(Junior) Tax Specialist

Location: We are flexible! Come and join us either in Hamburg, Barcelona, Warsaw, Athens or Lisbon

We are looking for a talented team player who is comfortable in a dynamic and fast growing business environment. If you have a hands-on mentality, you are data-driven, and you want to make a real impact in our Group Tax Department, apply now as (Junior) Tax Specialist!

• You will assist the team with tax compliance matters for the FREENOW Group, specifically by helping to implement a tax compliance monitoring solution. This involves tracking the tax declaration statuses for all legal entities and coordinating the timely filing of declarations in collaboration with local stakeholders, with a focus on Corporate Income Tax (CIT), Withholding Tax (WHT), and Transfer Pricing (TP). The actual declaration tasks are fully outsourced to external tax consulting firms.
• You will assist the team with the DAC7 reporting and other upcoming data-driven ViDA initiatives within the organization. 
• You will assist the team in implementing new products, transactions, and reporting requirements (e.g. CbCR), identifying and controlling tax risks.
• Support FREENOW colleagues in working out VAT-compliant approaches in the invoicing processes in different markets, where local tax experts will support you.
• You will be involved in various Transfer Pricing topics, such as preparatory work for the Group Masterfile and local files (e.g. data collection for the transaction matrix). 
• During the year-end closing and quarterly statements, you will support and monitor the deferred and actual tax calculations for all consolidated legal entities.
• You will be involved in local tax audits, supporting the team in ensuring a smooth process and the protection of group interests and positions.
• Creation of internal guidelines and implementation of new requirements.
• Further development of measures to ensure tax compliance, including automation and digitisation of processes.

• You have relevant experience working in international tax (either in a global tax advisory firm, the tax department of an industrial company, or a comparable position - apprenticeships and time as a working student count as well).
• You have successfully completed a university degree in economics or tax; alternatively, you have completed a commercial education or apprenticeship with qualified training.
• You have a general knowledge of European tax regimes, an analytical mindset, and a general understanding/comprehension of international tax principles and mechanisms.
• Ideally, you have a good knowledge or affinity for tax accounting processes.
• You develop a high sense of responsibility with an owner-mentality for your work field and know how to manage fast processes in an international group.
• You have strong coordination skills. Experience in managing outsourced tax services or multinational engagements is a plus.
• You have good MS Office skills and respectively Google equivalents, especially in MS Excel. This position comes with multiple data-driven tasks. 
• Fluency in English (a second language is a plus), as well as a high level of teamwork and communication skills, complete your profile.

• Flexible working arrangements

• LinkedIn Learning

• Sabbatical & special leave policies

• WeRoad Partnership

• Birthday, 24th + 31st December off

• Short term EU work policy

• Mobility Credit

• Health insurance

• Employee assistance program

Plus more local benefits depending on your work location!

FREENOW is an equal opportunity employer and we consider qualified applicants regardless of race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or age.
We want you to grow and evolve, bring your true self to work.