VAT Manager, Indirect Tax Planning

Description

Amazon is looking for a VAT Manager based in Milan to drive and support VAT planning and compliance initiatives for both new initiatives and on-going business activities. Specifically this role will manage VAT affairs for Amazon’s Stores business in Italy while also supporting wider Pan-EU Retail Business projects.

The role will report into the Director responsible for VAT in Retail and Operations across EMEA. The successful candidate will have considerable interaction with senior Tax leadership as well as senior leaders from the business, legal, finance and accounting

In this role, you'll work closely with local business partners and members of the tax team, delivering expert VAT technical advice to support our VAT legislative, compliance, and on-going tax controversy requirements. You will also be a key player in the VAT relationship with the Italian Tax Authority. This role is likely to include regular travel across various European locations.

The candidate must possess the ability to think strategically and manage key Amazon stakeholders as well as building tax authority relationships. In addition strong EU and Italian VAT skills are essential.

The applicable collective agreement for this role is Quadro . The position is classified at level CBA for employees of Telecommunication Sector or above, depending on the candidate's skills, competences and experience.

Key job responsibilities

• Provide in-depth VAT technical advice on both Italian and cross-border VAT matters, including evaluating and advising on business initiatives, contemplated transactions, and business proposals.

• Support extremely complex audit and controversy projects in a hands-on and dynamic way, exercising sound judgement under tight timelines.

• Support the VAT Compliance Team on technical and strategic VAT compliance topics; this role is not directly involved in day-to-day compliance activities.

• Assist with the delivery of planning, real-time coordination, and communication of various tax-related projects, collaborating with business partner contacts.

• Draft the appropriate level of documentation to support analyses performed, decisions made, and conclusions reached for purposes of reporting and compliance.

• Manage audit and controversy matters, including proactive engagement with tax authorities and preparation of responses to queries.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Finance, Legal, and Accounting - to support new business launches and ongoing operations across the Pan-EU Retail Business.

• Effectively manage networks and strategic stakeholders, and communicate complex VAT concepts - both written and verbally, in ways that are meaningful and useful to non-tax professionals.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience tax advisory (excluding compliance)

• Experience in international indirect tax planning and strong understanding of or practical experience with tax laws in other countries

• Experience advisory experience in a large accounting/consultancy practice, law firm, tax authority or business in-house.

• Experience communicating with a wide range of stakeholders, including colleagues and leadership

• Experience analyzing and reviewing statutes, regulations, and case law and then extracting data to make appropriate recommendations

• Speak, write, and read fluently in Italian

• Experience communicating with a wide range of stakeholders, including your peers and leadership

• Detail-oriented individual who takes ownership of projects, is well-organised, possesses excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, and is able to deliver on tight deadlines.

• Highly motivated, hard-working, and able to thrive in a fast-paced, informal, and often ambiguous environment.

• Familiarity with use of technology tools within tax, including generative AI tools.

• Excellent knowledge of VAT in Italy and EU

Preferred Qualifications

• professional tax, accounting or legal qualification (e.g., Chartered Accountant (CA), Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA), Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA), Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) or similar)

• Prior experience in retail and/or e-commerce is highly desirable.

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The minimum gross base salary for this position is listed below. The base salary listed corresponds to working on a full-time basis. For part-time hours, the salary will be pro-rated.

Amazon reserves the right to offer a higher salary and/or level, depending on the candidate's skills, competencies, and experience. Amazon's package may include a sign on payment. In addition, the candidate may be eligible to participate in a restricted stock unit scheme operated independently by Amazon.com Inc. in USA.

Your recruiting team will share final salary and any restricted stock unit scheme if applicable, depending on skills and requirements.

In addition to statutory benefits, and those applicable to the relevant CBA, company supplementary benefits may apply subject to further terms.

Milan, ITA - 61,100.00 EUR Annually