What you’ll do:
This position reports to the Indirect Tax Manager for Europe (excl. France) and has the main responsibility to supervise all Eaton Indirect Tax (known as Value Added Tax or VAT) related activities and matters in accordance with the Indirect Tax legislation applicable in Central & Eastern European countries, covering 11 countries, as well as to identify and control the risks pertaining to VAT accounting, compliance and reporting to Tax Authorities.
List of Countries are: Poland, Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic, Estonia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Latvia, Serbia and Slovakia
Coordinate and manage periodic VAT reporting for Eaton businesses in the region, with support of Eaton Operations and Pune VAT COE, to ensure timely preparation and submission of all VAT returns, and VAT payments in line with Eaton VAT Controls Framework. Review of documentation and transactions to ensure accurate monthly VAT filings.
Keeping up with current developments in indirect tax legislation and regulations and analyze / summarize such in a understandable and professional manner. Staying informed about changes in Eaton businesses to take necessary measures as part of Eatons VAT Controls Framework.
Conduct VAT risk assessment in line with Eaton VAT Controls Framework, and report on monthly basis new findings and actions taken to mitigate risks pertaining to VAT accounting and reporting.
Coordinate, manage and build technical VAT arguments to ensure timely response to queries from tax authorities, including VAT audits and VAT refund claims, voluntary tax disclosures. Communicate with Tax Authorities in the region until VAT audits and VAT refunds are closed.
Identifying requirements, providing guidance and reviewing VAT aspects in various projects, by being part of a project team or by providing active support to Eaton Project Manager(s) and other business functions. Identifying needs for Indirect Tax driven projects.
Keeping close and personal contact with Eaton Operations and maintain excellent relationships with them.
Designing and support in conducting tax training sessions with various stakeholders as and when required.
Strategic Indirect Tax planning, creating Standard Operating Prcedures for VAT accounting, compliance, and audits in cooperation with multiple departments.
Provide tax advice/support on various service lines / business projects.
Cooperate with Tax Technology, Direct tax and Transfer Pricing teams to align on strategic projects and operational changes for the region.
Indirect Tax advice related to ERP implementation / modifications and other tax technology related topics such as the ones covered by the EU VIDA initiative (e-invoicing, Real Time Reporting, etc).
Indirect tax advice on acquisitions and divestitures within the region. Review business processes, assess risks and implement new processes of the newly acquired businesses.
Being the contact person for external customs broker, finance and sales teams for collection of documents for VAT exemption and giving advice on such matters. Keeping track of Eaton's open items and refundable amounts of not (timely) collected documents.
Managing access requests and questions in relation to Eaton's e Archiving system. Support in giving trainings to newly onboarded staff / plants on how to use the e Archiving system.