Karo Healthcare, a dynamic and growing personal-care retail company, is all about making smart choices for everyday healthcare. With a wide-ranging portfolio across seven categories including medical products, we own and sell over 80 brands in about 90 countries. Our portfolio includes such brands as E45, Pevaryl, Lamisil, Nutravita, Decubal, and many others. Our core belief in empowering people to make intelligent health decisions drives our growth strategy, blending organic expansion and M&A.
Join us at Karo Healthcare on our exciting journey. We're currently looking for a senior VAT Accountant/Specialist for our office in Kaunas.
What’s in it for you?An international role where you can shape the future of VAT Compliance for Karo across Europe.
Drive transformation, gain exposure to cutting-edge tools, and grow within a fast-paced, high-impact finance function.
Ideal for someone with a strong foundation who wants to step up and take ownership.
What you’ll be doingAs part of our newly established VAT Team, you’ll play a key role in a transformation initiative, helping Karo streamline and strengthen VAT compliance across Europe. This is a hands-on role with real opportunity to make an impact from day one.
- Perform VAT reporting across multiple European jurisdictions
- Manage VAT reconciliations, Intrastat reporting, and data accuracy
- Communicate with tax authorities to facilitate refunds, audits, and inquiries (in collaboration with advisors when required)
- Collaborate with global finance functions as well as local finance teams and external advisors
- Contribute to our VAT Transformation project, including the implementation of new VAT compliance software
- Managing VAT compliance software as well as overseeing and reconciling integrations between systems.
Requirements
- At least 4 years of experience in accounting roles, preferably in a multi-country or international setup
- Knowledge of VAT reporting and compliance across EU
- Strong system proficiency including Excel (data handling, macros)
- A solid understanding of accounting fundamentals
- Experience working in ERP systems
- Strong sense of responsibility and accountability, with excellent teamwork skills
- Fluent in English, both written and spoken. Any other European language is a plus.
- University degree in Finance, Tax, Accounting, or related fields
Benefits
- Opportunity to create, grow, and encourage
- Apart from a competitive salary pack, there are lots of growth opportunities to meet your personal ambitions
- Flexible schedule and life work balance
- Responsibility for exciting and challenging projects that have a direct, visible impact on our customers and the industry
- Very positive work environment in a dynamic, international, and motivated team
- Start-up spirit while being a part of the large international organization with strong values
Karo Healthcare has a Diverse & Inclusive environment. We are looking for qualified candidates irrespective of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, religion, national origin, disability or age.
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What We Do
Karo Healthcare delivers smart choices for everyday healthcare.
We own and commercialise branded, original over-the-counter products and prescription medicines across a range of everyday categories, including intimate health; skin health; digestive health, foot health; pain, cough and cold; wellness; and specialty products.
Our products are available in more than 90 countries and sold through pharmacies, retailers and via healthcare providers. We have our own sales organisation in more than 10 European countries, with the Nordic region as our core market.
Karo Healthcare is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, and owned by EQT Partners since 2019.
