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Smith+Nephew is hiring Senior Indirect Tax Specialist

[fixed-term contract until 31.08.2025]

In this position, you'll spearhead indirect tax compliance across multiple EMEA countries, collaborating closely with fellow Indirect Tax Specialists, Managers, and internal finance teams. You'll play an active role in various Indirect Tax projects like tax digitalization and system transformations. Reporting directly to the Senior EMEA Indirect Tax Manager, this role offers involvement in diverse and impactful tax initiatives.

What you will be doing?

• Assist the Senior EMEA Indirect Tax Manager in preparing and submitting indirect tax returns using a VAT compliance tool, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Build relationships with various teams within the organization, collaborating to streamline the indirect tax compliance process and improve data gathering methods.
• Provide compliance reports to the Cluster Controller and Senior EMEA Indirect Tax Manager, offering regular updates on the status of indirect tax activities.
• Support the standardization of data gathering procedures by collaborating with data processing teams and monitor automated data downloads from the ERP system.
• Collaborate with different teams to provide requested data to tax authorities and prepare voluntary disclosures in case of identified data errors.
• Conduct sample checks of AP invoices for indirect tax accuracy, reconcile and test indirect tax data across EMEA countries, and monitor filings for consistency and potential adjustments impacting multiple countries.
• Periodic dummy VAT audits across countries in the EMEA region.

What will you need to be successful?

• Possess 1-2 years of experience in an in-house regional setting and a total of at least 4 years of relevant professional experience.
• Have familiarity with Indirect Tax across EMEA countries, particularly Spain, Italy, Portugal, and France, providing an advantage.
• Fluency in English is essential, while proficiency in Spanish, Italian, or French would be beneficial.
• Display strong communication skills, proactive work ethic, resilience, organizational abilities, teamwork, governance understanding, and a capacity for suggesting innovative improvements in the Indirect Tax compliance process.
• Nice to have: Industry experience and familiarity with SAP analysis for indirect tax processes. Exposure to large, listed entities, international settings, and organizations with offshore finance capabilities are beneficial.