Senior TAX Specialist

About the Position

We are looking for a Senior TAX Specialist to join our team and manage indirect tax compliance across multiple European jurisdictions. In this role, you will ensure accuracy and alignment with local VAT regulations, contributing to process improvements and regulatory projects.

Responsibilities

• Ensure timely and accurate preparation, review, and submission of Indirect Tax returns (VAT, ESL, Intrastat) across assigned jurisdictions
• Take ownership of VAT compliance and reporting processes for multiple European countries
• Oversee VAT settlement process, including clearing and closing of transactions
• Perform and review selected indirect tax postings and settlements, ensuring accuracy and compliance
• Support and contribute to setup and maintenance of VAT logic and tax determination in ERP systems (e.g. SAP)
• Participate in and take an active role in VAT-related projects, particularly related to implementation of new regulatory requirements
• Ensure execution of Indirect Tax control framework, including monitoring, documentation, and continuous improvement of processes
• Ensure full VAT compliance for countries under responsibility, including awareness and application of local regulatory changes
• Identify risks, gaps, and process improvement opportunities, and escalate or drive improvements where appropriate
• Provide VAT guidance and support to internal stakeholders
• Support internal and external audits, ensuring timely and accurate provision of documentation
• Ensure proper documentation and retention of records in line with compliance requirements
• Collaborate within the team and provide guidance and support to less experienced colleagues
• Provide backup support across VAT Compliance activities
• Perform other tasks and projects as assigned

Requirements

• Solid experience in VAT compliance and reporting, covering multiple European jurisdictions
• Good and practical knowledge of European VAT regulations, with the ability to interpret and apply local requirements
• Experience in SAP, including understanding of tax determination logic and data flows supporting VAT reporting
• Motivation to be involved in VAT-related projects (e.g. e-invoicing, SAF-T, digital reporting, system implementations or enhancements); experience in this area is an advantage
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a structured and detail-oriented approach
• Ability to identify risks, inconsistencies, and improvement areas within VAT processes and reporting
• Good understanding of accounting principles relevant for indirect taxes (GL, postings, reconciliations, settlements)
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams (Finance, IT)
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain VAT topics in a clear and practical way to non-tax stakeholders
• High level of ownership, accountability, and proactiveness in managing assigned responsibilities
• Ability to work independently while contributing to team objectives
• Experience in process improvement and/or automation initiatives is an asset

We Offer

• Remote work model
• Flexible working hours
• Private medical care including dental care
• Life insurance
• Multisport card
• Social fund (e.g. vacation allowance, Christmas allowance)
• Employee referral program

About the Company

To be the leading producer of glass bottles and jars worldwide, you need passion, commitment, and innovation baked into the very fabric of a business and its people. For more than 120 years, our glass makers have honed their craft-channeling their creativity into more than 1,800 patents held today. When you join O-I, you become part of that story.

O-I has more than a century of experience crafting pure, sustainable, brand-building glass packaging for many of the world’s best-known food and beverage brands. We are proud to provide high-quality glass packaging for beer, wine, spirits, food, non-alcoholic beverages, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals. We are dedicated to making what matters to shape a healthier, more sustainable, and more exciting world. We transform the industry to make glass more relevant and more accessible to more people.

With nearly 19,000 employees and an unparalleled footprint spanning almost 64 plants in 18 countries, O-I is a truly global maker of glass packaging.

If you are passionate, innovative, culturally open, curious, and collaborative, we’d like to hear from you. Please apply now or for a confidential conversation, please email Katarzyna Toporek at [email protected]

O-I is committed to fostering an inclusive environment that attracts and embraces the brightest minds and creates a culture that welcomes a diversity of ideas and perspectives while encouraging growth and rewarding performance.