Tax Professional at Siemens

• As a Tax Professional, you will operate in a diverse, dynamic, and multidisciplinary environment, working closely with multiple business functions. You will play a key role in tax-related strategic matters, supporting business decisions and helping to drive sustainable business value while ensuring compliance with applicable tax regulations.

How You’ll Make An Impact
Project and Business Support

• Maintain ongoing contact with management, functional stakeholders, as well as local authorities and external consultants.
• Develop a strong understanding of the company’s business model structure and provide relevant tax advice, ensuring full compliance with tax legislation and business model principles.
• Provide tax support for intra-country and cross-border projects, including system implementations, business model changes, and divestitures/acquisitions.
• Act as a tax advisor to other organizational units within your area of responsibility.
• Support tax risk management by reviewing and assessing local tax risks and opportunities, involving Tax Managers and/or external advisors as appropriate.

Tax Compliance

• Ensure company tax guidelines and procedures are followed and proactively updated when required.
• Support the timely and tax-optimized preparation of financial statements, in close cooperation with Accounting Management, and ensure timely tax payments.
• Coordinate the preparation of tax returns, examine accounts, and calculate taxes owed in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and deadlines.
• Cooperate with tax advisors to optimize tax positions and tax burden.
• Act, when required, as a first point of contact for tax authorities.
• Participate in major business decisions (acquisitions, divestitures, contracts, initiatives) by reviewing and assessing tax implications.
• Ensure proper auditing, controlling, and reporting of tax activities.
• Carry out tax compliance governance covering direct tax, indirect tax, business model compliance, and tax forecasting.

Reporting & Continuous Improvement

• Participate in regular direct and indirect tax reviews during the preparation of external tax reporting packages.
• Support fiscal year-end CIT reporting, including the review of Corporate Income Tax and Deferred Tax provision calculations.
• Develop a strong understanding of tax policies and procedures, ultimately taking ownership and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

What You Bring

• 5+ years of professional experience in national and international tax matters (with a strong focus on Africa), ideally within a multinational company.
• Degree (or equivalent) in Business Administration, Economics, or a related field, with a focus on Tax.
• Strong expertise in corporate income tax calculations within multinational groups.
• Solid knowledge of International Tax and IFRS Accounting, including taxation and accounting for permanent establishments.
• Experience with consolidation systems and tax reporting tools is a plus.
• Strong hands-on experience in tax compliance activities (CIT, VAT returns, reporting), including audit and transfer pricing audit resolution.
• Proficiency in corporate tax software; SAP knowledge is preferred.
• Fluent in English.
• Ability to implement global and local tax guidelines, policies, and processes, and to define local tax optimization measures, with exposure to:
• Income Tax
• Indirect Taxes
• International Tax
• Transfer Pricing
• Employer Taxes