Regional Tax Director NCE

Are you looking for the opportunity to make a difference with one of the global leaders in the renewable energy industry? Do you have a background as a tax accountant or similar? Are you accurate, structured, and open-minded? Then this might be the right job for you!

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Regional Tax NCE is mainly based in Hamburg, Germany, with the current team working from four locations (Hamburg, Malmö, Warsaw, and Szczecin). The team is divided between indirect and direct tax and consists of approx. 10 FTEs.

Responsibilities
The Director role includes managing a team of approximately 10 specialists across different geographies and tax fields. The relevant candidate will therefore be expected to have excellent leadership skills with experience in managing teams of specialists. The Tax Director will anchor the full tax strategy in the region; it will therefore be a focus area to connect with the business and have a solid understanding of the commercial aspects and frontline operations. Through the gained understanding, the tax director is expected to translate commercial complexity into actionable tasks with the tax subject matter experts and vice versa take the complexity of the tax area and translate that to an understandable message to decision-makers in the business. In this undertaking, it is the role of the Regional Tax Director to assess and report tax risk and ensure relevant measures are deployed to mitigate and manage such risks.

• As Tax Director in the Region, you will be responsible for managing all tax-related matters excluding personal taxes that are managed by the Mobility HR team.
• The Regional Tax Director will be expected to be an active member of the Global Tax Management team to ensure knowledge and best practice sharing across the business with a focus on standardizing processes and optimizing business cases.
• We expect the candidate to apply a business partner mindset, being proactive and solution-oriented while maintaining a firm view on compliance to ensure operations are in line with Vestas’ tax policy and ethical standards.

Qualifications

• Solid experience leading tax specialists in a global matrix organization.
• Relevant formal training at post-graduate level or similar.

Competencies

• English at a professional level verbally and in writing.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Good business acumen.
• Ability to form and execute a strategy.

What we offer
We offer an exciting job with great opportunities for professional and personal development in an inspiring environment. We highly value initiative, responsibility, and quality in all solutions. We strive to obtain a good balance between family and work.

Additional information
Your workplace will be Hamburg, DE. Please note: We do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to the advertised closing date. Please be advised to apply on or before 13/12/2024. You can expect up to 15 travel days per year.