Your Role in Our Story:
As ACT continues its rapid international expansion, we are committed to building robust financial and tax processes that keep pace with our growth. This exciting period of development offers a unique opportunity for you to shape our tax compliance framework and ensure efficiency across jurisdictions.
As an International Tax Specialist, you will play a key role in our tax and treasury function. You will manage direct and indirect tax compliance, support international reporting requirements, and help strengthen internal processes to ensure audit readiness and regulatory compliance.
You will work closely with Finance, Legal, and external advisors, supporting filings, managing tax risks, and contributing to the implementation of our global tax strategy.
In essence, your role involves:
Corporate Income Tax (CIT): Oversee and coordinate CIT compliance, including returns, reconciliations, tax accounting, and audit support across multiple jurisdictions.
Indirect Tax: Manage VAT compliance processes, including returns, intra-community reporting, and transaction-level reviews.
International Tax: Contribute to preparation and review of transfer pricing documentation, local files, master file inputs, and CbCr reports.
Regulatory Monitoring: Stay updated on global and local tax changes (e.g., Pillar 2, DAC6, BEPS), assessing their impact on compliance and reporting.
Audit Readiness: Maintain and improve tax control processes and documentation to ensure audit preparedness.
Tax Provisioning: Work with Finance to ensure accurate tax provisioning and alignment between tax and accounting treatment.
Process Improvement: Drive internal improvements that enhance efficiency and data quality in tax reporting.
Advisory: Advise on tax aspects of new deals, business models, and market entries, balancing compliance with commercial needs.
Project Support: Contribute to tax projects such as implementing the global tax strategy and aligning processes across jurisdictions.
Your Expertise:
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates with the following qualifications and attributes:
Master’s degree in Tax Law, Fiscal Economics, Accounting, or a related discipline, or a recognized professional qualification (e.g., CPA, ACCA, ADIT).
5+ years of relevant experience, ideally in a Big 4 or multinational environment.
Strong track record in CIT and VAT compliance, with exposure to international tax compliance.
Solid understanding of tax accounting concepts, reconciliations, and filing processes.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
Preferred:
In-house experience or ability to independently manage tax matters across jurisdictions.
Proficiency in Dutch and/or another EU language.
Strong Excel and data-handling skills; familiarity with ERP systems (e.g., Microsoft Dynamics NAV).
Exposure to ESG-linked tax considerations, Pillar 2 reporting, or tax governance.
Knowledge of Dutch and/or US tax law, and understanding of OECD transfer pricing guidelines.
Experience supporting audits and contributing to tax due diligence.
If you meet these criteria and are ready to contribute your expertise to a dynamic and challenging environment, we encourage you to apply.
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What We Do
ACT is the world’s leading provider of market-based sustainability solutions. As enablers of the global energy transition, ACT helps organizations hit their climate targets, no matter how ambitious. Since 2009, ACT has become a trusted brand in high-impact climate projects, green electricity markets, renewable energies and energy efficiency, emission allowances and carbon offsets. With a growing portfolio of over 70 products in 40 plus countries, ACT’s consultants in Amsterdam, Shanghai, New York and Paris deliver bespoke solutions backed up by unparalleled market knowledge. ACT builds its relationships on trust and fosters an entrepreneurial environment. In shaping environmental markets, ACT enables its partners to pursue sustainable futures.
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