Manager, Tax Technology

Amazon /Slovakia/ s.r.o.

Place of work
Twin City C, Mlynské nivy, Bratislava, Slovakia
Contract type
full-time
Wage (gross)
3 891 EUR/monthBase pay for this position starts from EUR 3891 gross per month and salary depends on the skills and requirements, there will be further pay components such as a sign on bonus and the eligibility to participate in a restricted stock unit scheme operated independently by Amazon.com Inc. in USA. Company benefits apply subject to further terms, including annual membership in medical clinic, life insurance, retirement pension, meal voucher card, career development.

Information about the position

Job description, responsibilities and duties

DESCRIPTION
Amazon is a fast paced, dynamic, high-tech company based in Seattle. Amazon’s tax team seeks an exceptionally capable and motivated individual to help deliver a Reconciliation product to support for our Indirect Tax Compliance and Audit functions.

The right individual should have a deep understanding of VAT/GST and/or accounting concepts, ability to work with or an appetite to work with large volumes of data, and solid business judgment capable of delivering the right results.
This role performs a wide variety of responsibilities for the tax technology organization including:
· Perform hands on detailed data research and analysis of a large financial data set; investigate, troubleshoot and resolve book-to-tax data issues.
· Define business requirements for technical development based on analysis of data sets
· Work with customer teams to identify improvements in efficiency and controllership for their current data processes; teach them how to utilize the designed reporting and functionality in their processes.
· Contribute to the delivery of the indirect tax technology projects, independently drive smaller projects or components of larger projects; support project prioritization discussions, timelines and trade-offs with business partners.
· Build and maintain relationships with our key technology providers, as well as, other technical teams across Amazon.
· Act as an on-site manager and mentor to junior team members part of the Tax Tech Global Scale Team.

We are a fast growing team, so we're looking for candidates who are eager and able to learn new content quickly, who are willing to go into unfamiliar territory, and who possess ironclad judgment and integrity around confidential information.

Requirements for the employee

Candidates with education suit the position

University education (Bachelor's degree)
University education (Master's degree)

Language skills

English - Upper intermediate (B2)

Personality requirements and skills

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
· BS degree in Accounting, Business, Data Science, Economics, Finance, Mathematics, or a related field or equivalent experience
· 7+ years’ working experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience (e.g. Master plus 5 years’ work experience) in tax, accounting, data analysis or related field

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
· Ability to explain financial/technical concepts and analysis implications clearly to a wide audience, and be able to translate business objectives into actionable analyses.
· Experience with large data sets, data reconciliation, and/or data investigation.
· Experience with indirect sales and use tax and/or VAT or revenue accounting.
· Strong critical thinking, verbal and written communication skills, and attention to detail.
· Ability to work successfully in a team environment and build effective working relationships inside and outside of the group.
· Creative, positive, and helpful attitude; a team oriented, customer-centric working style.
· Proficiency at querying relational databases (SQL) and ability to pull data from various sources.

Advertiser

Brief description of the company

At Amazon.com, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on the Earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and result driven people.

All open positions together with a job description and contact details can be found on www.amazon.jobs.

Number of employees

1000 and more employees
ID: 3875515  Datum zveřejnění: 20.2.2020  Spodní hranice mzdy (brutto): 3 891 EUR/month