.Tax Senior ExpertPURPOSEWithin our one Tax Community and our Operating Model for Taxes at Bayer, the Global Business Services (GBS) team plays a key role performing international and local tax activities regarding Tax Compliance (including Indirect & Direct taxes), Tax Accounting and Transfer Pricing, and provides tax advice within the GBS centers and contributes to continuous process improvements. As part of the organization within the GBS community, we have various Tax operations teams all around the different locations that encompass different process areas mainly related to Indirect taxation, Direct taxation, Tax Accounting and Withholding Tax. For our Tax operations team, we are looking for a Tax Senior Expert that manages the tax processes (VAT, WHT, CIT, Tax Accounting, Local taxes, mentions and content of invoices, etc.) for the entities in scope.YOUR TASKS & RESPONSABILITIESCoordination, supervision, and review of the preparation of the recurrent tax returns of the countries in scope. This includes support, coordination of Experts working for complex countries and review of the most complicated tasks performed by Experts.Lead and contribute to improve tax processes and implementation of innovation and standardization to enhance overall tax compliance quality.Ensure quality of tax-related accounting data by monitoring and implementing control checks as well as monitoring and following up with other internal departments and local tax authorities.Support in solving, follow up on issues and looking for solutions across the team.Support and coordination of global activities carried out in different teams.Responsible for coordinating calls with Country tax organization, monitoring and improving tax KPI country data, tax issues, etc.Follow up on any new legislation affecting the tax compliance of the countries in scope.Participate actively in meetings with our business partners (legal, business finance, IT and accounting teams) to share information and address various business initiatives.Management of the notifications and requirements from the tax authorities.Depending on the country, either main contact to tax authorities and auditors or support local teams or outsourcer in tax audits by compiling and preparing the requested information and documentation.Lead projects and transitions and/or support local and global projects.Manage knowledge by guiding, documenting, and training Bayer's process and control standards. Support knowledge management activities as part of daily tasks.Partner with the Tax Center of Excellence (CoE) to ensure globally defined standards and activity splits, as well as liaise with the GBS network regarding tax issues and to implement desired and necessary processes and changes.Prepare and conduct trainings related to tax process for process stakeholders and Tax Team.WHO YOU AREBA/BS degree in Tax/Fiscal, Finance, Accounting, Law or Business with 4+ years of experience in taxes
