EU VAT Senior Manager, Indirect Tax Planning

Amazon is looking for a Senior VAT Manager based in either London Paris or Luxembourg to drive and support VAT planning and compliance initiatives for both new initiatives and on-going business activities. Specifically this role will oversee VAT affairs for Amazons Stores business in France while also supporting wider Pan-EU Retail Business this role youll 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 responsible for managing the VAT relationship with the French 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 addition strong EU and French VAT skills are essential


Key job responsibilities
Provide in-depth VAT technical advice on both French 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.


About the team
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.

- Experience in international indirect tax planning and strong understanding of or practical experience with tax laws in other countries
- Knowledge of knowledge of VAT in EU/UK
- Demonstrable VAT experience with a global consulting firm law firm or blue-chip commercial organisation; a minimum of 10 years with robust technical skills and strong leadership principles is required.
- Excellent verbal and written language skills in both French and English are required.
- Effective interpersonal skills including persuasive written and oral communication skills.
- Familiarity with use of technology tools within tax including generative AI tools.
- 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.

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

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