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Senior VAT Manager

Employer
Zalando
Location
Berlin
Closing date
23 Sep 2020

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Function
Finance
Level
Senior Manager

Job Details

ABOUT THE TEAM

Department: Central Functions
Reports to: Senior Tax Manager
Team Size: 5-10
Recruiter Name Abdul Tafadar E-mail: abdul.tafadar@zalando.de
As a (Senior) VAT Manager, you are part of a team dealing with the myriad and complex VAT issues of the strongly growing Zalando Group. You will work on the digitalization and optimization projects of the tax department and deliver your input when we dress tax up to data.WHERE YOUR EXPERTISE IS NEEDED
  • Act as a contact person for our stakeholders, external advisors and tax authorities
  • Develop strong trusted advisor relationships within the business units of Zalando Group supporting the growth of the Group
  • VAT structuring and local tax requirements in different European countries
  • Contribute to further development of our VAT policies and implementation of new VAT requirements
  • Together with the team, you'll drive the optimization, automation and digitalization of VAT processes and compliance, as well as support the tax team in different several projects of the Zalando Group
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
  • A degree in taxation, law, business administration or a comparable background and minimum 4-6 years of professional experience, ideally as in-house expert and/or within an international tax advisory/auditing firm, including experience in advising for VAT topics. A Tax advisor exam is an asset but not required.
  • You feel confident with MS Office and an ERP and/or analytical tools
  • Ideally you are interested in digitalization, tax-technology, big data analytics, taxation of the digital economy
  • Fluent English, German is an advantage but not required
PERKS AT WORK
  • Culture of trust, empowerment and constructive feedback, open source commitment, meetups, game nights, 70+ internal technical and fun guilds, knowledge sharing through tech talks, internal tech academy and blogs, product demos, parties & events
  • Competitive salary, employee share shop, 40% Zalando shopping discount, bike leasing scheme, discounts from external partners, centrally located offices, public transport discounts, municipality services, great IT equipment, flexible working times, additional holidays and volunteering time off, free beverages and fruits, diverse sports and health offerings
  • Extensive onboarding, mentoring and personal development opportunities and an international team of experts
  • Relocation assistance for internationals, PME family service and parent & child rooms* (*available in select locations)

We celebrate diversity and are committed to building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.

ABOUT ZALANDO
Zalando is Europe's leading online platform for fashion, connecting customers, brands and partners across 17 markets. We drive digital solutions for fashion, logistics, advertising and research, bringing head-to-toe fashion to more than 23 million active customers through diverse skill-sets, interests and languages our teams choose to use.

Company

Zalando is Europe’s leading online platform for fashion and lifestyle. Founded in Berlin in 2008, we bring head-to-toe fashion to 35 million active customers in 17 markets, offering clothing, footwear, accessories and beauty from over 3,000 international brands.

Our platform is a one-stop fashion destination for inspiration, innovation and interaction. As Europe’s most fashionable tech company, we work hard to find digital solutions for every aspect of the fashion journey: for our customers, partners and every valuable player in the Zalando story.

Our goal is to become the starting point for fashion. We focus on the fashion industry and therefore operate in a variety of business areas.

  • Fashion Store
    Zalando online shops are tailored to local customers’ needs in 17 different European markets. The range extends from renowned global brands and fast fashion to local brands and is supplemented by our private labels.
     
  • Offprice
    The Offprice business of Zalando serves the sale of previous season’s assortments. As part of a shopping club, the Zalando Lounge offers registered members exclusive sales campaigns at discounted prices.
     
  • Zalando's Private Labels
    Zalando’s private label assortment includes shoes, clothing and accessories for women, men and children. With a total of six private labels, Zalando creates its own products, covering the entire value chain from design to sales.
     
  • Zalon
    Zalon is our style advice service, via which customers can consult and get inspiration from selected stylists regarding individualized purchases.
     
  • Zalando Marketing Services
    The entirety of Zalando’s expertise and scope is bundled in Zalando Marketing Services, which now offers personalized marketing solutions for our brand partners.
     
  • Zalando Fulfilment Solutions
    Zalando makes its own logistics capabilities available to external partners, so they do not have to be concerned with infrastructure issues but can concentrate fully on their core competence in the fashion business.
     
  • Zalando Partner Services
    Zalando helps other players in the industry to be successful in the digital world. For example, by connecting warehouse stocks with multiple retailers, by digitizing processes involved in fashion wholesale and by integrating offline businesses into our Zalando platform.


With a strong workforce of around 14,000 employees of over 130 different nationalities, Zalando unites diverse people, capabilities and concepts. Consolidating our effort and ideas scales our impact as an innovator in Fashion, Technology, Digital Marketing and Logistics Operations.

Company info
Website
Telephone
+49 (0)30 2759 4693
Location
Zalando SE
Valeska-Gert-Straße 5
Berlin
Germany
10243
Germany

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