- This position will work closely with local business partners and rest of members of the tax department providing guidance and support to Global Product Classification
- This position will support internal and external audits on catalogue VAT rate accuracy and even if it is not directly involved in day to day, compliance may be involved in projects that have a VAT compliance impact
- The individual is expected to take ownership on end-to-end cross-functional tax-related projects and process improvements
- Supporting and maintaining local and global indirect tax rates content
- Providing support to the end-to-end Global transaction tax calculation solutions for a broad array of products and services
- Supporting internal and external Audits
- Providing technical advice on VAT rates applicable to Amazon’s catalogue on the VAT rates applicable to Amazon's catalogue based on the research of tax laws, regulations and jurisdiction changes
- Supporting local business partners and tax department members with decisions on product taxability matters
- Participating in team operational excellence programs and process improvements
- * Actively participate in selected projects throughout their life-cycle
Our take
Amazon is the world's largest online retailer, and is well-known for its disruption of well-established industries. The company is present in numerous verticals, including cloud computing with Amazon Web Services, AI with its range of Alexa devices and a global marketplace more commonly referred to as 'the everything store'. Acquisitions include Ring, Twitch, Whole Foods Market, and IMDb.
More recently, Amazon has been focused on leading the "third wave in digital advertising". Many businesses are now shifting ad dollars to retailers, which before would have been spent with online media platforms. Amazon's seen great success in the space, with its revenue from advertising now higher than its Amazon Prime membership scheme, audiobooks and digital music combined. This growth is particularly impressive considering its digital ad rivals (like Snap, Alphabet, and Meta) have suffered declines due to wider macroeconomic factors and Apple's iOS privacy changes.
Despite its dominant market position, Amazon will continue to be challenged over the next decade, including sustaining AWS's cloud dominance in the face of Google and Microsoft. On top of this, the company's e-commerce division is facing profitability problems despite its 2023 post-IPO debt funding of 8 billion. It will need to find new ways to stay above their competitors.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
South Lake Union, Seattle, WA
Leadership
Jeff Bezos
(Founder & Executive Chairman)Jeff is an American business magnate, media proprietor, and investor. As well as founding Amazon, Jeff founded Blue Origin, an aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company and also owns The Washington Post.
Andy Jassy
(President & CEO)Joined Amazon as a Marketing Manager in 1997. Developed AWS with Jeff Bezos, and became CEO of Amazon in 2021.
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