Indirect Tax Accountant mwd EMEA
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Job Title: Indirect Tax Accountant
Location: Frankfurt
Department: Accounting
Who We Are
Our purpose at CloudHQ is to provide flexible efficient and resilient data center solutions to businesses of all sizes. Our growing organization was founded by the pioneer of data center REITs. CloudHQ has stateoftheart data center sites across the United States as well as London Frankfurt Paris Milan Amsterdam Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo and we anticipate exponential growth over the next several years both in the US and abroad.
What the role entails
CloudHQ has an exciting opportunity for an Indirect Tax Accountant to join our growing team. The successful candidate will work closely with the Indirect Tax Manager other members of our tax team in addition to working with accounting and finance teams to determine the appropriate application of VAT to company invoices facilitate the preparation and review of VAT returns in multiple jurisdictions and assist with any inquiries from authorities. The candidate will also consult with the companys tax advisors to ensure compliance with both current and prospective tax laws during all phases of the development and operation of our data centers. The successful candidates primary responsibility will be VAT compliance and process implementation across Europe. However they will also have the opportunity to assist with indirect tax projects across Europe.
What you will get to do
- Assisting the VAT Manager with the preparation of complex / high volume VAT declarations from beginning to end including data collection preparation in accordance with the filing protocol submission payment and upload in the VAT filing dashboard
- Maintaining compliance trackers and assist with the implementation of dashboards for management.
- Working closely with accounting and finance departments to ensure all reclaimable VAT is recovered.
- Be the first point of contact for the accounting teams for VAT related queries.
- Assisting with the implementation and maintenance of internal controls for indirect taxes and identifying potential improvements
- Gathering necessary support documentation for VAT reporting request VAT invoice revisions and VAT invoice credits as necessary
- Administering proforma invoices ensuring valid VAT invoices are received and duly included in the VAT return
- Preparing responses to tax audit queries across multiple jurisdictions
- Ongoing monitoring of exemptions to ensure compliance with any de minimis thresholds
- Work with the tax team on various other projects
What you bring to the role
- A Bachelors degree Accounting and/or Finance major preferred
- A minimum of three 3 years of VAT Tax experience
- High proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite specifically MS Excel
- Fluent English and conversational German (B1/B2 level). Proficiency in French is a plus
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong organizational skills
Our ideal candidate will also possess the following
- Experience with ERP and accounting software such as Yardi SAP or similar financial management platforms
- EInvoicing implementation experience plus
- Real estate experience
Employment Type
Full-Time
