Job Description
Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 12 countries, and more than 160 clients in 35 countries. We are an industry-leading provider of wealth management technology and services for financial institutions around the world, including private banks and wealth managers, investment managers, as well as retail and neo banks. Our research led approach and continual innovation is powered by the passion and creativity of our colleagues.We are always looking for talented people to join us on our mission to orchestrate the financial ecosystem and democratize access to wealth management. Avaloq offers the opportunity to work closely with some of the world's leading financial institutions as we jointly develop and shape careers. Championing a collaborative, supportive and flexible work environment empowers our colleagues to reach their full potential.
We are looking for a highly motivated tax specialist with a passion for the tech industry to join our global Group Tax team. Your work, whether it is your personal contribution in the day to day local tax compliance work for our company in Germany or your support in one of our various tax projects, is used to ensure global compliance and make strategic company decisions.
Your key tasks
- Prepare and review tax returns (corporate income tax and VAT), ensuring accuracy and compliance
- Assists in tax audits ("Betriebsprüfungen") and respond to inquiries from the German tax authorities
- Prepare quarterly tax balance sheets including current and deferred tax computations and support with annual financial statements (IFRS and HGB)
- Communicate with external tax advisors, German tax authorities and auditors
- Make a valuable contribution to various global projects (e.g. BEPS Pillar Two, tax accounting, VAT / GST compliance) and support tax compliance tasks in the EMEA region
- Qualifications as a certified tax specialist (“Steuerfachwirt”) and minimum of 3 years professional experience in a tax consulting firm and/or in a similar in-house tax position in a multinational environment
- Sound knowledge of German tax law, regulations and guidelines
- Strong analytical skills and attention to details
- Sound understanding of accounting principles (HGB / IFRS)
- Fluency in written and spoken German and English
- User experience in SAP FI
- Experience in the area of tax accounting IAS 12
- Knowledge of tax compliance in the EMEA region
We realize that managing work life balance is a challenge we all face in our daily lives and in order to support with this we are pleased to offer hybrid and flexible working for most of our Avaloqers to maintain work life balance and still continue our fantastic Avaloq culture in our global offices.
In Avaloq we are proud to embrace diversity and understand the success of our business is built on the power of different opinions, we are whole heartedly committed to fostering an equal opportunity environment and inclusive culture where you can be your true authentic self.
We hire, compensate and promote regardless of origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other fantastic traits that make us all unique, we have done our best to write this advert in an inclusive and neutral way.
Please be aware that we will not accept speculative CV submissions for any of our roles from recruitment agencies, and any unsolicited candidate submissions will be exempt from any payment expectations.View More