Global Tax Control Monitoring Specialist

Job Title: Global Tax Control Monitoring Specialist

Work Location: Pune

Relevant experience required (in years): 8-10 years of experience in global tax compliance, including corporate income tax, indirect taxes, and transfer pricing.

Department: Accounting & Compliance

Reports To: Vice President Accounting & Compliance

Close Collaboration: Head of Tax Toyota Industries Europe, Tax Specialists in Center of Expertise, Tax and Compliance teams in Financial Shared Service Centers

Required Skills & Competencies:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field; advanced qualifications such as ACA, ACCA, or equivalent are desirable.
• Strong experience in global tax compliance, including corporate income tax, indirect taxes, and transfer pricing.
• Strong understanding of tax compliance processes, documentation requirements, and regulatory frameworks across various jurisdictions.
• Experience working with multinational teams, particularly in financial shared service centers or global tax functions.
• Expertise in corporate income tax, indirect taxes (e.g., VAT/GST), and transfer pricing documentation (OECD guidelines, BEPS, etc.).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines, while working effectively in a cross-functional, global team environment.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of collaborating with global teams and explaining complex tax concepts in a clear and concise manner.
• Proficiency in tax compliance software and Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, CoPilot).

Key Attributes:

• Collaborative: Ability to work closely with global teams, particularly those in financial shared service centers and foster a cooperative and efficient working environment.
• Proactive: Demonstrated ability to identify potential tax risks, opportunities for improvement, and drive continuous improvements in tax compliance processes.
• Detail-Oriented: Focused on ensuring the accuracy and completeness of tax filings, documentation, and compliance processes.
• Global Mindset: Understanding of global tax regulations and the ability to coordinate tax compliance activities across different regions and jurisdictions.

Role & Responsibilities:

We are seeking a highly skilled Global Tax Control Monitoring Specialist to join Group Finance & Accounting. This role is focused on ensuring robust tax compliance across multiple global jurisdictions, with a particular emphasis on corporate income tax, indirect tax, and transfer pricing, including related documentation requirements. The specialist will work in close collaboration with the Tax Center of Expertise, the tax and compliance teams in the Financial Shared Service Centers to ensure effective monitoring, reporting, and compliance with tax regulations. This role will also support ongoing improvements in tax control processes, providing strategic insights to mitigate risks and ensure adherence to tax regulations worldwide.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Tax Compliance Monitoring:

• Continuously monitor tax compliance for corporate income tax, indirect taxes (VAT, GST, etc.), and transfer pricing in various global jurisdictions, ensuring compliance with local and international tax regulations.

• Work closely with the tax and compliance teams in the Financial Shared Service Centers to monitor proper implementation and timely filing of tax returns and payments.

• Review and track tax documentation requirements across jurisdictions to ensure completeness and alignment with regulatory standards.

2. Global Tax Reporting & Documentation:

• Support and monitor the preparation of transfer pricing documentation, ensuring compliance with local tax laws, OECD guidelines, and international regulations (e.g., BEPS).

• Oversee the timely and accurate filing of indirect taxes (e.g., VAT/GST) across jurisdictions, working closely with shared service centers to ensure consistent reporting.

• Collaborate with tax teams to maintain accurate tax positions and ensure proper documentation is available for tax filings, audits, and regulatory reviews.

3. Risk Assessment and Control Monitoring:

• Perform ongoing risk assessments of tax-related processes to identify and mitigate any risks related to non-compliance or inefficiencies.

• Work with internal audit and internal control team and the tax specialists to implement and monitor tax control mechanisms in the financial shared service centers.

• Provide guidance on improving internal tax controls to ensure that tax compliance processes are efficient and robust.

4. Collaboration with Global Teams:

• Act as a liaison between the Tax Center of Expertise and financial shared service centers to ensure consistency in tax compliance and reporting across jurisdictions.

• Regularly engage with tax specialists in the Tax Center of Expertise and the Head of Tax to align on global tax strategies, resolve complex tax issues, and update compliance processes.

• Communicate regularly with the tax and compliance teams in financial shared service centers to ensure smooth and efficient tax compliance operations, providing support where needed.

5. Continuous Improvement & Best Practices:

• Identify opportunities to streamline and enhance tax compliance processes across global jurisdictions, leveraging the capabilities of the financial shared service centers.

• Stay current with tax regulatory changes and ensure that all processes, controls, and documentation requirements are updated accordingly.

• Promote best practices for global tax compliance and reporting, ensuring efficiency and accuracy in tax processes across regions.

• Identify automation opportunities in order to automate manual work within tax monitoring framework to make it efficient.

6. Reporting & Stakeholder Management:

• Report regularly to the Head of Tax and the Vice President Accounting & Compliance on the status of global tax compliance, emerging risks, and progress on key initiatives.

• Ensure stakeholders in the financial shared service centers are kept informed on tax compliance updates, deadlines, and evolving requirements.

• Collaborate with external advisors and internal teams to resolve complex tax issues, if needed and ensure compliance with global tax laws.

About the Company: Vanderlande

Website: www.vanderlande.com

Vanderlande is a market-leading, global partner for future-proof logistic process automation in the warehousing, airports and parcel sectors. Its extensive portfolio of integrated solutions – innovative systems, intelligent software and life-cycle services – results in the realisation of fast, reliable and efficient automation technology.

Established in 1949, Vanderlande has more than 9,000 employees, all committed to moving its Customers’ businesses forward at diverse locations on every continent. It has established a global reputation over the past seven decades as a highly reliable partner for future-proof logistic process automation.

Vanderlande was acquired in 2017 by Toyota Industries Corporation, which will help it to continue its sustainable profitable growth. The two companies have a strong strategic match, and the synergies include cross-selling, product innovations, and research and development.

Why should you join Vanderlande India Global Capability Center (GCC)

• Work in a dynamic, global environment.
• Play a key role in ensuring tax compliance across multiple jurisdictions and contributing to the overall tax strategy of a global organization.
• Opportunity to collaborate with experts in tax compliance and financial shared service centers, enhancing your career development in the field.
• We are certified as Great Place to Work by the prestigious Great Place to Work Institute.
• Flexible and Hybrid Workplace.
• Vanderlande Academy and training facilities to boost your skills.
• Mediclaim benefit including parental coverage.
• On-site company health centers with a gym, employee wellbeing sessions, in house doctor support.
• A variety in Vanderlande Network communities and initiatives.

Being you @ Vanderlande (Diversity statement)

Vanderlande is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regards to race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.